Sen. Elizabeth Warren at a rally in Seattle. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) It’s unusual for an east coast senator and presidential candidate to wade into local politics in a city on the other side of the country. But that’s what happened Saturday when Sen. Elizabeth Warren got wind of Amazon’s equally unusual $1.45 million […]
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan speaks at a 2018 launch event for sea.citi, alongside Amazon public policy manager Eileen Sullivan, and sea.citi CEO Nick Merriam. (GeekWire Photo / Monica Nickelsburg) Tech workers in progressive cities such as Seattle and San Francisco have a bad rap when it comes to civic engagement. As a Seattle Google engineer
Microsoft President Brad Smith speaking about his new book ‘Tools and Weapons’ at Seattle’s Town Hall. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) A new wave of employee activism is forcing tech companies to rethink — and in several cases cancel — contracts with the federal government because of some of President Donald Trump’s controversial policies. While
A Google booth at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. (GeekWire Photo / Nat Levy) Attorneys general from 50 U.S. states and territories launched an investigation into Google to find out whether the tech giant violates antitrust laws. A handful of them announced the probe Monday at a press conference on the steps of
Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren speaks at a rally Sunday in Seattle with an estimated 15,000 people in attendance. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren called for stronger antitrust enforcement and a wealth tax at a Seattle rally, drawing cheers from a crowd that her campaign estimated to be 15,000 people Sunday
