Tech

An Instant Pot in every kitchen: Amazon packs Seattle arena for ‘all hands’ meeting

It’s safe to say that big staff meetings are a little different at Amazon. https://twitter.com/sheedyville/status/900749900056469504 https://twitter.com/mza/status/900784816366288896 Thousands of Amazonians packed… Read More

How millennials use their smartphones in 2017, and the surprising reason they delete apps

Hey app developers: Make sure your logo is designed well, or millennials may delete your app. That’s one takeaway from… Read More

Live video: House Speaker Paul Ryan visits Boeing for Tax Reform Town Hall

House Speaker Paul Ryan is at Boeing’s giant airplane production facility in Everett, Wash., this morning to lead a town… Read More

Bike-sharing services Spin and LimeBike let riders use bicycles without smartphone or credit card

Two of Seattle’s new bike-sharing services are making their bicycles more accessible to folks without a smartphone or credit card.… Read More

Offered without comment: Report uncovers the most troll-ridden places in the U.S.

Unless this is your first time on the internet, chances are you’ve come across your fair share of nasty comments… Read More

AT&T will expand G.fast internet service to 22 markets, including Seattle and Portland

Northwest folks living in apartments or condominiums have a new high-speed internet option. AT&T announced today that it is expanding… Read More

Versive raises $12.7M to solve security problems using artificial intelligence

If you’re working on a security startup in 2017, you’re more than likely applying artificial intelligence or machine learning techniques… Read More

Bill Gates learns engineering like a 5-year-old in lesson from Washington’s Teacher of the Year

Despite all of his success, Bill Gates is always eager to learn something new. And the Microsoft co-founder is inspired… Read More

House Speaker Paul Ryan to visit Boeing in Everett and discuss tax reform at employee town hall

House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) is making a trip to the Pacific Northwest this week to lay out the Republican… Read More

Paul Allen helps find lost wreckage of USS Indianapolis in Philippine Sea with latest sonar technology

With the help of a remotely-operated vehicle and new historical information, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen and a team of researchers… Read More

Can Seattle avoid Bay Area problems? Researchers using data to predict how neighborhoods will evolve

Seattle is experiencing unrelenting population growth, driven largely by its booming technology industry. If policymakers are to avoid some of the… Read More

Education tech company Promethean picks ‘global tech hub’ of Seattle for new HQ

Seattle just added a new corporate headquarters. Promethean, an educational technology company owned by Chinese Internet powerhouse NetDragon Websoft Holdings Limited,… Read More

Walmart’s grocery and e-commerce units surge as battle with Amazon intensifies

Ahead of a battle the Amazon-Whole Foods grocery alliance, Walmart is growing its digital operation and its grocery division is… Read More

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray joins the call for removal of Lenin statue, citing ‘violent atrocities’

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray has joined a chorus of voices in his city and online calling for a statue of… Read More

VC fundraising on pace to exceed $40B for 4th consecutive year in North America and Europe

Venture capital firms certainly have no shortage of cash to invest in startups. PitchBook released its 2017 PE and VC… Read More

RealNetworks teams up with Chinese broadcaster CIBN to strengthen streaming offerings

Seattle-based RealNetworks has struck a deal with CIBN Oriental Network to help the Chinese broadcaster enhance its TV and mobile video… Read More

Trump supporters converge on Seattle’s Lenin statue, shout ‘tear it down’ and debate passersby

A handful of self-described supporters of President Donald Trump converged on Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood Wednesday to call for the removal… Read More

Amid outcry, Trump disbands two business councils – but tech is a separate issue

President Donald Trump says he’s disbanding two of his business advisory councils, focusing on manufacturing as well as strategy and… Read More

Obama post after Charlottesville is most liked tweet ever; Facebook bans white nationalist’s accounts

Like most news events these days, the violent and deadly clash between white nationalists and counter protesters in Charlottesville, Va.,… Read More

UW researchers discover how to hack into smartphones and TVs to track body movements

Hackers and spies no longer need special surveillance equipment to track your location and movements. Researchers from the University of… Read More

Here are the fastest growing companies in the Pacific Northwest, according to Inc.’s annual list

Lenora Systems, a Redmond-based provider of IT consulting, software development and project management services is the fastest-growing Pacific Northwest tech… Read More

Time to pull down Seattle’s Lenin statue? Silicon Valley venture capitalist takes on relic’s place in wake of Charlottesville tragedy

Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood has long been considered one of the city’s more eccentric areas — home to artists and hippies… Read More

‘How are your tweets feeling?’ Researchers find connection between Twitter users’ emotions and flu outbreaks

Imagine if public health workers could monitor social media to take the emotional temperature of a specific population and use… Read More

Exclusive! The inside story of Comic-Con’s most coveted collectibles

Several years before I became a regular attendee of San Diego Comic-Con, I asked my friend to pick up a… Read More

How canned fish convinced RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser to ignore conventional wisdom and invest in a new Seattle restaurant

Rob Glaser is well aware that restaurants make for risky investments. “There’s two arguments,” he told GeekWire. “One, they have… Read More