Netflix is nearing two decades as a service, but if feels that the simplified streaming service has been around for time immemorial. However, you still have to pay for it every month, and the price keeps going up. If you win this week’s GeekWire Giveaway, you can...
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IBM Watson AI XPRIZE offers $5M for projects that link humans and computers – but who’ll sign up?
The latest multimillion-dollar tech challenge – known as the IBM Watson AI XPRIZE – will be aimed at encouraging collaboration between humans and artificial intelligence software to solve the world’s big problems. But it’s not yet clear who will sign up for the $...
T. Rowe Price marks down investment in Apptio and other private tech companies, yet another sign of a cooling market
T. Rowe Price sunk gobs of money into companies such as Cloudera, Dropbox, Apptio and Evernote in recent years, oftentimes at lofty valuations. Now, the giant mutual fund manager is resetting some of those bets. According...
FedEx cites ‘unprecedented surge’ in online sales in latest sign of blockbuster holiday for e-commerce
A difficult end to the holiday season for FedEx could translate into big numbers for Amazon and other online retailers. The shipping giant today cited an “unprecedented surge of last-minute e-commerce shipments” as one of the main reasons, along with weather,...
Seattle mayor objects to Uber union legislation, declines to sign bill and asks for changes
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray refused to sign a new law his council unanimously approved on Monday that will give Uber, Lyft, taxi, and other for-hire drivers the right to unionize. In a statement, the Seattle mayor noted “several flaws” in the legislation, including the “relatively unknown costs...
Sign up your drone, or else: FAA issues registration rules that take effect Dec. 21
The Federal Aviation Administration has laid out the rules for registering recreational drones, starting Dec. 21, plus the penalties for those who don’t. It’s not likely that drone police will be watching the skies, but if your unregistered drone gets...