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KUOW Seattle Now
17 days
Mayor Wilson wants 1,000 new shelter beds this year. Is it possible?
Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson’s campaign promised one thousand emergency beds by the end of the year. It’s ambitious… but she and the City Council are working through growing pains to get it done. Seattle Times reporter David Kroman will give us some insight on how it’s going. Read David’s story here. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed. Got questions about local news or story ideas to share? We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected], leave us a voicemail at (206) 616-6746 or leave us feedback online.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
GeekWire
18 days
Photos: Mark Zuckerberg’s superyacht arrives in Seattle just as Meta discloses 1,400 local job cuts
The Meta CEO's 387-foot Launchpad passed through the Ballard Locks toward Lake Union on Tuesday, the same day the company disclosed nearly 1,400 layoffs in Washington state. Read More
GeekWire
18 days
NASA taps Blue Origin to deliver lunar rovers for Moon Base initiative
Blue Moon lander will carry Astrolab and Lunar Outpost moon buggies, while Firefly will drop off NASA's rocket-powered drones. Read More
KUOW Seattle Now
18 days
Tuesday Evening Headlines
Chemical implosion kills at least one person in Longview, WA, Meta cuts 1,400 jobs in WA, and journalists at several WA newspapers go on strike. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed. Got questions about local news or story ideas to share? We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected], leave us a voicemail at (206) 616-6746 or leave us feedback online.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
GeekWire
18 days
Etzioni on AI: The Pope can talk, but only we can walk
In a guest op-ed, AI researcher and UW professor emeritus Oren Etzioni responds to Pope Leo XIV's new encyclical on AI, arguing that moral pronouncements — however eloquent — accomplish little unless people change their own behavior. Read More
GeekWire
18 days
Meta cuts nearly 1,400 jobs in Seattle area, 20% of local workforce, in sweeping AI revamp
A new state filing shows Meta is eliminating nearly 1,400 positions across its Seattle, Bellevue and Redmond offices, about 20% of its local workforce, as part of a companywide restructuring impacting 8,000 jobs. Read More
GeekWire
18 days
No dirt, no tractor, no problem: Canopii aims to tuck robotic farms into tennis court-sized urban spaces
Oregon startup Canopii is tackling the food supply system by launching automated, tennis court-sized greenhouse franchises that use robots to grow 40,000 pounds of greens a year. Read More
GeekWire
18 days
Climate progress at 30,000 feet: Alaska Airlines’ Ryan Spies on the flight path to sustainable aviation
The former civilian engineer turned airline executive discusses the physics gap facing electric aviation, the regional push for sustainable fuel, and why customer feedback still moves needles inside major corporations. Read More
KUOW Seattle Now
18 days
In Seattle, bird counts and species diversity are declining
Bird counts in Seattle have declined 21% between 2005 and 2023. That's according to a new study from Birds Connect Seattle, which also found that species diversity declined by 18% during that same time period. Conservation director Joshua Morris authored the report. We met up recently at Washington Park Arboretum to talk about what’s happening to Seattle’s bird populations. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed. Got questions about local news or story ideas to share? We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected], leave us a voicemail at (206) 616-6746 or leave us feedback online.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
GeekWire
19 days
New tune for Code.org’s Hadi Partovi: CEO of piano education venture with unique method and big ambitions
The Code.org founder, who earlier this year handed off the CEO role at the nonprofit, announced this weekend that he is the new CEO of Payam Music, a Bothell, Wash.-based piano school that he plans to expand nationally with backing from a prominent group of investors. Read More
Seattle Weekly
19 days
Apply for federal flood assistance funds by June 10
Affected by the December floods? June 10 is the deadline to apply for federal assistance programs Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Individual Assistance, Disaster Unemployment Assistance and Small Business Administration.
Seattle Weekly
19 days
Road construction will be limited during World Cup to aid traffic
The Washington State Department of Transportation will be restricting and limiting work on several major construction projects during the FIFA World Cup.