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Seattle IT department cuts 14 jobs in major reorganization to ‘foster innovation’

Seattle Information Technology, a new department that oversees the city’s entire technology infrastructure, is undergoing a major reorganization. Fourteen employees… Read More

Norway and Washington state sign innovation pact in Seattle, connecting tech and maritime industries

Norway and Washington state will cooperate on next-generation maritime technologies and clean energy innovations in both regions of the world,… Read More

Microsoft treads cautiously as it plans to deploy $500M affordable housing fund in Seattle region

Microsoft made a big splash in January with the surprise announcement of a $500 million commitment to increase the supply… Read More

Seattle Children’s spin-out MDMetrix raises $3M to unlock data from medical records

Imagine knowing that all the data you need to do your job better was locked in a system that you… Read More

Facebook opens another Seattle building with room for 1,000 people, adding to huge engineering hub

Facebook’s Seattle office was already its largest engineering center outside of the Menlo Park, Calif. homebase, and now the social… Read More

Fast-growing sales tech startup Highspot leases big Seattle waterfront office with room for 800 people

Highspot will soon have a new spot to call home. The startup that builds artificial intelligence-powered sales software has leased… Read More

‘A lot of heavy hearts today’: Tech and construction workers pause at scene of Seattle crane collapse

The normal hustle in Seattle’s busiest tech neighborhood was subdued on Monday morning, as workers returned to gleaming office buildings… Read More

Deadly crane incident at future Google Cloud campus in Seattle leaves project in flux

The centerpiece of Google’s Seattle expansion is in flux after a construction crane for the tech giant’s new campus in… Read More

As Amazon moves major team out of Seattle, mayor of neighboring city celebrates ‘Bellevue Prime’

Amazon is often criticized for its massive ambitions — which can sometimes seem imperialistic in scale. But the mayor of… Read More

Youth football programs lean on crowdfunding to afford Vicis’ high-tech helmet

Football is still America’s game in U.S. high schools, drawing more than a million athletes each year. But concerns over… Read More

This new Seattle high-rise condo tower will come with Tesla cars that residents can rent

A high-rise condo complex under construction near Seattle’s Pike Place Market will come with an interesting perk for residents: On-demand… Read More

Very little tech support: The best zingers from a roast of techies at ‘Socially Inept’ comedy event

Tech worker Jash Bangdiwala took a seat on a stool in front of a room full of people and proceeded… Read More

Geek of the Week: Kona Farry’s transit tracker maps buses, trains and ferries in the Seattle region

Kona Farry is a self-described transit geek and student at the University of Washington who set out to solve a… Read More

Fancy rentable dog houses with air conditioning and a ‘puppy cam’ arrive in Seattle

The nation’s fanciest dog houses are coming to the most dog-friendly city in the U.S. DogSpot, the maker of shared… Read More

New female-focused co-working spaces crop up in Seattle to take on The Riveter

Competition is heating up among co-working spaces geared toward women. The Riveter pioneered the model, launching a female-focused coworking space… Read More

University of Washington researchers want to help Uber and Lyft protect data and share it with cities

Cities where Uber and Lyft operate have a data problem. The University of Washington wants to provide the solution. Companies… Read More

Amazon was here: Early employees recall startup days in Seattle building that will soon disappear

In a non-descript, four-story building, around the corner from Seattle’s iconic Pike Place Market, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos once sat… Read More

Seattle’s biggest tech companies unveil 7 city projects built by controversial Innovation Council

When Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan announced a new advisory council of tech leaders in 2018, the reaction was mixed, to… Read More

Lime customer enlists Washington AG to fight ‘deceptive’ LimePod car-sharing fee

In February, Charlie Rogers signed up for LimePod, the new car-sharing service in Seattle from the company famous for the… Read More

Amazon’s big Bellevue move: Politicians, business leaders and real estate experts weigh in

News that Amazon plans to move several thousand employees out of Seattle to nearby Bellevue, Wash., in the next five… Read More

Here’s why Seattle is the country’s top emerging life sciences market

Seattle is the top emerging life sciences hub in the U.S., according to a recent report from commercial real estate… Read More

Mayor Durkan says Amazon moving employees to Bellevue is ‘a good thing for Seattle’

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan seems unfazed by news that Amazon plans to shift thousands of jobs to Bellevue, Wash. GeekWire… Read More

Amazon's Dave Clark

Exclusive: Amazon moving thousands of employees out of Seattle, relocating key division to nearby city

Amazon plans to relocate its entire Seattle-based worldwide operations team to Bellevue, Wash., by 2023, adding thousands of employees to… Read More

Seattle is the most dog-friendly city in the U.S., according to data from Rover and Redfin

Seattle has gone to the dogs. Two Seattle-area tech companies — Rover, the network of dog walkers and pet sitters,… Read More

A wizard-themed pub and wand shop hopes to conjure magic in historic Seattle building

A wizard-themed pub is coming to Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood, but the proprietors who are busily building out the historic Flatiron… Read More

How the Bay Area tech IPO boom could create a ‘ripple effect’ in Seattle’s housing market

Ride-hailing company Lyft’s debut as a $24 billion public company on Friday kicked off an IPO frenzy that could echo… Read More

How a lack of regulatory clarity puts U.S. cryptocurrency startups at a disadvantage

Founded by former Amazon and Microsoft security engineers, cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex defies the Wild West reputation of the blockchain world… Read More

Seattle traffic

Uber and Lyft push for congestion pricing as Seattle considers tax on ride-hailing companies

Uber and Lyft are resisting a tax on their services under consideration in the Seattle mayor’s office, claiming the cost… Read More

Interview: Seattle’s new tech chief Saad Bashir on 5G, privacy and embracing the tech industry

As Seattle’s new chief technology officer, Saad Bashir hopes to make broadband more accessible, champion 5G, and help the city’s… Read More

Set and developed in Seattle, new sequel to cult classic ‘Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines’ will debut in 2020

Paradox Interactive announced late Thursday that it will publish a long-awaited sequel to the cult-favorite PC game, 2004’s Vampire: the… Read More

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