Get caught up on the latest technology and startup news from the past week. Here are the most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of June 18, 2023.
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Danish artist to troll Northwest with giant public sculptures, backed in part by Allen Foundation
Seattle’s famous Fremont Troll and the Seattle Kraken’s blue-haired mascot Buoy are going to get some company this summer when six giant hand-built Nordic troll characters come to Seattle and the Pacific Northwest. … Read More
University of Washington team detects atomic ‘breathing’ for quantum computing breakthrough
Most of us don’t think of atoms as having their own unique vibrations, but they do. … Read More
OceanGate submersible and crew declared lost after discovery of debris near Titanic
After days of searching, the U.S. Coast Guard announced that the OceanGate submersible that went missing during a dive to the wreck of the Titanic was lost, along with its crew of five. … Read More
OceanGate loses contact with submersible during dive to Titanic; search is underway
OceanGate’s Titan submersible has gone out of contact during one of its dives to the wreck of the Titanic, 12,500 feet beneath the surface of the North Atlantic Ocean. … Read More
Here’s what it’s like to steer an OceanGate submersible … no, not the missing sub
The Titan submersible that has gone missing near the wreck of the Titanic isn’t the only sub in OceanGate’s fleet: Back in 2019, the company took me down to the bottom of Puget Sound in a sub called Cyclops. … Read More
Search for OceanGate’s missing Titanic sub widens; crew’s names come to light
The search for an OceanGate submersible that went out of contact during a dive to the wreck of the Titanic has widened to take in an area of the North Atlantic Ocean that’s the size of the state of Massachusetts. … Read More
Apple machine learning leader Ali Farhadi named CEO of Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence
Ali Farhadi, a computer vision specialist and startup founder who most recently led Apple’s machine learning initiatives, will rejoin the Seattle-based Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2) as the second chief executive officer in the non-profit research organization’s history. … Read More
Now what? OceanGate sub tragedy sets off a torrent of questions without answers
It’s too soon to answer all the questions raised by this week’s loss of OceanGate’s Titan submersible and its five-person crew during their dive to the Titanic shipwreck — but the questions are being asked nevertheless. … Read More
Amazon closes another Go convenience store in downtown Seattle; location was second to open
Amazon closed another of its Amazon Go convenience stores in downtown Seattle, three months after it announced that eight of the high-tech physical retail locations were closing across the U.S. … Read More
Seattle tech vets bring India’s renowned Farzi Café to U.S. with new Bellevue restaurant
Two veterans of the Seattle area’s tech industry have opened an Indian restaurant with Michelin-recognized roots in downtown Bellevue, Wash. … Read More
