Frank Slootman, CEO of Snowflake. (Snowflake photo) Cloud computing launch Snowflake computing aims to go public. Bloomberg and the Financial Times reported that the company has confidentially applied to go public with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Snowflake of San Mateo, California, collected a round of $ 479 million in …
Read More »The Boeing CEO promises to increase volume and increase funds to combat racism
David Calhoun, CEO of Boeing, will speak at Virginia Tech, his alma mater, in 2018. (Virginia Tech Photo) In one Letter sent to employees todayBoeing CEO Dave Calhoun pledged to "increase the volume of dialogue on diversity and inclusion" – and said the company would increase its support for marginalized …
Read More »Tethers Unlimited provides hardware for NASA's PUNCH solar observation mission
Four microsatellites will investigate how the sun's outer atmosphere or corona gives energy and mass to the solar wind during NASA's PUNCH mission. (SwRI figure) Bothell, Wash. -Based Tethers Unlimited says it will provide important communication and driving skills Southwest Research Institute in support of a NASA mission to investigate …
Read More »Newzoo: There will be over 3 billion players by 2023
According to market researcher Newzoo, the number of players around the world will exceed 3 billion by 2023. It may sound crazy to expect 39% of people to play games, but Newzoo says we already have 2.69 billion players thanks to mobile devices. And whether you like it or not, …
Read More »Microsoft introduces Outlook Desktop Crash Fix
Microsoft's Outlook email app for Windows crashed today when launched for a large number of users around the world. Office 365 business users reported that Outlook started and crashed immediately, apparently after a recent update. "We are investigating whether a recently released update could be the cause of this problem," …
Read More »Aclima and Google will share air quality data with the scientific community
Aclima and Google publish a wide range of data on air quality and pollution and make it freely available to the scientific community. The data could be invaluable for scientists to study pollution at a granular level, as they show block-by-block pollution levels over time in some large cities in …
Read More »Coronavirus projections are converging at concerns over the resurgence of the pandemic
This graph shows the daily COVID-19 death rate in the US as a dark red line, with the moving average still shown as a dotted line to this day. Looking ahead, the projection by the Institute for Health Metrics and Assessment calls for a steady decline (light red dotted line), …
Read More »As a result of the pandemic, Starbucks will accelerate the launch of a new mobile pickup concept
Starbucks opened its pickup store in Manhattan late last year. (GeekWire Photo / Taylor Soper) Get ready for more Starbucks pickup stores. The future of coffee ordering? Testing Starbucks' new pick-up business in New York City The Seattle coffee giant is accelerating plans to launch its new business concept for …
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