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Jon Stewart will soon be returning to a screen near you to re-examine some of the big issues of the day. His Apple TV + series The Problem With Jon Stewart premieres on September 30th. Instead of broadcasting every night like The Daily Show or even weekly, new episodes will appear every two weeks. On … Read more
A red flag was in force throughout the northern Sierra for the next two days. The evacuation warnings have been extended to the city of South Lake Tahoe and the surrounding areas. Wind and drought fuel the spread of the fire. As the Northern California Caldor Fire moved closer to Lake Tahoe and triggered a … Read more
Code.org CEO Hadi Partovi. (GeekWire File Photo) President Joe Biden brought together top executives from the nation’s biggest technology, financial services and energy companies this week to address the growing challenge of cybersecurity, speaking to tech leaders including Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Apple CEO Tim Cook. “The federal government can’t … Read more
Here’s what you need to know: Taliban fighters investigate a damaged car after multiple rockets were fired in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday.Credit…Wakil Kohsar/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images The U.S. military shot down rockets aimed at the Kabul airport on Monday morning as violence near the field threatened efforts by the United States to meet Tuesday’s … Read more
Urbanbase, a Seoul-based company developing a 3D spatial data platform for interior planning and design, announced today that it has raised $ 11.1 million (13 billion won) in a Series B + round as it is scaled Has. This financing round was led by Hanwha Hotel & Resort, a subsidiary of the South Korean conglomerate … Read more
Hurricane Ida devastated the state of Louisiana as a Category 4 storm for about six hours. Ida was downgraded to a Category 3 storm by the National Hurricane Center in an update at 7 p.m. ET. It hit land as a Category 4 storm at around 1 p.m. ET. For reference, Hurricane Laura, which hit … Read more
Check out the latest technology and startup news from the past week. Here are the most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of August 22, 2021. Sign up to receive these updates in your inbox every Sunday by subscribing to our weekly GeekWire email newsletter. The most popular stories on GeekWire Another Asian giant … Read more
Among the 13 American soldiers and more than a hundred Afghans killed in a suicide bombing near Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul on Thursday, the man’s father said a Marine from the St. Louis area and a U.S. Senator. Jared Schmitz, 20, from St. Charles, Missouri, was among the dead, the Department of Defense … Read more
Daniel Liss is the founder and CEO of Dispo, the digital disposable camera social network. More posts by this contributor Today’s real story: The Facebook monopoly This is the second post in a series on the Facebook monopoly. The first post explored how the U.S. Federal Trade Commission should define the Facebook monopoly. I am … Read more
Here’s what you need to know: Hurricane Ida will arrive on the Louisiana coast on the 16th anniversary of Katrina.Credit…Max Becherer/The Advocate, via Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — Hurricane Ida stoked fear and dread in Louisiana on Sunday as the approaching storm threatened to grow into one of the most powerful systems to assault the … Read more