Todd Bishop

Editor's note: This series profiles five of the Seattle region's “Uncommon Thinkers” : inventors, scientists, technologists and entrepreneurs transforming industries and driving positive change in the world.

Microsoft investors turned down six shareholder proposals at the company's annual meeting Tuesday morning, three of them focused on the potential risks of artificial intelligence to its business.

Dave Clark isn't fooling around. Auger , the supply chain technology startup founded by the former Amazon Worldwide Consumer CEO, named its

Seattle-based marketing technology company Banzai International , which went public last year on the Nasdaq, announced an agreement this week to acquire OpenReel , a digital video creation platform for businesses.

Microsoft will take an $800 million charge on its investment in the Cruise robotaxi business after General Motors announced it would no longer fund the initiative as part of a shift in its autonomous driving strategy.

Apple (Apple) announced that it will acquire the smartphone chip business of chip manufacturer Intel for US$1 billion (approximately HK$7.8 billion) and move toward the goal of producing its own mobile phone chips. It is expected to complete the transaction in the fourth quarter of this year. Apple believes that the acquisition will help the development of future products, providing more performance than the opponent.

Microsoft's AI for Good Lab this morning unveiled a new open-source project and AI-powered edge computing device designed to improve biodiversity

Editor's Note: Microsoft @ 50 is a year-long GeekWire project exploring the tech giant's past, present, and future, recognizing its 50th anniversary in 2025.

Amazon and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced an agreement to settle most of the cases brought by OSHA over allegations of hazardous working conditions in the e-commerce giant's warehouses.

Uber is suing the City of Seattle over a new law, set to take effect in January, that regulates how companies can deactivate workers who deliver food, shop for groceries, and complete other tasks via on-demand apps.