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Microsoft shareholders reject proposal to put employee on board with less than 5% of votes

Microsoft shareholders roundly defeated a proposal to put a rank-and-file employee on the company’s board of directors. Speaking during the… Read More

With new tax and minimum wage, Seattle is latest battleground in Uber and Lyft’s feud with regulators

When Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan signed new taxes and regulations on Uber and Lyft into law Tuesday afternoon, the city… Read More

Senate Democrats release robust federal privacy bill to regulate tech company business practices

Senate Democrats introduced sweeping data privacy protections Tuesday in an effort led by Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) to federally regulate… Read More

Seattle raises fees for Uber and Lyft rides with new tax, passes minimum wage for drivers

The Seattle City Council unanimously passed legislation Monday that will establish a minimum wage for Uber and Lyft drivers and… Read More

Microsoft taps Eric Holder to audit Israeli partner in demonstration of tech’s struggle to self-regulate

Microsoft’s decision to retain former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate how one of its partner companies uses facial… Read More

Sneak peek: How Washington state lawmakers plan to regulate data privacy and facial recognition

Washington state legislators will push for new regulations governing data privacy and facial recognition next year, and a draft bill… Read More

Moving app Dolly blocked by Washington regulators in ongoing gig economy dispute

Washington state residents who rely on Dolly for the Seattle-based startup’s peer-to-peer moving service are finding their options limited. Because… Read More

Microsoft backs California data privacy law taking effect next year

Microsoft plans to make changes required by California’s new data privacy law available to all its U.S. customers, the company… Read More

Democrat regulators warn FCC approval of T-Mobile-Sprint merger creates a ‘cozy oligopoly’

The Federal Communications Commission released its official order on T-Mobile’s merger with Sprint on Tuesday in a final regulatory seal… Read More

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FTC Commissioner Rohit Chopra on Big Tech’s antitrust reckoning, and implications for investors

The Federal Trade Commission is ramping up its investigations into Big Tech, and one of the agency’s toughest enforcers visited… Read More

Amazon lays out positions on privacy, immigration, climate, and other issues on new policy page

Amazon laid out its positions on a wide range of issues in a new web page that surfaced Thursday, bringing… Read More

Appeals court upholds net neutrality repeal — but allows states to make their own rules

The Federal Communications Commission’s rollback of internet regulations known as net neutrality was upheld Tuesday by a panel of federal… Read More

Leaked transcript: Facebook’s Zuckerberg thinks a Warren presidency would ‘suck for us’

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg thinks a Warren presidency would “suck for us.” That’s what the besieged executive told employees at… Read More

Tech industry continues push to shape federal facial recognition laws

Tech companies developing facial recognition software want to write the rules that will govern the controversial technology. A coalition of… Read More

Seattle plans to tax Uber and Lyft rides to raise $133M for affordable housing and transit

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan plans to introduce a new tax of 51 cents per Uber and Lyft ride to fund… Read More

Big Tech’s FTC enforcer Rohit Chopra joins the GeekWire Summit lineup

In the year and change that Rohit Chopra has served on the Federal Trade Commission, he’s quickly emerged as one… Read More

Bill Gates: Breaking up Big Tech isn’t the answer

Bill Gates believes calls to break up Big Tech are misguided. The Microsoft co-founder said that approach to mitigating the… Read More

Seattle plans minimum wage and new tax on Uber and Lyft, adding to ride-hailing’s regulatory woes

It’s been a rough month for ride-hailing companies, and Seattle is about to put another bump in the road. As… Read More

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A reckoning for the gig economy: Why Amazon and Uber are facing new scrutiny over contract workers

From package delivery to ride-hailing, companies including Amazon and Uber are facing new scrutiny over their use of contract workers… Read More

Senators scrutinize Amazon Delivery Service Partners program after reports of accidents and labor law violations

Three U.S. Senators are demanding answers from Amazon about its Delivery Service Partners program, the network of independent delivery companies… Read More

Can Uber and Lyft survive regulations that force them to treat drivers like employees?

California is poised to enact a law that would force Uber and Lyft to treat drivers like employees as part… Read More

50 US states and territories launch antitrust probe into Google’s ‘potential monopolistic behavior’

Attorneys general from 50 U.S. states and territories launched an investigation into Google to find out whether the tech giant… Read More

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Microsoft President Brad Smith: Tech sector needs to face up to responsibility and embrace regulation

Microsoft President Brad Smith has a light-up globe, a neon blue miniature likeness of Earth, spinning on his desk inside… Read More

Amazon passes French digital tax on to sellers as Trump admin investigates toll on tech industry

Amazon is raising the fees it charges third-party sellers in France by 3 percent in direct response to the country’s… Read More

FCC moves to greenlight T-Mobile merger with Sprint despite pending lawsuit

T-Mobile and Sprint crossed another checkpoint Wednesday on their path to merge and create a $146 billion wireless company. The… Read More

US lawmakers raise questions about ‘misleading’ Amazon’s Choice recommendations

Shopping on Amazon.com can be overwhelming. A search for an everyday item frequently yields tens of thousands of results. Inundated… Read More

Who should regulate privacy? Federal and state lawmakers diverge on consumer data protection

There’s growing consensus that something needs to be done about data privacy. But figuring out what should be done and… Read More

Senator Wyden wants answers from Amazon on Capital One hack

A U.S. senator from Oregon wants Amazon to explain the role it played in a hack that exposed sensitive data… Read More

Justice Department approves T-Mobile’s $26B merger with Sprint

Federal regulators approved T-Mobile’s blockbuster merger with Sprint on Friday after 15 months of negotiations, paving the way for the… Read More

Facebook official: Social media giant confirms antitrust investigation, beats earnings estimates with $16.9B in Q2 revenue

The Federal Trade Commission opened an antitrust investigation into Facebook in June, the company confirmed in its second-quarter earnings report… Read More