Catch up on the latest technology and startup news from the past week. Here are the most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Aug. 25, 2024.
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Amazon.com checkout goes down in extended outage for many users
Users reported a widespread outage of the checkout system on Amazon.com starting Friday afternoon. … Read More
Washington State Dept. of Transportation warns toll customers about using bill-pay service Doxo
The Washington State Department of Transportation is cautioning customers about using Seattle-based bill payment company Doxo to pay Good to Go! … Read More
Plane English: Sea-Tac Airport turns to pen and paper to replace digital displays after cyberattack
Pen and paper to the rescue. The photo above illustrates what life has been like at Sea-Tac Airport this week in the aftermath of a suspected cyberattack on the Port of Seattle that sparked an outage Saturday and continued through Wednesday. … Read More
Cyberattack at Port of Seattle is the latest example of increasing threats to critical infrastructure
Follow-up: Port of Seattle outage continues two days after suspected cyberattack by ‘nefarious characters’ A cyberattack at the Port of Seattle and Seattle-Tacoma International Airport over the weekend is another example of hackers increasingly targeting critical infrastructure. … Read More
Amazon hires Covariant founders, inks licensing deal with AI startup in latest ‘reverse acquihire’
Amazon is hiring three of the founders from Covariant, a Bay Area startup that develops AI for advanced warehouse robotics systems. … Read More
Tech Moves: Microsoft leader joins Shopify as CTO; StraighterLine taps Seattle tech vet as CEO
— Shopify hired one of Microsoft’s top engineering leaders as its new chief technology officer. … Read More
Ex-Microsoft engineers raise $25M for legal tech startup that uses AI to help lawyers analyze data
Supio, a Seattle startup founded in 2021 by longtime friends and former Microsoft engineers, raised a $25 million Series A investment to supercharge its software platform designed to help lawyers quickly sort, search, and organize case-related data. … Read More
Inside Seattle Aquarium’s new Ocean Pavilion, a high-tech showcase for the tropical deep sea
Years of construction along Seattle’s waterfront is intended to bring people closer to the water and natural beauty of Puget Sound. … Read More
Blue Origin sends six people on suborbital space trip, marking a first for researchers
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture today provided a brief dose of spaceflight to six people, including the first researcher to conduct his own experiment on a suborbital space trip with NASA support. … Read More
Washington sees ‘overwhelmingly positive response’ to EV rebates – but critics question costs
Krista Cortese, her husband and their toddler were making due with the 2003 Mazda hatchback that they got years ago from a neighbor. … Read More
