Apple has released an update for iPhones, iPads and watches to close a security hole that is actively being attacked by hackers. The security update is iOS 14.4.2 and iPadOS 14.4.2, which also contains a patch for older devices such as iOS 12.5.2. watchOS is also updated to 7.3.3. Apple said the vulnerability identified by … Read more
The Apple Watch on your wrist can, in the right circumstances, serve as an important medical monitoring tool. According to MyHealthyApple and MacRumors, Apple-funded Stanford researchers found that the Apple Watch can accurately measure the frailty (or rather the distance covered in a six-minute walk) of patients with cardiovascular disease at home. According to Stanford’s … Read more
GeekWire’s Civic Conversations panel on Thursday, clockwise from top left: Jane Broom of Microsoft Philanthropies; Kris Hermanns of the Seattle Foundation; Monica Nickelsburg of GeekWire; Gordon McHenry Jr., United Way King County CEO; Chris Gregoire, CEO of Challenge Seattle and former Washington State Governor. The Seattle area was already facing a massive homelessness, mental health … Read more
John Ruffolo is not as famous as some investors, but he is well known in Canadian business circles. Arthur Andersen’s longtime head of technology, media and telecommunications practice joined OMERS about a decade ago when a former colleague became CEO and brought him on board the pension giant to start a venture fund. The idea … Read more
The third season of the Rocket League kicks off April 7th and this time Psyonix brings some of the biggest names in motorsport to the game. NASCAR and Formula 1 vehicles come to the car soccer title in May. The developer says he created his own “speed demon” to compete with these cars. The Tyranno … Read more
Annie Liu has always been quite at odds with her identity. At home she only spoke Chinese, and out in the world she switched to another language and changed her behavior to better adapt. “I think I really just wanted to find a passion that could really combine these two parts of my identity,” said … Read more
Greed is God. At this pointUnless you go public through a direct listing, traditional IPO, or SPAC, are you a high growth company at all? Every CEO I speak to at a startup that generates more than just Series B revenue tells me that SPACs are circling and hungry for a deal so they don’t … Read more
Supercars are powerful, close to the ground and fat, and usually not the best vehicles on ice and snow. However, Drako Motors has just shown that its GTE super sports car EV could be an exception to this rule thanks to the independent motors on each wheel and the so-called torque vectoring function. Videos have … Read more
Panelists at GeekWire’s Civic Conversations event Thursday, clockwise from top left: Gordon McHenry Jr., United Way King County CEO; Chris Gregoire, CEO of Challenge Seattle and former Governor of Washington State; Kris Hermanns, Chief Impact Officer at the Seattle Foundation; and presenter Monica Nickelsburg, editor at GeekWire. (GeekWire photo) Even if the pandemic slows, a … Read more
Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter, was called on by Rep. Kathleen Rice (D-NY) for tweeting during today’s Congressional hearing on disinformation and extremism. The tech manager’s tweet likely expressed frustration with the format of the hearing, which once again forced tech CEOs to convert their answers to complicated questions into simple “yes” or “no” answers … Read more