Oren Etzioni, CEO of the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, recently told GeekWire the company is on “a huge hiring spree.”
“We’re hiring to grow to 75 people or so over the coming year,” he said. “We’ve just gotten a...
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SETI Institute launches radio search for alien life amid 20,000 red dwarf stars
The SETI Institute is shifting the focus of its search for extraterrestrial intelligence to places that could harbor life that’s not as...
Microsoft may help finance Yahoo takeover amid board changes
Yahoo’s sale is moving slowly, but new money from Microsoft may help accelerate it.
A new report from Kara Swisher in Re/code today said that Microsoft executives are meeting with private equity firms as they consider a takeover of the struggling internet giant. According to the report, Microsoft is...
Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson ribs space billionaires amid Blue Origin buzz
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture may have done another flight test, and Elon Musk’s SpaceX is making waves with its rocket progress – but don’t forget about Richard Branson. “Our spaceship comes back and lands on wheels. Theirs don’t,” the billionaire founder of Virgin...
Seattle requires Amazon to allow free speech in future courtyard, amid larger debate over company’s impact
Amazon will be required to allow 24-hour public access and put up signs making it clear that free speech activities are permitted in a future courtyard that’s planned as part of the company’s building boom in Seattle’s Denny Triangle neighborhood. The Seattle City Council imposed those additional conditions...