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Downtown Seattle leader calls Amazon’s return-to-office mandate ‘influential’ as 5-day policy begins

Will other companies follow Amazon’s lead?

Judge denies Uber’s motion to block new Seattle law regulating the driver deactivation process

A federal judge denied Uber’s effort to stop the enforcement of a new Seattle law that establishes labor standards for the driver deactivation process.

Bench Accounting to be acquired by Employer.com following abrupt shutdown

After a surprise shutdown that shocked customers, Vancouver, B.C.-based startup Bench Accounting will be acquired by Employer.com.

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Barnes & Noble sells ‘a better book’ than Amazon: CEO credits bookstore experience at revived chain

Barnes & Noble went from near-bust to back in action and the CEO of the nation’s largest remaining book chain credits a revived, independent-minded experience for helping the company take on Amazon.

Zoom lands in Microsoft’s backyard with new Bellevue office

Zoom is the latest tech company to open a satellite office in the Seattle region, planting a flag nearby rivals Microsoft and Google.

Investor predictions 2025: Seattle VCs sound off on AI, remote work, and city’s tech ecosystem

What do startups need to do to succeed in the year ahead?

On the ground from Amazon HQ in Seattle: Small businesses ‘excited’ as 5-day policy kicks in

Standing inside her food truck Spice on Curve in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood on Thursday, Nasima Akhter was prepping for the lunchtime rush of Amazon employees.

The Year in Space: Amazon’s Project Kuiper revs up to join the megaconstellation market

What will 2025 bring from the final frontier? The rise of Amazon's Project Kuiper satellite network will be one of the big stories in space.

Can Microsoft avoid the ghost of Clippy? Familiar theme emerges in Copilot rollout for Office apps

In late October, Microsoft announced that it was starting to test the integration of its Copilot AI assistant into Microsoft 365 Personal and Family subscriptions — consumer versions of Office apps such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and OneNote — in Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, and Thailand.

Microsoft offers U.S. a roadmap to win AI race vs. China, signals $80B in FY25 capital spending

The United States needs an overarching national strategy to ensure it prevails in the global AI race — focusing on R&D funding, education, and workforce development, and ensuring that American tech companies aren't slowed down by "heavy-handed regulations," Microsoft President Brad Smith writes in a post today.

‘From impossible to merely difficult’: AI collaborates with a vintage 1980s musical gadget

What happens when you mix modern AI with a piece of vintage technology and the musical stylings of a very amateur guitarist?

Ask the Expert: Working remotely vs. in the office — which actually works better?

Our latest Ask the Expert business advice column focuses on the debate over remote work, which continues to be a highly debated topic, nearly five years after tech companies sent their employees home at the outset of the pandemic.

A better weather forecast: Microsoft vets lead startup outperforming traditional sources

Seattle startup Silurian's weather forecasting tool uses artificial intelligence or AI to outperform government prediction tools.

Climate activism and community-building startup draws tech workers seeking camaraderie

Seattle's Soapbox Project is holding a launch party next week, kicking off its regular Tuesday meet ups around climate activism and community.

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