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‘Upstarts’ author Brad Stone on Uber’s scandals, Airbnb’s regulatory fight, and lessons from Amazon

When it comes to disruption, Brad Stone wrote the book. Twice. The best-selling author of The Everything Store, a detailed account… Read More

Seattle votes to ‘upzone’ University District to accommodate the city’s population and tech boom

The Seattle City Council unanimously voted today to “up-zone” the University District, giving developers the green light to build taller… Read More

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Seattle mayor seeks $25M from private sector to fight homelessness, taps investor Nick Hanauer to lead $55M tax measure

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray believes the city needs to double its spending on homelessness and he’s calling on the region’s business… Read More

Working Geek: How Gabe Frost balances building a startup and running a Microsoft engineering team

With two full-time jobs and a toddler, Gabe Frost knows a thing or two about the importance of time management.… Read More

As Trump stokes fears, startup backed by tech heavyweights aims to help immigrants ‘take control of their journey’

Xiao Wang is an immigrant success story. He came to the U.S. from Nanjing at three and went on to… Read More

Washington state AG declares victory over President Trump in immigration case

Bob Ferguson is declaring victory. Washington state’s Attorney General Bob Ferguson says President Trump is effectively conceding defeat in a… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Amazon vets launch crowdsourced decision-making app Abett

From advertising to city planning, data powers the modern world. And while businesses are becoming increasingly sophisticated in leveraging data… Read More

Federal judges decline to resume Trump’s immigration ban, siding with Washington state

President Trump’s controversial executive order temporarily restricting immigration to the U.S. will not be reinstated at this time, thanks to… Read More

Startups and VCs join legal fight against Trump’s immigration ban, claiming ‘immediate harm’ to the innovation economy

Tech giants, like Amazon, Expedia, Google, and Microsoft, have thrown their considerable weight behind Washington state and Minnesota in a… Read More

Trump administration seeks to reinstate immigration ban in court hearing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEK8FCBMkMQ Today, attorneys representing Washington state and the U.S. Department of Justice are presenting oral arguments to try to sway… Read More

How to stream today’s immigration showdown between the Trump administration and the states

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEK8FCBMkMQ This is escalating quickly. Today, three judges from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments to… Read More

New court filing: Google, Uber, Microsoft and nearly 100 others back Washington state case vs. Trump

Nearly 100 companies — including Google, Microsoft, Twitter, Facebook, Uber and other big technology brands — filed a brief overnight with… Read More

Washington AG explains how Amazon, Expedia, and Microsoft influenced crucial victory over Trump

Washington state secured a temporary restraining order on Friday that immediately halted implementation of President Trump’s executive immigration order nationwide — and… Read More

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Jobaline raises $3.5 million to expand hourly jobs platform and grow its team by 25%

Jobaline has secured $3.5 million in new funding to expand its bilingual marketplace for hourly jobs and grow its Kirkland,… Read More

Working Geek: New DocuSign CEO Dan Springer returns to tech after 3 years as a stay-at-home dad

Just two weeks ago, DocuSign named cloud tech veteran Dan Springer CEO after more than a year searching for the… Read More

Trump’s immigration crackdown may force Amazon and Microsoft to shift some workers to Canada

Prior to President Trump’s controversial immigration orders, Amazon offered positions in the U.S. to seven Iranian-born candidates. Now, the company… Read More

Walmart ditches membership program, tries to best Amazon with free 2-day shipping for all customers

Amazon is a tough rival to beat at its own game — so Walmart is trying a different tactic. Effective… Read More

Trump poised to kill Obama’s plan to allow foreign entrepreneurs to build startups in the U.S.

Well, that was fast. The Trump administration has reportedly set the wheels in motion to undo former President Obama’s plan to help… Read More

Google CEO on competition with Amazon Echo and Alexa: Don’t count us out yet

Amazon is still reaping the benefits of its early lead in home voice technology, thanks to its Echo smart speaker… Read More

Geeky toy companies collide as Seattle-area’s Funko acquires London’s Underground Toys Unlimited

Funko, a novelty toy maker out of Everett, Wash., is acquiring London-based Underground Toys Limited (UTL) for an undisclosed sum. You… Read More

Casual Connect video game conference will return to Seattle after 4 years in San Francisco

The prodigal game conference returns. It has been four years since Casual Connect, the big casual games convention, left Seattle, as… Read More

Working Geek: Why DomainTools’ CEO Tim Chen rejects social networks

For the CEO of a cybersecurity firm, Tim Chen has some surprisingly luddite tendencies. “I’m old school,” he says, explaining… Read More

Entrepreneurs and investors will love this game about pitching ‘objectively bad startup ideas’

Attention, nerds: This is the party game for you. “Pitch Deck” is kind of like “Cards Against Humanity” for the… Read More

Why this Seattle startup moved to rural South Dakota — and what happened next

Camp Native CEO David Woodbury describes Spearfish, S.D., as a place with “the least amount of tech startup activity in the… Read More

Stay Alfred raises $15M to expand lodging business that rents apartments like hotels

Stay Alfred, a Spokane, Wash. lodging startup that operates short-term rentals out of the downtown neighborhoods of major U.S. cities,… Read More

Obama’s edict to help immigrant entrepreneurs start companies in the U.S. is finalized

(Updated Jan. 18 to reflect the correct date the rule takes effect). The Department of Homeland Security has officially published a… Read More

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Zillow Group grows New York footprint, acquiring Hamptons Real Estate Online

Zillow Group, the Seattle-based real estate tech titan, just bought another New York web property. Hamptons Real Estate Online, a… Read More

Startup Spotlight: On-demand beauty service Tousled brings salon professionals to your door

When Priya Dandawate was studying engineering at the University of Illinois, she moonlighted in local beauty parlors. She saw big inefficiencies in… Read More

Seattle City Council hopeful says he’ll let constituents control his decisions with an app

What happens when a politician crowdsources every policy decision? Ryan Asbert, a 31-year-old freelance web developer, intends to find out. He’s planning… Read More

May the firewall be with you: Tech security lessons from Star Wars ‘Rogue One’

A brief time ago in a theater close, close by … I saw a group of heroic rebel hackers infiltrate… Read More

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