Tech

Aug 28, 2018, 10:46 AM

Bose unveils Alexa-powered smart speaker and soundbars, aligning with Amazon on ‘next chapter’

Bose today showed off a new smart speaker and pair of soundbars powered by Amazon’s digital assistant Alexa as it… Read More

Aug 24, 2018, 3:40 PM

T-Mobile breach impacted 3% of customer base, roughly 2M accounts

The intrusion that T-Mobile disclosed earlier today affected approximately 3 percent of its 77 million customers, the company confirmed, or… Read More

Aug 22, 2018, 7:05 PM

Astrobiologist lays out undersea scenario for intelligent life on alien water worlds

Instead of cave dwellers gathered around a campfire, roasting mastodon meat, imagine an octopus tribe floating around a hydrothermal vent… Read More

Aug 22, 2018, 1:03 PM

Best Buy launches new fund to help Seattle teens get tech and career training

Best Buy has been in Seattle since 2015, and the retailer made a big commitment to the area today, announcing… Read More

Aug 22, 2018, 10:58 AM

Urban Airship’s big ‘Boost’ during World Cup helped get 5 billion notifications to soccer fans

Urban Airship, the Portland-based mobile marketing startup, is feeling a boost from Boost, a new service designed to accelerate the… Read More

Aug 22, 2018, 6:00 AM

Amazon expands Alexa Fund Fellowship to 18 universities to support voice technology research

Amazon has expanded its Alexa Fund Fellowship, a program designed to fund and support researchers and universities working on voice technology,… Read More

Aug 21, 2018, 6:28 PM

Inside ‘Changemaker’: T-Mobile’s new competition helps young entrepreneurs pitch their big ideas

If the scene at T-Mobile’s headquarters on Monday was any indication, the future is in good hands with tomorrow’s leaders.… Read More

Aug 21, 2018, 8:40 AM

Slack raises massive $427M round, valuation skyrockets to $7.1B as it battles Microsoft Teams

Slack has raised a whopping $427 million in a new funding round amid a strong challenge from Microsoft Teams in… Read More

Aug 21, 2018, 6:00 AM

File-sharing service WeTransfer acquires Paper and Paste creative apps from FiftyThree

File-sharing company WeTransfer has acquired the Paper and Paste creative apps from FiftyThree. Founded in 2011, New York City-based FiftyThree was known for developing… Read More

Aug 21, 2018, 5:00 AM

Beyond the yellow box: Rosetta Stone reinvents itself with help from growing Seattle team

Rosetta Stone, the 26-year-old language learning company, has been quietly reinventing itself, and the company’s growing Seattle outpost is increasingly… Read More

Aug 20, 2018, 8:48 AM

Walmart completes $16B Flipkart acquisition, furthering India e-commerce battle with Amazon

Walmart has completed the $16 billion acquisition of Flipkart, the India e-commerce company locked in a battle with Amazon to… Read More

Aug 18, 2018, 10:41 AM

Seattle startup Rainway raises $1.5M to pursue vision of streaming games to any device

Game-streaming technology startup Rainway has raised $1.5 million in seed funding to build out its team and expand its service… Read More

Aug 17, 2018, 2:05 PM

JUMP makes it official, applies for Seattle bikeshare permit and plans to hire a GM

After waiting all summer for Seattle to work out its rules for bikesharing companies, Uber’s JUMP has filed for a… Read More

Aug 16, 2018, 1:59 PM

Suit alleges Unikrn initial coin offering broke SEC rules, esports betting startup calls claim meritless

Unikrn, the Seattle-area esports betting startup, is being sued on allegations that the company skirted federal regulations during its initial… Read More

Aug 15, 2018, 8:35 AM

T-Mobile’s next ‘Un-carrier’ target: Customer service

T-Mobile has set its “Un-carrier” sights on what it calls the broken customer service process. T-Mobile today said it is… Read More

Aug 15, 2018, 6:00 AM

Valence Group acquires Seattle studio 8ninths to harness expertise in VR and AR technology

8ninths, a small Seattle-based virtual and augmented reality studio with big visions, has been acquired by Valence Group Inc., a… Read More

Aug 14, 2018, 10:53 AM

Next week! Join us for a GeekWire podcast event and ‘Thirsty Thursday’ rooftop meetup in Seattle

It’s summer in Seattle, and we’re excited to bring everyone together next week, on Thursday, Aug. 23, for a special… Read More

Aug 14, 2018, 10:23 AM

There’s a big difference between how men and women see employer salary policies

Given the breadth of data about unequal pay and other obstacles for women in tech, it should come as no… Read More

Aug 14, 2018, 8:44 AM

AdSwerve acquires Seattle-based Analytics Pros for $24M, creating Google marketing powerhouse

Seattle startup Analytics Pros has been acquired by Denver-based AdSwerve, creating a combined 120-person marketing and analytics company that expects… Read More

Aug 13, 2018, 3:27 PM

Impinj misses earnings deadline amid an audit investigation and Nasdaq responds with ‘notice of deficiency’

Nasdaq has hit Impinj with a “notice of deficiency” for failing to report its quarterly earnings on time, after the… Read More

Aug 12, 2018, 9:22 PM

Inside the stolen passenger plane: ‘I played video games before, so I know what I’m doing, a little bit’

Audio and video from the fatal flight of a stolen Horizon Air passenger plane are providing a fuller picture of… Read More

Aug 10, 2018, 9:35 PM

Airline employee steals plane from Sea-Tac, does aerial tricks with F-15s in pursuit before crashing on island south of Seattle

A distressed Horizon Air employee stole one of the airline’s planes from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Friday night and roamed… Read More

Aug 10, 2018, 10:46 AM