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As Seattle police embrace tech tools, privacy advocates raise concerns

A report from The Stranger today accuses the Seattle Police Department of violating the law and infringing on citizens’ privacy by… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Talentful’s software helps recruiters narrow the field

Jia Chen has worked in the software industry for over a decade and during that time he observed a recurring… Read More

From street to software: This non-profit helps previously homeless men and women start coding careers

In one week, Jeremy Wallace will graduate from General Assembly‘s full-time, immersive web development course, armed with a set of… Read More

Analyst: 50% of U.S. households could be Prime members by end of 2016 — or has it already happened?

John Blackledge, a Cowen and Company analyst, estimates half of the households in the U.S. could have Amazon Prime by… Read More

Is the ‘AirBag’ the next useless, expensive product coming to an Apple store near you? Conan O’Brien thinks so

Apple — the company behind revolutionary products like the iPod and iPhone — has apparently run out of ideas and is… Read More

Generation App: Why Pinterest’s simple but powerful platform appeals to users, retailers, and advertisers

Pinterest’s model — a photo-centric online bookmarking tool — doesn’t feel particularly groundbreaking, which is why some people find its monumental success… Read More

Airbnb launches ad campaign to influence Seattle debate over short-term rentals

By September of an election year, anyone who still has cable is used to an onslaught of political ads sponsored… Read More

‘Mr. Robot’ Rewind: Code-cracking in a mysterious and mind-bending Episode 11

 [Spoiler Alert] This article discusses technical plot points and hidden secrets of eps2.9_pyth0n-pt1.p7z. If you haven’t watched it yet, check… Read More

Working Geek: Where Ookla CEO Doug Suttles gets his best ideas

Doug Suttles believes in wearing many hats. As CEO and co-founder of Seattle-based Ookla, he prefers a hands-on strategy for managing the decade-old company.… Read More

Tech startup GiveSafe has a radical plan to help Seattle’s homeless population

Chris Creighton knows he doesn’t look homeless. Standing next to GiveSafe founder Jonathan Kumar, in a black blazer and gray… Read More

Why startups in Seattle are struggling for talent, and how that contrasts with Portland

Seattle’s tech industry is on fire with Microsoft and Amazon growing like mad, and dozens of Silicon Valley tech giants… Read More

Sarcos Robotics raises $10.5M from Microsoft, Caterpillar and GE for heavy-duty robotics technology

Sarcos Robotics, a maker of industrial robots, has secured $10.5 million in funding from investors including Microsoft, Caterpillar Ventures, and… Read More

Q&A: Washington state gubernatorial candidate Bill Bryant on CS education, tech jobs, and trade

(Updated at 11:45 a.m. to clarify and add comments from Gov. Inslee’s campaign).  Bill Bryant says he has a plan… Read More

Coding Dojo offers scholarships for ITT Technical Institute students left in the lurch

The closure of all 130 ITT Technical Institute campuses, due to pressure and scrutiny from the U.S. Department of Education, will… Read More

Report: Microsoft to challenge Slack with new Skype Teams service

Microsoft is building a workplace collaboration tool, called Skype Teams, according to a report from mspoweruser.com. The chat app would… Read More

A year later, how Microsoft’s jobs program for people with autism is working

It has been more than a year since Microsoft announced a pilot jobs program to specifically accommodate people on the autism… Read More

Is Twitter courting suitors? Acquisition rumors swirl as board members prepare to meet

It’s no secret that Twitter is struggling. The company continues to post losses each quarter and new user adoption is… Read More

Cinematic VR Challenge shows how virtual reality is set to transform film

As the sun set over the Olympic Mountains on a warm and muggy Sunday, I trekked from the manicured suburbia… Read More

Amazon poaches eBay A.I. chief, continues ramping up machine learning operations

Amazon is getting serious about machine learning. The Seattle tech titan hired eBay’s head of artificial intelligence, Hassan Sawaf, to… Read More

Microsoft is building a ‘smart fridge’ for not-so-smart grocery shoppers, like me

I’m not great at grocery shopping. I almost always forget something and at least once a week my boyfriend has… Read More

Science, technology and art merge at Seattle Art Museum’s ‘Poetic Hybrids’ exhibit

Artist Ginny Ruffner’s Poetic Hybrids exhibit makes concepts of genetic modification, augmented reality and sophisticated 3D modeling accessible enough for a… Read More

Amazon beefs up machine learning presence in UK with new team of researchers

Amazon is taking on a new machine learning team, to operate out of Cambridge, UK, according to a Facebook post spotted… Read More

Seattle Growth Podcast: Why the tech industry needs to join the boomtown conversation

Seattle is growing at an unprecedented rate, with the Puget Sound region adding an average of roughly nine new jobs… Read More

High-tech cooking startup Sansaire unveils new sous vide device and app

High-tech cooking startup Sansaire is launching a Kickstarter campaign today for a smaller, WiFi-enabled sous vide cooking device. The Sansaire… Read More

Why Jonathan Coulton left a comfortable tech job to launch a music career — and his own cruise

With all the emphasis on science, technology, engineering and math, better known as STEM, many people would be satisfied with a… Read More

‘Mr. Robot’ Rewind: Analyzing Fsociety’s hacking rampage in Episode 8

[Spoiler Alert] This article discusses plot points and hidden secrets of Mr. Robot, Season 2, Episode 8, eps2.6_succ3ss0r.p12. If you… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Moovn wants to be the Uber for the developing world

Competing with Uber is no easy feat, as investors are quick to point out. That’s what they told Godwin Gabriel… Read More

Working Geek: Rover CTO Scott Porad gets his best ideas when walking his dog, naturally

Scott Porad leads the technology team at Rover, a Seattle startup that connects dog owners with boarders and walkers. So… Read More

Nextdoor

Q&A: Nextdoor CEO explains how the social network is cracking down on racial profiling

Nextdoor, a social network for neighborhoods, has exploded in popularity in recent years, igniting controversy along the way. Critics say… Read More

Why this Seattle tech worker is leaving her job to work for the Clinton campaign in Wisconsin

Sasha Pasulka has never worked on a political campaign. For the past four years, she’s held product marketing leadership roles… Read More

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