Amazon’s employment in Washington state, including warehouse and corporate workers, fell by 3,000 people to 87,000 employees between early 2023 and early 2024 — its first recorded year-over-year employment decline… Read More
From Amazon to Zillow, big successes to surprising failures, it was an extraordinary year for technology and innovation emerging from and impacting Seattle and the Pacific Northwest. That’s our consensus… Read More
One year ago today, Amazon named New York City and Northern Virginia as the winners of its search for a second headquarters, concluding its 14-month quest by pledging to build… Read More
Would you wear these headphones? Would you buy them for $399? Those are the big questions as Seattle startup Human releases its long-awaited wireless headphones, looking to rival Apple, Bose and… Read More
Amazon plans hire 400 tech workers in Denver, Colo., more than doubling the tech giant’s presence in the region. The news: Today Amazon announced it will open a new office… Read More
President Donald Trump said Amazon’s decision to pull out of a 25,000-person New York office was “a big loss” for the city. Speaking to reporters Friday, Trump appeared sympathetic to… Read More
In the first few weeks of 2019, progressive politicians have started a national conversation about income inequality and corporate power. Turns out it’s more than just talk. On Thursday, Amazon… Read More
Amazon spent more than a year looking for its “HQ2,” planning to establish a second headquarters equal to its Seattle home, before surprising everybody by instead splitting the giant project… Read More
Amazon won’t be searching for a new HQ2 location after the company’s surprising decision to back out of its deal with New York CIty. In stunning reversal, Amazon drops plans… Read More
New York officials have mounted a firm resistance to Amazon’s plan to open a 25,000-person office in Queens. But a new poll shows they may not have support from the majority… Read More
It was another big year for tech, in Seattle and around the world. Amazon dominated headlines, this time with a high-profile HQ2 search and big acquisitions. Facebook came under scrutiny… Read More
When news broke that Amazon would split its immensely hyped second headquarters between two cities, journalists covering the year-long search were less than thrilled. The Information’s Nick Winfield called it… Read More
Amazon HQ2 became a media spectacle because of the promise to bring 50,000 new jobs to a single community. News that Amazon would split its second headquarters between two cities,… Read More
NEW YORK — Beginning in 2019, Amazon employees will be traveling between the company’s original Seattle home and its two new headquarters, in the New York and Washington D.C. regions. This… Read More
NEW YORK — Amazon’s plan to move at least 25,000 employees with annual salaries averaging $150,000 into skyscrapers in Long Island City cemented the Seattle-based tech titan as one of… Read More
NEW YORK — Shawn Dixon’s life changed overnight. On Tuesday he was surprised to learn that Amazon plans to build a giant campus with room for thousands of high-paid workers… Read More
ARLINGTON, Va. — Tell residents of this city that Amazon is moving into their National Landing neighborhood, and they’ll have no idea what you’re talking about, because it didn’t exist… Read More
Our live broadcast will start above at 10:00 a.m. PST After a year of high-stakes competition and frenzied speculation, Amazon’s search for a second headquarters ended on Tuesday with a… Read More
Amazon has spoken. The race is over. The winner (or some may argue loser) of Amazon’s much ballyhooed HQ2 search is … Seattle. Say, what?! Stick with me here for… Read More
Amazon will announce New York City and Northern Virginia as the winners of its year-long search for a second headquarters as early as Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday… Read More
ARLINGTON, Va. — Why not? What if? It’s hard not to read those words, emblazoned on a piece of street art concealing a construction project in Arlington’s Crystal City, as… Read More
Amazon’s continent-wide search for a second headquarters took a strange turn this week after a series of surprising news leaks. It now appears that the company is planning to split… Read More
A ploy. A farce. A PR stunt. Amazon is taking it on the chin this week following reports that it altered course, settling on not one, but two locations — Crystal… Read More
In many ways, reports that Amazon will split its ballyhooed second headquarters between two cities came as a shock this week. But the change of plans actually fits one narrative… Read More
Amazon’s desire to see other cities — revealed by its search for a second headquarters home — hasn’t always cast Seattle in the most flattering light over the past year.… Read More
The latest update in Amazon’s HQ2 sweepstakes came Monday evening from The New York Times, which reported that Amazon is closing in on deals to split its second headquarters across… Read More
It’s often said that Virginia is for lovers. And one very large tech company appears to be falling in love with a very specific corner of the commonwealth. According to… Read More
At many offices around the country, employees engage in March Madness basketball pools, or annual Oscar picks. At GeekWire, we are focused on something else: Where will Amazon place its… Read More
The buzz is building for Amazon’s highly-touted HQ2, the company’s ambitious plan to build a secondary headquarters that could rival — or possibly surpass — its massive operation in Seattle.… Read More
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