4:39 PM PDT Podcast ‘It’s on us to dismantle racism.’ 10 steps tech and business leaders can take toward equity
3:09 PM PDT Health/Life Sciences3:09 PM PDT SCAN resumes community coronavirus testing after winning review board’s OK
2:55 PM PDT Amazon2:55 PM PDT Amazon bans police use of its Rekognition facial recognition software for one year amid protests
1:30 PM PDT Startup Spotlight1:30 PM PDT Seattle startup vet launches KeeperHR to help workers use imagery to better express personality
11:00 AM PDT Science11:00 AM PDT Boeing CEO vows to ‘turn up the volume’ and pump up the funding to fight racism
9:11 AM PDT Cloud Tech9:11 AM PDT Data warehousing startup Snowflake confidentially files for IPO, could reach $20B valuation
8:00 AM PDT Startups8:00 AM PDT Maveron, Scooter Braun, Alex Rodriguez invest in $30M round for virtual entertainment startup Wave
7:36 AM PDT Tech7:36 AM PDT Starbucks will accelerate new mobile-focused ‘Pickup’ store concept rollout due to pandemic
7:19 AM PDT Amazon7:19 AM PDT Amazon asks court to block former AWS marketing VP from working on Google Cloud Next speeches
5:59 PM PDT Health/Life Sciences5:59 PM PDT Coronavirus projections converge amid concerns about a pandemic resurgence
2:00 PM PDT Startups2:00 PM PDT As restaurants reopen, recommendation platform Feastfox launches in Seattle to assist diners
10:59 AM PDT Space10:59 AM PDT Tethers Unlimited to provide hardware for NASA’s PUNCH sun-watching mission
10:47 AM PDT Tech10:47 AM PDT Manny Vellon, 1960-2020: Towering figure in Seattle tech was an engineer at heart
9:38 AM PDT Amazon9:38 AM PDT ‘Amazon isn’t going away, and neither are we.’ Employee group presses ahead on climate and race
9:38 AM PDT Microsoft9:38 AM PDT Hundreds of Microsoft employees urge company to cut ties with Seattle PD, call for mayor’s resignation
9:12 AM PDT Tech9:12 AM PDT Shares of Bill Gates-backed online used car seller Vroom double on first day of trading
8:00 AM PDT Startups8:00 AM PDT Seattle startup Persona pivots and seizes on video chat popularity by using AI to curate highlight reels
4:21 PM PDT Space4:21 PM PDT 5 trillion bytes a day: SpaceX engineers flash some facts about Starlink satellites
3:41 PM PDT Amazon3:41 PM PDT Stock market rally: Amazon, Microsoft, other Seattle companies bounce back from March lows
2:00 PM PDT Amazon2:00 PM PDT Amazon sues former AWS marketing VP Brian Hall after he takes Google Cloud job
12:00 PM PDT Working Geek12:00 PM PDT Panopto CEO sees video platform shift from useful technology to essential tool for remote learning
11:20 AM PDT Amazon11:20 AM PDT Analyst: Amazon stock to reach $3,300 as survey results show more Prime members and purchases
10:59 AM PDT Health/Life Sciences10:59 AM PDT Researchers gauge the effect of protests and reopenings on reviving the pandemic
10:30 AM PDT Amazon10:30 AM PDT Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos posts customer’s racist message, calls him a ‘customer I’m happy to lose’
10:21 AM PDT Tech10:21 AM PDT Employees want Seattle-based media company Maven to shut down ‘Blue Lives Matter’ website
8:28 AM PDT Civic8:28 AM PDT Seattle will order police to turn on body cameras during protests despite privacy concerns
8:04 AM PDT Startups8:04 AM PDT Amazon-backed Seattle startup Bamboo Learning brings voice education app to Google devices
1:00 PM PDT Amazon1:00 PM PDT Slack and Amazon vs. Microsoft Teams: Why voice and video are essential in enterprise messaging
