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9:17 AM PST Amazon9:17 AM PST Exit interview: Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan on the pandemic, Amazon, and fighting the city council
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10:57 AM PST Health/Life Sciences10:57 AM PST Life sciences developer Alexandria grows Seattle area footprint, pays $77.5M for land in Bellevue
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10:35 AM PST Amazon10:35 AM PST Contributions from Amazon employees helped Councilmember Kshama Sawant defeat recall
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7:00 AM PST Impact Series7:00 AM PST How climate concerns and incentives are driving solar installations on Washington roofs
6:30 AM PST Podcast GeekWire Podcast: Qualtrics CEO Zig Serafin on the new era of work, acquisitions, and growth
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10:41 AM PST Amazon10:41 AM PST Amazon consolidates healthcare groups under veteran exec, shakes up pharmacy leadership
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9:28 AM PST Tech9:28 AM PST Seattle school district says no evidence of specific threat after ‘TikTok challenge’ spreads across U.S.
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8:34 AM PST Tech8:34 AM PST Tracking back-to-office plans: Seattle tech companies in holding pattern as Omicron surges
8:12 AM PST Tech Moves8:12 AM PST Senate confirms longtime Microsoft leader Kurt DelBene as CIO at Dept. of Veterans Affairs
7:00 AM PST Startups7:00 AM PST Tech Moves: Madrona adds strategic directors; ex-Amperity CMO joins Tenable; Discord hires Microsoft gaming exec
11:00 AM PST Health/Life Sciences11:00 AM PST Univ. of Washington AI protein folding discovery wins ‘Breakthrough of the Year’ award from Science
10:17 AM PST Amazon10:17 AM PST Amazon’s second chance: Bellevue gives tech giant an opportunity to reshape its regional legacy
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4:00 AM PST Real Estate4:00 AM PST Rental property investment startup Arrived secures $100M in credit financing to fuel U.S. expansion
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10:34 AM PST Microsoft10:34 AM PST Microsoft: Hackers in China, Iran and elsewhere start exploiting widespread Apache Log4j flaws
