How chef Tom Douglas learned to cater to Amazon’s culture, and its tightwad...
Tom Douglas When it comes to Seattle’s hometown successes, you could describe Tom Douglas as the Amazon of fine dining. Over the last ten years, this serial restaurateur has rolled out a dozen...
View ArticleOur weightless wait is over: Zero-g flight arriving soon
We’ve got asteroid miners, space elevator builders, and rocket makers galore, not to mention world-class space investors like Jeff Bezos and Paul Allen. Space is now a $150m+ business in Washington...
View ArticleHigh above Seattle, a tech meetup at zero gravity
Intrepid correspondent Mark Harris (center right) and his in-flight companions experience zero gravity in the air above Seattle last weekend. (Photos courtesy Zero Gravity Corporation. Al Powers,...
View ArticleWith iOS 11, Apple finally goes all-in on Near Field Communication — and this...
A small note in this slide from Apple’s Worldwide Developer conference keynote could translate into big changes in the way people use iPhones. Seven years after the arrival of the first Android phone...
View ArticleSeattle-based RChain takes on Bitcoin and Ethereum with new blockchain...
Greg Meredith A Seattle-based cooperative raised more than $5 million in a single day this week to build a new blockchain technology that it says will be faster, more scalable and far less resource...
View ArticleVulcan plans to test AI security system on Seattle plaza, capable of scanning...
Part of Radio Physics Solutions’ Experimental License Request in FCC application filing. A technology company working with Vulcan Inc. is seeking to install and test an AI-powered scanning system...
View ArticleFAA certificate offers new details on Stratolaunch’s plans for test flights...
Stratolaunch’s giant airplane sits on the tarmac at California’s Mojave Air and Space Port. (Stratolaunch Photo) The Federal Aviation Administration has cleared the world’s largest airplane for...
View ArticleExclusive: Buyer of Paul Allen’s Stratolaunch space venture is secretive...
Stratolaunch built the world’s largest plane as an aerial launch vehicle for space. (Stratolaunch via YouTube.) The new owner of Stratolaunch, the space venture started by late Microsoft co-founder...
View ArticleMicrosoft to test ‘Total Recall’-style personnel scanners at two data...
Images from a specifications document for the R&S QPS201 Quick Personnel Security Scanner, as filed with the FCC by Rohde & Schwarz in conjunction with an application for installation at...
View ArticleGates Foundation gives millions to help persuade ultra-wealthy donors to give...
Bill and Melinda Gates at the University of Washington in 2017. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) In a time of global pandemic, economic crisis and rising unemployment, the Gates Foundation’s most...
View ArticleLegislators steer Washington state toward direct electric vehicle sales,...
Electric vehicles such as those from Lucid (left) and Rivian (right) could be sold directly to consumers in Washington state through a bill under consideration in the state Legislature. A bill working...
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