Speakers Forum How social media ate news media’s lunch, and what to do about it It’s a brave new world for news media. The advertising revenue that kept newspapers afloat has dwindled. Reporters are being laid off.
KUOW Newsroom It'll take another year before earthquake alerts will buzz Washington phones The ShakeAlert earthquake early warning app is under development in the Northwest.
Speakers Forum They defend the science. But who defends the scientists? A philosopher fights back against post-truth and science denial
KUOW Newsroom Alexa can tell if you’re going into cardiac arrest – and then call 911 Researchers at the University of Washington have taught smart devices how to correctly identify the staggered breathing of someone going into cardiac arrest while sleeping.
Speakers Forum Is catastrophic wild fire and smoke exposure our new normal? Forest fires threaten our region. This PacSci panel discussion considers solutions
RadioActive This documentarian makes you walk a mile in someone else’s shoes Can a documentary inspire social change? Filmmaker Sandy Cioffi is using the emerging world of virtual reality to evoke empathy from viewers.
Week In Review Housing and Lawsuits Galore on the Week in Review Bill Radke reviews the week’s news with Geekwire civic editor Monica Nickelsburg, Crosscut reporter David Kroman, and Seattle Times reporter Marcus Green.
KUOW Newsroom Amazon: Government should hurry up and regulate facial recognition The head of Amazon Web Services says he wants the federal government to regulate facial recognition technology.
KUOW Newsroom Seattle's rent bidding moratorium expired in April. But it could still be prohibited Seattle could soon reinstate its moratorium on rent bidding. This week a city council committee voted to do just that.
KUOW Newsroom Seattle employers woo tech talent with a lot of perks, but culture counts Companies are going to extraordinary lengths to attract tech talent from the latest batch of computer science graduates.
