Articles about Politics – Page 7 of 42

With new tax and minimum wage, Seattle is latest battleground in Uber and Lyft’s feud with regulators

When Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan signed new taxes and regulations on Uber and Lyft into law Tuesday afternoon, the city… Read More

Senate Democrats release robust federal privacy bill to regulate tech company business practices

Senate Democrats introduced sweeping data privacy protections Tuesday in an effort led by Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) to federally regulate… Read More

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GeekWire Podcast: Why this Amazon adversary is emboldened to escalate challenge to tech giant

Every week on the GeekWire Podcast, we go behind-the-scenes of some of the biggest and most interesting stories we’ve been… Read More

Amazon cites Fox News segment, Trump rally in formal protest of Pentagon’s $10B JEDI award

Amazon filed its formal protest over Microsoft’s victory in a $10 billion Pentagon cloud computing contract, citing video evidence that… Read More

Expedia and City of Seattle debut affordability tool born from Innovation Advisory Council project

It’s been a little over a year since Seattle tech companies on the city’s novel Innovation Advisory Council got to… Read More

Big tech companies defend business practices in response to antitrust questions from Congress

The news: Tech giants fielding a bevy of antitrust inquiries defended their business practices in response to questions from the House… Read More

Microsoft taps Eric Holder to audit Israeli partner in demonstration of tech’s struggle to self-regulate

Microsoft’s decision to retain former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate how one of its partner companies uses facial… Read More

Cisco CEO says it’s time to regulate the tech industry and that capitalism is currently ‘broken’

PALM DESERT, Calif. — Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins says the technology industry needs to be regulated, but that it’s going… Read More

Protestors aim to ‘block Amazon’s bid on Biden’ as executive hosts Seattle fundraiser for the candidate

It’s only been a few days since Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant declared victory in her re-election campaign, but already… Read More

Amazon challenges Pentagon’s award of $10B JEDI cloud contract to rival Microsoft

Amazon is protesting the Defense Department’s surprise decision to award a lucrative cloud contract, known as the Joint Enterprise Defense… Read More

Defeated challenger to Seattle’s socialist City Councilmember blames Amazon donations

The Seattle City Council candidate who had more financial support from Amazon than any other conceded to his opponent Wednesday,… Read More

Microsoft backs California data privacy law taking effect next year

Microsoft plans to make changes required by California’s new data privacy law available to all its U.S. customers, the company… Read More

Big Tech’s battle with Seattle is just getting started — and it could have implications nationwide

Bernie Sanders reveled in Amazon’s defeat. Elizabeth Warren issued a warning about Jeff Bezos. And that was all before the… Read More

Amazon bid for business-friendly Seattle council withers as adversary makes surprise comeback

Amazon’s top adversary on the Seattle City Council pulled ahead late Friday in the latest ballot count, deflating the tech… Read More

Looming cuts to transit cast doubt on Microsoft’s vision for Seattle-Vancouver high-speed rail

Microsoft’s aspiration to build one of America’s first high-speed rail lines in the Pacific Northwest hit a speed bump this… Read More

Unimpressed by the Un-carrier: T-Mobile is latest Seattle-area target for Elizabeth Warren

Add T-Mobile to the list of Seattle-area companies in Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s crosshairs. The 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful hasn’t pulled… Read More

Bill Gates ‘willing to talk’ after Elizabeth Warren offers to explain her wealth tax

Money talks. And talk of money gets people with money talking. That seems to be the case, at least on… Read More

Amazon’s $1.45M fails to upend Seattle City Council, but tech giant wins small victories

A heavily-funded campaign to elect a more business-friendly Seattle City Council saw some success in early election results released Tuesday… Read More

Seattle’s upcoming election is inundated with tech money — and it’s not just Amazon

The tech industry is taking an unprecedented interest in Seattle’s upcoming election, spending big and turning the national spotlight on… Read More

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at Build 2019. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota)

Satya Nadella: Staying out of politics, focusing on tech, helped Microsoft win Pentagon cloud contract

Microsoft’s surprise victory last week in a protracted competition to build the Pentagon’s war cloud has some critics asking whether… Read More

Twitter bans political advertising amid Facebook controversy — CEO Jack Dorsey explains why

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced Wednesday his company will stop accepting political advertising on the platform. The surprise decision is… Read More

Tableau employees hold rally in Seattle, ask leadership to sever ties with ICE and CBP

Tableau employees are adding their voices to the chorus of tech workers demanding their employers cancel contracts with the federal… Read More

Microsoft discovers Russian hackers targeted sports organizations ahead of 2020 Olympics

A hacking group tied to the Russian government has been targeting sporting organizations ahead of the 2020 Olympic Games in… Read More

Activists and politicians protest Amazon spending on Seattle elections: ‘The country is watching’

Amazon built its iconic “biospheres” as a gathering space for its 50,000 employees and an anchor to the Seattle neighborhood… Read More

Senators Warren and Wyden ask FTC to investigate Amazon’s culpability in Capital One data breach

Two Democrats in the Senate are asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Amazon’s involvement in the Capital One data… Read More

Bernie Sanders slams Amazon over hometown political spending as Seattle elections become a national issue

Sen. Bernie Sanders became the latest federal lawmaker to zero in on local Seattle elections Monday morning, slamming Amazon’s hometown… Read More

Warren denounces Amazon for ‘trying to tilt the Seattle City Council elections’ with $1.45M

It’s unusual for an east coast senator and presidential candidate to wade into local politics in a city on the… Read More

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Will Amazon’s $1.45M bid to shake up Seattle politics backfire, or work exactly as planned?

Amazon took a million-dollar gamble this week, betting a last-minute cash infusion will help elect a new Seattle City Council… Read More

Should Facebook ban political ads? Here’s what happened when one state tried to force the issue

Mark Zuckerberg defended Facebook’s decision to continue running political ads this week, despite concerns about disinformation, in a passionate speech… Read More

Seattle officials and activists protest at Amazon HQ over $1.45M effort to ‘buy our City Council’

On a rainy Seattle Thursday, a group of politicians and activists huddled under a bright orange canopy that matched the… Read More