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How technology is trying to address bias in policing and why experts say it wont be enough

Democrats draft an Internet Bill of Rights to regulate Big Tech

Facial recognition video surveillance highlight new privacy resolution passed by Portland lawmakers

How the 2 trillion coronavirus stimulus package impacts startups

Alphabets Sidewalk Labs reveals plans for Toronto innovation district featuring lightup streets and timber towers

Microsoft and DOJ ask Supreme Court to dismiss case involving customers overseas data

CityBldr will start buying homes in Seattle taking on Zillow Redfin Opendoor with a twist

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

More than 900 Amazon employees plan climate change walkout in solidarity with youth activists

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

Bernie Sanders slams Amazon over hometown political spending as Seattle elections become a national issue

As net neutrality repeal becomes official here is where Washington states open internet fight stands

Axon to add automatic license plate readers to police car systems

How consumer technology is driving smart cities

NY startup Intersection wants to retrofit Seattle bus stops with WiFi kiosks that serve up ads

Washington governors tech guru Joseph Williams leaves to run Pacific Northwest National Laboratorys Seattle office

Documents reveal Microsoft pitched facial recognition tech to drug enforcement feds

Amazon lobbying spending jumped 16 in 2017 as tech titans ramped up efforts to influence federal policy

Amazons HQ2 picks are conspicuously absent from Americas 10 bestperforming cities list

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

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

Safety over privacy RealNetworks to offer free facial recognition technology to K12 schools

Pandemic threatens dominance of superstar tech cities creating new uncertainty for innovation hubs

Data privacy regulations fail in Washington state legislature

Inslee pins presidential aspirations on climate issues betting on science as he announces bid for nations highest office

Seattle mayor explains strategy behind tech blitz after visiting Apple Expedia Amazon in one week

Washington state greenlights delivery robots on sidewalks

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

Amazon is doubling its Denver workforce continuing to grow in HQ2 runnerup cities

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

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

Unimpressed by the Uncarrier: TMobile is latest Seattlearea target for Elizabeth Warren

Democracy Live raises 45M to grow cloudbased ballot platform

Washington state unemployment claims jump 75 as startups brace for slowdown

Affordable housing campaign raises 488M from Microsoft Amazon Ballmers and others to combat homelessness in Seattle region

The case against Amazon: Why the tech giant is facing antitrust scrutiny on two continents

Officials in Seattle and Washington state clash over business tax to address homelessness crisis

Amazon quietly works to reshape politics in its hometown after going to battle with Seattle officials

Seattle tech and business leaders form racial justice coalition demand police reforms

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

Tech companies are doubling down on family leave to improve recruiting and diversity

Seattle mayor forming council of tech leaders seeking solutions to the regions growing pains

Shareholders ACLU urge Amazon to stop selling facial recognition software to police ahead of event at tech giants HQ

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

Uber CEO Seattle investor and labor leader call for portable benefits in Washington state

Amazon fires back at Joe Biden on Twitter over corporate taxes: We pay every penny we owe

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

Where Microsoft draws the line on selling facial recognition tech to government agencies

Documents unearthed by Congress offer new window into Amazons war against onetime rival

Tech entrepreneur and presidential candidate Andrew Yang is holding rally in Seattle Friday