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Counting votes: Inside look at how King County uses tech to tally ballots as voter turnout surges

RENTON, WASH. — Seattle-area voters are coming out in force for this year’s midterm elections. More than 300,000 early ballots… Read More

Lime pursues car sharing in Seattle, breaking new ground for the bike and scooter startup

Lime wants to add cars to its Seattle mobility fleet, expanding beyond the bright green, rentable bikes the company currently… Read More

Twitter teams up with Tagboard to help newscasters surface political tweets

Twitter is partnering with Seattle-area startup Tagboard to help video news producers highlight tweets tied to political issues and races… Read More

With Amazon HQ2 pick imminent, past comments show Jeff Bezos repeatedly making the case for an urban campus

The grand reveal of the city where Amazon will build its second headquarters is expected any day, and some prognosticators… Read More

Microsoft defends bid for $10B Pentagon cloud contract amid criticism over government use of technology

Microsoft will not pull out of the competition for a $10 billion cloud contract for the Department of Defense, despite… Read More

While some Amazon HQ2 candidates get second dates, other cities are waiting by the phone

Reports of Amazon officials revisiting select regions in the running for the company’s second headquarters are trickling in, leaving some… Read More

UPS launches cargo e-bike delivery in Seattle, returning to bicycle courier origins a century later

More than a century ago, the company now known as UPS started as a simple courier service in Seattle. A… Read More

Bezos and other Amazon execs back Colorado Republican’s Senate re-election campaign

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and other executives donated thousands of dollars to the re-election campaign of Sen. Cory Gardner, a… Read More

This Seattle startup is giving Election Day off to its 300 employees to vote and celebrate democracy

Update Nov. 5: Outreach will no longer host the Democracy Day event due to low RSVP numbers. Employees will still have… Read More

Amazon ramps up lobbying to record levels ahead of HQ2 announcement

Amazon has been steadily increasing its lobbying budget and taking a more central position on the national political stage while… Read More

How consumer technology is driving smart cities

In just a few short years, we’ve come to expect miraculous things from our phones. It’s not enough to order… Read More

Seattle-area public transit adds Chariot micro-shuttles in new mobility pilot

Commuters in the Seattle region will soon be able to request shuttle rides to and from transit stations using a… Read More

Will San Francisco’s business tax for homeless relief succeed where Seattle’s failed? This tech billionaire is fighting for it

Imagine if rather than threatening to slow down operations in Seattle when faced with a tax on big business, Amazon… Read More

Paul Allen shaped Seattle as we know it, and his successors promise to carry on his legacy

The tech workers who line up to rent kayaks and paddleboards on Seattle’s Lake Union in the summertime are rewarded… Read More

Lyft launches subscription plan, offering 30 rides for $300/month

Lyft is rolling out a new monthly subscription plan for riders in all markets starting Tuesday. For $299 per month,… Read More

Leading urbanist Richard Florida is convinced Amazon HQ2 won’t go to a suburb

Oddsmakers and analysts are betting on Northern Virginia to take home the much-ballyhooed prize of Amazon HQ2. But Richard Florida,… Read More

Bird joins Lime deploying scooter share in Tacoma as city speeds past Seattle in new mobility craze

Birds are arriving in Tacoma, Wash. this weekend. The Santa Monica, Calif., electric scooter share company plans to launch a… Read More

USPS wants to raise rates for Amazon last-mile delivery 9-12% amid pressure from Trump to increase revenue

The United States Postal Service plans to raise rates for the Parcel Select service used by Amazon, FedEx, and UPS… Read More

Regardless of future interference, fake news and cyber attacks have weakened faith in U.S. elections

The U.S. is approaching a big midterm election, but unlike almost every other major election in the country’s history, this… Read More

Washington Gov. Inslee says state is ready for Trump attack on net neutrality law: ‘Bring it on’

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has raised his national profile in recent months by taking aim at President Donald Trump, fueling… Read More

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Uber legal chief Tony West on overcoming scandal, going public, and tech’s watershed moment

Uber is in the midst of a makeover. Call it Uber 2.0. After a year of controversies rocked the embattled… Read More

Rep. Suzan DelBene and colleagues push for U.S. data privacy regulation

Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-WA) is adding her voice to a growing chorus of U.S. lawmakers calling for stronger consumer protections online.… Read More

Amazon HQ2 officials reportedly visit Chicago and Miami, keeping speculation alive until the very end

New reports about Amazon’s visits to two cities in the running for the company’s second headquarters are stirring up fresh… Read More

Democrats draft an ‘Internet Bill of Rights’ to regulate Big Tech

Democrats in the House of Representatives are promising to push for federal regulation of tech companies if they retake the House… Read More

Amazon investor and activist Nick Hanauer: ‘PR stunts are easy and cheap. Significantly raising wages for workers is not’

Just before Amazon announced it will raise employees’ minimum wage to $15 an hour, one of the company’s first investors… Read More