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You cant wash your hands of this Watch a top University of Washington professor sound off on Facebook and Russia

Watch: Seattle mayoral candidates Cary Moon and Jenny Durkan face off in debate

New study shows how Amazons growth has impacted Seattle rents

Its official: Jenny Durkan will be Seattles next mayor as Cary Moon concedes election

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

Tech industry cheers GOP tax overhaul

Facebook Twitter and Google grapple with a new reality as Russia revelations continue to mount

Watch live: Seattle mayoral candidates Cary Moon and Jenny Durkan face off in debate

Survey: Americans dont trust Big Tech or the government to prevent foreign election interference

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

Seattle IT department accidentally releases nearly two months of emails from city employees

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

Cary Moon will pursue cityowned internet if elected Seattle mayor because it is an equity issue

Political skills in highdemand at tech companies in Seattle New York and San Francisco

Washington state leaders announce firstofitskind plan to defend net neutrality for constituents

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

Judge blocks Seattles new income tax on the rich

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

Reports: 126M Facebook users saw content from Russian agents around Election Day

GeekWire HQ2 revealed: Were heading to Pittsburgh to cover its postindustrial renaissance and innovation economy

Cuttingedge Microsoft data center fuels a new vision for global energy efficiency

This has not happened before: Tech historian on Trump social media and an unprecedented moment in American history

Internet Association a powerful Silicon Valley lobby is opening an office in Seattle

FCC repeals net neutrality protections after dramatic pause to investigate security threat

Nancy Pelosi says this could be our moment to crack down on sexual harassment

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

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

The procrastinators lastminute guide to the Seattle mayoral race

Foreign entrepreneurs can apply for temporary US residency under startup visa after court win by investor group

New water taxi pilot project will connect cities across Seattles Lake Washington funded by developer seeking to land big tech tenant

Mayor Jenny Durkan: Seattle is and always will be the city that invents the future

Sen Cantwell and Rep DelBene seek 220Myear in federal funding for smart city programs

The internets top lobby joins legal crusade against net neutrality repeal

Tech companies are provoking more ire by moving out of the suburbs and into cities says urban history expert

Seattle tech leaders endorse former US attorney Jenny Durkan calling for a mayor who can keep up with everchanging city

Judge overturns Trump administrations delay of Obamaera startup visa siding with investor group

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

Amazon HQ2: Mayors from 7 major North American cities give us their pitches as RFP deadline looms

As tensions rise in booming Seattle tech industry steps up civic engagement

Nancy Pelosi says this may be our moment to crack down on sexual harassment

Can tech and government innovate together for social good Inside a new effort to change the tide

When Big Tech comes to town: Pittsburgh tries to repair Uber deal and apply lessons to Amazon bid

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

At Facebook hackathon engineers combine Seattle data with machine learning to solve civic issues

Can Seattles next mayor build a bridge to the tech community Clues from each candidates take on Amazon HQ2

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

Can the tech industry create more affordable cities Google parent Alphabet is betting yes

Alphabet vs Amazon: Sidewalk Labs CEO says HQ2 vision wont even be close to Googles Toronto plan

You cant wash your hands of this Watch University of Washington computer science chair sound off on Facebook and Russia

Why Washington AG Bob Ferguson doesnt expect DACA protections to be rolled back