11:44 AM PDT Civic11:44 AM PDT Zillow Group faces antitrust scrutiny from U.S. lawmakers over $500M ShowingTime acquisition
10:39 AM PDT Amazon10:39 AM PDT U.S. senators question Amazon about its use of palm-reading biometric data
8:57 AM PDT Startups8:57 AM PDT Intrado acquires Hubb, which builds software for in-person and virtual events
8:09 AM PDT Amazon8:09 AM PDT Census data shows Seattle’s population surge over last decade, fueled in part by tech job growth
6:14 AM PDT Amazon6:14 AM PDT Ranked: The states where Amazon has invested most in jobs and infrastructure in the past decade
10:50 PM PDT Amazon10:50 PM PDT Livestreaming report: Amazon’s ‘New World’ gains attention as gamers flock to closed beta
3:14 PM PDT Science3:14 PM PDT First ‘murder hornet’ of 2021 spotted in Washington state, 2 miles from where old nest was eradicated
2:42 PM PDT Facebook2:42 PM PDT Facebook focuses on ‘data, not dates’ as it, too, pushes office return to January 2022
12:36 PM PDT Startups12:36 PM PDT Online gambling giant Entain to acquire Seattle esports betting startup Unikrn
10:57 AM PDT Health/Life Sciences10:57 AM PDT Visus Therapeutics lands $20M to develop eye drop that corrects vision loss
10:07 AM PDT Tech10:07 AM PDT Gates offers $1.5B for carbon-cutting innovation if lawmakers enact public-private program
9:00 AM PDT Startups9:00 AM PDT Convoy inks 123,000 square-foot lease in downtown Seattle and reveals return-to-office plan
8:38 AM PDT Startups8:38 AM PDT Cryptocurrency startup TaxBit, which just opened a new HQ in Seattle, lands $130M at $1.33B valuation
8:34 AM PDT Civic8:34 AM PDT How Washington state’s potential federal infrastructure largess could spark a broadband fight
7:31 AM PDT Games7:31 AM PDT Z2 vets raise $5M to grow Seattle studio Starform and launch social games
6:00 AM PDT Startups6:00 AM PDT Ex-Amazon chief Jeff Wilke invests in new digital ad targeting company that uses first-party data
1:43 PM PDT Startups1:43 PM PDT Former Amazon exec aims to close the gender gap in STEM fields with new guidance startup Gotara
11:25 AM PDT Tech11:25 AM PDT Nasdaq finalizes new board diversity rules — and some companies may have some explaining to do
10:24 AM PDT Startups10:24 AM PDT American Express venture arm invests in Seattle accounting startup Lockstep
8:59 AM PDT Transportation8:59 AM PDT Tesla opening new showroom south of downtown Seattle near The Shop, a hangout for car geeks
8:48 AM PDT Amazon8:48 AM PDT Amazon opens $1.5B Northern Kentucky air hub, fueling questions about its cargo ambitions
8:36 AM PDT Health/Life Sciences8:36 AM PDT Seattle startup Lumen Bioscience is working with Google to make drugs using algae
7:59 AM PDT Amazon7:59 AM PDT Report: Amazon awarded secret $10B NSA cloud computing contract, Microsoft files protest
5:01 PM PDT Tech Moves5:01 PM PDT Tech Moves: The Riveter’s Amy Nelson to lead new SaksWorks venture; Funko’s leadership transition
10:29 AM PDT Amazon10:29 AM PDT Amazon will take on greater responsibility for defective products sold by third-party merchants
10:23 AM PDT Microsoft10:23 AM PDT Microsoft buys Peer5 to boost large-scale video streaming for Microsoft Teams
9:36 AM PDT Cloud Tech9:36 AM PDT Four Seattle-area unicorns make Forbes ‘Cloud 100’ ranking of best private companies in the cloud
9:15 AM PDT Startups9:15 AM PDT Seattle agtech startup iUNU acquires pest management company CropWalk
7:10 AM PDT Startups7:10 AM PDT This casket startup is taking on big funeral industry with a focus on direct-to-consumer innovation
