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Tech leaders sound off on Washington states new noncompete restrictions

Proposed tax seeks 121M a year from Amazon Microsoft and other big Seattlearea companies to address homelessness

You asked well answer: Vote on which question about homelessness you want us to investigate

Effort to kill noncompetes in Washington state fails again leaving controversial contracts intact

Amazon challenges ACLU study on facial recognition tech and police

Microsoft Reddit Twitter others urge federal court to block Trumps public charge immigration rule

Should gender diversity on corporate boards be legally required Women VCs tech execs weigh in

Port of Seattle plans for facial recognition screening at SeaTac

Seattle moves forward with plan to bring Uber and Lyft regulations in line with taxis

Inside the Tech to Protect hackathon that aims to help emergency responders with new technology

Amazon HQ2 is still a mystery but this real estate startup already plans to expand to the winning city

GeekWire HQ2 search narrows to 4 finalists: Heres your chance to vote on our second city

Washington state wants to regulate artificial intelligence as Microsoft lobbies for new rules

Trump issues executive order banning transactions with TikTok parent ByteDance in 45 days

House antitrust chair troubled by tech hearing sends letters demanding clarity from Amazon Facebook and Google

Trump calls for 5G and even 6G wireless tech as TMobile and Sprint seek merger approval

Washington AG Bob Ferguson talks Trump reining in Big Tech and rumors of a gubernatorial bid

FEC asks CEOs of Facebook Alphabet and Twitter to testify on new political ad rules

GeekWire Podcast: Bezos fields criticism despite 10B climate pledge Seattle braces for The Big One and more

The future of tech hubs: Why some experts are optimistic despite pandemic and looming taxes

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

Why Filld shut down mobile fueling in Seattle as it wrestles with fire marshals across the country

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

Startup investors sound off on Sen Warrens plan to break up and regulate tech giants

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

Microsoft details online attacks from Russia China and Iran against US presidential campaigns

Opportunity Zones in West Coast tech hubs rank highest for gentrification risk in new study

That rhythm is gone: Washington state legislators on the pros and cons of virtual government

Broadband automation privacy top tech industry agenda for Biden after controlling pandemic

New study shows how Amazons growth has impacted Seattle rents

Washington Post profitable and growing for two years under Jeff Bezos ownership

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

Global chaos or just a click of the mouse Supreme Court set to hear Microsoft vs US in overseas customer data dispute

Facebook will pause political ad sales for Washington state elections

Amazon sets meeting with Seattle officials in effort to improve relationship with its hometown

Senate Democrats release robust federal privacy bill to regulate tech company business practices

Zipcar Uber and 13 other transportation tech companies establish vision for future cities with Pittsburgh and Paris

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

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

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

Microsoft goes to bat for Dreamer employees as Supreme Court prepares to hear DACA case

Senator Cantwell wants 5G spectrum auction to fund rural broadband expansion

Tableau launches 13M initiative to eliminate veteran and chronic homelessness in 50 US cities

Seattle mayor taps City of Ottowas CIO as chief technology officer

Redfins Glenn Kelman predicts a mass tech exodus from coastal cities

A new era for data privacy: How Californias law is impacting companies in Seattle and beyond

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

Amazon Facebook and other big companies to attend a White House AI summit Thursday

In Seattle visit presidential hopeful Andrew Yang calls on Amazon to admit job loss from automation

With DACA clock ticking tech community rallies behind Dreamers