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Tech Moves: Expedia names SVP; Microsoft AI leader departs for Uber; ZeroAvia CEO steps down

Expedia names SVP in global advertising; a Microsoft AI technical lead departs for Uber; and the CEO of the sustainable aviation startup ZeroAvia steps down. Read More

Expedia at 30, the inside story: Online travel giant navigates its third tech disruption

Expedia Group CEO Ariane Gorin, founder Rich Barton, chairman Barry Diller, and former CEO Dara Khosrowshahi tell the story of Expedia’s 30-year evolution from a small project inside Microsoft to a global travel conglomerate navigating the age of AI agents. Read More

Seattle report says gig worker pay law is working, countering claims by DoorDash and Uber

Seattle’s Office of Labor Standards released its first report analyzing data from the five largest delivery platforms, finding that worker pay increased and order volume grew under the city’s gig worker minimum payment ordinance. DoorDash and outside researchers have reached different conclusions. Read More

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Tech Moves: Expedia names SVP; Microsoft AI leader departs for Uber; ZeroAvia CEO steps down

Expedia at 30, the inside story: Online travel giant navigates its third tech disruption

Seattle report says gig worker pay law is working, countering claims by DoorDash and Uber

In Seattle protest, workers call on Uber and Lyft to stop adding new drivers to ‘flooded’ market

Uber to pay $15M in record labor settlement with Seattle, impacting more than 16,000 couriers

DoorDash slams Seattle over driver deactivation law, adds new service fees

Proposed law to rein in Uber and Lyft surge pricing stalls in Washington state

Microsoft’s quantum breakthrough; WA state targets Uber, Lyft; GeekWire 200; Bezos and Bond

Lawmakers take aim at Uber and Lyft with bill targeting surge pricing after big events

Instacart and Uber file appeal in driver deactivation lawsuit against City of Seattle

Judge denies Uber’s motion to block new Seattle law regulating the driver deactivation process

Uber sues Seattle over new law regulating how delivery platforms boot drivers off their apps

Podcast: Uber + Expedia? Ballmer on 60 Minutes; 1980s Silicon Valley revisited; What’s next for AI

Podcast: Amazon’s quest to become a startup again; Plus, 6 years of progress in driverless cars

Seattle City Council President Sara Nelson ‘very worried’ about fallout from food delivery shake-up

Struggle over minimum wage law tests the economics of food delivery in Seattle

Here’s why Uber Eats delivery fees in Seattle just skyrocketed

Tech Moves: Leafly board member departs; Uber Freight hires ex-Convoy comms lead

Uber inks first-in-the-nation deal with Washington state for driver appeal process

Seattle approves first-of-its-kind law that protects app-based workers from deactivation

Amazon, Uber, and Lyft sue seller over rogue rideshare signs — here’s what he says in response

New Washington state law is first in nation to give Uber and Lyft drivers paid family and medical leave

Uber partners with Leafly for marijuana delivery in ‘milestone’ for cannabis industry

Seattle lawmakers pass policy setting minimum wage and other protections for gig workers

Labor group report finds gig workers in Seattle often make below minimum wage after expenses

It’s such a good feeling, a very good feeling, for Pittsburgh to know it didn’t win Amazon HQ2

‘We’ve literally run out of human beings’: Robots rise in wake of pandemic and labor shortages

Lyft, Uber and unions back new Washington state legislation protecting drivers

Uber drivers rank Seattle riders second worst in the U.S. — see how many stars you’re getting

Uber, Lyft, Instacart, DoorDash form coalition in Washington state to ‘protect driver independence’