The latest jaw-dropping deal in video games is Sony Interactive Entertainment's agreement to buy Bellevue, Wash.-based Bungie, maker of the Destiny series of online multiplayer first-person shooter games, originally known for developing Halo for Microsoft's Xbox.

Bungie was spun out of Microsoft in 2007 and has operated as an independent company in the meantime. It's expected to be an independent Sony Interactive Entertainment subsidiary and continue to operate under its current management. Bungie is promising to expand its 900-person employee base and move into new areas of entertainment as a result of the Sony deal.

Games writer Thomas Wilde joins us on this special episode to explain what the deal means for Sony, Bungie, Microsoft and the world of video games at large. 

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The announcement Monday morning came two weeks after Microsoft struck a $68.7 billion deal for Activision Blizzard, the Call of Duty and Candy Crush maker. 

The latest jaw-dropping deal in video games is <a href="https://www.geekwire.com/2022/sony-will-buy-bungie-former-microsoft-studio-for-3-6b-in-latest-blockbuster-deal-for-game-industry/">Sony Interactive Entertainment's agreement to buy Bellevue, Wash.-based Bungie</a>, maker of the Destiny&nbsp;series of online multiplayer first-person shooter games, originally known for developing Halo for Microsoft's Xbox.
Bungie <a href="https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2007/10/05/microsoft-to-spin-off-halo-creator-bungie/">was spun out of Microsoft in 2007</a> and has operated as an independent company in the meantime. It's expected to be an independent Sony Interactive Entertainment subsidiary and continue to operate under its current management. Bungie is promising to expand its 900-person employee base and move into new areas of entertainment as a result of the Sony deal.
Games writer <a href="https://twitter.com/stolisomancer">Thomas Wilde</a> joins us on this special episode to explain what the deal means for Sony, Bungie, Microsoft and the world of video games at large.&nbsp;
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The announcement Monday morning came two weeks after Microsoft struck <a href="https://www.geekwire.com/2022/microsofts-68-7-billion-deal-to-acquire-activision-blizzard-is-the-largest-in-its-history-by-far/">a $68.7 billion deal for Activision Blizzard</a>, the&nbsp;Call of Duty&nbsp;and&nbsp;Candy Crush maker.&nbsp;

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Sony's $3.6 billion Bungie buy, explained

It was a big week for cybersecurity for Seattle's tech giants. Microsoft President Brad Smith was in Washington D.C., testifying before the U.S. House Homeland Security Committee about the Redmond company's security challenges. Listen for highlights at the end of the show. 

Meanwhile, Amazon held its annual AWS re:Inforce cloud security conference in Philadelphia.The rise of AI has added some big new wrinkles to the issue of cybersecurity, and AI was one of the main topics in a conversation that I had a few weeks ago with one of the people who keynoted the AWS event this week, Steve Schmidt, Amazon's chief security officer.

Hosted by Todd Bishop; edited by Curt Milton.

It was a big week for cybersecurity for Seattle's tech giants. Microsoft President Brad Smith was in Washington D.C., <a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/kB2GCmasH4c?si=A1o4FjSHpCuR0rdY">testifying before the U.S. House Homeland Security Committee</a> about <a href="https://www.geekwire.com/2024/congressional-hearing-will-pit-microsofts-actions-vs-words-in-public-grilling-over-security-failures/">the Redmond company's security challenges</a>. Listen for highlights at the end of the show. 
Meanwhile, Amazon <a href="https://reinforce.awsevents.com/">held its annual AWS re:Inforce cloud security conference</a> in Philadelphia.The rise of AI has added some big new wrinkles to the issue of cybersecurity, and AI was one of the main topics in a conversation that I had a few weeks ago with one of the people who <a href="https://youtu.be/skH3Q90llss?si=9b19EFgngezU80H6">keynoted the AWS event this week</a>, Steve Schmidt, Amazon's chief security officer.
Hosted by Todd Bishop; edited by Curt Milton.

Cybersecurity in the age of AI, with Steve Schmidt, Amazon's chief security officer

Our guest this week on the GeekWire Podcast is Léonard Boussioux, an assistant professor in the Department of Information Systems and Operations Management at the University of Washington's Foster School of Business, and adjunct assistant professor at the UW Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering.

Boussioux received his doctorate in operations research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research combines areas including machine learning and AI with a focus on healthcare and sustainability. Last year he launched a class called "Generative AI in the Era of Cloud Computing" at the Foster School.
Foster School: A New Era Of AI And Human Ingenuity In The Classroom
Boussioux's website, including photography and AI art: www.leobix.us
TEDxMIT Salon presentation: Let Art Be Your Superpower
TEDxBoston: How to Solve the UN's Sustainable Development Goals in 5 mins.

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With GeekWire co-founder Todd Bishop; Edited by Curt Milton.

Our guest this week on the GeekWire Podcast is <a href="https://www.leobix.us/">Léonard Boussioux</a>, an <a href="https://foster.uw.edu/faculty-research/directory/leonard-boussioux/">assistant professor</a> in the Department of Information Systems and Operations Management at the University of Washington's Foster School of Business, and adjunct assistant professor at the UW Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering.
Boussioux received his doctorate in operations research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research combines areas including machine learning and AI with a focus on healthcare and sustainability. Last year he launched a class called "Generative AI in the Era of Cloud Computing" at the Foster School.
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<li>Foster School: <a href="https://magazine.foster.uw.edu/features/teaching-ai-business-school/">A New Era Of AI And Human Ingenuity In The Classroom</a></li>
<li>Boussioux's website, including photography and AI art: <a href="https://www.leobix.us/">www.leobix.us</a></li>
<li>TEDxMIT Salon presentation: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap5HMhnYUVc">Let Art Be Your Superpower</a></li>
<li>TEDxBoston: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0vCXMfXl0k">How to Solve the UN's Sustainable Development Goals in 5 mins.</a></li>
</ul>
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With GeekWire co-founder Todd Bishop; Edited by Curt Milton.

How this professor teaches AI and thinks about human creativity

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we explore the frontier of crowd-augmented cognition, the concept of humans working together with the help of technology, including new ways that artificial intelligence is changing the field.

Our guest is Aniket (Niki) Kittur, a professor in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, where his research focuses on new methods of augmenting human intellect using crowds and computation.

We also talk about a related project that Kittur and his colleagues developed called Skeema, a browser tab manager that helped users organize their work, projects, and ultimately their brains in the process. 

With GeekWire co-founder Todd Bishop. Edited by Curt Milton.

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we explore the frontier of crowd-augmented cognition, the concept of humans working together with the help of technology, including new ways that artificial intelligence is changing the field.
Our guest is <a href="https://hcii.cmu.edu/people/aniket-kittur">Aniket (Niki) Kittur</a>, a professor in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, where his research focuses on new methods of augmenting human intellect using crowds and computation.
We also talk about a related project that Kittur and his colleagues developed called <a href="https://www.skeema.com/">Skeema</a>, a browser tab manager that helped users organize their work, projects, and ultimately their brains in the process. 
With GeekWire co-founder Todd Bishop. Edited by Curt Milton.

Sony's $3.6 billion Bungie buy, explained

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