Todd Bishop
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Seattle, WA, United States
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New Starbucks CEO calls Seattle the ‘crucible’ of artificial intelligence for the world
Some of Seattle’s tech leaders have been doing their best to get the word out about the region’s artificial intelligence prowess. Laxman Narasimhan, the new Starbucks CEO, has clearly gotten… Read More → Read More
Human creativity and AI: Catching up with Chris Pirillo on the GeekWire Podcast
Chris Pirillo is an entrepreneur, creator, event organizer, and online community leader who has been a guide to the world of tech for everyday users since the early days of… Read More → Read More
Larry Ellison makes first-ever visit to Redmond to announce Oracle databases in Microsoft cloud
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Oracle Chairman and CTO Larry Ellison made a rare joint appearance this afternoon to announce the next stage in their partnership, a new service that… Read More → Read More
Is Elon Musk calculated or crazed? Walter Isaacson discusses his new book on the GeekWire Podcast
You might not know it from his recent comments, but there was a time in the late-1990s when Elon Musk was a fan of Bill Gates and Microsoft. During his… Read More → Read More
Amazon rolls out ground shipping service for sellers in broader challenge to UPS and FedEx
Amazon is further expanding its delivery business with the official rollout of Amazon Shipping, a service for sellers that picks up items directly from their warehouses and delivers them to… Read More → Read More
Interview: Microsoft President Brad Smith supports plan for AI ‘safety brakes’ in U.S. Senate hearing
Brad Smith, the Microsoft president and vice chair, agreeing in principle with a new bipartisan framework for AI legislation. → Read More
Amazon expands supply chain services amid growing scrutiny of its relationship with sellers
An expansion of Amazon’s supply chain services will give sellers the ability to distribute products in bulk from Amazon’s warehouses to fulfillment channels and physical retail stores not affiliated with… Read More → Read More
Amazon distinguishes between AI ‘generated’ and ‘assisted’ content in new policy for Kindle authors
Amazon added a new artificial intelligence policy to its content guidelines for authors who distribute their work through its Kindle Direct Publishing platform, reacting to a wave of new books… Read More → Read More
Amazon’s robots and its larger vision for work: A conversation with robotics tech leader Tye Brady
Tye Brady, chief technologist for Amazon Robotics, joins us on a new episode of the GeekWire Podcast to talk about the company’s latest warehouse robots, explaining how they represent the… Read More → Read More
New robots are making Amazon’s warehouses more efficient — can they also make them safer?
Under growing pressure to improve warehouse safety, Amazon is counting on a new generation of robots to help. → Read More
GeekWire Summit Sneak Preview: Join us Oct. 19 for an AI reality check at an iconic Seattle venue
The GeekWire Summit is back on Oct. 19 — with a plot twist. We’re reinventing our annual technology conference, now in its 12th year, with a half-day format focused on… Read More → Read More
RIP, WordPad: Microsoft will remove this longtime word-processing app in a future Windows update
We probably should have known something was up when they didn’t give WordPad a dark mode. Just before the long holiday weekend, Microsoft added WordPad to its list of “Deprecated… Read More → Read More
GeekWire Podcast: Amazon is done debating RTO policy; Robot umps update; Summit sneak peek
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy made it clear in a recent internal meeting that he wants employees to “disagree and commit” to the company’s policy of working three days in the… Read More → Read More
Amazon adds three execs to its senior leadership team — here’s how the list has changed this year
Amazon named three additional executives to its senior leadership team Friday: Andy Jassy, the Amazon CEO, announced the additions in a message to employees that was also published on the… Read More → Read More
Internal email: Expedia Group lays off some tech workers in latest move to reshape its workforce
"As we align operations to our business transformation, this has resulted in the elimination of some roles," Expedia Group confirmed. → Read More
Microsoft will unbundle Teams in Europe in response to antitrust probe
Microsoft will no longer include Microsoft Teams in Microsoft 365 and Office 365 for its primary business customers in the European Economic Area and Switzerland as of Oct. 1, and… Read More → Read More
E-commerce rivals Amazon and Shopify reach truce on ‘Buy with Prime’ integration
Online merchants who use Shopify’s e-commerce platform will be able to natively integrate Amazon’s “Buy with Prime” program into their Shopify sites under an initiative unveiled by the companies Wednesday… Read More → Read More
Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant to be integrated on the same devices for the first time
Amazon and Google are putting their rival voice assistants on the same devices for the first time, allowing users to alternate between Alexa and Google Assistant depending on their preference… Read More → Read More
Reading, writing, and ChatGPT: High school English teachers adjust to the new realities of AI
One high school English teacher's solution in rural Northern California: in-class writing assignments with pencil or pen and paper. → Read More
Former Amazon Web Services data center leader Chris Vonderhaar joins Google Cloud
Chris Vonderhaar, a longtime Amazon Web Services executive who left the company this spring, has joined AWS rival Google Cloud. Vonderhaar started at Google Cloud this week with the title… Read More → Read More