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T-Mobile promises not to raise rates if Sprint deal goes through — for now

T-Mobile CEO John Legere is ramping up pressure on the Federal Communications Commission to approve his company’s merger with Sprint.… Read More

Snopes founder explains why Facebook fact-checking partnership dissolved

Snopes wasn’t trying to make a statement when it announced the end of its partnership with Facebook last week. David… Read More

New York Senator opposed to Amazon HQ2 deal named to critical oversight board

The day after Amazon announced its intention to build a 25,000-person office in New York City, State Sen. Michael Gianaris… Read More

US Senators reintroduce startup visa legislation but outlook is dim

U.S. lawmakers keep trying to make the startup visa happen. On Thursday, Senators Jerry Moran, Mark Warner, Roy Blunt,… Read More

Washington state has a $171M bill for Comcast as major consumer protection trial concludes

Attorneys for the State of Washington asked for more than $171 million from Comcast this week in closing arguments of one… Read More

In hometown of Seattle, Howard Schultz defends presidential aspirations as protesters sound off

Howard Schultz took a lot of heat this week after announcing that he’s seriously considering running for president in 2020… Read More

New H-1B visa rules take effect April 1, changing how tech companies hire international talent

(Update, Feb. 1: The headline on this story has been corrected to more accurately represent the status of workers eligible… 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

New York labor leaders join mounting resistance to Amazon HQ2

Two New York labor unions are joining a growing opposition movement to Amazon’s planned 25,000-person office in Queens. Leaders of… Read More

AOC vs. Amazon: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez warns of bias in tech giant’s facial detection tech

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s utilizes technology as only a digital native can. The 29-year-old Congresswoman knows the power of an authentic… Read More

Potential presidential hopeful Howard Schultz was an innovator in business, but in politics he’s a traditionalist

As CEO of Starbucks, Howard Schultz got into the habit of signing his memos to employees, “Onward, Howard.” The sign-off,… 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

Amazon’s HQ2 picks are conspicuously absent from America’s 10 best-performing cities list

When Amazon announced it would split its second headquarters between New York City and the Washington, D.C., area, it seemed… 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

In the year of HQ2, Amazon’s 2018 lobbying budget ballooned to a record $14.2 million

Amazon spent more money lobbying the government in 2018 than any year in the company’s history. The Seattle tech giant’s… Read More

Microsoft’s Julie Brill backs Washington privacy bill: ‘I would urge you not to miss this opportunity’

While many big tech companies are reticent about the seemingly inevitable tide of privacy regulations headed our way, Microsoft has… Read More

Washington state considers new privacy law to regulate data collection and facial recognition tech

Lawmakers in Washington state are pushing for a new privacy law that would attempt to give consumers more control over… Read More

How Washington Gov. Inslee’s new tax plan would impact the tech industry

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is proposing two changes to the state’s tax system that would impact entrepreneurs and software-as-a-service companies.… 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

Shareholders pressure Amazon to stop selling facial recognition technology to law enforcement

Amazon shareholders have filed a resolution asking the company to stop selling its facial recognition software to government agencies until… Read More

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

Microsoft’s Brad Smith on $500M housing pledge: ‘We want our success to support the region’

Microsoft President Brad Smith formally announced the company’s unprecedented $500 million commitment to support affordable housing development in the Seattle… Read More

Portland will allow electric scooters to return after promising pilot

Portland transportation officials are recommending that the city launch a longer pilot for rentable electric scooters in 2019, building on… Read More

Amazon is officially hiring at New York ‘HQ2’

Over the weekend, the first job listings cropped up for Amazon HQ2, the now imprecise moniker for the 50,000-person second… Read More

Trump promises H-1B visa holders ‘changes are coming soon.’ What that means for the tech industry

President Donald Trump told H-1B visa holders to “rest assured” because “changes are soon coming which will bring both simplicity… Read More

It’s time for Facebook to take a page from Uber’s playbook

Commentary: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced his annual personal challenge Tuesday, this time pledging to hold a series of public… Read More

Should Uber and Lyft cover rides to nonprofits and essential services?

Over the past year, Uber and Lyft have been offering free and discounted rides to help people in need of… Read More

Seattle officials visit New York with warnings about Amazon: ‘They thought they could bury us’

Two Seattle lawmakers traveled to New York to share war stories from their battles with Amazon to a group of… Read More

Ex-Microsoft managers launch Opportunity Zone fund, courting tech investors for real estate projects in low-income neighborhoods

Many Seattle tech workers are suddenly considering real estate investments, thanks to a new federal tax incentive. SmartCap Group says it’s… Read More