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Will the new capital gains tax cause businesses to leave Washington state?
Now that Washington state’s new capital gains tax has the legal green light, many business leaders are sounding the alarm.
Microsoft job cuts surpass 2,700 in Seattle region; security technology group hit in latest round
Microsoft made another 559 job cuts in the Seattle region on Monday, according to a filing with the state Employment Security Department (ESD), bringing the regional total to 2,743 layoffs since the company started making cuts in January.
Filing: Blue Nile laying off workers and shutting down Seattle fulfillment center
Online jewelry retailer Blue Nile is shutting down a fulfillment center in Seattle and laying off 119 workers, according to a new filing with the Washington state Employment Security Department.
Seattle becomes first U.S. city to permanently require sick leave for delivery and app-based workers
The Seattle City Council today unanimously approved rules providing paid sick leave for food-delivery and other on-demand, app-based gig economy workers.
Microsoft buying TikTok wouldn’t be so strange after all — here’s why it’s still unlikely to happen
With the future of TikTok in the U.S. in doubt again, there’s a fresh round of speculation about potential buyers for the hit social video app.
Amazon says Sidewalk reaches 90% of U.S. population, as it opens network to developers
Amazon says its Sidewalk community wireless network, formed by pooling internet bandwidth from users of Amazon devices, now covers 90% of the U.S.
New climate marketplace raises $6.1M to move clean energy cash into impactful projects
As international scientists are frantically raising alarms about climate change, corporations, public policy and tech innovation are coming together to potentially unleash a large-scale rollout of solar, wind, batteries and other renewable power sources.
Amazon’s tech is a hit: Seattle Mariners add three more stadium stores featuring ‘Just Walk Out’
Technology and tech culture are taking a permanent spot in the lineup at T-Mobile Park this season.
Can ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ and other tabletop games help youth build social skills?
A new whitepaper from two Seattle organizations exhibits research into how tabletop roleplaying games, such as Wizards of the Coast’s Dungeons & Dragons, can be used to help children and teenagers develop their social skills.
Tech Moves: Convoy vet joins Xembly; Seattle climate firm hires Goldman Sachs exec; and more
— Ziad Ismail is now chief operating officer of Xembly, a Seattle startup that offers an artificial intelligence “chief of staff” designed to automate tedious tasks such as meeting notes, scheduling, to-do lists and more.
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