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Get caught up on the latest technology and startup news from the past week. Here are the most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Feb. 2, 2025.
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Tesla could soon lose its electric vehicle sales advantage as Washington state lawmakers are taking their third shot at legislation that would give Rivian, Lucid and others the right to offer test drives and sell their vehicles directly to consumers. … Read More
Never go to the dentist the morning after an LSD trip. … Read More
Amazon beat Wall Street’s overall expectations with $187.8 billion in net sales, up 10%, and came in well ahead on the bottom line, with earnings of $1.86 per share, vs. … Read More
— Microsoft hired three former members of Google DeepMind, which was originally co-founded as a startup research lab by Microsoft’s current CEO of AI, Mustafa Suleyman. Joining Microsoft AI to open a new Zurich office are Zalán Borsos and Marco Tagliasacchi, who specialize in AI audio technologies; and Matthias Minderer, a computer vision specialist, according to LinkedIn posts from each of the new hires. … Read More
Amazon’s cloud growth rate has been increasing steadily in recent quarters, and investors are looking for the trend to continue when the company reports earnings Thursday for the December quarter and 2024 fiscal year. … Read More
In advance of the release of his new memoir, Source Code: My Beginnings, Bill Gates sat down with GeekWire for a wide-ranging conversion on topics including his extraordinary upbringing, the key people and influences in his life, the remarkable circumstances that led to his work in software, and his outlook on the world today. … Read More
Amazon reported $26.3 billion in capital expenditures in the fourth quarter, and the company plans to keep spending at that pace in 2025, which would put the total at more than $100 billion for the year. … Read More
Tidal Vision, a green chemistry company founded by a former Alaska fishing boat captain, has raised $140 million to fund its efforts, CEO and co-founder Craig Kasberg confirmed for GeekWire. … Read More
[Editor’s Note: Microsoft @ 50 is a year-long GeekWire project exploring the tech giant’s past, present, and future, recognizing its 50th anniversary in 2025. Learn more and register here for our special Microsoft @ 50 event, March 20, 2025, in Seattle.] At one point back in the 1980s, Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer and Bill Gates could barely contain their skepticism about a prediction by Intel’s Andy Grove that PC sales would someday reach 100 million units a year. … Read More
In a new demonstration of the potential to improve artificial intelligence without breaking the bank, researchers from the University of Washington, Seattle’s Allen Institute for AI (Ai2), and Stanford University have developed a technique that makes AI models “think” longer before answering. … Read More
