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Sep 9, 2019, 12:53 PM

50 US states and territories launch antitrust probe into Google’s ‘potential monopolistic behavior’

Attorneys general from 50 U.S. states and territories launched an investigation into Google to find out whether the tech giant… Read More

Sep 9, 2019, 10:28 AM

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

Hundreds of Amazon employees are planning a walkout on Sept. 20 as part of the Global Climate Strike. The youth-driven… Read More

Sep 5, 2019, 2:32 PM

Amazon takes heat from senator over Ring’s ‘troubling’ relationship with police

News reports detailing the relationship between Amazon-owned Ring and police departments are raising eyebrows in Washington D.C. and at least… Read More

Sep 4, 2019, 10:31 AM

Seattle explores on-street bike and scooter parking to clear up cluttered sidewalks

As cities across the country embrace new mobility services like bike and scooter-share, sidewalks are getting awfully crowded. The growing… Read More

Aug 26, 2019, 10:43 AM

We persisted through Elizabeth Warren’s four-hour selfie marathon to ask about Amazon and big tech

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren notched a tech milestone during her Seattle campaign stop Sunday afternoon — posing for the 50,000th… Read More

Aug 25, 2019, 8:06 PM

In campaign stop near Amazon, Elizabeth Warren avoids confronting tech giant on breakup plan

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren called for stronger antitrust enforcement and a wealth tax at a Seattle rally, drawing cheers from… Read More

Aug 24, 2019, 10:59 AM

How tech keeps Seattle’s transit system running — and why more innovation could be coming

Amid a sea of green rectangles on a computer monitor, one had turned red. A RapidRide bus — the red… Read More

Aug 22, 2019, 9:19 AM

Report reveals new details about Bezos’ influence on Amazon bid for Pentagon cloud contract

Amazon’s bid to build the Pentagon’s war cloud has been mired in accusations of favoritism since the beginning. But a… Read More

Aug 21, 2019, 6:43 PM

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee exits presidential race, vows to continue climate change fight

Update, Aug. 22: Less than 24 hours after announcing his exit from the presidential race, Inslee said he will pursue a… Read More

Aug 21, 2019, 2:00 PM

Why this sustainability-focused real estate developer is taking a cue from Steve Jobs

Green Canopy doesn’t fit neatly into one box. It’s an innovator but not a tech company. It’s an environmental organization… Read More

Aug 21, 2019, 10:55 AM

Seattle officials reveal launch date for scooter-share pilot program

Seattle’s scooter plans are moving forward. The city launched a six-month due diligence process Tuesday to prepare for a scooter-share… Read More

Aug 20, 2019, 9:44 AM

Amazon HQ2 becomes nation’s most competitive region for home buyers as Seattle market cools

Amazon hasn’t broken ground on its first HQ2 building in Northern Virginia yet but its plans to build a 25,000-person… Read More

Aug 19, 2019, 10:14 AM

Amazon passes French digital tax on to sellers as Trump admin investigates toll on tech industry

Amazon is raising the fees it charges third-party sellers in France by 3 percent in direct response to the country’s… Read More

Aug 16, 2019, 2:59 PM

Dramatic footage of exploding Lime bike battery highlights safety issues

Video footage of a Lime electric bike spewing flames on the University of Washington campus in Seattle this week is… Read More

Aug 15, 2019, 2:07 PM

Car2go adds new ‘zone-based pricing structure’ in Seattle to get more vehicles into the urban core

Car2go is implementing a new pricing structure in Seattle next month to encourage drivers to leave cars in the busiest… Read More

Aug 15, 2019, 9:00 AM

Clean tech entrepreneurs head to Burning Man to model a post-fossil fuel future

In many ways, Burning Man is an eco-urbanist paradise. It is a (mostly) car-free city designed around pedestrians and cyclists,… Read More

Aug 14, 2019, 1:39 PM

FCC moves to greenlight T-Mobile merger with Sprint despite pending lawsuit

T-Mobile and Sprint crossed another checkpoint Wednesday on their path to merge and create a $146 billion wireless company. The… Read More

Aug 14, 2019, 10:41 AM

Civil rights activists up in arms over Amazon update adding fear detection to facial recognition tech

Amazon’s latest update to its Rekognition software is renewing an outcry from civil rights groups over facial recognition technology. Amazon… Read More

Aug 13, 2019, 1:28 PM

Seattle awards $320,000 to non-profits working to improve technology access

The City of Seattle will donate $320,000 in cash, labor, software, and hardware to expand technology access in marginalized communities.… Read More

Aug 13, 2019, 10:46 AM

Bernie Sanders echoes Trump accusation that Amazon influences Washington Post coverage

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ ownership of The Washington Post is uniting two ideologically opposed politicians frustrated with the newspaper’s media… Read More

Aug 13, 2019, 9:19 AM

Oregon joins multi-state lawsuit to block T-Mobile’s merger with Sprint

Critics of T-Mobile’s newly approved merger with Sprint are particularly concerned about the impacts on rural Americans, who are often… Read More

Aug 13, 2019, 3:00 AM

Google Maps adds Lime scooters and bikes as transportation options in more than 100 cities

Drive, walk, transit, bike, or — scooter? Free-floating electric scooter-share is the latest mobility option Google Maps will serve up… Read More

Aug 12, 2019, 2:15 PM

US lawmakers raise questions about ‘misleading’ Amazon’s Choice recommendations

Shopping on Amazon.com can be overwhelming. A search for an everyday item frequently yields tens of thousands of results. Inundated… Read More

Aug 12, 2019, 12:10 PM

Seattle transportation officials experiment with ride-hailing to fill transit gaps

Here’s a test. You’re in Seattle, trying to get to a destination that isn’t easily reached by public transit. What… Read More

Aug 10, 2019, 8:13 AM

GeekWire Podcast: Microsoft’s Samsung surprise, inside ReachNow’s shutdown, and ‘The Great Hack’

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s surprise appearance at Samsung’s big event unveiling signals a new… Read More

Aug 9, 2019, 10:31 AM

Car-sharing’s seedier side: Criminal activity linked to LimePods in Seattle

A Seattle man called the police on July 2 to report a crime. Three men in a LimePod vehicle attempted… Read More

Aug 8, 2019, 9:00 AM

Drones swoop into the Congo to strengthen the country’s vaccine supply chain

This week, residents of a remote province along the Congo River got several special deliveries of vaccines from a small… Read More

Aug 7, 2019, 2:08 PM

Who should regulate privacy? Federal and state lawmakers diverge on consumer data protection

There’s growing consensus that something needs to be done about data privacy. But figuring out what should be done and… Read More

Aug 7, 2019, 11:15 AM

‘Mega Block’ in Amazon’s backyard will become a life sciences campus following $143.5M deal; proceeds to fund affordable housing

One of the last big chunks of land in the booming Seattle neighborhood of South Lake Union will turn into… Read More

Aug 6, 2019, 4:35 PM

P.O. box provider dumps Seattle-area company tied to 8chan and El Paso shooting

It’s been a tough week for Epik Inc., a web services provider in the Seattle region. First, the company lost… Read More