Tech – Page 22 of 306

Black Friday online sales hit record $9.1B amid inflation, up 2.3% from last year

Black Friday online sales hit a record $9.12 billion despite ongoing inflation as categories such as electronics, toys, and exercise… Read More

GeekWire Gala: Purchase tickets this week to our big holiday bash and support a great cause

The GeekWire Gala — the Seattle tech community’s stylish holiday party — returns Wednesday, Dec. 7 in downtown Seattle. We’re… Read More

‘It’s the beginning of a sea change’: How tech layoffs are transforming the job market

After nine years in tech marketing in Seattle, working his way up from individual contributor into management, James Carroll decided… Read More

Bill Gates’ holiday book picks are 5 all-time favorites; look for them in 100 Little Free Libraries

Bill Gates has made a tradition of releasing lists and reviews of his favorite books, but his holiday installment this… Read More

Greg Bear, 1951-2022: Best-selling writer influenced sci-fi world, on and off the page

Greg Bear, a Seattle science-fiction author who played a leading role in defining how global audiences saw future final frontiers,… Read More

Visualization of global cloud connections

Lockheed Martin teams up with Microsoft on classified cloud services for Pentagon

Lockheed Martin and Microsoft say they’re deepening their strategic relationship to help power the next generation of computing and communications… Read More

Need a style reboot? Here’s your chance to get a new look before this year’s GeekWire Gala

Finding the right outfits in our closets is a daunting task these days, given three years of social hibernation. Who… Read More

Payscale acquires competitor Agora as states push for pay transparency

Seattle compensation data startup Payscale announced Tuesday that it is purchasing San Francisco-based competitor Agora Solutions amid a tailwind of lawmakers… Read More

Air Force Research Lab agrees to support Stratolaunch’s first hypersonic flight test

Stratolaunch, the company created by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen more than a decade ago, says it’s won a contract from… Read More

Microsoft gives developers a new method for estimating quantum computing needs

What’ll it take to solve the quantum computing challenges of the future? Microsoft has an app for that — and… Read More

Jeff Bezos says he will give away most of his fortune

Jeff Bezos will be giving away most of his fortune. The Amazon founder revealed the news for the first time… Read More

Illustration: Eviation airplane over Australia

Australia’s NTAS airline puts in an order for 20 of Eviation’s Alice electric airplanes

It’s only fitting that 20 of Eviation’s all-electric Alice commuter airplanes are destined to be based in Alice Springs. That’s… Read More

Redfin to cut 13% of workforce and shut down home-flipping business RedfinNow

Redfin will wind down its home-flipping program RedfinNow and lay off employees for the second time this year as it… Read More

Crypto exchange Gemini expanding in Seattle area amid industry turmoil

Gemini, a cryptocurrency exchange co-founded by the Winklevoss twins of Facebook fame, plans to hire 100 people at its Seattle-area… Read More

More than 200 Twitter employees in Seattle laid off as part of larger cuts

Twitter is laying off 208 Seattle-based employees, according to a new filing with the Washington state Worker Adjustment and Retraining… Read More

Seattle’s Twitter office impacted by widespread layoffs under new owner Elon Musk

FOLLOW-UP: More than 200 Twitter employees in Seattle laid off as part of larger cuts Original story: Seattle-based Twitter employees… Read More

Robotic arm startup founded by former Microsoft engineering leader is raising cash

A new Seattle-area startup is betting that robotic arms can help restaurants and construction sites improve efficiency and address labor… Read More

Housekeeper sues Jeff Bezos over working conditions at Amazon founder’s home

A housekeeper who says she worked for nearly three years at Jeff Bezos’ Seattle-area home claims she was subjected to… Read More

Zillow Group beats Q3 expectations but cautions that real estate outlook remains ‘challenged’

Zillow Group beat its third quarter earnings expectations amid a slowdown in the overall housing market and rising interest rates… Read More

Univ. of Wash. aims to dismiss suit by computer science instructor over land acknowledgements

University of Washington leaders filed a motion Monday to dismiss a lawsuit brought by an instructor who created his own… Read More

After acquiring Zipwhip for $850M last year, Twilio will shut down business texting service

Twilio will sunset Zipwhip’s software after acquiring the Seattle startup for $850 million last year. According to the latest update… Read More

Carbon removal and propulsion tech startups are part of new cohort for maritime incubator

The Tacoma Maritime Innovation Incubator, an initiative of Washington state’s Maritime Blue economic program, has announced its second cohort. The… Read More

Pasito, a YC grad that helps companies manage benefits, raises $3.25M from Google and others

Portland, Ore.-based startup Pasito raised a $3.25 million seed round to fuel growth of its software that helps companies manage… Read More

The GeekWire Gala is back: Seattle’s geekiest holiday party returns Dec. 7

Our favorite “geek chic” holiday party, the GeekWire Gala, is taking place Wednesday, Dec. 7, at the historic Block 41… Read More

Amazon readies 172,000-square-foot Kirkland factory to build Kuiper satellites

Amazon says it’ll open a 172,000-square-foot production facility in Kirkland, Wash., to manufacture thousands of satellites for its Project Kuiper… Read More

Zillow Group lays off around 300 employees in latest tech industry job cuts

Zillow Group is slashing about 300 jobs as the Seattle company looks to curb costs amid a slowing real estate… Read More

After Seattle launch, personal concierge service Yohana goes nationwide to help more busy families

Yohana, the personal concierge service launched in Seattle by a robotics pioneer juggling life as a busy mom, is expanding… Read More

Microsoft earnings preview: Analysts bullish on cloud business despite macro headwinds

Follow-up: Microsoft revenue growth slows as cloud business helps offset Windows decline Microsoft reports its latest financial report Tuesday, kicking… Read More

Q&A with tech vet leading REI’s $30M fund to help founders of color get ahead in outdoor industry

The next time you “opt outside,” you might just be doing it using a brand or product that got a… Read More

F5 cutting about 100 jobs due to ‘current macroeconomic environment’

Seattle-based application security and delivery giant F5 is the latest tech company to lay off employees. The company confirmed Friday… Read More