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Washington state’s data privacy bill, supported by Microsoft, dies as key players fail to reach compromise

Efforts to enact new data privacy regulations in Washington state failed this week as legislators and tech titans Amazon and… Read More

Amazon gives $200K to Seattle Chamber political action committee ahead of City Council elections

Amazon donated $200,000 to the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce’s political action committee in March ahead of a significant City… Read More

ACLU slams Washington lawmakers for ‘closed-door’ privacy bill negotiations with Big Tech

Consumer and civil rights advocates are up in arms over the status of a data privacy bill in Washington state.… Read More

Amazon shareholders seek moratorium on facial recognition sales to government, climate change action and other political goals

Employee and shareholder activism is catching like wildfire in the tech industry, where fierce competition for talent makes workers especially… Read More

Seattle’s biggest tech companies unveil 7 city projects built by controversial Innovation Council

When Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan announced a new advisory council of tech leaders in 2018, the reaction was mixed, to… Read More

Amazon’s big Bellevue move: Politicians, business leaders and real estate experts weigh in

News that Amazon plans to move several thousand employees out of Seattle to nearby Bellevue, Wash., in the next five… Read More

Mayor Durkan says Amazon moving employees to Bellevue is ‘a good thing for Seattle’

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan seems unfazed by news that Amazon plans to shift thousands of jobs to Bellevue, Wash. GeekWire… Read More

‘Huge awakening’ in data privacy drives big growth for Seattle startup Integris

Back in 2016, a Seattle startup called Integris came out of stealth mode with a modest $3 million in funding… Read More

Bill Gates casts an enthusiastic vote for bill to accelerate nuclear energy research

If dollars were votes, newly reintroduced legislation aimed at boosting nuclear energy innovation and advanced reactors would be a winner,… Read More

Why Microsoft is backing a major tax hike on itself … and Amazon

Microsoft is making an extraordinary habit of inviting regulation of itself, at least when the software giant has a say… Read More

Privacy becomes a selling point for tech, with Apple and Microsoft leading the way

As Apple unveiled its new Apple Card at a big media event Monday, the company touted what it sees as… Read More

Uber and Lyft push for congestion pricing as Seattle considers tax on ride-hailing companies

Uber and Lyft are resisting a tax on their services under consideration in the Seattle mayor’s office, claiming the cost… Read More

ACLU and Washington state lawmaker clash over data privacy bill backed by Microsoft

Washington is poised to become the second state in the nation to enact data privacy regulations, following the lead of… Read More

Jamie Dimon says NY antagonists of Amazon HQ2 ‘made a mistake’ as AOC defends her position

Two high-profile New Yorkers offered clashing perspectives this week on Amazon’s decision to pull out of a planned 25,000-person office… Read More

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Are you getting a fair trade for your data? Demystifying online privacy with Marketplace Tech’s Molly Wood

After a year of privacy scandals, consumers are beginning to realize that the volume of data tech companies collect on… Read More

Inslee talks Big Tech, Boeing and Trump on ‘The Daily Show,’ calls for ‘someone who believes in science and gravity in the White House’

Not long ago, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee’s bid for the presidency would’ve seemed like even more of a longshot than… Read More

Elizabeth Warren calls out Amazon for promoting in-house brands on rivals’ product pages

Elizabeth Warren continued her crusade against Big Tech on Monday. The Massachusetts senator once again raised concerns that Amazon is… Read More

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

The massive power of technology companies has been a hot topic among politicians. The most recent example was Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s… Read More

Amazon’s D.C. lobbying budget is bigger and broader than ever before

Amazon is souping up its lobbying engine, as its business becomes more sprawling and its ambition draws regulatory scrutiny. Lobbyists… Read More

Rep. Pramila Jayapal grills T-Mobile CEO John Legere on Trump hotel stays

Two leaders from Washington state butted heads Tuesday in the other Washington over T-Mobile’s proposed merger with Sprint. T-Mobile CEO… Read More

Bernie Sanders calls out Amazon as 2020 hopefuls amp up pressure on Big Tech

Bernie Sanders is once again criticizing Amazon’s treatment of warehouse workers, a few months after celebrating the company’s decision to… Read More

Startup investors sound off on Sen. Warren’s plan to break up and regulate tech giants

Nice politics, wrong policies. That’s the general consensus from Seattle-area venture capitalists in response to Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s big plan… Read More

Breaking up Amazon: Is it even possible? Imagining the tech giant under a U.S. antitrust crackdown

Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s bold proposal to break up big tech companies —including Amazon, Google and Facebook — has ignited a… Read More

White House budget proposal tightens the screws on science, from space to salmon

The White House’s $4.7 trillion spending plan for fiscal year 2020 aims to give a boost to the Space Force,… Read More

Bill Nye surprises AOC at SXSW, asks about overcoming fear of climate change

Speaking at South by Southwest on Saturday, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez got a surprise visit sure to delight any millennial who grew… Read More

Sen. Warren’s bold plan to break up Amazon, Facebook and Google would unwind major acquisitions — and that’s just the beginning

Elizabeth Warren is gunning for Big Tech. On Friday, the U.S. senator from Massachusetts unveiled one of the most ambitious… Read More

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