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Amazon claps back at Elizabeth Warren over claims of anticompetitive behavior

Amazons Ring to let customers opt out of receiving police video requests

Democracy Live raises 45M to grow cloudbased ballot platform

Twitter teams up with Tagboard to help newscasters surface political tweets

Where do Seattles newcomers move from Drivers license numbers reveal some surprises

Week in Geek Podcast: Seattle is taxing big business and tech is pissed what happens now

Big tech companies defend business practices in response to antitrust questions from Congress

Breaking up Amazon: Is it even possible Imagining the tech giant under a US antitrust crackdown

Downtown Seattle Association CEO: Tech industry unfairly blamed for housing crisis

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

GeekWire Podcast: Why this Amazon adversary is emboldened to escalate challenge to tech giant

ACLU slams Washington lawmakers for closeddoor privacy bill negotiations with Big Tech

Redfins Glenn Kelman predicts a mass tech exodus from coastal cities

Democrats draft an Internet Bill of Rights to regulate Big Tech

Seattlearea tech workers earn 279Kyear on average in total compensation according to new BLS data

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

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

Microsoft predicts 2018 will usher in a new era for tech companies sitting on silos of consumer data

Is tech or the city responsible for Seattles housing crunch Report explores roots of affordability crisis

University of Washington computer science school lands 3 million in state funding to double program

Al Gore predicts machine learning and other tech advances will usher in a sustainability revolution

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

Microsoft pledges 300K to study highspeed train linking SeattleVancouver BC in under an hour

Breaking: Judge blocks Microsoft from working on Pentagons 10B JEDI contract pending Amazons lawsuit

FEC asks CEOs of Facebook Alphabet and Twitter to testify on new political ad rules

Video: Affordable housing activists storm Amazon HQ demanding higher taxes on corporations

AOC vs Amazon: Alexandria OcasioCortez warns of bias in tech giants facial recognition tech

Amazon warns onerous privacy regulations could hinder innovation in Senate hearing

Tax hike on Amazon and Microsoft to fund higher ed in Washington state passes legislature

Will San Franciscos business tax for homeless relief succeed where Seattles failed This tech billionaire is fighting for it

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

Amazons bid for 10B Pentagon cloud deal faces friction as it battles with Microsoft

Seattles biggest tech companies unveil 7 city projects built by controversial Innovation Council

Port of Seattle plans for facial recognition screening at SeaTac

With support of Amazon new fund lets everyday tech workers invest in affordable housing

Trump avoids tech in State of the Union address

Lyft joins bikeshare race with Motivate acquisition

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

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

Seattle moves forward with plan to bring Uber and Lyft regulations in line with taxis

Amal and George Clooney partner with Microsoft on app to improve criminal justice oversight worldwide

May HQ2 be ever in your favor: Amazons new short list pits 20 cities against each other in a risky game

Pentagon reconsiders 10B cloud contract as Trump sounds alarm over alleged Amazon favoritism

TMobile and Sprint sell Senate subcommittee on merits of merger

Cities wising up to disruptive transportation tech: Why should they use our public right of way to become billionaires

Amazon Microsoft Zillow and more tech giants join Innovation Council to address Seattle challenges

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

March on Amazon HQ: Seattle housing activists demand head tax on big business

Study: 1 in 10 Seattle residents live downtown and nearly 75 of commuters dont drive alone to work

University of Washington researchers develop app to reduce clashes between cars and pedestrians