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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

Oregon counties test mobile voting, allowing overseas citizens to cast ballots using smartphones

Two counties in Oregon are piloting mobile voting in the upcoming special elections in November. It’s the latest in a… Read More

Seattle progressives fired up over Amazon’s $1.45M spending on local elections

Amazon’s $1 million political contribution announced Tuesday — on top of $450,000 the company previously spent on elections in its hometown… Read More

Democrats slam consolidation and power in Big Tech during presidential debate

Democrats running for president in 2020 spent nearly 15 minutes debating Big Tech during the latest debate Thursday, the most… Read More

Amazon gives $1M to group seeking to upend Seattle City Council in upcoming election

Amazon is dramatically increasing its financial commitment to reshape politics in its hometown, in a move that signals a big… Read More

Bernie Sanders calls out Amazon’s hometown tax battle in plan to overhaul corporate America

Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign unveiled an ambitious plan to reform corporate America on Monday. The proposal holds one company… Read More

Boundless launches tool to help immigrants assess risk, as courts block rollout of new Trump policy

One month after President Donald Trump’s 2017 inauguration, a Seattle startup called Boundless exited stealth mode and announced it would… Read More

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FTC Commissioner Rohit Chopra on Big Tech’s antitrust reckoning, and implications for investors

The Federal Trade Commission is ramping up its investigations into Big Tech, and one of the agency’s toughest enforcers visited… Read More

Amazon lays out positions on privacy, immigration, climate, and other issues on new policy page

Amazon laid out its positions on a wide range of issues in a new web page that surfaced Thursday, bringing… Read More

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Q&A: Jay Carney on the Trump White House, Amazon antitrust scrutiny, and working for Bezos

Managing public relations for the most powerful country in the world, or one of the most powerful companies, is not… Read More

What Obama and Bezos have in common — from the man who’s called both ‘boss’

The list of similarities between Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and President Barack Obama is not long. But the two leaders… Read More

Do tech workers vote? New survey shows they do — and these are the top issues on their minds

Tech workers in progressive cities such as Seattle and San Francisco have a bad rap when it comes to civic… Read More

Iranian hacker group attacked email accounts tied to a US presidential candidate, Microsoft says

A hacker group with ties to the Iranian government attacked 241 Microsoft email accounts “associated with a U.S. presidential campaign,… Read More

Leaked transcript: Facebook’s Zuckerberg thinks a Warren presidency would ‘suck for us’

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg thinks a Warren presidency would “suck for us.” That’s what the besieged executive told employees at… Read More

Why Microsoft won’t unplug government agencies despite opposition to Trump policies

A new wave of employee activism is forcing tech companies to rethink — and in several cases cancel — contracts… Read More

Tech industry continues push to shape federal facial recognition laws

Tech companies developing facial recognition software want to write the rules that will govern the controversial technology. A coalition of… Read More

Microsoft-backed counter terrorism group spins out as independent organization

It’s been six months since a gunman opened fire at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand and live-streamed the attack… Read More

Tech company Chef won’t renew U.S. immigration contracts, changing course amid employee activism

Software engineers are powerful players in the technology industry. Typically, they exercise that power to negotiate sky-high salaries that companies… Read More

Seattle plans to tax Uber and Lyft rides to raise $133M for affordable housing and transit

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan plans to introduce a new tax of 51 cents per Uber and Lyft ride to fund… Read More

Bill Gates: Breaking up Big Tech isn’t the answer

Bill Gates believes calls to break up Big Tech are misguided. The Microsoft co-founder said that approach to mitigating the… Read More

Warren slams Bezos over Amazon’s decision to cut medical benefits for part-time Whole Foods workers

Amazon is once again in Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s crosshairs, this time for its decision to cut medical benefits for part-time… Read More

Senators scrutinize Amazon Delivery Service Partners program after reports of accidents and labor law violations

Three U.S. Senators are demanding answers from Amazon about its Delivery Service Partners program, the network of independent delivery companies… Read More

Can Uber and Lyft survive regulations that force them to treat drivers like employees?

California is poised to enact a law that would force Uber and Lyft to treat drivers like employees as part… Read More

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

Howard Schultz ending presidential campaign, pledges to support reforms of ‘broken system’

Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz will end his bid for the White House. Schultz posted a letter to supporters on… Read More

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

White House lists security tech, AI, energy and space among R&D priorities for 2021

Congress hasn’t yet approved a federal budget for the fiscal year that starts next month, but the White House is… Read More

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Waiting for Elizabeth Warren: Why breaking up big tech hasn’t become a big campaign issue

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren appeared in Seattle on Sunday, a few blocks from Amazon’s headquarters, and given the Democratic presidential… Read More