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Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Aug. 29, 2021
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 29, 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 Investors are putting … Read more
Hurricane Larry could be even stronger than Ida, expected to miss US
Just days after Hurricane Ida left a stunning, cross-state trail of destruction, forecasters on Sunday kept a watchful eye on yet another storm steaming across the Atlantic that could be even more violent. Larry, now a Category 3 hurricane, could potentially intensify into a Category 4 storm by Sunday, Accuweather forecasters said. A Category 4 … Read more
The time Animoto almost brought AWS to its knees – TechCrunch
Today, Amazon Web Services is a mainstay in the cloud infrastructure services market, a $ 60 billion corporate giant. But in 2008 it was still new and was working to stay afloat and cope with the growing demand for its cloud servers. In fact, the company launched Amazon EC2 in beta 15 years ago last … Read more
Opinion | I Was Sexually Harassed at the Pentagon. Here’s What Happened Next.
I was an intern at the Department of Defense and was attending happy hour at the office in July when a drunken executive – a man much older than me – started chasing me. He followed me along with other interns as we moved from group to group. Eventually he cornered me asking about my … Read more
Pixel 3 owners say their phones are bricking without warning
More and more Pixel 3 owners are grappling with an issue that can render their phones unusable. According to Ars Technica, a growing number of Pixel 3 and 3 XL users are saying on Google’s IssueTracker, the company’s support forums, and Reddit that their phones are “bricking up” (totally unresponsive) with no or no warning. … Read more
Willard Scott, longtime weatherman for ‘Today,’ dies at 87
According to weatherman Al Roker, Scott passed away this week. “We lost Willard Scott,” Roker wrote on Twitter. “At the age of 87 he died peacefully with his family, including his daughters Sally and Mary and his dear wife Paris. He was truly my second father and is where I am today because of his … Read more
Stoke Space stakes its claim in rush to reusable rockets
Stoke Space subjects its “three-pack” of thrust chambers to a hot fire test. (Stoke Space Photo) In just six months, Kent, Washington-based Stoke Space Technologies turned empty ground in Moses Lake, Washington, into a bridgehead for the construction of a fully reusable rocket optimized for satellite launches. “As recently as April, it was a barren … Read more
Apple’s dangerous path – TechCrunch
Hello friends and welcome back to Week in review. Last week we delved into the truly bizarre machinations of the NFT market. This week we’re talking about something a little more impactful for the current state of the web – Apple’s NeuralHash Kerfuffle. If you’re reading this on the TechCrunch site, you can get it … Read more
Biden to survey damage in New York, New Jersey
President Joe Biden announced on Saturday that he would travel to Manville, New Jersey and Queens, New York on Tuesday to investigate the disastrous effects of Hurricane Ida and its remains. The nation now learns about the more than 60 people killed by the storm. Many of the victims drowned in cars or were swept … Read more