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WeWork to open third location in Seattle with room for 600 new members

WeWork is expanding again in Seattle. The six-year-old New York-based company, which manages 53 co-working spaces in 19 cities worldwide, is… Read More

Twitter head of design Mike Davidson leaves company to take a ‘break from work’

Mike Davidson is leaving Twitter. Davidson, the company’s vice president of design, said earlier this week that he’s leaving Twitter three years… Read More

Comcast data caps cost this consumer $90 a month extra; more fees for more users coming in January

While Comcast moves ahead with its plan to add cell-phone-like data usage fees to home Internet service, consumers like Kimberly… Read More

Whitepages lays off 12 employees to adjust for new advertising strategy

Whitepages today confirmed with GeekWire that it laid off 12 employees as it shifts its advertising strategy. The Seattle-based company… Read More

Seattle councilmember who created Uber union law: ‘We can be pro-innovation, but also pro-worker’

The last time the Seattle City Council implemented a law that Uber didn’t like — a cap on the number of… Read More

You did it! Geeks Give Back campaign surpasses $500k goal for STEM education

Geeks Give Back. It’s a philanthropic campaign that GeekWire hosts each year, as well as a definitive statement about our… Read More

Live from the Star Wars Marathon at Cinerama — All seven movies in a row

Star Wars: The Force Awakens premiers in Seattle on Thursday night, and there is no better place in town to… Read More

Pandora will pay more for streaming songs under new ruling — but not as much as music labels wanted

Pandora is going to be paying 20 percent more for every song its users stream, after the Copyright Royalty Board released… Read More

Facebook partners with Uber to let people hail rides through Messenger

Facebook today announced a new feature for its messaging platform that allows users to request an Uber from within Messenger.… Read More

Windows 10 app store hits 2.5B visits since launch as major apps are overhauled for universal use

One of the defining features of Windows 10 is its ability to run pretty much anywhere, from powerful desktops to the… Read More

University says it won’t post TEDx video that accuses Gravity Payments CEO of abuse

A video of a TEDx talk by the former wife of Dan Price won’t be posted publicly after representatives of the… Read More

The true colors of ‘Star Wars’: A Black female geek’s new hope for a more inclusive universe

I honestly cannot recall a time when Star Wars was not a force in my life, surrounding me and binding… Read More

Textio raises $8M as major tech companies use its tools to attract more diverse job applicants

Textio has made plenty of headlines recently as companies like Twitter, Microsoft, Starbucks and Square have publicly talked about how… Read More

Here are Google’s ‘top trending searches’ for 2015 — tech gadgets included

Lamar Odom. Hurricane Patricia. Jurassic World. These were some of the “top trending searches” of 2015, according to Google’s “Year… Read More

Testing Amy: What it’s like to have appointments scheduled by an AI assistant

I met Amy several months ago when a colleague invited me to a meeting. My first thought was jealousy over… Read More

Report: Comcast data caps result in more than 13,000 FCC complaints

Comcast is slowly expanding data caps for its home internet users, with many Xfinity Internet users in the southeast U.S.… Read More

University of Washington adds data science master’s program to meet demand in job market

With the explosion of cloud computing, machine learning and other data-intensive projects throughout the tech field, companies are struggling to… Read More

T-Mobile, Expedia added to Nasdaq-100 Index of largest non-financial companies

When the market opens next Monday, two Seattle-area companies will be included in the Nasdaq-100 Index. As part of an… Read More

Alibaba partners with Disney for on-demand streaming service in China

Alibaba and Disney are teaming up for a new streaming service in China. The Chinese e-commerce giant announced a multi-year deal with… Read More

Expedia completes $3.9 billion acquisition of Airbnb competitor HomeAway

Expedia just finalized its acquisition of HomeAway, meaning the online travel giant is now officially going head-to-head with Airbnb. The blockbuster… Read More

Seattle mayor objects to Uber union legislation, declines to sign bill and asks for changes

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray declined to sign a new law the City Council unanimously approved on Monday that will give Uber, Lyft, taxi, and other… Read More

Seattle gives Uber and Lyft drivers the right to unionize — first law of its kind in the nation

The Seattle City Council today unanimously passed legislation that gives Uber, Lyft, taxi and other “for-hire” drivers the right to unionize — the first… Read More

F5 Networks CEO Manny Rivelo resigns over ‘personal conduct matters’ after less than 5 months

F5 Networks CEO Manny Rivelo, who took the position less than five months ago, resigned this weekend due to unspecified… Read More

Seattle councilmembers to vote on law that would unionize Uber, Lyft drivers

It’s a big day for Uber and Lyft drivers in Seattle — and those that think they should be protected… Read More

Tableau Software set to hire another 1,000 employees in 2016; CEO says business ‘flourishing’

Inside his second-floor office overlooking Lake Union in Seattle, Tableau Software CEO Christian Chabot peers out the window at his… Read More

Guest Commentary: Don’t impose antiquated rules on the Sharing Economy

Seattle has been on the leading edge of many of the cultural shifts transforming our nation for nearly a quarter… Read More

Book Excerpt: Patents Demystified: An Insider’s Guide to Protecting Ideas and Inventions

Author Dylan Adams is a patent attorney at the Seattle law firm Davis Wright Tremaine. He holds a master’s in… Read More

Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Reid Hoffman and others commit $1B to stop AI from taking over the world

While flying cars and (real) hoverboards may not be coming any time soon, there’s a lot of effort and money… Read More

Analysts: Redbox might be dying, but this week’s 29% stock drop was an overreaction

Redbox may be dying, but it’s not dead yet. And that creates opportunity. That’s the key message from several stock market analysts who… Read More

Uber, Lyft on verge of legal pick-ups at Seattle airport

Uber and Lyft are not yet legally allowed to pick up riders at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, but that could change… Read More