Tech – Page 58 of 319

Jun 25, 2020, 10:42 AM

Washington state issues new COVID rules for universities and colleges ahead of fall term

Washington state issued new guidelines for institutes of higher education Thursday as they prepare to re-open for the fall term.… Read More

Jun 24, 2020, 10:15 AM

Sonos cuts 12% of workforce due to pandemic; impact on Seattle engineering office not yet clear

Speaker-maker Sonos, which has a large presence in downtown Seattle, announced Tuesday that it is cutting 12 percent of its… Read More

Jun 23, 2020, 9:30 PM

Testing Impossible Sausage at Starbucks: Breakfast sandwich looks, tastes like the real thing

I love Starbucks’ double-smoked bacon, cheddar, and egg sandwich. The thick meat, melted cheese, and soft egg all in between… Read More

Jun 23, 2020, 5:00 AM

Adiós and sayonara, CD-ROMs: Rosetta Stone offers old-school users a free mass upgrade

If you’re familiar with the language learning software Rosetta Stone, there’s a good chance you associate the brand with big… Read More

Jun 22, 2020, 10:13 AM

$1M grant will help researchers explore the use of robotic bees for crop pollination

Washington State University researchers are leading a team that’s exploring the use of robotic pollinators to assist fruit farmers. The… Read More

Jun 18, 2020, 3:43 PM

Comcast offers 60 days of free broadband for low-income families in Washington state through 2020

Comcast will offer 60 days of free broadband service to low-income customers in Washington state through the rest of the… Read More

Jun 18, 2020, 2:43 PM

As communities reopen, new Seattle nonprofit ‘Restart Partners’ is on a mission to boost mask usage

As cities and states are loosening stay-at-home orders and people are increasingly interacting in person, many officials have a message… Read More

Jun 18, 2020, 5:00 AM

T-Mobile brings Sprint customers into the fold with access to ‘T-Mobile Tuesdays’ rewards

Millions of Sprint customers already getting familiar with the color magenta will now be hearing a lot more about Tuesdays,… Read More

Jun 16, 2020, 9:29 PM

T-Mobile explains why it had a major outage: ‘We did not meet our own bar for excellence’

T-Mobile apologized to customers and revealed the root cause of its major outage on Monday that affected voice and text… Read More

Jun 16, 2020, 1:24 PM

T-Mobile reportedly laying off Sprint employees, two months after completing $26B merger

T-Mobile has reportedly laid off an unspecified number of Sprint employees, just two months after the $26 billion merger between… Read More

Jun 16, 2020, 12:00 PM

University of Washington air filtering technology captures indoor air pollutants using less energy

The University of Washington this month received a U.S. patent for a new air filtration technology that can remove airborne… Read More

Jun 16, 2020, 10:06 AM

Virtual graduation: Tech tools help Univ. of Washington host first-ever remote ceremony

For better or worse, it was a commencement like no other. The University of Washington held its first-ever virtual graduation… Read More

Jun 16, 2020, 8:00 AM

Seattle tech salaries third best in U.S. as new report highlights coronavirus and remote work concerns

Career marketplace Hired is out with its annual State of Salaries report for the tech industry, and among leading hubs,… Read More

Jun 16, 2020, 6:00 AM

Melinda Gates and MacKenzie Bezos unveil $30M gender equality initiative

Two of the world’s wealthiest women are teaming up to roll out a $30 million initiative that will provide grants… Read More

Jun 15, 2020, 4:32 PM

Seattle adopts hazard pay for food delivery drivers during the pandemic

The Seattle City Council unanimously approved legislation Monday that requires food delivery companies to pay drivers $2.50 per delivery on… Read More

Jun 15, 2020, 2:50 PM

T-Mobile hit by voice and text outage due to widespread routing issue

Update, 9:20 p.m. PT: T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert issued an update Monday evening. “This is an IP traffic related issue… Read More

Jun 15, 2020, 12:33 PM

High-flying e-signature powerhouse DocuSign to bump United Airlines off Nasdaq 100

Shares of DocuSign soared more than seven percent on Monday after the Nasdaq announced that the pioneering maker of electronic… Read More

Jun 13, 2020, 10:24 AM

GeekWire Update: Pausing to reflect on the historical weight of the moment

[Editor’s Note: This post was adapted from a message that GeekWire co-founder John Cook sent internally to the GeekWire team… Read More

Jun 12, 2020, 10:07 AM

Why Amazon can sue a former cloud VP for joining Google despite state’s new non-compete law

Amazon’s attempt to enforce a non-compete agreement with a former marketing executive who took a job at Google caused a… Read More

Jun 12, 2020, 9:59 AM

Blocked from Google project, former AWS VP tells Amazon, ‘this is not right and don’t do this to your other employees’

A judge has sided with Amazon on a preliminary issue in its dispute with a former Amazon Web Services marketing… Read More

Jun 10, 2020, 7:36 AM

Starbucks will accelerate new mobile-focused ‘Pickup’ store concept rollout due to pandemic

Get ready for more Starbucks Pickup stores. Future of coffee ordering? Testing Starbucks’ new pickup-only store in New York City… Read More

Jun 9, 2020, 10:47 AM

Manny Vellon, 1960-2020: Towering figure in Seattle tech was an engineer at heart

Manny Vellon was a software engineer and Seattle startup founder legendary among colleagues and customers for his ability to find… Read More

Jun 9, 2020, 9:12 AM

Shares of Bill Gates-backed online used car seller Vroom double on first day of trading

Bill Gates’ private investment vehicle is one of the largest shareholders in Vroom, a tech-fueled online used car seller that… Read More

Jun 8, 2020, 10:21 AM

Employees want Seattle-based media company Maven to shut down ‘Blue Lives Matter’ website

Maven, the Seattle-based media company that publishes Sports Illustrated, among other magazines, is hearing from employees upset about a pro-police… Read More

Jun 4, 2020, 8:30 AM

Gates Foundation pledges $1.6B for vaccines; Bill Gates addresses ‘bizarre’ conspiracy theories

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is pledging an additional $1.6 billion to the Gavi vaccine alliance for the next… Read More

Jun 4, 2020, 8:21 AM

ZoomInfo raises $887M in blockbuster IPO, rings virtual Nasdaq bell

Another company is zooming onto Wall Street, signaling that the window for initial public offerings is opening up even amid… Read More

Jun 3, 2020, 2:10 PM

Smartsheet stock sinks 20% after company posts $85.5M in quarterly revenue

Shares of Smartsheet fell more than 20% in after-hours trading Wednesday even as the company beat expectations for its quarterly… Read More

Jun 3, 2020, 10:09 AM

Fast-growing and profitable social casino game maker DoubleDown Interactive files for IPO

DoubleDown Interactive is rolling the dice on an initial public offering, hoping to raise up to $100 million on the… Read More

Jun 3, 2020, 5:00 AM

RealNetworks facial recognition tech IDs celebrities in videos — and it’s actually pretty useful

RealNetworks is releasing a browser extension that automatically identifies celebrities and other public figures in YouTube and Netflix videos, using… Read More

Jun 2, 2020, 9:20 AM

Seattle-area teen who built website to track coronavirus launches new effort on U.S. protests

Avi Schiffmann, the Mercer Island, Wash., high school student who gained an international following with a website he built to… Read More