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civic innovation
healthlife sciences
cantwell
delbene
health
net neutrality
politics
telemedicine
When internet access is life or death: Officials visit Seattle hospital on net neutrality campaign
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civic innovation
startups
congress
finance
senate
stock
tax reform
taxes
The startup community is seriously sweating a stock option provision of the Senate tax bill
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civic innovation
internet
net neutrality
oregon
politics
tech
washington
Oregon enacts net neutrality law as Pacific Northwest Trump resistance grows
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civic innovation
employment
jobs
labor
seattle
tech industry
Seattle tech workers earn 279Kyear on average more than double the wages in every other sector
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civic
antitrust
biden
policy
politics
regulation
Is the regulatory crusade against Big Tech over What experts expect under Biden administration
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anniken krutnes
finland
mikko hautala
national nordic museum
norway
Ambassadors from Norway and Finland forge ties in Seattle offer glimmer of hope on cybersecurity
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civic innovation
saad bashir
seattle
seattle it
Seattle mayor taps City of Ottawas CIO as chief technology officer
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amazon
civic innovation
city council
election
politics
seattle
Amazons 145M fails to upend Seattle City Council but tech giant wins small victories
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civic innovation
atefeh riazi
technology
un
united nations
United Nations CITO believes tech can solve some of the worlds biggest challenges if the private sector steps up
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civic innovation
saad bashir
seattle
seattle it
Seattle IT department cuts 14 jobs in major reorganization to foster innovation
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civic innovation
cascadia
cascadia venture accelerator network
cvan
cyrus habib
innovation
tech
Cascadia rising: New group aims to help Pacific NW rival Silicon Valley as unified innovation hub
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civic innovation
civil rights
lgbtq
supreme court
Tech industry urges Supreme Court to extend antidiscrimination protections to LGBTQ people
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geek of the week
civics in chaos
design
games
genessa krasnow
politics
Geek of the Week: ExMicrosoft futurist Genessa Krasnow is a cultural designer and activist with a new game
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civic innovation
data
politics
privacy
regulation
washington
Data privacy regulations fail in Washington state legislature
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civic innovation
transportation
facial recognition
immigration
travel
Seattle port officials approve face recognition guardrails as feds waffle on the controversial tech
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civic innovation
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
transportation
cities
mobility
Cities wising up to disruptive transportation tech: Why should they use our public right of way to become billionaires
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amazon
civic innovation
business
civic affairs
employee hours tax
head tax
homes tax
seattle
tech
Seattle head tax on top businesses fails narrowly but several lawmakers want to revive it next year
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amazon
civic innovation
alexandria ocasiocortez
facial recognition
politics
rekognition
AOC vs Amazon: Alexandria OcasioCortez warns of bias in tech giants facial detection tech
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amazon
apple
civic
facebook
healthlife sciences
microsoft
antitrust
federal trade commission
prescription drugs
president biden
New presidential order will push for net neutrality limit large mergers restrict noncompete clauses
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amazon
civic innovation
hq
incentives
petition
richard florida
taxes
Nearly 100 scholars and urbanists urge HQ2 cities to collectively reject Amazons call for incentives
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civic innovation
privacy
Washington state lawmakers debut legislation for consumer privacy and facial recognition
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civic innovation
homelessness
paul allen
seattle
shelter
tiny house
vulcan
At odds with city on head tax Paul Allens Vulcan is building a tinyhouse village to shelter homeless people
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civic innovation
carnegie mellon
civic affairs
geekwire hq
headquarters
journalism
pittsburgh
tech
GeekWire HQ2 revealed: Were heading to Pittsburgh to cover its postindustrial renaissance and innovation economy
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civic innovation
coronavirus
covid
inslee
seattle
small businesses
startups
washington
Washington state launches 5M grant program to help small businesses struggling under shutdown
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civic innovation
portland
facial recognition
Portland unveils draft ordinance that bans government use of facial recognition tech
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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
data
data economy
privacy
video
The troubling state of consumer privacy: Weve entered a trust apocalypse era now what
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civic innovation
microsoft
brad smith
homelessness
housing
Microsofts Brad Smith on 500M housing pledge: We want our success to support the region
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civic innovation
center for american entrepreneurship
civic affairs
fortune
immigration
startup visa
Immigrants and their children founded 43 of last years Fortune 500 companies startup lobby finds
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amazon
civic
antitrust
big tech
ftc
policy
politics
regulation
Amazons antitrust adversary: What Lina Khans Senate hearing reveals about Big Techs future
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civic innovation
podcasts
big tech
geekwire gala
jay inslee
politics
privacy
regulation
Interview: Washington Gov Jay Inslee on privacy regulating Big Tech and his presidential ambitions
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accelerator
real estate
startups
talent
tc
venture capital
bmw
civic tech
gov tech
mini
rentlogic
smart cities
urban tech
urbanx
urbanus
Our 3 favorite startups from UrbanXs 4th demo day
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civic affairs
fcc
ia
internet association
net neutrality
open internet
The internets top lobby joins legal crusade against net neutrality repeal
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amazon
civic innovation
government
lobbying
politics
In the year of HQ2 Amazons 2018 lobbying budget ballooned to a record 142 million
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civic innovation
microsoft
brad smith
facial recognition
politics
regulation
Could 1984 become reality by 2024 Microsofts Brad Smith calls for regulation of facial recognition
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civic innovation
startups
election day
outreach
politics
voting
This Seattle startup is giving Election Day off to its 200 employees to vote and celebrate democracy
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civic innovation
microsoft
aerospace
ai
artificial intelligence
boeing
brad smith
Microsofts Brad Smith cites Boeing crisis as cautionary tale for intelligent machines calls for AI kill switch
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civic
facial recognition
king county
Seattles King County becomes first US county to ban government use of facial recognition software
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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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civic innovation
startups
economy
paycheck protection program
ppp
small businesses
stimulus
Federal governments 350B small business relief fund runs out of money in less than 2 weeks
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civic innovation
hb visa
immigration
outsourcing
talent
tech
US immigration authorities target outsourcing firms in new H1B visa memo
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civic innovation
microsoft
bill gates
civic affairs
government
politics
tech
Bill Gates warns tech giants that a government crackdown may be in their future
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amazon
civic
affordable housing
climate change
homelessness
nicholas merriam
racial justice
seaciti
Remote work already changing Seattle permanently tech worker survey indicates
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civic innovation
brad smith
code conference
immigration
microsoft
politics
tech
trump
Microsofts Brad Smith fears these 3 things will happen under Trump this summer
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civic innovation
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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amazon
civic innovation
denver
hq
jobs
Amazon is doubling its Denver workforce continuing to grow in HQ2 runnerup cities
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civic affairs
facebook
google
politics
tech hearings
twitter
Facebook Twitter and Google grapple with a new reality as Russia revelations continue to mount
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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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brad smith
microsoft
Microsoft president says secret subpoenas gag orders should be the exception not the rule