Tag: GeekWire

November 4, 2024

Taylor Soper 2024-11-04 13:18:00 www.geekwire.com (Ziply Image) Kirkland, Wash.-based fiber internet service provider Ziply Fiber agreed to be acquired by ...

Expedia chairman Barry Diller on potential deal with Uber and Washington Post’s ‘blunder’ – GeekWire

November 4, 2024

Taylor Soper 2024-11-04 11:32:00 www.geekwire.com Expedia chairman Barry Diller. (GeekWire File Photo) Expedia chairman Barry Diller told CNBC on Monday ...

High-tech ‘Portal’ is a visual delight for those entering Seattle office building – GeekWire

November 3, 2024

Kurt Schlosser 2024-11-03 13:00:00 www.geekwire.com Bob Meuller, right, and Chris Ward of Lightspeed Design stand in “The Portal,” an immersive, ...

Ultra Safe Nuclear files for bankruptcy as part of sale process

Alan Boyle 2024-11-01 13:59:00 www.geekwire.com An artist’s conception shows a cutaway view of a Micro Modular Reactor system. (USNC Illustration) ...

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Lisa Stiffler 2024-11-01 16:37:00 www.geekwire.com If this house in Richland, Wash., appeared to be your dream home, could the politics ...

Benioff in talks to sell Time; Salesforce CEO has called media ‘much harder’ than tech – GeekWire

Kurt Schlosser 2024-11-01 14:56:00 www.geekwire.com Marc Benioff, Salesforce co-founder and CEO, at Dreamforce 2017. (Salesforce Photo by Jakub Mosur Photography) ...

The winning ideas at the UW computer science school annual research showcase – GeekWire

Taylor Soper 2024-11-01 11:09:00 www.geekwire.com From left: Magdalena Balazinska, professor and director of the Allen School; Jon Turow, partner, Madrona; ...

Amazon corporate headcount drops year-over-year as tech giant aims for efficiency – GeekWire

Taylor Soper 2024-10-31 18:40:00 www.geekwire.com Amazon’s Spheres at the company’s HQ in Seattle. (GeekWire File Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Amazon ...

New class action lawsuits target Amazon over non-competes and pay transparency – GeekWire

Amazon stock jumps 6%; Q3 revenue up 11% to $158.9B; profits hit $15.3B; AWS sales up 19% – GeekWire

Taylor Soper 2024-10-31 16:09:00 www.geekwire.com (GeekWire Photo / Taylor Soper) Amazon topped estimates for its third quarter earnings, reporting $158.9 billion ...

Ex-Zipwhip leaders back Ambassador, a ‘conversational commerce’ software startup – GeekWire

Taylor Soper 2024-10-31 14:41:00 www.geekwire.com (Ambassador Image) Ambassador, a Seattle startup that helps brands acquire customers via “conversational commerce” software, ...

Microsoft tries to whittle down its carbon footprint by building data centers with engineered timber – GeekWire

Lisa Stiffler 2024-10-31 09:00:00 www.geekwire.com Rendering of a data center that Microsoft is building using cross-laminated timber for its floors ...

Seattle home-inspection services startup Inspectify raises $5.3M – GeekWire

Kurt Schlosser 2024-10-30 18:25:00 www.geekwire.com Inspectify co-founders Josh Jensen , left, and Denis Bellavance. (Inspectify Photo) Seattle-based home-inspection services startup ...

Analysts watching AWS growth, retail margins, Project Kuiper – GeekWire

Taylor Soper 2024-10-30 22:46:00 www.geekwire.com (GeekWire Photo / Taylor Soper) Amazon reports its third quarter earnings Thursday. Analysts will be ...

Microsoft’s financial disclosures show how OpenAI is fueling growth — and taking a toll on profits – GeekWire

Todd Bishop 2024-10-30 21:11:00 www.geekwire.com OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott at the Microsoft Build developer conference ...

On first earnings call, Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol details plan to ‘bring order’ to mobile ordering – GeekWire

Taylor Soper 2024-10-30 18:49:00 www.geekwire.com (GeekWire Photo / Taylor Soper) Improving the mobile ordering experience at Starbucks is high on ...

Microsoft beats expectations with nearly $25B in quarterly profits, as AI revenue boosts cloud growth – GeekWire

Todd Bishop 2024-10-30 16:16:00 www.geekwire.com Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) Microsoft beat Wall Street’s expectations across ...

Univ. of Washington selected for new federally funded Northwest innovation training hub – GeekWire

Lisa Stiffler 2024-10-30 10:10:00 www.geekwire.com The University of Washington’s Condon Hall, which houses the CoMotion offices as well as Startup ...

Pizza robot maker Picnic raises $5M as Seattle investor Andy Liu joins board – GeekWire

October 29, 2024

Kurt Schlosser 2024-10-29 18:06:00 www.geekwire.com Cheese and pepperoni are added to pizzas making their way through a Picnic Pizza Station ...

Seattle Public Schools issues statement explaining its stance on grade-viewing app – GeekWire

October 29, 2024

Todd Bishop 2024-10-29 18:42:00 www.geekwire.com GradePro acquired the app “The Source: SPS” and migrated users to its GradePro app. (GradePro ...

All eyes on AI; 5 key numbers to watch

October 29, 2024

Todd Bishop 2024-10-29 13:14:00 www.geekwire.com AI will be in the spotlight when Microsoft reports earnings this week. (GeekWire Photo / ...

F5 reports $747M in quarterly revenue as stock surges 10%; company names new CFO – GeekWire

October 28, 2024

Taylor Soper 2024-10-28 18:04:00 www.geekwire.com Cooper Werner. (LinkedIn Photo) Shares of F5 were up more than 10% in after-hours trading ...

Jeff Bezos selling $5B worth of Amazon shares as company’s stock hits all-time high – GeekWire

Jeff Bezos says ‘no quid pro quo of any kind’ in decision to end Washington Post endorsements – GeekWire

October 28, 2024

Kurt Schlosser 2024-10-28 20:30:00 www.geekwire.com Jeff Bezos. (Amazon Photo) Jeff Bezos is defending his decision as owner of The Washington ...

Seattle startup Moondream, led by AWS vets, raises $4.5M for vision language model software – GeekWire

October 28, 2024