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Apple says Siri will no longer retain audio by default, one-upping Amazon and Google on privacy

Siri won’t be so sneaky about snooping anymore. That’s the gist of a new policy announcement and accompanying apology from… Read More

Google and Dell team up on new Chromebook Enterprise devices, targeting Microsoft’s bread-and-butter

Google is taking on the enterprise institution that is Microsoft’s Windows operating system with a series of new laptops targeting… Read More

Baidu surges past Google in global smart speaker sales, becoming the new #2 behind Amazon Echo

Baidu is now the No. 2 smart speaker seller in the world, roaring past Google and trailing only Amazon. According… Read More

Bill Nye swears, and Microsoft Windows is cursed, in new promotion videos for Google’s Chromebook

Bill Nye is cursing (again) in the name of climate change. But this time he’s swearing by the need to… Read More

Today on GeekWire: Satya and the Sounders; Cray goes nuclear; new Seattle startup fundings

Highlights from today’s top stories. Subscribe here to receive this rundown daily. Satya Nadella owns a soccer team. At least, he owns… Read More

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Platform Power: Amazon, Facebook, Google, and the hidden forces driving the world’s top businesses

Amazon, Uber, Google, Facebook, Microsoft and many other big companies have something in common. They’re all platforms, providing underlying technologies… Read More

Google’s Seattle-area footprint skyrockets to nearly 2M square feet, fueling region’s tech space race

Google’s appetite for office space across the Seattle region has intensified in recent years, and it is on the verge… Read More

Earmuffs, Alexa! Amazon to let users opt out of human review of voice recordings, amid scrutiny

Amazon became the latest tech giant to let users of its voice assistant opt out of human review of their… Read More

Hello, neighbor! How Google Cloud is making its presence known in Amazon’s backyard

Google is planting its flag in Amazon territory. Google signage has been installed across the multiple buildings going up in… Read More

Google brings YouTube back to Amazon Fire TV, as promised, but not to rival’s Echo Show

Google and Amazon followed through on their peace pact this morning. The official YouTube app is coming back to Amazon’s… Read More

Google halts tablet production in the face of competition from Microsoft, Apple and others

Google will stop producing its own tablets, according to a report from Computerworld, pulling back from a competitive and stagnant… Read More

Google acquires Looker for $2.6 billion to add its business intelligence software to Google Cloud

Google is getting deeper into enterprise software with the $2.6 billion acquisition of Looker, which makes business-intelligence software for data… Read More

Amazon and Google stocks tumble as tech world braces for increased antitrust scrutiny

Shares in Amazon and Google are diving Monday morning on reports that U.S. regulators are gearing up to take a… Read More

Networking issues take down Google Cloud in parts of the U.S. and Europe, YouTube and Snapchat also affected

Update 6:13pm PT: Google sounded the all-clear at 5:09 pm PT, saying that all service had been restored. Our original… Read More

Google Glass takes on Microsoft HoloLens with new augmented reality eyewear for businesses

Google is challenging Microsoft’s HoloLens with a new version of its Glass augmented reality eyewear targeted at businesses, continuing a… Read More

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at Build 2019. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota)

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Which tech giant do you trust? How Google, Apple, Facebook and Microsoft are doing privacy

There’s a common theme running through the spring season of developer conferences and tech events: trust and privacy. With the… Read More

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Geared Up: Google Pixel 3a Thoughts, iOS 13 Leaked Features, & Google Duplex on the Web

The Google I/O 2019 keynote took place this week, and I bring you a recap of the news, including my… Read More

Google says its AI can spot early-stage lung cancer, in some cases better than doctors can

What if deep learning models could detect early-stage cancer more accurately than a veteran radiologist? Google is showing that day… Read More

Google unveils Nest Hub Max with 10-inch display, escalating rivalry with Amazon Alexa and Echo

Google showed a new device called Nest Hub Max, with a 10-inch display and a built-in camera, stepping up its… Read More

Does Google really run the most reliable cloud service? Even its own sources are skeptical

The slide whizzed by during a Google Cloud Next keynote address last month in San Francisco, perhaps a little too… Read More

Former Google Cloud CEO Diane Greene and longtime Google CEO Eric Schmidt leaving Alphabet’s board of directors

Two long-serving members of Alphabet’s board of directors who also played prominent roles as executives at the company plan to… Read More

Deadly crane incident at future Google Cloud campus in Seattle leaves project in flux

The centerpiece of Google’s Seattle expansion is in flux after a construction crane for the tech giant’s new campus in… Read More

How multiyear contracts with big business are changing the economics of the cloud

As it scaled its way to unicorn status and beyond over the last few years, Pinterest was more focused on… Read More

Google Seattle building loses power as ‘blown breaker’ prompts large emergency response

The Seattle Fire Department responded to reports of a possible explosion and smoke at Google’s offices in Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood… Read More

Amazon and Google make peace: YouTube to return to Fire TV and Prime Video coming to Chromecast

Amazon and Google have resolved a long-running feud that kept YouTube off Fire TV devices for more than a year.… Read More

Hear speakers from Slack, Icertis, Solo.io, and SendGrid at the 2019 GeekWire Cloud Summit

It might be spring break in Seattle, but plans for the 2019 GeekWire Cloud Summit, presented by F5, are in… Read More

Google hopes Cloud Code encourages developers to deploy their apps to Kubernetes

Kubernetes is as much of a north star as anything for Google’s cloud computing efforts, and it thinks software developers… Read More

Google takes aim at Amazon Web Services with Google Cloud for Retail

Google plans to launch one of its first vertical-market cloud services packages introduced under new CEO Thomas Kurian Wednesday at… Read More

Google Assistant now works with your G Suite work calendar

Voice assistants are moving into the office, prompting Google to integrate its Google Assistant technology with G Suite customer calendars.… Read More

Google renews its cloud security pitch: If it’s good enough for Google, it’s good enough for you

As one of the most prominent tech companies of the last 25 years — and the victim of a sophisticated… Read More