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Joe Biden says Americans need more optimism for the future: ‘We’ve lost some of our mojo’

Joe Biden was sitting across from China President Xi Jinping one recent evening at a private dinner in Chengdu, China,… Read More

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Former Intel Chairman and CEO Andy Grove, pioneer of the PC era, dies at 79

Andrew Grove – the Intel chairman and CEO who helped usher in the age of microprocessors, personal computers and the Internet… Read More

How this Twitter VP’s grandmother shaped her perspective on the modern world of tech

Nandini Ramani is vice president of engineering at Twitter, but despite her high-ranking position, she says it hasn’t gotten easier to be… Read More

‘KeRanger’ explained: Why this new Mac ransomware poses a serious threat

2016 is well on its way to becoming the year of ransomware, which should come as no surprise to anyone… Read More

Front Desk raises additional $1M from Wave Maker Partners, preparing for next phase of growth

Front Desk, the Seattle startup that makes management, payment, and scheduling software used by a wide range of businesses, has raised an additional… Read More

Amazon starts selling Comcast Xfinity packages in first-of-its-kind relationship with cable giant

Amazon has quietly rolled out the Amazon Cable Store in a bid to make cable TV, internet and home phone service much… Read More

Expedia live-streams the world to hospitalized kids with innovative 360-degree video room

Kiara, a patient at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, loves horses. She plays with toy horses, colors in horse coloring books,… Read More

Apple goes small: 4-inch iPhone SE and smaller iPad Pro unveiled at media event

People with small hands or pockets rejoice! Apple just updated its 4-inch iPhone, now called the iPhone SE, with many… Read More

Twitter at 10: Jack Dorsey speaks out about augmenting reality, shifting priorities, and facing challenges

Ten years ago, to the day, Jack Dorsey launched a platform that would facilitate social movements, spark a new form of… Read More

FBI investigating growing number of ransomware cases, report says

Ransomware, the name given to a form of online extortion, is becoming a bigger threat in the United States. Ransomware… Read More

6 secrets for success in the tech industry: Advice from the Women Who Code conference in Seattle

It can be difficult to be a woman working in technology. Men dominate the field, while women hover at about 20 percent of… Read More

Facebook security exec Regina Wallace-Jones: Why technical skills aren’t enough to be a great engineer

The head of security operations at Facebook, Regina Wallace-Jones, is in charge of protecting 1.6 billion people. She’s an engineer who does math and… Read More

Silicon Valley invasion: Seattle job trends show tech workers migrating north

Employers are filling tech jobs in Seattle faster than ever, according to the chief economist of Indeed, based on her analysis… Read More

Mysterious acquirer of Meld smart-cooking startup finally identified

Meld, the Seattle-based maker of smart knobs for the stove, was acquired last September, but declined to name the buyer at… Read More

Company builders wanted: Can you find any Seattle investors on this list of the top 100 venture capitalists?

Seattle’s tech industry is flourishing. Amazon.com is booming, becoming one of the most dominant players in business. Dozens of Silicon… Read More

Twitter killing off TweetDeck app for Windows, but improving login through browser

Twitter is killing the TweetDeck app for Windows, the pro Twitter client that it bought five years ago. But it… Read More

Web jeweler Blue Nile to open first physical store outside New York, presses on with bricks-and-mortar strategy

Blue Nile, the online jewelry store, continues to draw up blueprints for physical storefronts, as it tries to wed internet sales… Read More

Nintendo joins the smartphone revolution with its first app, in Japan

Nintendo is finally coming to the smartphone, but it’s not exactly the kind of app you’d expect from a company… Read More

All the porn you can stream: Adult app maker MiKandi joins T-Mobile’s Binge On program

T-Mobile’s Binge On program has been controversial from the start, but the latest partner in the program may be the… Read More

Uber unveils new breathalyzer kiosk inside a bar as part of new deal with City of Seattle

Uber today announced a new partnership with the City of Seattle to help curb drunk driving. The collaboration is part of… Read More

ULA exec resigns after controversial comments about Blue Origin, SpaceX and U.S. government

The VP of Engineering at United Launch Alliance (ULA), Brett Tobey, has resigned after comments he made in a Tuesday… Read More

How to watch March Madness for free, without a cable subscription

There are a few options to watch March Madness games for those that don’t have a cable subscription. If have… Read More

Expedia moves key exec to HomeAway, will use flagship travel sites to battle AirBnB in major cities

Expedia’s longtime chief product officer, John Kim, a key player in the resurgence of the travel giant’s flagship site, has moved to a… Read More

PATH opens new vaccine innovation center with $11M from Gates Foundation

PATH, the Seattle-based global heath nonprofit, is opening a new Center for Vaccine Innovation and Access, funded initially through an $11 million… Read More

Menlo Ventures leads $14.5M round for Usermind, an enterprise business operations startup

Usermind is bringing on another top-tier investor as the Seattle startup continues to develop its enterprise business operations platform. The company today… Read More

Motorola and Socrata partner to improve neighborhood crime reporting, seeking to help police rebuild public trust

Motorola Solutions, the Schaumburg, Ill.-based telecommunications company, and Socrata, the Seattle digital government startup, are partnering to improve Motorola’s crime reporting… Read More

Sony to launch Playstation VR for $399 right before 2016 holiday season

Sony’s virtual reality headset may be coming to the VR party a little late, but it’s going to be a lot… Read More

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Instagram to test personalized, algorithmic-based feed

Instagram is following in the footsteps of Facebook and Twitter, announcing plans today to use algorithms that surface photos and… Read More

Xerox cuts 325 jobs as it shuts down operations at Redmond call center

Xerox has notified all 325 employees at its Redmond, Wash., facility that their jobs will be cut by the beginning of May this… Read More

Seattle

Study claims Seattleites spend 66 hours per year in traffic, but some say that number’s deceptive

You don’t have to be a Blue Origin rocket scientist to see that Seattle has a serious traffic problem. The… Read More

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