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Race to the GDPR finish line: How US tech companies are preparing for Europes stringent new privacy law
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Mobile voting will be available to 12M Seattle area voters in upcoming King County election
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LIVE: FTC Commissioner Rohit Chopra at the GeekWire Summit
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Seattle mayor moves to reduce tax burden on small businesses and startups
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University of Washington researchers develop app to reduce clashes between cars and pedestrians
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Tech company Chef wont renew US immigration contracts changing course amid employee activism
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Alphabets Sidewalk Labs reveals plans for Toronto innovation district featuring lightup streets and timber towers
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This Seattle startup is giving Election Day off to its 300 employees to vote and celebrate democracy
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Employers in Washington state could get up to 20K in tax credits for employees who telecommute
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Microsoft and DOJ ask Supreme Court to dismiss case involving customers overseas data
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Washington state unemployment claims jump 75 as startups brace for slowdown
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Twitter teams up with Tagboard to help newscasters surface political tweets
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Seattle mayoral candidate Cary Moon wants a modernday welcome wagon for tech workers
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Paul Allen shaped Seattle as we know it and his successors promise to carry on his legacy
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Presidential hopeful Inslee calls states innovation economy a model for the other Washington
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Amal and George Clooney partner with Microsoft on app to improve criminal justice oversight worldwide
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Seattle startup City Pods aims to address homelessness with standalone indoor mini homes
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FTC chair aims to resolve Big Tech antitrust probes this year ending investigations or taking action
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Amazon bid for businessfriendly Seattle council withers as adversary pulls ahead in surprise comeback
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GeekWire HQ2 deadline approaches: Apply to host Americas scrappiest tech news site in your city
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Backtoschool math in Seattle: 19 new cameras will target speeders with 237 tickets
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New presidential order will push for net neutrality limit large mergers restrict noncompete clauses
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Uber driver protests ahead of IPO spell uncertain future for gig economy
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Amazon donates 8M for affordable housing in HQ regions launches employee matching program
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Amazon singled out in Democratic debates again
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Bernie Sanders and other leaders laud Amazons 15hour minimum wage announcement
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Shareholders ACLU urge Amazon to stop selling facial recognition software to police ahead of event at tech giants HQ
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InnovatePGH initiative launches in effort to make Pittsburgh a worldclass tech hub with a new innovation district
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From Amazon to Zillow new coalition of tech titans will rally their workers around citys tough problems
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Sprint and TMobile make merger case to House committee pledging to take on cable companies and accelerate 5G
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Opinion: Heres whats missing from the tax debate in Washington state
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President Trump plans restrictions on skilled work visas used by tech and other industries
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Seattle and Comcast launch 100000 initiative to improve technology access for job seekers
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Carsharing is back in Seattle kind of: Envoy launches new electric service at residential buildings
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Amazon shareholders seek moratorium on facial recognition sales to government climate change action and other political goals
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Washington state greenlights delivery robots on sidewalks
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Civil rights activists up in arms over Amazon update adding fear detection to facial recognition tech
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Microsoft pledges 300K to study highspeed train linking SeattleVancouver BC in under an hour
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Sen Cantwell and other policymakers want to create a federal committee to grapple with the coming AI revolution
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Scooter startups hit roadblocks as cities get smarter about new forms of transportation
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More than 100 tech leaders warn Seattles tax plan sends dangerous message: If you create too many jobs you will be punished
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Immigrants and their children founded 43 of last years Fortune 500 companies startup lobby finds
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Meet the TrashBot: CleanRobotics is using machine learning to keep recycling from going to waste
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Biden calls out Amazon for not paying federal income tax: Im going to put an end to that
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City of Seattle will invest up to 400K for STEMfocused scholarship program
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Seattle added 50000 tech jobs during decade of concentration in superstar cities
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In new letter to governor Seattle tech leaders say income tax proposal will hurt regions AI innovation
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Controversial Seattle head tax may head south: Silicon Valley cities weigh tax on tech giants
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Microsoft predicts 2018 will usher in a new era for tech companies sitting on silos of consumer data
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US immigration policy has employers eyeing Canada for job growth