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Is Amazon selling facial recognition software to ICE Exec fields tough questions at NY hearing

FAQ: Everything you need to know about Seattles proposed Amazon tax before Mondays vote

Amazon bid for businessfriendly Seattle council withers as adversary makes surprise comeback

Bezos and other tech luminaries back 150M Rise of the Rest fund to boost startups between coasts

Amazon employees donate the most money to these political candidates and issues

Tableau employees hold rally in Seattle ask leadership to sever ties with ICE and CBP

TMobile and Sprint plead their case as FCC considers landmark merger

Tech helped Cyrus Habib get to Washingtons secondhighest office and new innovations hold even more promise for the blind

Amazon hires Washington DC economic development lead in charge of HQ2 courtship

Tax Amazon activists petition for ballot initiative to raise 300Myear for affordable housing

University of Washington computer science school lands 3 million in state funding to double program

Study finds crisis of regional imbalance as Seattle and 4 other regions dominate tech job growth

Seattle company sues federal government for denying H1B visa renewal to IT manager

Election officials mark successful mobile voting pilot in Seattle area security experts still skeptical

Microsoft slams Amazons latest protest over Pentagon cloud contract as a way to avoid the consequences of its own bad business decisions

Al Gore predicts machine learning and other tech advances will usher in a sustainability revolution

DHS moving biometric screening system to Amazon Web Services amid debate over government tech

Trump administrations new AI principles seek to limit regulatory overreach to promote innovation

Microsofts Brad Smith on 500M housing pledge: We want our success to support the region

Amazons bid for 10B Pentagon cloud deal faces friction as it battles with Microsoft

Most Americans believe tech companies should be regulated like news publishers survey finds

Activists and politicians protest Amazon spending on Seattle elections: The country is watching

Apples Supreme Court setback could spell trouble for other tech companies facing antitrust scrutiny

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

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

Amazon recommends 6 guidelines for facial recognition legislation

Interview: Washington Gov Jay Inslee on privacy regulating Big Tech and his presidential ambitions

GeekWire Podcast: We almost hacked the election Amazon vs Trump cashless stadiums

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

Pandemic threatens dominance of superstar tech cities creating uncertain future for innovation hubs

Here are the presidential candidates that Seattle tech workers are backing ahead of WA states historic primary

Palestinian activists and Microsoft employees demand company cut ties with AnyVision citing civil rights violations

One of Amazons earliest investors has this advice for the winning HQ2 city

Amazon accuses Trump of using Pentagon cloud contract for his own personal and political ends

Seattle startup Boundless raises 78M to become the onestop shop for legal immigration

Amazon donates 200K to Seattle Chamber political action committee ahead of City Council elections

United Nations CITO believes tech can solve some of the worlds biggest challenges if the private sector steps up

Seattles biggest tech companies unveil 7 city projects built by mayors Innovation Council

Senate abandons plan to tax stock options at vesting after backlash from the tech industry

Could 1984 become reality by 2024 Microsofts Brad Smith calls for regulation of facial recognition

Democracy Live raises 45M to grow cloudbased ballot platform

Tech concentration in big cities is growing leaving rural America behind study finds

EU reportedly investigating Amazons treatment of thirdparty sellers formalizing antitrust probe

At odds with city on head tax Paul Allens Vulcan is building a tinyhouse village to shelter homeless people

Washington Gov Inslee says state is ready for Trump attack on net neutrality law: Bring it on

Warren denounces Amazon for trying to tilt the Seattle City Council elections with 145M

Where do Seattles newcomers move from Drivers license numbers reveal some surprises

US immigration policy has employers eyeing Canada for job growth

Tech industry cheers GOP tax overhaul

Microsofts Brad Smith fears these 3 things will happen under Trump administration this summer