Why Silicon Valley Loved Uber More Than Everyone Else
Uber is now a massive, publicly traded company. Anyone can buy Uber shares at a valuation of about $70 billion. This isn’t bad for a company losing billions of dollars …
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Boeing bounces back with successful test of Starliner space taxi’s propulsion system
Starliner’s test service module ignites its launch abort engines and orbital maneuvering and attitude control thrusters in a low-altitude abort mode test. (Boeing Photo) Boeing has successfully run the propulsion …
Read MoreHow a bridge collapse inspired this founder to launch a civil infrastructure monitoring startup
Miaoxin Cui (left) and Harsh Rathod of HRG Infrastructure won the $25,000 first-place prize at the University of Washington’s Dempsey Startup Competition on Thursday in Seattle. (GeekWire Photo / Taylor …
Read MoreMicrosoft rolls out support for tough federal security standards to all U.S. Azure regions ahead of JEDI contract decision
A look inside a Microsoft data center in Cheyenne, Wyo. (Microsoft Photo) Federal agencies will be able to use any region of Microsoft Azure’s cloud computing footprint in the United …
Read MoreWith Amazon’s HQ2 on the way, a housing boom begins in Northern Virginia, echoing Seattle
A look at the first phase of Amazon’s HQ2 campus in Northern Virginia. (ZGF Architects Rendering) The HQ2 housing rush has begun. With the first of 25,000 new Amazon employees …
Read MoreThis tiny flashing kit can break your bad online security habits
The number of cyber attacks is estimated to have risen by 67% over the last five years, with the majority of these data breaches being traced back to human error. …
Read MoreHands on: The touchscreen NAD M10 is the shape of amps to come
Unless you’re obsessed, keeping up to date with audiophile hi-fi equipment is tough. There’s a never ending supply of generically-named companies combining some random letters and numbers, slapping them on …
Read More5 bite-size Bitcoin factoids to beef up your cryptocurrency knowledge
Bitcoin celebrated its 10th birthday earlier this year. The cryptocurrency is technological feat and while its inner workings are often difficult to understand, or explain, there are a few interesting …
Read MoreThese are the top 10 programming languages in blockchain
Okay, okay: we all know that blockchain and cryptocurrency developers are in demand these days, but what are the most popular programming languages in blockchain development? It turns out that …
Read MoreAnd the winner of the Chivas Venture Global Final is…
Last week, the Chivas Venture Global Final took place at our very own TNW Conference. $1 million of no-strings funding was awarded to the top global startups blending profit with …
Read MoreWhat goes on inside the mind of a baby? This startup aims to track infant neurodevelopment
Brainchild founder Carly Kiselycznyk pitches her idea at the Cambia Grove TRAILS competition. (Cambia Grove Photo) What’s going on in the mind of a newborn child? That can be an …
Read MoreBrave now lets you tip people on Twitter with cryptocurrency
You can now tip your favorite Twitter users directly with cryptocurrency with the latest build of the Chromium-based open source browser Brave. The latest Nightly build of Brave will let …
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