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Congresswoman lists 6 things Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says he doesn’t know, but really should

During two days of marathon testimony before Congress, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg managed to avoid answering some critical questions about… Read More

Facebook at Congress, Day 2: Watch Zuckerberg field questions on regulation, privacy, and elections

Mark Zuckerberg faces a second round of questioning from Congress Wednesday, with lawmakers challenging him on Facebook’s privacy scandals, disinformation… Read More

Video: Affordable housing activists protest at Amazon HQ, demanding higher taxes on corporations

Amazon is getting used to fielding jabs from politicians. President Donald Trump spent most of last week berating the company.… Read More

Facebook faces Congress: 5 key takeaways from Mark Zuckerberg’s hearing

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg spent hours in the hot seat Tuesday, answering questions from a joint hearing of the U.S.… Read More

Oregon enacts net neutrality law as Pacific Northwest Trump resistance grows

Government agencies in Oregon will be prohibited from contracting with internet providers that don’t uphold net neutrality principles under a… Read More

TLDR: Parallel reality display tech, drone-delivered medical supplies, WA governor defends Amazon

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s daily news rundown, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube for every… Read More

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April Fool’s gags keep giving with REI ZipAll jumpsuit, Redbox walk-up theaters, and more

The biggest April Fool’s Day prank of the year might be that several days in March are standing in for… Read More

5 key takeaways from The New Yorker’s revealing profile of new Uber chief Dara Khosrowshahi

Dara Khosrowshahi has become one of the world’s most influential technology executives by spending more than a decade thinking about… Read More

Tech industry’s cavalier and arrogant attitude foments backlash but started long before Trump, top execs say

Big tech companies have ascended to a position of extraordinary power by finding creative ways to sell customer data, moving… Read More

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FEC asks CEOs of Facebook, Alphabet, and Twitter to testify on new political ad rules

Washington, D.C. is extending an invitation to Silicon Valley. The Federal Elections Commission has asked the CEOs of Facebook, Alphabet,… Read More

Regulators are coming for cryptocurrency

A city in the U.S. has passed the country’s first ban on cryptocurrency mining after residents saw their electricity bills… Read More

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Boom buddies: Jobs in tech and construction are tops on Indeed’s 25 best in the U.S. list for 2018

Indeed’s list of the Best Jobs in the United States for 2018 is still loaded with tech titles, but construction… Read More

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5 takeaways from Bloomberg’s deep dive into Amazon’s rise to dominance

Amazon’s ascension as a corporate and retail titan has entire industries trembling at mere rumors that the company is moving… Read More

Melania Trump reportedly meeting with Google, Amazon and other tech titans on cyberbullying

News Brief: Melania Trump asked to meet with Amazon, Facebook, Google, Twitter, Microsoft, and Snap next week to discuss cyberbullying,… Read More

What’s holding back the Internet of Things? Power

[Editor’s Note: This guest post is by Larry Arnstein, a former Impinj business and marketing executive who is now an entrepreneur… Read More

Washington state passes gender pay equity bill with support from tech industry … for the most part

Seizing on a historic moment for women challenging discrimination in the workplace, Washington state’s legislature passed the Equal Pay Opportunity… Read More

Capitalism’s biggest villain? Amazon is dubbed ‘the new Walmart — only worse’ in report

Amazon has usurped Walmart as the unscrupulous capitalist king of industry — at least according to Business Insider. Kate Taylor… Read More

The most notorious hacks in history, and what they mean for the future of cybersecurity

Where has the time gone? February is almost over, and already we’ve seen several major vulnerabilities and hacks this year!… Read More

Tech workforce expert dives deep on non-compete contracts, offering 4 policy recommendations in new report

The non-compete agreement is a lightning rod in the tech industry, with proponents claiming they are necessary to protect valuable… Read More

Can a city facing a tech boom keep its soul? What Pittsburgh’s mayor learned from GeekWire HQ2

Cities with booming tech economies around the country face an existential crisis. How can they maintain their cultural identity and… Read More

‘Global chaos’ or just a ‘click of the mouse’? Supreme Court set to hear Microsoft vs. US in overseas customer data dispute

A showdown between Microsoft and the U.S. government will take place at the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, and it… Read More

US immigration authorities target outsourcing firms in new H-1B visa memo

The federal government plans to apply more scrutiny to third-party staffing agencies seeking skilled work visas to bring foreign-born workers… Read More

As net neutrality repeal becomes official, here is where Washington state’s open internet fight stands

The Federal Communications Commission’s rollback of net neutrality was cemented today with the publication of the ruling in the Federal… Read More

Mayor Jenny Durkan: Seattle is and always will be the city that ‘invents the future’

Despite the outsized impact it has on Seattle’s growth, the tech industry was largely absent from Mayor Jenny Durkan’s State… Read More

Effort to kill non-competes in Washington state fails again, leaving controversial contracts intact

Washington lawmakers’ efforts to crack down on non-compete agreements died in the state legislature this week. Two bills that would… Read More

Employment lawyers puzzled over IBM’s non-compete suit against Microsoft’s new diversity chief

IBM’s decision to sue a longtime human resources executive for taking a new job at Microsoft is raising questions among… Read More

Study: 1 in 10 Seattle residents live downtown and nearly 75% of commuters don’t drive alone to work

Seattle is speeding toward some of its density and transportation goals, according to a new study from an organization that… Read More

Bill Gates warns tech giants that a government crackdown may be in their future

Bill Gates believes the world’s biggest tech companies are “absolutely” behaving in a manner that risks major government intervention. The… Read More

The ethics of AI: Robots will rise, but will they rule us all?

PITTSBURGH — David Danks thinks a lot about the implications of artificial intelligence. In fact, the Carnegie Mellon University philosophy and… Read More

Pittsburgh Profiles: Black Tech Nation CEO Kelauni Cook is on a mission to make tech more inclusive

PITTSBURGH — Two years ago, Kelauni Cook moved from North Dakota to Pittsburgh chasing an opportunity she couldn’t pass up.… Read More

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