Civic – Page 47 of 65

Oct 17, 2018, 2:39 PM

Will San Francisco’s business tax for homeless relief succeed where Seattle’s failed? This tech billionaire is fighting for it

Imagine if rather than threatening to slow down operations in Seattle when faced with a tax on big business, Amazon… Read More

Oct 16, 2018, 9:03 AM

Paul Allen shaped Seattle as we know it, and his successors promise to carry on his legacy

The tech workers who line up to rent kayaks and paddleboards on Seattle’s Lake Union in the summertime are rewarded… Read More

Oct 16, 2018, 5:00 AM

Lyft launches subscription plan, offering 30 rides for $300/month

Lyft is rolling out a new monthly subscription plan for riders in all markets starting Tuesday. For $299 per month,… Read More

Oct 15, 2018, 1:36 PM

Leading urbanist Richard Florida is convinced Amazon HQ2 won’t go to a suburb

Oddsmakers and analysts are betting on Northern Virginia to take home the much-ballyhooed prize of Amazon HQ2. But Richard Florida,… Read More

Oct 12, 2018, 2:59 PM

Bird joins Lime deploying scooter share in Tacoma as city speeds past Seattle in new mobility craze

Birds are arriving in Tacoma, Wash. this weekend. The Santa Monica, Calif., electric scooter share company plans to launch a… Read More

Oct 11, 2018, 1:52 PM

USPS wants to raise rates for Amazon last-mile delivery 9-12% amid pressure from Trump to increase revenue

The United States Postal Service plans to raise rates for the Parcel Select service used by Amazon, FedEx, and UPS… Read More

Oct 11, 2018, 12:00 PM

Regardless of future interference, fake news and cyber attacks have weakened faith in U.S. elections

The U.S. is approaching a big midterm election, but unlike almost every other major election in the country’s history, this… Read More

Oct 10, 2018, 10:11 AM

Washington Gov. Inslee says state is ready for Trump attack on net neutrality law: ‘Bring it on’

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has raised his national profile in recent months by taking aim at President Donald Trump, fueling… Read More

Oct 9, 2018, 4:00 PM

Uber legal chief Tony West on overcoming scandal, going public, and tech’s watershed moment

Uber is in the midst of a makeover. Call it Uber 2.0. After a year of controversies rocked the embattled… Read More

Oct 8, 2018, 3:23 PM

Rep. Suzan DelBene and colleagues push for U.S. data privacy regulation

Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-WA) is adding her voice to a growing chorus of U.S. lawmakers calling for stronger consumer protections online.… Read More

Oct 8, 2018, 9:25 AM

Amazon HQ2 officials reportedly visit Chicago and Miami, keeping speculation alive until the very end

New reports about Amazon’s visits to two cities in the running for the company’s second headquarters are stirring up fresh… Read More

Oct 5, 2018, 9:32 AM

Democrats draft an ‘Internet Bill of Rights’ to regulate Big Tech

Democrats in the House of Representatives are promising to push for federal regulation of tech companies if they retake the House… Read More

Oct 3, 2018, 2:17 PM

Amazon investor and activist Nick Hanauer: ‘PR stunts are easy and cheap. Significantly raising wages for workers is not’

Just before Amazon announced it will raise employees’ minimum wage to $15 an hour, one of the company’s first investors… Read More

Oct 2, 2018, 9:00 AM

Bernie Sanders and other leaders laud Amazon’s $15/hour minimum wage announcement

After weeks of hammering Amazon for its treatment of its warehouse workers, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders applauded Tuesday’s announcement that… Read More

Oct 1, 2018, 12:45 PM

What California’s net neutrality battle with DOJ means for Washington and other states with open internet laws

Immediately after California passed a law reinstating open internet regulations in the state, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a… Read More

Oct 1, 2018, 12:26 PM

California’s new law mandating women on corporate boards could be a model for other states

California became the first state in the nation Sunday to pass a law demanding women have a seat on the… Read More

Oct 1, 2018, 10:08 AM

Bird enlists Seattle ‘ambassadors’ to test electric scooters despite city’s ongoing ban

Bird sightings are becoming more common in Seattle. Bird scooters that is. GeekWire readers — and this reporter — have spotted… Read More

Sep 28, 2018, 10:20 AM

Hackers access up to 50M Facebook accounts exploiting ‘vulnerability’ in platform’s code

Hackers were able to access nearly 50 million Facebook accounts by exploiting a security vulnerability, the company said Friday. In… Read More

Sep 28, 2018, 6:00 AM

Privacy at an inflection point: Why the time has come for meaningful U.S. regulation

Editor’s note: Alex Alben is the Chief Privacy Officer for the State of Washington. He will be speaking at the… Read More

Sep 27, 2018, 9:55 AM

Steve Ballmer’s USAFacts launches new Voter Center to arm Americans with data for midterms

Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s nonprofit group USAFacts today debuted a new Voter Center, an online resource that shows the positions… Read More

Sep 26, 2018, 11:45 AM

Uber to pay Washington state drivers $2.2M in multistate $148M settlement over 2016 data breach

Uber will pay Washington state $5.79 million as part of a massive $148 million settlement reached with attorneys general in… Read More

Sep 26, 2018, 10:25 AM

Amazon warns onerous privacy regulations could hinder innovation in Senate hearing

Amazon and other tech titans have accepted the reality that a federal data privacy law is on the horizon. To… Read More

Sep 24, 2018, 10:15 AM

Uber drivers are earning less, Airbnb hosts are making more, and other insights from a new study on the gig economy

In average monthly payments, Uber drivers are earning less than half what they made back in 2013, when on-demand transportation… Read More

Sep 21, 2018, 2:03 PM

As tensions rise in booming Seattle, tech industry steps up civic engagement

On Thursday, Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan met with representatives from some of the most powerful tech companies in the region… Read More

Sep 21, 2018, 9:54 AM

Lime launching scooter and e-bike pilot in Tacoma, while scooter share is still banned in nearby Seattle

Lime — the San Francisco company that operates shared bright green bicycles and scooters in cities throughout the country —… Read More

Sep 20, 2018, 12:14 PM

This app shows your friends’ voting history and makes it easy to nudge them to get to the polls

The 2014 midterm election saw the lowest voter turnout in 70 years, with just 36.4 percent of eligible voters making it… Read More

Sep 20, 2018, 6:00 AM

Can tech fix Seattle? Facebook, Twitter and others join new innovation council amid debate over group’s role

Tech titans and startups are joining forces to identify ways technology can help address some of Seattle’s most pressing problems.… Read More

Sep 19, 2018, 12:13 PM

EU opens antitrust probe into Amazon over how the retailer uses data from smaller sellers

The European Union is looking into how Amazon handles data from smaller sellers in its marketplace. Regulators want to find out… Read More

Sep 19, 2018, 9:17 AM

Amazon employees donate the most money to these political candidates and issues

For hundreds of Amazon employees, blue isn’t just the color of the signature staff badges they wear to work. It’s… Read More

Sep 17, 2018, 3:35 PM

I-5 stretch running through Pacific Northwest is the best route for self-driving trucks, INRIX study finds

When we envision our self-driving future, cars with built-in entertainment systems buzz us to and from work, while flying Ubers… Read More