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A Canadian wildfire-detection startup is buying a US competitor’s business amid disastrous wildfires on both sides of the border. Vancouver-based SenseNet is acquiring the wildfire technology business of US company N5 Sensors, as the...
GeekWire ·
The International Remote Baggage Screening platform allows U.S. customs agents to analyze X-ray images of checked baggage during an inbound flight. (GeekWire File Photo / Kurt Schlosser) While passengers are cruising at 35,000 feet,...
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Amazon’s ZancaSort system brings packages to workers automatically at its Last Mile Innovation Center in Dortmund, Germany. A separate initiative, Project Tetromino, reportedly aims to bring full automation to delivery stations. (Amazon...
GeekWire ·
(Compulsion Games image) One of the video game studios impacted by Xbox’s layoffs in July has successfully reclaimed its independence, as well as control over its intellectual property. Compulsion Games , headquartered in Montreal, was...
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(Wizards of the Coast/Invoke Studios press image) Wizards of the Coast and its subsidiary Invoke Studios released a first-look gameplay trailer for Warlock: Dungeons & Dragons , a new open-world action game based upon the systems and...
GeekWire ·
Dolly Parton in Los Angeles in 2012. (BigStock Photo) Amazon founder Jeff Bezos joined the chorus of people who said they were touched by the life and work of Dolly Parton as he shared his condolences after the passing of the...
GeekWire ·
TerraClear’s new Weed Maps helps farmers identify individual weeds as small as a quarter inch. (TerraClear Photo) The next big test for AI isn’t happening in a data center. Two Seattle-area startups are betting that AI can transform how...
GeekWire ·
Bill Gates at the keyboard in a 2018 file photo. (Gates Notes Photo) Bill Gates is legendary, bordering on notorious, for his late-night emails — missives to colleagues with piercing questions about Java back in the day, or malaria...
GeekWire ·
In the foreground are battery packs just as they would look installed in an EV, now repurposed by Redwood Materials and plugged into the microgrid serving Crusoe’s data center at Redwood’s campus in Nevada. (Redwood Photo) Subscribe to...
GeekWire ·
DuckDB creators Mark Raasveldt, left, and Hannes Mühleisen. (DuckLabs Photo) Amazon has agreed to acquire DuckLabs , the company behind DuckDB, the fast-growing open-source database that has become a favorite of developers looking to...
GeekWire ·
Graze co-founders Peat Bakke (left) and Devin Gaffney. (Graze Photo) Portland-based social media startup Graze is joining Flipboard in a strategic acquisition aimed at expanding open social protocols and giving users control over their...
GeekWire ·
Meta must overhaul Instagram and Facebook for young users by enforcing daily time limits, turning off push notifications during school hours, and blocking access late at night. (BigStock Photo) Washington state will receive up to $339...
GeekWire ·
(BigStock Photo) T-Mobile is cutting 77 jobs across Washington state, trimming staff across its Bellevue headquarters, regional retail stores, and remote roles, according to a new state filing. The layoffs are expected to occur between...
GeekWire ·
Bill Gates, whose new essay warns of the risks ahead in the AI era, during a 2017 interview. (GeekWire File Photo / Kevin Lisota) When Bill Gates talks, people listen. This week he published a lengthy essay on what AI is going to do to...
GeekWire ·
Levanta builds marketing tools so influencers and creators can connect with brands. Influencers and online creators have become an increasingly powerful way for brands to sell products. But managing those relationships can get...
GeekWire ·
Ali Farhadi, now a Microsoft corporate vice president of AI, at a Technology Alliance event in May 2024. (GeekWire File Photo) GeekWire is profiling over the next few weeks some of the people and teams that are shaping the evolution of...
GeekWire ·
Cory Black is a former tech worker who left his career to focus on juggling, mostly of soccer balls. (Vitz Photography Photo) Most tech workers are used to keeping multiple projects up in the air at once. Cory Black took the concept to...
GeekWire ·
Kelly Paulson of Providence Swedish Cancer Institute examines an immunofluorescent image showing T-cells surrounding a lobular breast cancer tumor sample, confirming a finding flagged by Ai2’s AutoDiscovery system. (Ai2 Photo) An AI...
GeekWire ·
Skyfarer founder and CEO Nick Tsang in the cockpit of a Gulfstream G650. (Photo courtesy of Nick Tsang) When a pilot wants to find a flight instructor, a mechanic, an examiner for a flight test, or a fair price on an airplane, the...
GeekWire ·
From left, Marc Cummings, Life Science Washington; Snehal Patel, Sana Biotechnology; Joe Horsman, Madrona Venture Group; Rebecca Bryant, Fred Hutch Cancer Center; and Alex Zanghellini, Arzeda, at a Seattle forum hosted by the National...
GeekWire ·
Arkero co-founders, from left: Daniel Shi, who oversees business operations; CEO Shivaas Gulati; and Vamsi Narla, who leads product and engineering. (Arkero Photo) Arkero , a Seattle-area startup leveraging AI to help professional...
GeekWire ·
L-R: OnTrade co-founders Zachary Harl, chief investment officer; Raji Subramanian, CEO; and Matt Williams, president. (OnTrade Photos) The co-founders of Pro.com, the Seattle-based home-improvement marketplace acquired by Opendoor in...
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Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering. (Photo courtesy of Malek Itani) University of Washington Ph.D. student Malek Itani , who co-founded the AI-powered sound enhancement startup Hearvana , has been awarded the prestigious...
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Marc Whitten, the new president and CEO of Dolby Laboratories. (Dolby Photo) — Marc Whitten , a former Microsoft and Amazon executive, was named president and CEO of San Francisco-based Dolby Laboratories . He succeeds Kevin Yeaman ,...
GeekWire ·
Agnes Kim, founder of ViaJiin, a Korean-sourced beauty supply startup based in the Seattle area, with some of the skincare products that her new company offers. (ViaJiin Photos) Long before the July email arrived confirming she was one...
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Bill Gates, shown here in April 2025, released a memo this week warning that the world isn’t ready for AI. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Bill Gates published a new essay warning that the AI industry...
CISA KEV · · Critical severity
JetBrains TeamCity Deserialization of Untrusted Data Vulnerability. JetBrains TeamCity contains a deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability that could allow unauthenticated remote code execution via the agent polling protocol....
GeekWire ·
Older ferries like this vessel sailing across Washington’s Puget Sound are scheduled to be upgraded or replaced with electric-hybrid ferries to cut greenhouse emissions. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) The sun is setting on Washington...
GeekWire ·
Comedian and “Love Isn’t Blind” host Allison Goldberg, center in pink, during the touring live show. (Photo via Love Isn’t Blind) Can’t a tech bro catch a break? A live dating show that has made stops in Seattle sheds a little bit of...
Cybersecurity Dive - Latest News ·
The agency has been focused on helping secure systems at drinking and wastewater utilities in recent weeks.
GeekWire ·
Prompted by GeekWire to create three separate children’s stories about animals — a bear, a bird and a cat — Google Gemini Storybook rendered three male characters. A new UW study dives much deeper into AI models’ gendering of animal...
GeekWire ·
Zillow Group’s headquarters at 1301 Second Ave. (GeekWire File Photo) Zillow Group’s layoffs will eliminate 91 jobs in Washington state, landing heavily on senior staff, according to a notice the company filed with the state Employment...
GeekWire ·
Investors and innovators at the kickoff happy hour at 2026 Pacific Northwest Climate Week. (GeekWire Photos / Laura Scott) Subscribe to Positive Charge : Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Amazon Music , All Episodes Most climate news these...
News – MeriTalk ·
The Department of Defense’s (DOD) Joint Interagency Task Force 401 (JIATF-401) expanded its counter-unmanned aerial system (UAS) marketplace with new capabilities designed to help military organizations, domestic law enforcement...
BetaKit ·
Shopify says it beat revenue expectations and boosted free cash flow margin in its second-quarter earnings, as the e-commerce company forecasts continued growth on increased demand for AI-driven shopping. On Wednesday, the...
BetaKit ·
White Star Capital has closed its fourth global VC fund at $350 million CAD, as the firm hopes to continue delivering strong returns amid a tough fundraising landscape for Canadian VCs. “ We’re seeing an interesting new trade route that...
News – MeriTalk ·
5 that it has secured Impact Level 5 (IL5) authorization for its Agentforce 360 platform, with the U.S. Army Human Resources Command (HRC) becoming the first Department of Defense (DOD) organization to deploy the technology. Under the...
BetaKit ·
University of Toronto associate professor Sanja Fidler is leaving her role as Nvidia’s VP of AI research after eight years at the world’s most valuable company. The news: Fidler announced her departure from Nvidia in a LinkedIn post on...
GeekWire ·
A Falcon 9 rocket arcs into the night sky during a February 2023 launch. Most of SpaceX’s launches carry Starlink satellites built at the company’s factory in Redmond, Wash. (SpaceX Photo, licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0 ) The satellites...
BetaKit ·
Vancouver-based AI infrastructure company Intellistake has agreed to acquire Dallas-based NanoAi Technologies, which makes air screening devices with a variety of applications. The news: Intellistake will issue $17 million CAD worth of...
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