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Advancing Women in Product expands to Seattle to provide new resources and role models

When Advancing Women in Product co-founder and CEO Nancy Wang was first starting to work in product management, she didn’t have… Read More

Inside Seattle’s proposed bikeshare rules of the road: 20,000 bikes, $250,000 permits

After a year-long pilot and several delays, Seattle is finally ready to establish a permanent dockless bikeshare program. In documents… Read More

Microsoft throws concert for summer interns in Seattle featuring Pitbull and Julia Michaels

Microsoft’s summer interns got more than just a beautiful night at Gas Works Park on Thursday, overlooking Lake Union and… Read More

Photos: Graffiti targeting Amazon and Jeff Bezos illustrates animosity toward tech giant in Seattle

With everything from spray paint to stencils to stickers, the Amazon and Jeff Bezos detractors are making a statement in… Read More

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You asked, we’ll answer: Vote on which question about homelessness you want us to investigate

Over the past week, readers from GeekWire and The Evergrey have shared their genuine curiosities and questions about one of… Read More

Co-living startup Common moves into Seattle with dorm-style housing for adults

Cities across the country are contending with housing affordability issues, especially in regions with booming tech economies where high-paid newcomers… Read More

#SeaHomeless Q&A: GeekWire and The Evergrey want to hear your questions about Seattle homelessness

We’re half-way through 2018 and so far in Seattle, the year has been defined by a fierce debate over how… Read More

TLDR Editor’s Picks: How Tech is Changing Seattle

This week on TLDR, we’re looking back at some of the top stories of 2018 so far. Today’s topic: Tech… Read More

Resilience and risk-taking: How the immigration experience shapes the path of foreign-born entrepreneurs

First- and second-generation immigrants make up only 27 percent of the U.S. population, yet more than half of the most… Read More

Inside Amazon’s Prime photo op: A secret bus ride, a spectacular Seattle view — but alas, no drones

We got picked up in a van that looked like it should be taking us to a bachelor party. We… Read More

TLDR: Supreme Court upholds travel ban, Venmo launches debit card, Space Needle revamp almost done

Today’s featured stories Supreme Court upholds Trump’s travel ban after long battle with states, activists and tech industry Venmo launches… Read More

Seattle housing

Seattle hits 20 months as the nation’s hottest housing market, but relief for buyers may be on the horizon

Seattle retained its long-running title of the hottest housing market in the country, according to the Case-Shiller national home price report,… Read More

Space Needle

Video: Crews dangle 500 feet above ground as last piece of platform is lowered from Space Needle

The elevated work platform that hung beneath the upper reaches of the Space Needle during months of renovation work was… Read More

TLDR: UW lecturer on ‘Why Women Don’t Code,’ Airbnb in Seattle, thousands line up for Shake Shack

Today’s featured stories University of Washington lecturer’s essay on ‘Why Women Don’t Code’ stirs controversy Airbnb opens big new Seattle… Read More

Sick of San Francisco? Seattle tops NYC as favorite expansion market for Bay Area tech companies

When tech companies from the San Francisco area look to grow outside their backyard, Seattle is the most common landing… Read More

Seattle housing

Housing markets across the country show dire warning signs — in West Coast tech hubs, it’s worse

Housing in America is getting more expensive, disproportionately burdening middle- and low-income people, and perpetuating wealth inequality. Those dynamics are… Read More

We tested out a JUMP e-bike as Uber plans Seattle launch of the dockless bike-share service

Uber is eagerly awaiting final bike-share regulations from the Seattle Department of Transporation so it can deploy JUMP — its… Read More

TLDR: Elon Musk’s Boring Company to build Chicago transit system, housing development as a service, Death Cab sings about Amazon

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s tech news rundown show, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube, check… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Underwater robotics contest; The future of wine; and more

How do you build an underwater robot that can locate an airplane wreckage and deliver its engine to the surface?… Read More

Seattle businesses rejected tax as ‘wrong approach’ to homeless crisis — now what will they do?

The dramatic defeat of a new business tax designed to alleviate Seattle’s dire homelessness crisis was seen as a victory… Read More

Death Cab for Cutie

Death Cab for Cutie sings a familiar tune about Amazon, the tech boom and changing Seattle

Ben Gibbard writes and sings recognizable songs as the lead singer of longtime pop stars Death Cab for Cutie. But… Read More

Bezos and Boyle

Jeff Bezos teases two new philanthropic causes — and promises the big reveal this summer

After a year of deliberation and thought, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos announced plans to back two philanthropic initiatives, potentially signaling… Read More

TLDR: Uber could use AI to identify drunk riders, big bets on energy storage, LEGO Seattle

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s tech news rundown show, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube, check… Read More

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Monster catfish pulled from Seattle lake by Microsoft employee turns heads in salmon country

It’s not the type of fish you see flying over the display case at Pike Place Market in Seattle. But… Read More

TLDR: Seattle repeals ‘Amazon Tax,’ AT&T and Time Warner deal approved, the biggest games at E3

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s tech news rundown show, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube, check… Read More

Amazon says Seattle head tax repeal ‘is the right decision for the region’s economic prosperity’

Whatever bridge existed between Amazon and Seattle government has been slowly burning for weeks as the debate over a new… Read More

Seattle repeals head tax 7-2 in dramatic reversal that leaves city divided over homeless crisis

Seattle’s new per-employee tax on large businesses to fund affordable housing is officially dead, bringing an end to one of… Read More

Live: Watch the raucous debate as Seattle City Council considers repealing new head tax

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dFy1lUXmbo Update: The council voted 7-2 to repeal the head tax. Read GeekWire’s full story here. Another heated debate is taking… Read More

LEGO Seattle

Artist builds LEGO scene for a modern day Seattle, with iconic buildings — and tents on the streets

As an artist working with LEGO bricks, Iain Heath has created pieces that capture iconic figures of popular culture and… Read More

Petition to overturn Seattle head tax gets more than twice the signatures needed, as city prepares to repeal polarizing law

Monday afternoon, as organizers prepared to submit a petition for a ballot initiative to overturn Seattle’s new head tax with… Read More

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