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Bill Gates on how to overcome vaccine worries and striving to match his dad’s achievements

As the U.S. lurches through the COVID-19 pandemic, the public has turned repeatedly to Bill Gates to get his insights… Read More

House antitrust probe says Amazon has ‘monopoly power’ over sellers, company slams ‘fringe’ findings

A long-awaited report from a U.S. House antitrust subcommittee finds that Amazon “has monopoly power over most third-party sellers and… Read More

Tableau integrates with Salesforce’s Einstein Analytics, now called Tableau CRM

Tableau announced that it is combining its software with Salesforce’s Einstein Analytics arm. The new offering will be known as… Read More

Bill Gates to speak at the 2020 GeekWire Summit

Bill Gates warned about the potential impact of an unchecked infectious virus years before the world faced COVID-19. Over the… Read More

Avalara pays $377M to acquire ‘tax answer company’ Transaction Tax Resources

Seattle sales tax automation company Avalara paid approximately $377 million in cash to acquire Transaction Tax Resources (TTR), a McMinnville,… Read More

Seattle mountaineering guide in legal battle with tech CEO seeking refund for failed Everest climb

Seattle mountaineering guide Garrett Madison and Silicon Valley tech CEO Zachary Bookman were set to take on the world’s tallest… Read More

Convoy rival Uber Freight raises $500M, valuing trucking logistics business at $3.3B

Uber Freight, the trucking logistics arm of Uber, today announced a $500 million investment led by Greenbriar that values the… Read More

Washington state AG sues Brown Paper Tickets for failure to pay event organizers and ticket refunds

Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson has filed a lawsuit against Seattle-based Brown Paper Tickets, accusing the company of failing… Read More

SpaceX provides Starlink satellites to help Washington state towns get online after wildfires

SpaceX is lending a helping hand to Washington state towns ravaged by recent wildfires. The Washington Emergency Management Division is… Read More

Steve Ballmer’s USAFacts airing $10M ad campaign during presidential debates to highlight real data

USAFacts, the nonpartisan, not-for-profit civic data initiative founded by former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, is launching a $10 million ad… Read More

Book Excerpt: How to build a startup with a different measure of success — your own satisfaction

[Editor’s Note: Lee LeFever shares lessons learned from building Common Craft, a Seattle company known for its distinctive explainer videos,… Read More

‘OpenAI should be renamed ClosedAI’: Reaction to Microsoft’s exclusive license of OpenAI’s GPT-3

Microsoft this week gained an exclusive license to OpenAI’s GPT-3, the state-of-the-art language model garnering attention across the tech industry.… Read More

Climate change reversal startup Nori raises $4M for its CO2 offsets marketplace

Nori, a Seattle-based startup striving to help reverse climate change, announced Thursday that it has closed a $4 million fundraising… Read More

Hired’s ‘Brand Health Report’ finds Microsoft is where Seattle-area tech talent wants to work

For the third straight year, Microsoft is the top-rated tech employer in the Seattle region according to the annual “Brand… Read More

Seeing through smoke: How FLIR’s thermal imaging tech helps assess Oregon’s wildfires from above

Cole Lindsay was nearly 20 nautical miles in the air Thursday morning above Oregon’s Silver Falls State Park as the… Read More

Accolade adds mental health support through Ginger partnership, citing growing national crisis

Health benefits technology company Accolade says it will provide access to mental health support, including on-demand virtual therapy, in partnership… Read More

Zillow rival Opendoor will go public via SPAC; home buying and selling platform valued at $4.8B

Opendoor, the Zillow Group rival that lets people directly buy and sell homes online, is going public. The San Francisco-based… Read More

Seattle startup vets launch ‘Two Screens for Teachers’ effort to help improve remote instruction

It’s hard enough for parents and kids trying to navigate remote learning from home. But for teachers forced to conduct… Read More

Bill and Melinda Gates: Here’s what it will take for the world to escape COVID-19 ‘catastrophes’

Bill and Melinda Gates paint a stark picture of COVID-19’s impact on the world in a new report, saying the… Read More

Facebook buys REI’s new HQ for $367M, expanding Seattle-area footprint beyond 3M square feet

Facebook is yet again expanding in the Seattle region, its largest engineering hub outside of Silicon Valley. The social media… Read More

Travel giant Booking.com will close Seattle-area office and slash 235 jobs

Online travel website Booking.com is closing its Bellevue, Wash., office. A Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification from the Washington Employment Security… Read More

6 tips to help working parents and employers survive — and maybe even thrive — during COVID

With U.S. schools back in session — but most kids learning remotely from home — working families and employers are… Read More

$5M Climate Impact Fund launches to support entrepreneurs tackling the climate crisis

Portland-based nonprofit VertueLab launched its $5 million Climate Impact Fund on Wednesday to support early stage, clean tech entrepreneurs focused… Read More

Portland passes nation’s strongest facial recognition ban for government and businesses

The Portland City Council on Wednesday passed legislation that bans government and private use of facial recognition. It’s the strongest… Read More

Seattle-area companies join ‘The Board Challenge,’ pledging to add Black directors within 12 months

Seattle-area tech companies are joining a national movement to increase the diversity on U.S. corporate boards of directors by adding… Read More

It’s still Day One for remote learning: A tech dad’s thoughts on the new era of public education

[Editor’s Note: Seattle tech entrepreneur and hacker Adam Doppelt, co-founder of local business recommendation startup Fresh Chalk, previously co-founded Dwellable… Read More

Decarbon8 names the first three startups for its climate-focused philanthropic investment fund

Decarbon8-US, the recently launched, climate-focused philanthropic investment fund, has announced the first three startups that it will be supporting and… Read More

T-Mobile launches $10.7B initiative to get more underserved students online for remote learning

With remote learning ramping up in school districts across the country, T-Mobile is launching a $10.7 billion initiative designed to… Read More

E-commerce growth platform Etailz changes name to Kaspien

Etailz, a Spokane, Wash.-based company that helps brands sell on huge platforms run by companies such as Amazon, Walmart and… Read More

Smartsheet stock dips 5% despite beating quarterly estimates with revenue up 41% to $91M

Smartsheet beat expectations for its fiscal second quarter, reporting revenue of $91.2 million, up 41%, and a non-GAAP net loss… Read More