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GeekWire Radio: Inside Jeff Bezos’ rocket factory with space journalist Alan Boyle
Billionaire Jeff Bezos strikes a pose beside the copper nozzle for a BE-4 rocket engine at Blue Origin’s production facility…
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Airports and airlines embrace facial recognition technology amid debate over privacy and bias
Delta was the first airline to launch a biometric terminal in the U.S. Delta uses facial recognition software to screen…
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Seattle port officials approve face recognition guardrails as feds waffle on the controversial tech
Delta is the first airline to launch a biometric terminal in the U.S. with facial recognition technology. (Delta Photo) The…
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Don’t panic, but be ready: Last-minute guide to the all-American solar eclipse
Cars are lined up on Highway 26 heading east from Prineville, Ore., several days before the total solar eclipse. (Ochoco…
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Port of Seattle plans for facial recognition screening at Sea-Tac
Sea-Tac airport. (Flickr Photo / SounderBruce) The Port of Seattle voted Tuesday to take over a federally mandated facial recognition…
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Airbnb launches ‘City Portal’ in Seattle and beyond to help cities gain insight into listings, enforce laws
(Airbnb Picture) Airbnb is lastly answering the decision from cities, together with Seattle, that need a neater option to work…
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GeekWire Awards Preview: Neu founders forge ahead as travel fallout hits Airbnb cleaning startup
Kwame Boler, left, and Claudius Mbemba, co-founders of Neu. (NeuPhotos) Like many businesses entering 2020, Neu was riding a wave…
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Expedia Group’s CEO on the future of travel, and why big cities will someday ‘come roaring back’
Peter Kern has been the CEO of Expedia Group since April. (Expedia Photo) “The day there’s a vaccine announced, that…
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