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TLDR: Google AdWords wont run campaign ads in WA state LinkedIn adds commute times to job postings Amazon to stream UK soccer matches

Amazons visas for foreignborn workers surge 78 as H1B approvals shift from Indian IT firms to US tech companies

In State Tectonics an explosive ending for the future of democracy

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

Washington state lawmakers target Bill Gates Jeff Bezos and other billionaires with wealth tax

Seattle techs extraordinary year: These are the stories well remember in the business of innovation

Chinese authorities nab fugitive in a crowd of 60k thanks to facial recognition AI

President Bolsonaro should boost Brazils entrepreneurial ecosystem

Amazon Facebook and other big companies to attend a White House AI summit Thursday

Why we should trust Apple and Google more than our governments

Look out Amazon: Trumps USPS task force to review expansion and pricing of package delivery

Antisocial media

Google Microsoft and Amazon drool over Chinese AI market while Apple woos Trump

Facebooks data should be a public resource

Downticket merges with Politiscope to let voters follow candidates donate to campaigns in one app

A new bipartisan Senate bill seeks to bolster US election security at the state level

Washington state authorizes mobile fueling legislator calls it timely as residents practice social distancing

Seattles socialist City Council member introduces new Amazon tax to raise 300Myear for affordable public housing

Antitrust hearing with CEOs of Amazon Apple Facebook Google will likely be delayed

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Politics and big tech history of filmmaking and a blockchain conference

Tech industrys cavalier and arrogant attitude foments backlash but started long before Trump top execs say

British MPs are ignorant about basic password security and proud of it

What audience intelligence data tells us about the 2020 US presidential election

Seattle passes smaller head tax on Amazon and other big companies after impassioned debate

Amazon emerges as tech industry villain in Democratic debates

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

This startup wants to clear cities of cigarette butts using crows yes the bird

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

Inside GitHubs fight to protect devs from EUs disastrous Copyright Reform

Washington state passes Microsoftapproved facial recognition laws

Tax Amazon activists petition for ballot initiative to raise 300Myear for affordable housing

Protestors aim to block Amazons bid on Biden as executive hosts Seattle fundraiser for the candidate

Zuckerberg defends political ads that will be 05 of 2020 revenue

Facebook will require political advertisers provide further credentials or have their ads paused

Congress fumbles through antitrust hearing with big tech CEOs

Amazon likely to win 10B Pentagon contract Google IBM and Oracle arent happy

ICE is on the hunt for a new DevOps company thanks to a software engineers protest

Exploring a controversial net neutrality opinion: Not all data should be treated equally

TLDR: Gmail lets you press snooze on emails new restrictions on H1B visas stand 500 ft above Seattle

GeekWire Podcast: Amazons real HQ2 Iowa caucus tech fallout augmented reality at the ballpark

Opportunity zones are the tax shield tech wanted but is it living up to expectations

Oregon counties test mobile voting allowing overseas citizens to cast ballots using smartphones

Big Techs big week: Amazon Apple Facebook and Google on the hot seat in Washington DC

Tableau employees hold rally in Seattle ask leadership to sever ties with ICE and CBP

EU wants to create a single market for European data

Lawmakers from Washington state push for Smart Cities Bill in Congress

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

Trump issues executive order banning transactions with TikTok parent ByteDance in 45 days

Seattles upcoming election is inundated with tech money and its not just Amazon

Tech workers sound off on Washington states proposed billionaire tax at first public hearing