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Dec 28, 2018, 11:30 AM

GeekWire Calendar Picks: CES set to exhibit the latest on 5G, AI and more

Don’t look now, but 2019 is almost here. Hope you had a refreshing break, because the new year, as it… Read More

Dec 21, 2018, 9:45 AM

Google Assistant comes in first and Cortana finishes last in smart speaker Q&A test

The Google Assistant finished tops among the digital brains that power smart speakers in an extensive Q&A test, answering nearly… Read More

Dec 18, 2018, 1:16 PM

Facebook, Google settle Washington state lawsuits over political ad disclosures for combined $455K

Facebook and Google have settled dual lawsuits with the Washington attorney general over alleged violations of the state’s political advertisement disclosure… Read More

Dec 11, 2018, 9:00 AM

Crashing KubeCon: Has Istio become the new cloud-native darling?

What a difference a year makes. Kubernetes has been one of the most prominent open-source projects in cloud computing over… Read More

Dec 2, 2018, 9:00 AM

The new word processor wars: A fresh crop of productivity apps are trying to reinvent our workday

Microsoft, more than any other institution on earth, has shaped how we work and how we think about it. If… Read More

Nov 29, 2018, 2:42 PM

Washington state affirms rule requiring Facebook and Google to make political ad disclosures

Washington state officials doubled down on rules requiring companies like Facebook to disclose information about the political ads they sell,… Read More

Nov 16, 2018, 10:02 AM

Google Cloud CEO Diane Greene stepping down, to be replaced by former Oracle cloud exec Thomas Kurian

Three eventful years after veteran tech executive and longtime Google board member Diane Greene was brought in to run the… Read More

Nov 13, 2018, 8:05 AM

Google plans to double NYC workforce to 14K, vying for talent against Amazon’s new headquarters site

Amazon isn’t the only tech giant doubling down on the Big Apple. RELATED: Amazon announces HQ2 cities, splitting second headquarters as… Read More

Nov 8, 2018, 8:00 AM

Google wants to make it easier for cloud customers to find AI tools that fit their needs

Google plans to introduce a central repository for machine-learning tools Thursday, with the aim of making it easier for companies… Read More

Nov 1, 2018, 1:09 PM

‘Time is up at Google’: Tech giant’s Seattle workers join walkout to combat sexual misconduct policies

Hundreds of Google employees at the tech giant’s offices in Seattle walked off the job on Thursday as part of… Read More

Nov 1, 2018, 9:45 AM

Google employees worldwide walk out to protest company’s handling of sexual harassment claims

Google employees worldwide have begun a series of walkouts protesting how the company has dealt with sexual harassment cases. The… Read More

Oct 26, 2018, 10:00 AM

The cost of the cloud: Amazon takes a breath, while Microsoft and Google plunge ahead

Building and maintaining a modern cloud computing service requires billions of dollars in capital expenditures every quarter. Microsoft and Google… Read More

Oct 18, 2018, 10:20 AM

Google turns on integrations with popular services like Box, Dropbox, and others in Gmail

Google has made a lot of improvements to Gmail this year as it continues to build out its G Suite… Read More

Oct 16, 2018, 7:32 PM

Updated: YouTube back online after outage that lasted more than an hour

It’s not just you: YouTube was inaccessible for an extended period of time Tuesday evening, across both apps and its… Read More

Oct 15, 2018, 1:46 PM

As storms gather over upcoming Saudi tech conference, Google says Google Cloud CEO Diane Greene will no longer attend

Google Cloud CEO Diane Greene joined the increasing list of prominent U.S. technology and business executives distancing themselves from the… Read More

Oct 11, 2018, 9:58 AM

After killing the consumer version, Google will try to turn Google+ into a real enterprise tool

Google+ was one of the search giant’s notable failures along its road to becoming one of the most powerful companies… Read More

Oct 10, 2018, 3:47 PM

Amazon, Microsoft and Google stocks hammered in historically rough trading day

Tech stocks had their worst day in years, as a mass sell-off caused major drops for some of the world’s… Read More

Oct 9, 2018, 1:02 PM

Google appeals record $5B EU antitrust fine over pre-installing Google Search on Android devices

Google has appealed a $5 billion fine (€4.3 billion) from the European Union for forcing manufacturers to pre-install Google Search and… Read More

Oct 9, 2018, 8:36 AM

Watch: Google announces smart home-focused Home Hub, Pixel tablet and next-gen Pixel phone

Google unveiled a new series of devices at an event New York City Tuesday, including the widely reported next generation… Read More

Oct 8, 2018, 2:54 PM

Google Cloud drops out of the running for the Pentagon’s $10B cloud contract

Google’s decision to articulate a set of principles around its use of artificial intelligence has officially cost it business. EARLIER:… Read More

Oct 4, 2018, 3:20 PM

Sneak peek: Latest addition to Google’s future Seattle campus revealed in new renderings

Google’s newest Seattle office building, an expansion of the already enormous campus under construction in the South Lake Union neighborhood,… Read More

Sep 22, 2018, 6:00 AM

The story behind Nest’s gamble on health tech

Last year, Google quietly acquired a digital health startup spun out of the University of Washington — but, more than a… Read More

Sep 19, 2018, 4:47 PM

TLDR: Nest secretly buys digital health startup

Today’s featured stories Nest’s digital health ambitions revealed in records from secretive purchase of Seattle startup Senosis Backed by Seattle… Read More

Sep 19, 2018, 10:42 AM

Nest’s digital health ambitions revealed in records from secretive purchase of Seattle startup Senosis

Google-owned Nest has been secretly laying the groundwork for a move into digital health products, a potential new line of… Read More

Sep 10, 2018, 8:57 AM

Carnegie Mellon’s Andrew Moore to join Google Cloud as new head of AI later this year

After an interesting year for Google Cloud’s artificial intelligence group, Andrew Moore, dean of computer science at Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Mellon… Read More

Aug 30, 2018, 3:42 PM

TLDR: Amazon stock hits $2K, Microsoft’s new parental leave policy, Google debunks Trump video

Today’s featured stories Amazon stock hits $2,000, and why one analyst thinks it is on the road to a $2.5… Read More

Aug 28, 2018, 4:02 PM

TLDR: Trump vs. Google, minority students in AP computer science, rare computer headed to auction

Today’s featured stories President Trump wakes up, Googles himself and threatens to look into search giant’s ‘rigged’ results Women and… Read More

Aug 28, 2018, 10:10 AM

President Trump wakes up, Googles himself and threatens to look into search giant’s ‘rigged’ results

Update, 1 p.m. PT: Trump threatened Google, Facebook, and Twitter in comments to reporters Tuesday afternoon. TRUMP: "I think Google… Read More

Aug 24, 2018, 4:37 PM

Google doubles down on Seattle region with giant new office leases

Google has reportedly inked a big lease in an office building in Bellevue, Wash., while at the same time embarking… Read More

Aug 17, 2018, 10:15 AM

Google is now using AI to keep its data centers cool and save energy

Google is practicing what it preaches, handing control of one of the most vital components of its data center operation… Read More

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