A new quiz from Seattle-based AI nonprofit TrueMedia tests how well people can spot deepfake images, videos and audio clips, highlighting the need for people to be aware of what’s… Read More
T-Mobile is helping boost the fan experience this week at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, a major women’s golf tournament hosted by Sahalee Country Club in Sammamish, Wash. The Bellevue,… Read More
In her commencement speech at Stanford University on Sunday morning, Melinda French Gates got personal and philosophical. French Gates acknowledged the big step the Standford grads were taking — which… Read More
“There’s a great future in thermoplastics.” If anyone ever does a remake of “The Graduate,” that’s how the famous advice given to Dustin Hoffman’s character about the promise of the… Read More
This story originally appeared on Real Estate News. A settlement has been reached between Zillow Group and three multiple listing service organizations in a lawsuit involving the company’s ShowingTime product. A… Read More
Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellite broadband network has been tapped to provide internet connectivity to customers in seven South American countries, under the terms of a newly announced deal with Vrio… Read More
GeekWire on Wednesday celebrated its new headquarters at the center of the universe — otherwise known as Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood. Business leaders, GeekWire sponsors and members, neighbors and representatives from… Read More
Collaborative Robotics, the Santa Clara, Calif., company founded in 2022 by former Amazon Robotics VP and Distinguished Engineer Brad Porter, has hired Michael Vogelsong, who co-founded Amazon’s Deep Learning Technologies… Read More
Back in 1999, when F5 recruited Jeff Stockdale to build its hardware business, expanding beyond its core expertise in software, the engineering leader had one condition for the Seattle-based technology… Read More
Kent, Wash.-based Stoke Space says it has successfully completed the first hot-fire test of the engine that will power the first stage of its reusable Nova launch vehicle. The firing… Read More
The chairman of the Coast Guard investigation panel for last year’s loss of OceanGate’s Titan submersible says his team has “found no evidence” that crew members knew about their peril.… Read More
Xbox plans to get out of its own way for the rest of 2024, with new installments coming for three tentpole franchises of its new subsidiary Activision Blizzard. Meanwhile, several… Read More
At a time of shrinking office footprints and ongoing cutbacks across parts of the tech industry, the news Thursday morning from Acumatica stands out as unusual. The company, which specializes… Read More
Smartsheet revenue rose 20% year-over-year to $263 million during its first fiscal quarter, topping analyst estimates. Previously: Smartsheet CEO Mark Mader on AI, hiring, and the new realities of tech… Read More
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon doesn’t need to be sold on the value of AI. The world’s largest bank has been working on artificial intelligence for more than a decade.… Read More
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella stepped down from the Starbucks board this week, according to a regulatory filing Friday by the Seattle-based coffee giant. In his letter of resignation, Nadella didn’t… Read More
A federal jury in Seattle says Boeing owes an unsuccessful electric-aviation startup called Zunum Aero $72 million for misappropriating trade secrets and interfering with its business plans. Some of that… Read More
Seattle-based travel giant Expedia Group is laying off 36 workers in Washington, according to a new filing with the state Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) system. A spokesperson for… Read More
For a place that’s traditionally supposed to be quiet, the Broadview branch of the Seattle Public Library was exceptionally so on Wednesday. After a cyberattack knocked out much of the… Read More
The ransomware attack on Seattle Public Library this past weekend isn’t the first to target public library systems. Libraries in Toronto and London also recently suffered major cybersecurity breaches, knocking… Read More
The Seattle Public Library was dealing with what it called a “ransomware event” impacting its technology systems on Tuesday, causing disruptions to a number of online services offered by the… Read More
Bellevue, Wash.-based wireless giant T-Mobile announced Tuesday it reached an agreement with U.S. Cellular to acquire “substantially all” of its wireless operations in a $4.4 billion deal.
Less than a year after the loss of Everett, Wash.-based OceanGate’s submersible and its five-person crew during a dive to the Titanic, Triton Submarines is planning a trip to the… Read More
As the interim CTO of the City of Seattle and leader of IT-related projects within the city’s departments, Jim Loter has deep insights into how municipal employees use emerging technology… Read More
Perhaps you’ve heard the admonishment “look at me when I’m speaking to you.” But what if while wearing headphones you could listen to someone more clearly just by looking at… Read More
Brinc announced a new public safety drone designed to fly ahead of police in response to 911 calls to quickly assess situations and, in some cases, eliminate the need for… Read More
Everett, Wash.-based Wave Motion Launch Corp. has won a contract worth nearly $1.6 million from the U.S. Army to continue development of its Jet Gun technology. Wave Motion’s Jet Gun… Read More
REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft showed new integrations between its Copilot artificial intelligence technologies and its Windows PC operating system, and previewed a new class of personal computers designed to further… Read More
Two of Expedia Group’s top engineering leaders have abruptly exited the company due to what the online travel giant called a “violation of company policy.” The Seattle-based company did not… Read More
