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Seattle mayor explains why he abandoned the property tax levy to fight homelessness championed by investor Nick Hanauer

Earlier this week, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray announced he was pulling the plug on a proposed property tax levy that… Read More

Tableau Desktop 9 Bundle

Tableau unveils new subscription pricing model for data visualization products

Tableau Software has released monthly subscription prices for its data visualization products, following through on a plan first disclosed last year… Read More

Wave scoops up Seattle internet service provider Cascadelink, its 22nd acquisition in 14 years

Wave Broadband has acquired Cascadelink, a Seattle-based gigabit internet service provider for apartment, condo and office buildings. Wave, which is… Read More

Study: Wage gap in tech persists, with women of color and LGBTQ women most affected

The gender wage gap in the U.S. has been slowly shrinking over the past decades, but in tech and other… Read More

Axon body camera

Body-camera maker Axon says it will offer its technology free to every police officer in the U.S.

Taser International, makers of law enforcement technologies including body cameras, supporting software, and data storage, announced a new program and… Read More

Cybersecurity startup Critical Informatics raises $3M, hires new CEO and announces plans for Seattle office

Cybersecurity startup Critical Informatics has been busy so far in 2017. The company Wednesday announced a flurry of moves, including… Read More

VC firms invest $16.5B into 1,797 startups in Q1 as investors return to ‘disciplined approach’

U.S. venture capitalists are returning back to rational dealmaking, according to what analysts say about new investment data from Q1… Read More

Airbnb ‘Trips’ launches in Seattle offering tourist activities from local experts

Travelers visiting Seattle can now book a catered breakfast beneath the Seattle Aquarium’s underwater dome through Airbnb. The “Seas the… Read More

On Equal Pay Day, Zillow announces female employees make $1.01 for every dollar earned by male counterparts

Unequal pay for equal work among men and women is a pervasive issue in the tech community. But Zillow Group… Read More

EY report: Global IPO markets reach 10-year high for Q1; U.S. activity up 200% from 2016

So far, so good for IPO activity in the U.S. and around the world. Global professional services firm EY published… Read More

More and more Silicon Valley tech workers are looking for jobs in other cities, Indeed data shows

Seattleites who say Bay Area tech workers are invading their city have new data to back up that claim. In… Read More

30 percent of malware is ‘zero-day,’ finds new WatchGuard cybersecurity study

New cybersecurity threats are challenging the ability of technology companies and traditional antivirus software companies to keep up, according to a… Read More

New work visa guidelines make it harder for U.S. tech companies to hire engineers

A new set of guidelines, issued by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Friday, requires computer programmers to provide additional… Read More

Starbucks to open dedicated mobile order-ahead store inside HQ as Kevin Johnson takes CEO reins

Starbucks is opening a new coffee shop that only accepts orders placed on a mobile device. The coffee giant will open… Read More

Product Hunt launches crowdsourced product search engine

Product Hunt already helps people find the latest and greatest products. Now it is launching a tool to let people find products… Read More

Pico Model C

PicoBrew redesigns its home craft beer machine, and new Kickstarter offers unit for just $279

Raise another glass to the folks at PicoBrew as they continue to make advances in their quest to bring simplified… Read More

How virtual reality is shaping the new home of Washington state’s oldest museum

A key concept for the new Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture at the University of Washington, currently under construction… Read More

This Week in Seattle: Mayor sues Trump, bike-sharing’s last ride, and more stuff you should know

This week in Seattle: Mayor Ed Murray sues President Trump and demands the city be more data-driven; Sen. Cantwell wants… Read More

President Trump’s travel ban won’t go into effect without reaching the Supreme Court

President Donald Trump’s controversial executive order temporarily barring immigrants from a handful of majority-Muslim countries from entering the U.S. may… Read More

Twitter will no longer count @usernames toward 140-character limit in replies

Good news for those feeling constrained by Twitter’s 140-character limit when conversing with other users on the social media platform.… Read More

Here’s what the new internet privacy bill could mean for consumers and the Seattle region

A Republican bill that significantly rolls back rules designed to prevent internet providers from selling consumer data has passed both houses… Read More

Rover and DogVacay

Rover acquires DogVacay, its biggest competitor in the online dog-sitting marketplace

Rover.com, the Seattle-based leader in the online pet sitting and dog walking marketplace, is taking a big bite out of the… Read More

Report: Seattle mayor is suing President Trump over crackdown on sanctuary cities

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray and City Attorney Pete Holmes plan to announce a lawsuit at 2 p.m. today over the… Read More

Richard Branson

Q&A: Billionaire Richard Branson on Bill Gates’ tennis game, how he met Jeff Bezos, and more

At the age of 66, Virgin billionaire Richard Branson has seen a lot of entrepreneurs come and go, but he’s… Read More

From startup to shutdown: 6 tips for entrepreneurs from billionaire Richard Branson

Hundreds of entrepreneurs and VIPs converged on Seattle’s Pioneer Square today to get advice from one of the world’s flashiest… Read More

Richard Branson

Richard Branson fears that Donald Trump is ruining politics for business leaders

Virgin Atlantic founder Richard Branson is clearly unhappy with President Donald Trump – and he thinks that a different sort of… Read More

Fred Hutch researcher awarded $3.2M to test novel cancer-zapping radiation treatment

When it comes to destroying cancer, Dr. Damian Green doesn’t mess around. Green is a researcher at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer… Read More

Shouraboura and Branson

How to boost women in business? There ought to be a law, Richard Branson says

To boost women’s status in business, Virgin billionaire Richard Branson says the United States and other countries should follow Norway’s… Read More

Live Video: Watch Richard Branson’s excellent entrepreneurial adventure

Not everyone can get in to the VIP business forum that Virgin Atlantic’s billionaire founder, Richard Branson, has organized in… Read More

How 1,200 volunteers on Slack are saving democracy, one data set at a time

Jonathon Morgan is a particularly devoted data scientist. He’s the founder and CEO of Austin-based data science startup New Knowledge, co-host… Read More

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