After years of delays and cost overruns, the James Webb Space Telescope is finally coming together. This week the 18th and final primary mirror segment of the telescope was...
With its mirror complete, giant space telescope on track for 2018 launch
ESPN partners with Chinese tech giant Tencent to stream March Madness and NBA games in China
Another American sports behemoth is teaming up with a Chinese tech company. ESPN announced today that it is partnering with Tencent, the Shenzhen-based company now worth more than $ 170 billion. The agreement lets Tencent stream ESPN content to its massive user base, which...
Howdy, partner! Zillow CEO says he’d want to be a cowboy if he wasn’t running real estate giant
Spencer Rascoff has accomplished a lot in his young career, not only helping to build the powerful online real estate company Zillow, but also serving as an early executive at...
MLB inks deal with Chinese tech giant Letv to stream games in China
LAS VEGAS — Major League Baseball is serious about bringing its sport to China. At the big Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the league...
Inside Didi Kuaidi: How the Chinese tech giant plans to fend off Uber in its home country
Uber operates in 68 countries, but none may be more important to the $ 62 billion company than China. Travis Kalanick, the 39-year-old CEO of the world’s most valuable private company, has made it clear that expanding his ride-hailing business in the country is a...
After protests, construction equipment removed from giant telescope site
For astronomers seeking to build the world's largest telescope on Mauna Kea in Hawaii, it will be anything but a Mele Kalikimaka. Hawaiian media reported that heavy machinery parked near a construction site atop the mountain since March was removed...
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba acquires South China Morning Post
Perhaps Jeff Bezos started a trend two years ago when the Amazon founder acquired the Washington Post. Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba announced today that it has acquired the South China Morning Post and other assets of SCMP Group Limited. “The South China Morning Post is unique because...
The Seattle 10: Top startups sketch business models on giant cocktail napkins
A marketplace for algorithms. An eSports gambling platform. A new venture that promises to change the way people manage their health. These are just some of the Seattle-based startups that made the cut for this year’s Seattle 10, a group of 10 local companies founded less than five years ago who are looking to change the world...
Bill Gates Sr. at 90: A giant impact on technology, philanthropy and the Seattle region
View image | gettyimages.com “Without me, you wouldn’t be here.” That was the opening line of a speech that Bill Gates Sr. gave many years ago at an annual meeting of Microsoft employees. It was meant to be funny —...
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