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Seattle startup Downticket helps voters follow elections and support candidates with an app
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Big Tech barely breaks through Democratic debate despite push to regulate the industry
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From Amazon to Zillow new coalition of tech titans will rally their workers around citys tough problems
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Surprise delivery: Amazon HQ receives 150k signatures urging company to stop selling facial recognition software to cops
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Election officials mark successful mobile voting pilot in Seattle area security experts still skeptical
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Seattle entrepreneur stirs up controversy with new candidatevetting tool Alignvote
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Shareholders ACLU urge Amazon to stop selling facial recognition software to police ahead of event at tech giants HQ
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Amazon slams Trumps new visa ban as shortsighted risk to American competitiveness
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How consumer technology is driving smart cities
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Tech industry urges Supreme Court to extend antidiscrimination protections to LGBTQ people
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Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan: Lets try scooters but lets do it right
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Will San Franciscos business tax for homeless relief succeed where Seattles failed This tech billionaire is fighting for it
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Quasidorms for adults gain popularity as an affordable option in booming cities
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How technology is trying to address bias in policing and why experts say it wont be enough
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How Apples new 25B housing initiative stacks up vs Microsoft Amazon and other tech giants
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Internet should be an essential utility WA schools chief says as state pulls plug on rest of term
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Oregon enacts net neutrality law as Pacific Northwest Trump resistance grows
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Mega Block in Amazons backyard will become a life sciences campus following 1435M deal proceeds to fund affordable housing
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With Dems in control of the House now is the time for states to pressure Congress to act on privacy
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Lawmakers focus on Amazon during antitrust hearing grilling company on marketplace practices
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Interview: Washington Gov Jay Inslee on privacy regulating Big Tech and his presidential ambitions
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Microsoft expands broadband initiative to bring internet to 3 million people in rural communities
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Amazon defends Rings relationship with police as US senator resurfaces privacy concerns
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Lyft joins bikeshare race with Motivate acquisition
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Shareholders reject efforts to rein in Amazons sale of facial recognition tech to law enforcement
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You asked well answer: Vote on which question about homelessness you want us to investigate
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Why Microsoft wont unplug government agencies despite opposition to Trump policies
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Seattle mayor moves to reduce tax burden on small businesses and startups
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A Tech Cold War Microsoft policy leaders predict the future preparing for a wild decade ahead
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InnovatePGH initiative launches in effort to make Pittsburgh a worldclass tech hub with a new innovation district
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Microsoft and Adaptive Biotechnologies partner to study immune response to COVID19
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Blokable expands to California in new chapter for the innovative multifamily housing developer
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Amazon accuses Trump of using Pentagon cloud contract for his own personal and political ends
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Mysterious Oregon startup Azevtec raises 8M for selfdriving zeroemission vehicle systems
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Washington state Democrats to push for controversial noncompete legislation again
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Microsofts Brad Smith fears these 3 things will happen under Trump administration this summer
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Washington state lawmakers debut legislation for consumer privacy and facial recognition
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In Seattle visit presidential hopeful Andrew Yang calls on Amazon to admit job loss from automation
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Complaints from bikeshare workers reflect new reality for labor force that powers sharing economy
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Huge awakening in data privacy drives big growth for Seattle startup Integris
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Can tech and government innovate together for social good Inside a new effort to change the tide
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The Riveter launches 2020 presidential speaker series hosting Buttigieg Harris and Gillibrand
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One of Amazons earliest investors has this advice for the winning HQ2 city
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Amazon fires back at Joe Biden on Twitter over corporate taxes: We pay every penny we owe
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Traffic tech company INRIX approaches its 15th birthday looks to AI to drive its business
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Seattle mayor taps City of Ottowas CIO as chief technology officer
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Tech companies are doubling down on family leave to improve recruiting and diversity
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May HQ2 be ever in your favor: Amazons new short list pits 20 cities against each other in a risky game
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Seattle passes smaller head tax on Amazon and other big companies after impassioned debate
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Exclusive: Amazon moving thousands of employees out of Seattle relocating key division to nearby city