Intellectual Ventures CEO Nathan Myhrvold makes a point during a fireside chat with GeekWire co-founder Todd Bishop at GeekWire’s Microsoft@50 event at Town Hall Seattle. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) Will artificial intelligence ever catch up with human intelligence? And […]
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Timothy Hinerman, a program manager at Blue Origin, polishes up the nozzle of a BE-3U rocket engine during installation at Seattle’s Museum of Flight. (Museum of Flight Photo / Ted Huetter) Seattle’s Museum of Flight has brought its collection of
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VIPs cut the ribbon at Portal Space Systems’ HQ in Bothell, Wash. From left: U.S. Rep. Suzan DelBene; Portal co-founders Prashaanth Ravindran, Jeff Thornburg and Ian Vorbach; and Bothell Mayor Mason Thompson. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) BOTHELL, Wash. —
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An artist’s conception shows the Blue Moon MK1 lander on the moon. (Blue Origin Illustration) NASA says it has penciled in Blue Origin’s Blue Moon MK1 cargo lander to deliver a scientific payload to the moon’s south polar region as
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An artist’s conception shows data-center spacecraft being added to an orbital array. (Starcloud via YouTube) Redmond, Wash.-based Starcloud got its start just last year under a different name — Lumen Orbit — but the newly renamed company is already filling
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Blue Origin’s NS-31 spacefliers include Lauren Sanchez, Jeff Bezos’ fiancee; Gayle King, co-host of “CBS Mornings”; pop superstar Katy Perry; and Aisha Bowe, Kerianne Flynn and Amanda Nguyen, three advocates for women in science, technology, engineering and math. (Blue Origin
Amazon Web Services demonstrated data processing in orbit in 2022, using a payload on D-Orbit’s ION satellite carrier, shown in this artist’s conception. (D-Orbit Illustration) Artificial intelligence and machine learning are turning into requirements for space operations, and Amazon Web
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The effects of the space environment’s reduced gravity on sexual intimacy and reproduction have been debated for decades. (Credit: Catrin1309 / Bigstock) You might think sex in space would be an out-of-this-world experience — but based on the scientific evidence
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Eviation’s Alice electric airplane takes off for its first flight test in 2022. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) Arlington, Wash.-based Eviation Aircraft has laid off most of its employees and paused work on its electric-powered Alice airplane, which had its
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Audrey Tang, who served as Taiwan’s first minister of digital affairs, flashes a Star Trek Vulcan greeting at Town Hall Seattle. (Photo © 2025 Danny Ngan / dannyngan.com) This is a story about how digital tools helped government officials regain
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