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Seattle startup Tasso raises $6M for at-home blood draw technology

Tasso, the maker of a product that lets patients collect their own blood at home, raised $6.1 million in a round… Read More

Uber’s JUMP bike-share now serving all Seattle neighborhoods

Uber is expanding its JUMP bike-share service to the entire City of Seattle as it competes with Lime, the other… Read More

Which Uber ride do you prefer? Seattle driver offers menu with comedy, compassion, silence and more

George Ure is a talker. And he’s funny. He can also be crass and irreverent. Or, he’ll just shut the… Read More

Seattle

Is cooling of Seattle housing market already over? Redfin report shows spike in pending sales

Two months after predicting that tech hubs like Seattle could be in for a big real estate cooldown in 2019,… Read More

Amazon backs out of massive Seattle office tower as questions swirl about growth plans

Updated with Amazon’s confirmation below. Amazon has placed a high-profile Seattle office project on the sublease market, signaling plans to scale… Read More

Investor Heather Redman elected to lead board of Washington Technology Industry Association

Venture investor Heather Redman is the new chair of the Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA), a business association and advocacy… Read More

Amazon’s future in Seattle uncertain as neighboring city looks more and more like HQ2

For years, Amazon has gobbled up office space in Seattle at a breakneck pace, creating a red-hot commercial real estate… Read More

Seattle scrutinizes Amazon, gig economy companies for ‘misclassifying’ employees as independent contractors

Seattle lawmakers are taking a closer look at companies that hire big teams of independent contractors. The Seattle City Council… Read More

Seattle mayor forms student internship program with Amazon, Expedia and other employers

Two of Seattle’s biggest tech companies are signing onto a new paid internship program for college students launched by Mayor… Read More

Demolition set to begin on Seattle’s Alaskan Way Viaduct — watch it fall with web cams and more

The Seattle snowpocalypse may have slightly delayed the start of the demolition of the now-closed Alaskan Way Viaduct, but there’s… Read More

Game review: Explore and colonize other worlds in ‘Astroneer’ … if you can get past the learning curve

Even after spending the better part of 12 hours exploring it, I still don’t quite feel like I have a… Read More

Amazon’s new East Coast hubs among the worst US cities for traffic

If all goes according to plan, Amazon employees will be able to choose between the company’s Seattle headquarters two new… Read More

Downtown Seattle Association CEO: Tech industry ‘unfairly blamed’ for housing crisis

Downtown Seattle has added 85,000 jobs since 2010, and nine out of 10 of new jobs in the city are technology-related.… Read More

Say snow more? Weather guru Cliff Mass predicts ‘absolutely classic’ storm could hit Seattle region

The snow that fell on the Seattle region at the beginning of this week managed to mess with commutes, work… Read More

Amazon HQ2’s future in New York City uncertain as politicians butt heads

New York leaders who spent a year courting Amazon HQ2 are suddenly grappling with the possibility that the project they… Read More

La Marzocco’s new high-tech espresso machine respects the human touch and wows coffee geeks

When it comes to coffee culture in Seattle, it takes a special level of innovation to generate a buzz. On… Read More

Snow falls on Seattle and the best images and videos land on social media

A rare snowstorm hit the Seattle area Sunday night and into Monday morning. As temperatures fell and a brisk wind… Read More

Seattle tech leaders push for more middle-income housing to ‘move the needle’ on affordability

Tech and business leaders in the Seattle region are proposing a new plan to build middle-income housing and alleviate the… Read More

Federal court in Seattle will disclose surveillance records when investigators access data

Privacy advocates are celebrating an agreement reached between U.S. attorneys, a federal court in Seattle, and the local newspaper The… Read More

The app that helped Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez get elected is spreading to progressive campaigns across the country

Shaun Scott was chatting with a Lyft driver in Seattle recently when the conversation turned — as so many do… Read More

Upstream Fest

After 2 years, Paul Allen-founded Upstream Music Fest and Summit ‘taking a break in 2019’

The Upstream Music Fest and Summit, created by the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen as a way to showcase diverse… Read More

Seattle mayor taps City of Ottawa’s CIO as chief technology officer

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan plans to nominate Saad Bashir as the city’s new chief technology officer to oversee a massive… Read More

It’s ‘Paul G. Allen Day’ today as Seattle mayor issues proclamation in honor of late Microsoft co-founder

The love for Paul Allen continues in his hometown as Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan proclaimed Friday, Jan. 18, to be… Read More

Seattle housing

Can Big Tech solve the housing crisis? The politics of private companies taking on public issues

Big tech companies are stepping in to help solve the housing crunch in the face of mounting frustration from their… Read More

Q&A: What Microsoft President Brad Smith hopes to accomplish with new $500M housing fund

Over the past decade, the Seattle area has been adding jobs much faster than housing, resulting in much more demand… Read More

Seattle’s historic Smith Tower and an Amazon-occupied building sell to Goldman Sachs affiliate as part of $710M deal

Smith Tower, the oldest high-rise in Seattle, has a new owner. The iconic 104-year-old building sold to an affiliate of… Read More

Microsoft commits $500M to address affordable housing and homelessness in the Seattle region

Microsoft is dedicating $500 million to fund construction of affordable homes and homeless services in the Seattle region in an effort… Read More

Beating Wikipedia by 2 years, Seattle’s HistoryLink remains an innovative online encyclopedia

Wikipedia was a groundbreaking initiative when it went live on Jan. 15, 2001. But a Seattle-based project called HistoryLink actually launched… Read More

Seattle left off Zillow’s hottest housing markets ranking as real estate slowdown continues

Seattle’s booming tech sector helped push the city to the title of the nation’s hottest housing market for close to… Read More

Good night, viaduct: Watch our final voyage over Seattle’s favorite elevated freeway

It was just after 9 p.m. and there we were in Tukwila, having just finished a soccer match. Should we… Read More

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