(Bigstock Image) Prominent cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex laid off employees Wednesday. The Bellevue, Wash.-based company slashed 83 positions, according to a Washington state filing. “Unfortunately, due to market conditions, Bittrex was forced to lay off over 80 employees today, who reside

Microsoft says it plans to integrate OpenAI technologies throughout its product lineup, but one entrepreneur has already put ChatGPT into Microsoft Word, and he’s eyeing additional Microsoft Office products next. A new Microsoft Word third-party add-in called Ghostwriter allows users

(USAFacts chart) USAFacts this week released its yearly roundup of U.S. stats ahead President Biden’s annual State of the Union address on Feb. 7. The “State of the Union in Numbers” acts as a fact checking tool for Americans to

Boeing built jumbo 747 jets for more than 50 years, but that era is ending. (Boeing Illustration) Boeing is giving its iconic 747 jumbo jet a grand sendoff today, marking the end of a 55-year era, and you can watch

Washington state Rep. Vandana Slatter. (Photo via Slatter’s office) Consumers in Washington state will gain new privacy protections over their health data if lawmakers pass proposed legislation called the My Health, My Data Act. The act would prohibit websites and

On Jan. 19, ZeroAvia conducted a test flight of a Dornier 228 outfitted with a prototype of its hydrogen-electric powertrain. (ZeroAvia Photo via Twitter) ZeroAvia recently grabbed headlines for successfully flying the largest aircraft to date under hydrogen and battery

LifeAt Spaces employees, from left: Devin Ajimine, Ashika Mulagada, Pouya Rad and Marisa Chentakul. (LifeAt Spaces Photo) After more than a year of remote work, Devin Ajimine and his friends could not find a productivity tool that would help them

Startup founder and engineer Kirill Zubovsky used OpenAI’s GPT-3 to create a business and domain name generator. (Photo courtesy Kirill Zubovsky.) After calling up the website Smartynames.com this week, I typed in a description for a business idea: “Drone photography

Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle. (GeekWire File Photo / Kevin Lisota) A Seattle band that played this week as the “house band” between periods at a Seattle Kraken game at Climate Pledge Arena won’t be playing again this weekend after

(Amazon File Photo) Amazon is tacking on new service fees for Prime members who get less than $150 worth of groceries via the company’s Amazon Fresh delivery service. In an email to customers on Friday, Amazon said it will start