Tech – Page 78 of 319

Apr 1, 2019, 8:25 PM

India’s PSLV rocket puts 29 satellites in orbit, just days after anti-satellite test

India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle has put a military satellite and 28 secondary payloads into orbit, with Seattle-based Spaceflight and… Read More

Mar 30, 2019, 10:27 AM

Web.com will shut down Spokane office, lay off 64 employees

Web.com, a 20-year-old small business marketing company, will shut down its Spokane, Wash. office and lay off 64 employees. A… Read More

Mar 29, 2019, 8:41 AM

Lyft IPO: Ride-hailing giant begins trading at $24B valuation, first of many tech companies to go public

Lyft is officially a public company. The ride-hailing giant priced its IPO at $72 per share, valuing the Bay Area… Read More

Mar 28, 2019, 10:34 AM

Microsoft, T-Mobile band together with blockchain startups for new Cascadia Blockchain Council

A group of blockchain entrepreneurs, institutions and tech giants are banding together to make the Pacific Northwest a hub for… Read More

Mar 27, 2019, 8:00 AM

Funko teams up with AT&T to sell Game of Thrones figurines in telecom giant’s stores

A popular line of Funko’s signature collectables are popping up in 2,200 AT&T stores across the U.S. and on its… Read More

Mar 27, 2019, 6:00 AM

Impinj unveils next-gen tags designed to connect trillions of items to the internet

Impinj today unveiled a series of smaller, more powerful RFID tags to connect everyday items to the internet, an innovation… Read More

Mar 27, 2019, 4:00 AM

Training workers in VR: Seattle startup Pixvana teams with cruise line operator to help train staff

As VR and AR companies wait for the technology to catch on with mainstream consumers, companies aren’t waiting to put… Read More

Mar 25, 2019, 3:00 PM

The science behind bias: Stanford researcher aims to ‘uncover the hidden prejudice’ with new book

In many a company, you’ve heard the talk about unconscious bias, and likely attended trainings and so forth, but are… Read More

Mar 25, 2019, 9:25 AM

Will technology save us? Debate fuels pessimism among audience in Seattle

Will technology save us? That was the opening question Sunday at the latest “That’s Debatable” event in Seattle, hosted by… Read More

Mar 23, 2019, 9:50 AM

Women in tech work to debug the industry’s diversity problem at HopperX1 Seattle conference

The annual Hopperx1 Seattle conference kicked off Friday with a stirring call to boost the number of women working in… Read More

Mar 22, 2019, 1:23 PM

Beyond the signature: DocuSign introduces new cloud-powered tools to manage agreement process

DocuSign, best known for its digital signature business, is releasing new tools that focus on the entire process of drawing… Read More

Mar 22, 2019, 6:00 AM

Quantum computing is coming: Here’s why Seattle needs to get our computer science workforce ready

Editor’s note: Tom Alberg is a co-founder and managing director at Seattle-based venture capital firm Madrona Venture Group. He is… Read More

Mar 21, 2019, 12:51 PM

Sorry, Comcast: The new Xfinity Flex streaming box won’t get me to uncut my cable cord

Commentary: After subscribing to Comcast cable television and broadband internet in some form or another for about the past 20… Read More

Mar 20, 2019, 6:00 AM

Starbucks invests $100M in private equity fund; tests new coffee traceability app feature

Starbucks is using a new method to invest in burgeoning technology. The Seattle coffee giant for the first time is… Read More

Mar 19, 2019, 10:00 PM

Rover dips a paw into Latin America, backing Brazilian pet care startup DogHero in $7M round

Rover, the Seattle-based pet-sitting marketplace, is jumping into Latin America for the first time, investing in a leading pet startup.… Read More

Mar 19, 2019, 2:02 PM

Smartsheet market value tops $4.5 billion as shares spike 10% after earnings report

Shares of work collaboration software maker Smartsheet were up more than 11 percent in after-hours trading following its fourth fiscal… Read More

Mar 19, 2019, 8:54 AM

WeWork footprint hits 1.7M square feet in Seattle as co-working giant continues torrid growth in 2019

The largest office space occupiers in the Seattle area include Amazon, Microsoft, Boeing, and now, WeWork. The co-working giant continues… Read More

Mar 18, 2019, 11:58 AM

Washington ranks second in the nation in new report analyzing the most innovative states

Washington state ranks second in the country when it comes to states contributing the most to the nation’s position of… Read More

Mar 14, 2019, 12:52 PM

Language-learning startup Duolingo looks to grow Seattle-area office in 2019

Duolingo, the language-learning startup headquartered in Pittsburgh, has operated a small outpost near Seattle in Bellevue, Wash., since last summer… Read More

Mar 14, 2019, 10:21 AM

Amazon should pick up on this robot featuring an origami-inspired gripper with a special touch

It can sometimes be tough to grasp just how quickly advances are happening in robotics, whether it’s taking place on… Read More

Mar 12, 2019, 12:11 PM

Can a robot spice up the retail banking experience? HSBC’s ‘Pepper’ is now on the job at Seattle branch

Bank customers who have already embraced technology as a way of handling their transaction needs could be lured offline and… Read More

Mar 11, 2019, 10:57 AM

Niantic gives 1st look at its new Pokémon Go-esque Harry Potter augmented reality game

Niantic has been quiet about the follow up to its smash hit Pokémon Go, but today the company pulled back… Read More

Mar 11, 2019, 10:57 AM

Seattle startup battles Facebook over ads promoting women’s health products, CEO claims gender bias

Seattle women’s health startups such as Pulse and Genneve are fed up with Facebook after the social media giant prevented… Read More

Mar 7, 2019, 11:23 AM

Melinda Gates launches new online platform to highlight inspiring stories, innovative thinkers

Melinda Gates this week launched Evoke, a new website that bills itself as a “community of optimistis” and aims to… Read More

Mar 7, 2019, 7:00 AM

AI2 gives birth to WellSaid, a startup that synthesizes amazingly realistic voices

We’ve got Apple’s Siri, Microsoft’s Cortana, Amazon’s Alexa and Google Assistant — so do we really need more synthesized voices… Read More

Mar 6, 2019, 2:27 PM

NYT editor on the state of journalism: Technology is ‘leaving us with the stuff that pisses people off’

It may feel like animosity toward the media is at an all-time high, but the head of The New York… Read More

Mar 4, 2019, 8:10 AM

Huawei expected to sue U.S. government in response to ban on federal agencies using its products

Huawei is reportedly preparing to sue the U.S. government, challenging a ban on federal agencies using the Chinese telecommunications giant’s… Read More

Mar 3, 2019, 10:36 PM

Code.org’s Hadi Partovi and Microsoft’s Bonnie Ross put focus on tech’s gender gap on 60 Minutes

The push to get more girls and women interested in computer science has been the talk of tech for years.… Read More

Mar 2, 2019, 10:33 AM

Key trends in information security: Forecasting the top 4 RSA Conference themes for 2019

Next week, one of the biggest security conferences in the world, RSA, kicks off at the Moscone Convention Center in… Read More

Mar 1, 2019, 11:07 AM

Report: Amazon to open new grocery stores with dozens of locations, separate from Whole Foods

Amazon’s brick-and-mortar grocery ambitions don’t stop with Whole Foods and Amazon Go. The company plans to launch dozens of grocery… Read More