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Race to the GDPR finish line: How US tech companies are preparing for Europes stringent new privacy law

Mobile voting will be available to 12M Seattle area voters in upcoming King County election

LIVE: FTC Commissioner Rohit Chopra at the GeekWire Summit

Seattle mayor moves to reduce tax burden on small businesses and startups

University of Washington researchers develop app to reduce clashes between cars and pedestrians

Tech company Chef wont renew US immigration contracts changing course amid employee activism

Alphabets Sidewalk Labs reveals plans for Toronto innovation district featuring lightup streets and timber towers

This Seattle startup is giving Election Day off to its 300 employees to vote and celebrate democracy

Employers in Washington state could get up to 20K in tax credits for employees who telecommute

Microsoft and DOJ ask Supreme Court to dismiss case involving customers overseas data

Washington state unemployment claims jump 75 as startups brace for slowdown

Twitter teams up with Tagboard to help newscasters surface political tweets

Seattle mayoral candidate Cary Moon wants a modernday welcome wagon for tech workers

Paul Allen shaped Seattle as we know it and his successors promise to carry on his legacy

Presidential hopeful Inslee calls states innovation economy a model for the other Washington

Amal and George Clooney partner with Microsoft on app to improve criminal justice oversight worldwide

Seattle startup City Pods aims to address homelessness with standalone indoor mini homes

FTC chair aims to resolve Big Tech antitrust probes this year ending investigations or taking action

Amazon bid for businessfriendly Seattle council withers as adversary pulls ahead in surprise comeback

GeekWire HQ2 deadline approaches: Apply to host Americas scrappiest tech news site in your city

Backtoschool math in Seattle: 19 new cameras will target speeders with 237 tickets

New presidential order will push for net neutrality limit large mergers restrict noncompete clauses

Uber driver protests ahead of IPO spell uncertain future for gig economy

Amazon donates 8M for affordable housing in HQ regions launches employee matching program

Amazon singled out in Democratic debates again

Bernie Sanders and other leaders laud Amazons 15hour minimum wage announcement

Shareholders ACLU urge Amazon to stop selling facial recognition software to police ahead of event at tech giants HQ

InnovatePGH initiative launches in effort to make Pittsburgh a worldclass tech hub with a new innovation district

From Amazon to Zillow new coalition of tech titans will rally their workers around citys tough problems

Sprint and TMobile make merger case to House committee pledging to take on cable companies and accelerate 5G

Opinion: Heres whats missing from the tax debate in Washington state

President Trump plans restrictions on skilled work visas used by tech and other industries

Seattle and Comcast launch 100000 initiative to improve technology access for job seekers

Carsharing is back in Seattle kind of: Envoy launches new electric service at residential buildings

Amazon shareholders seek moratorium on facial recognition sales to government climate change action and other political goals

Washington state greenlights delivery robots on sidewalks

Civil rights activists up in arms over Amazon update adding fear detection to facial recognition tech

Microsoft pledges 300K to study highspeed train linking SeattleVancouver BC in under an hour

Sen Cantwell and other policymakers want to create a federal committee to grapple with the coming AI revolution

Scooter startups hit roadblocks as cities get smarter about new forms of transportation

More than 100 tech leaders warn Seattles tax plan sends dangerous message: If you create too many jobs you will be punished

Immigrants and their children founded 43 of last years Fortune 500 companies startup lobby finds

Meet the TrashBot: CleanRobotics is using machine learning to keep recycling from going to waste

Biden calls out Amazon for not paying federal income tax: Im going to put an end to that

City of Seattle will invest up to 400K for STEMfocused scholarship program

Seattle added 50000 tech jobs during decade of concentration in superstar cities

In new letter to governor Seattle tech leaders say income tax proposal will hurt regions AI innovation

Controversial Seattle head tax may head south: Silicon Valley cities weigh tax on tech giants

Microsoft predicts 2018 will usher in a new era for tech companies sitting on silos of consumer data

US immigration policy has employers eyeing Canada for job growth