Experts on artificial intelligence are following up on the first White House workshop on artificial intelligence, presented last month in Seattle, with a session that...
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Inside the Seattle VR Hackathon, a glimpse of virtual reality’s potential
Nearly 130 virtual reality developers from around the Seattle region gathered at the Pacific Northwest Center for Construction Research and Education last weekend...
Michael Bloomberg, tech’s favorite potential presidential candidate, scores low in Iowa poll by his own news service
Frank Sinatra famously sang that if you can make it in New York, you can make it anywhere. But maybe not. A poll by his own news service indicates that Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire businessman and former New York mayor who reportedly is considering a run for...
GeekWire Calendar Picks: Realizing the Potential of VR, Math Moves!, EuroSeattle 3, and more
Fans of virtual reality at CES 2016 witnessed the debut of new VR technology and the reviews that followed. The emerging ecosystem of virtual reality is tantalizing but still largely undefined. This month, TechAlliance hosts Research to the Marketplace: Realizing the Potential of Virtual Reality, a full-day...
Mitofusin 2 maintains haematopoietic stem cells with extensive lymphoid potential
Haematopoietic stem cells (HSCs), which sustain production of all blood cell lineages, rely on glycolysis for ATP production, yet little attention has been paid to the role of mitochondria. Here we show in mice that the short isoform of a critical regulator of HSCs, Prdm16 (refs 4, 5), induces mitofusin 2 (Mfn2), a protein involved in mitochondrial fusion and in tethering of mitochondria to...
For defying no-call lists, Dish faces potential fines totaling $24 billion
Dish’s telemarketers allegedly failed to heed no-call lists, and the satellite-TV provider may be fined up to $ 24 billion, a sum larger than the company’s current market value. The US Department of Justice (DOJ) is seeking $ 900 million in...
Washington state bill targets online shenanigans with potential prison time
OLYMPIA, Wash. — A Washington Senate bill proposes to turn a variety of malicious online activities into actually prosecutable crimes with prison times and fines. The Senate Law & Justice Committee held a hearing Monday on a bill by Sen. Mark Miloscia, R- Federal Way, to...
Interstate 5 under water? UW scientists’ app shows dramatic potential of climate change
Depending on where you live, communities in the Seattle region have already been hit by three to four destructive floods this winter — floods that usually come once a year, if at all — as local rivers swell over their banks and gush into neighborhoods,...
Self-improvement platform Mazlo raises $10M to help people ‘reach their potential’
Would you like to eat healthier? Be smarter about how you save money? Feel more confident about public speaking? Mazlo is a company that wants to help. The Seattle-based startup today announced a $ 10 million funding round from Polaris Partners to help fuel development...