A variety of roles will be impacted, including product managers, software development engineers, user experience designers, data engineers, content designers, and others. Read More
Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol’s blend of bigger staffing rosters and AI-powered tools appears to be easing the mobile order bottleneck that former CEO Howard Schultz called the company’s “biggest Achilles heel.” Read More
Seattle-based Rover Group has acquired Meowtel, a cat-focused pet-sitting marketplace, as the company expands deeper into specialized care for pet owners. Read More
Microsoft and Amazon are rivals in the cloud, but on the same page when it comes to Washington’s housing crisis — literally, in the case of a joint op-ed and full-page ad in The Seattle Times. Read More
A former Expedia Group employee who secretly recorded women by hiding spy cameras throughout the company’s Seattle headquarters — including in bathrooms — was sentenced Friday to four years in prison. Prosecutors described the scope of the case as “staggering.” Read More
Researchers inWashington State University’s School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering said the robot can see an apple, extend and retract to pick fruit in about 25 seconds. Read More
SmarTek21 has sued TGP GP Management, accusing the New York-based advisor of flawed due diligence in a $5.2 million acquisition that has since required repeated cash infusions. Read More
Joe Nguyen is stepping down as director of Washington state’s Department of Commerce and is expected to be named the next leader of the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber. Read More
New U.S. restrictions on foreign-made drones could reshape the industry — and give Washington state a major opening. Brinc Drones CEO Blake Resnick says the region’s existing players and aerospace talent position Seattle to benefit as domestic manufacturers scale up. Read More
The 7,400-square-foot space in the Key Center building is currently home to 15 employees, with room to accommodate 20 and expand further to meet market demands. Read More
A divided federal appeals court ruled that the University of Washington violated a computer science professor’s First Amendment rights by investigating and warning him over a parody land acknowledgment in a course syllabus, saying student discomfort does not justify retaliation against protected academic speech. Read More
The University of Washington’s Youth Advisory Board, a group of teens from Seattle-area schools, tackled school phone policies, highlighting the need for student input. Read More
Our annual holiday extravaganza will feature food, drinks, music, dancing, karaoke, games and the best chance to network with more than 700 fellow tech community members. Read More
The festive night includes food, drinks, karaoke, games, and plenty of surprise moments. Party alongside the region’s top innovators and entrepreneurs. Read More
A newly proposed payroll tax would add new costs for large businesses in Washington state. But Rep. Shaun Scott, a Seattle Democrat sponsoring the bill, argues it would protect the basic services that help companies recruit and retain talent. Read More
A generation of experienced tech professionals — directors, senior managers, etc. — are discovering that they aren’t immune to the widespread layoffs happening across Big Tech. Read More
