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Tech leaders sound off on Washington states new noncompete restrictions
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homelessness
housing
king county
politics
tax
washington
Proposed tax seeks 121M a year from Amazon Microsoft and other big Seattlearea companies to address homelessness
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affordability
homeless
housing
seahomeless
seattle
You asked well answer: Vote on which question about homelessness you want us to investigate
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innovation
noncompete
tech
washington
work
Effort to kill noncompetes in Washington state fails again leaving controversial contracts intact
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amazon
civic innovation
aclu
facial recognition
law enforcement
police
rekognition
Amazon challenges ACLU study on facial recognition tech and police
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civic innovation
boundless
courts
immigration
trump
Microsoft Reddit Twitter others urge federal court to block Trumps public charge immigration rule
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civic innovation
startups
diversity
regulation
venture capital
Should gender diversity on corporate boards be legally required Women VCs tech execs weigh in
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airport
biometric screening
facial recognition
port
seatac
seattle
travel
Port of Seattle plans for facial recognition screening at SeaTac
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transportation
lyft
regulation
seattle
taxi
uber
Seattle moves forward with plan to bring Uber and Lyft regulations in line with taxis
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civic innovation
hackathon
tech to protect
Inside the Tech to Protect hackathon that aims to help emergency responders with new technology
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amazon
civic innovation
real estate
startups
citybldr
housing
hq
Amazon HQ2 is still a mystery but this real estate startup already plans to expand to the winning city
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amazon
cities
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hq
GeekWire HQ2 search narrows to 4 finalists: Heres your chance to vote on our second city
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civic innovation
blockchain
data
facial recognition
politics
privacy
regulation
washington
Washington state wants to regulate artificial intelligence as Microsoft lobbies for new rules
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civic innovation
microsoft
acquisitions
politics
tiktok
trump
Trump issues executive order banning transactions with TikTok parent ByteDance in 45 days
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amazon
civic innovation
antitrust
competition
politics
regulation
House antitrust chair troubled by tech hearing sends letters demanding clarity from Amazon Facebook and Google
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sprint
tmobile
trump
wireless
Trump calls for 5G and even 6G wireless tech as TMobile and Sprint seek merger approval
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civic affairs
podcast
bob ferguson
geekwire summit
immigration
politics
trump
Washington AG Bob Ferguson talks Trump reining in Big Tech and rumors of a gubernatorial bid
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civic innovation
ads
facebook
google
politics
social media
tech
twitter
FEC asks CEOs of Facebook Alphabet and Twitter to testify on new political ad rules
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amazon
civic innovation
podcasts
bernie sanders
earthquake
jeff bezos
politics
science
GeekWire Podcast: Bezos fields criticism despite 10B climate pledge Seattle braces for The Big One and more
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civic innovation
real estate
cities
coronavirus
housing
migration
pandemic
The future of tech hubs: Why some experts are optimistic despite pandemic and looming taxes
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computer science
education
university of washington
University of Washington computer science school lands 3 million in state funding to double program
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civic innovation
transportation
filld
mobile fueling
seattle
Why Filld shut down mobile fueling in Seattle as it wrestles with fire marshals across the country
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civic innovation
activism
cbp
customs and border protection
employee activism
ice
immigration
immigration and customs enformcement
politics
tableau
Tableau employees hold rally in Seattle ask leadership to sever ties with ICE and CBP
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civic innovation
elizabeth warren
politics
Startup investors sound off on Sen Warrens plan to break up and regulate tech giants
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amazon
civic innovation
labor
minimum wage
politics
workers
Bernie Sanders and other leaders laud Amazons 15hour minimum wage announcement
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microsoft
tom burt
Microsoft details online attacks from Russia China and Iran against US presidential campaigns
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gentrification
opportunity zones
real estate
san francisco
seattle
study
Opportunity Zones in West Coast tech hubs rank highest for gentrification risk in new study
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civic
civic
government
teams
zoom
That rhythm is gone: Washington state legislators on the pros and cons of virtual government
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civic innovation
joe biden
politics
Broadband automation privacy top tech industry agenda for Biden after controlling pandemic
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amazon
civic affairs
real estate
affordability
housing
hq
rent
seattle
zillow
New study shows how Amazons growth has impacted Seattle rents
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civic innovation
amazon
jeff bezos
media
news
tech
washington post
Washington Post profitable and growing for two years under Jeff Bezos ownership
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civic innovation
transportation
sensors
smart cities
traffic
university of washington
University of Washington researchers develop app to reduce clashes between cars and pedestrians
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civic innovation
data
ireland
law enforcement
microsoft
privacy
supreme court
tech
Global chaos or just a click of the mouse Supreme Court set to hear Microsoft vs US in overseas customer data dispute
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civic innovation
facebook
social media
advertising
lawsuit
politics
washington
Facebook will pause political ad sales for Washington state elections
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amazon
civic innovation
civic affairs
hq
politics
seattle
tech
Amazon sets meeting with Seattle officials in effort to improve relationship with its hometown
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civic innovation
cantwell
data
politics
privacy
regulation
Senate Democrats release robust federal privacy bill to regulate tech company business practices
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civic innovation
transportation
autonomous vehicles
lyft
paris
peduto
pittsburgh
selfdriving cars
smart cities
uber
zipcar
Zipcar Uber and 13 other transportation tech companies establish vision for future cities with Pittsburgh and Paris
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amazon
civic innovation
cities
civic affairs
hq
nick hanauer
politics
the playbook
One of Amazons earliest investors has this advice for winning HQ2 city
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civic innovation
al gore
climate change
environment
sustainability
Al Gore predicts machine learning and other tech advances will usher in a sustainability revolution
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civic innovation
microsoft
anyvision
employee activism
facial recognition
politics
Palestinian activists and Microsoft employees demand company cut ties with AnyVision citing civil rights violations
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civic innovation
microsoft
brad smith
daca
immigration
supreme court
trump
Microsoft goes to bat for Dreamer employees as Supreme Court prepares to hear DACA case
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civic innovation
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broadband
cantwell
internet
politics
wireless
Senator Cantwell wants 5G spectrum auction to fund rural broadband expansion
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civic innovation
data
homelessness
housing
seattle
tableau
Tableau launches 13M initiative to eliminate veteran and chronic homelessness in 50 US cities
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civic innovation
saad bashir
seattle
seattle it
Seattle mayor taps City of Ottowas CIO as chief technology officer
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civic innovation
amazon
glenn kelman
housing
real estate
redfin
silicon valley
tech
Redfins Glenn Kelman predicts a mass tech exodus from coastal cities
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civic innovation
california
ccpa
data
policy
politics
privacy
regulation
A new era for data privacy: How Californias law is impacting companies in Seattle and beyond
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amazon
civic innovation
cities
economy
jobs
urbanism
Tech concentration in big cities is growing leaving rural America behind study finds
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civic innovation
ai
artificial intelligence
politics
white house
Amazon Facebook and other big companies to attend a White House AI summit Thursday
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amazon
civic innovation
andrew yang
politics
universal basic income
In Seattle visit presidential hopeful Andrew Yang calls on Amazon to admit job loss from automation
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civic affairs
daca
dreamers
immigration
new american economy
politics
remitly
tech
With DACA clock ticking tech community rallies behind Dreamers