Saudi Arabia last week granted citizenship to a robot. While the middle-eastern country may be much maligned for its stances on women’s equality and LGBTQ rights, it’s clear the Kingdom doesn’t have a problem with machines. A robot called Sophia, made by Hong Kong company Hanson Robotics, was given citizenship during an investment event where plans …
Russian-backed Facebook Pages were responsible for dozens of real-world political events in the US, including a “Blue Lives Matter” rally in one city and a police brutality protest in another – on the same days. The extent to which the Russian propaganda machine has influenced Americans continues to unfold, and it’s becoming apparent ads purchased …
The Like Button, made famous by Facebook, has officially hit its 10th anniversary — and it’s so ubiquitous that it’s hard to imagine our internet without it. In case you don’t remember the dark, wild time of 2007, let me give you a quick crash course: Facebook didn’t create the Like button, per se. The …
NASA has released “spooky” sounds from space and it’s the stuff of nightmares — just in time for Halloween. To most of us, space is deafeningly silent. But that’s only because the human ear can’t capture the electromagnetic pulses and radio bursts, amongst other sounds that live out there. Thankfully NASA converted these raw radial …
GameStop is getting its own Netflix-like subscription plan. For $60, gamers get a six-month subscription — dubbed ‘Power Pass’ — that allows them to pick any title from GameStop’s pre-owned inventory. Once done, they can return the title and select another, just like Netflix’s DVD plan — which still exists, apparently. Unlike the existing trade-in …
Facebook is under new scrutiny for facilitating Russian interference in the 2016 election.(BigStock Photo) Russian government-backed agents created posts that reached about 126 million Facebook users around the Nov. 8 election, according to reports from The New York Times and Recode. For reference, there are roughly 200 million registered voters in America. That number comes …
Wonder Workshop robots Dot and Dash. (Wonder Workshop Photo) Wonder Workshop, which makes robots that teach children computer science concepts, said it has raised $41 million in a Series C round. The funding round includes global tech giants like Tencent and Softbank Korea, as well as Seattle venture capital firm Madrona Venture Group, among several …
(Nasdaq Photo) Apptio’s third-quarter earnings results showed that the company is still on a path of strong revenue growth and narrowing losses. The Bellevue-based company reported third-quarter revenue of $47 million Monday, up 16 percent from the prior year. That was ahead of analyst expectations of $44.9 million, and investors gave Apptio’s stock a slight …
T-Mobile CEO John Legere speaks at CES in January. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) The long-rumored merger between T-Mobile and Sprint, the nation’s third and fourth largest wireless carriers, is falling apart, according to news reports. Nikkei reported that a disagreement over ownership of a combined T-Mobile-Sprint entity has proven a sticking point in the …
Inrix has laid off a “handful of people” as the traffic data provider reorganizes its company structure. The layoffs, first reported by The Seattle Times, are the first in Inrix’s 13-year history. A company spokesperson confirmed the cuts and provided this statement to GeekWire. “After three global acquisitions, including two in the past two years …