Self-charging drones for power line inspections land top prize at UW enviro innovation contest
A team building self-charging drones for power line inspections land the top prize at the University of Washington ...
Ring founder Jamie Siminoff rejoins Amazon in new VP role
Siminoff, the Ring founder and longtime CEO, left Amazon in 2023, five years after the Seattle tech giant acquired Ring for a ...
Gates, Ballmer, Nadella and Copilot: Microsoft CEOs past and present engage in podcast chat with AI
As part of the festivities around Microsoft’s 50th anniversary, current CEO Satya Nadella reunited with Microsoft co-founder ...
Microsoft flag flies atop Space Needle to celebrate company’s 50th anniversary
Even the Space Needle is getting in on the celebration of Microsoft's 50th anniversary. Seattle's iconic tower raised a ...
In their own words: Microsoft leaders, past and present, on the company’s legacy and impact
What’s the significance of Microsoft in modern business and tech history? For the past several months, in the course of ...
Microsoft gives Copilot its own memory in new push to personalize its AI assistant
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella opens the Copilot and 50th anniversary event Friday. (GeekWire Photo /) REDMOND, Wash. — ...
‘It’s price fixing’: Washington leaders target rent algorithm companies with lawsuit, legislation
As Washington struggles with a shortage of affordable housing, leaders are going after tech companies they allege are ...
UW Hyperloop
For the fourth time, the students on University of Washington’s pod-racing team are taking aim at the top prize in tech… Read More Germany’s WARR Hyperloop team made it to the winner’s circle again ...
‘Keep building’: Tariffs cause uncertainty for startups, but VCs encourage a long-term view
“In theory, a high-growth startup succeeds because it finds a thing people want, builds it, and sells it, not because the Fed decides to cut rates or because the administration issued a tariff policy, ...
Their Stories, Our Future: Why the #empowHER50 Campaign is a Call to Action to Democratize AI for All
This year, as Microsoft celebrates its 50th anniversary—marking five decades of innovation, leadership, and global ...
Ai2 and Google Cloud join Cancer AI Alliance with a total of $20M in commitments
The Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) is joining a high-profile national effort to accelerate cancer research using artificial intelligence, committing $10 million in researcher time and technical ...
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For the past several months, in the course of reporting GeekWire’s Microsoft@50 series, we’ve asked variations of that question in interviews and email exchanges with key leaders from the company over ...