Stay updated with the latest technology and startup news from the past week. Here are the most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Sept. 22, 2024.
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NTSB spots flaws in hull of Oceangate’s Titan submersible and focuses on a bang
A pair of reports by the National Transportation Safety Board found evidence of imperfections in the carbon-fiber hull that was made for OceanGate’s Titan submersible — plus indications that the hull behaved differently after a loud bang was heard at the end of a dive in mid-2022.
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Chip giant Nvidia acquires OctoAI, a Seattle startup that helps companies run AI models
OctoAI, a Seattle software startup that sells tools to help build and run generative AI models more efficiently, has been acquired by chip giant Nvidia.
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Submarine builder recounts how a trip in OceanGate’s Titan sub unnerved him
Karl Stanley has done more than 2,000 dives in submersibles that he’s built himself, so he was intrigued when OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush invited him down to the Bahamas for a test dive in the company’s Titan sub in 2019.
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Tricia Duryee, 1977-2024: Tenacious reporter was a bright light on the technology beat
Tricia Duryee, a resourceful and enterprising technology journalist who reported on some of the biggest names in the business in her hometown of Seattle and beyond, died Aug.
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Alaska Airlines issues ground stop in Seattle after tech problem causes ‘significant disruption’
Alaska Airlines experienced a “significant IT outage” on Sunday evening that delayed flights and forced it to request a ground stop at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
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Microsoft details ‘largest cybersecurity engineering effort in history’ — securing its own code
Microsoft gave new details about its security initiatives on Monday morning, less than five months after CEO Satya Nadella and security leader Charlie Bell outlined a series of reforms to address cybersecurity breaches, and said the company would be making security its top priority.
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Smartsheet to go private in $8.4 billion deal with Vista Equity Partners and Blackstone
Follow-up: Smartsheet acquisition: Competing bids unlikely; $8.4B deal could fuel other private equity buyouts Smartsheet announced Tuesday that it agreed to be acquired by private equity firms Blackstone and Vista Equity Partners in a deal valued at $8.4 billion.
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F5 layoffs impact in-house content creation employees
F5 is laying off employees working for the company’s marketing-related content production team, GeekWire has learned.
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Survey by Blind finds 91% of Amazon employees not happy about return-to-office policy
An overwhelming majority of Amazon employees are not happy about the company’s mandate to return to the office five days per week, and many say the directive has them considering a search for new work.
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A big, fast electric boat made in Seattle could whisk the ultra rich to and from their megayachts
Before electric boats even create a significant enough ripple on the lakes and waterways near you, Seattle-based Zin Boats is creating a vessel that it says will beat all the rest — in speed, power, range and more.
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