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Read our coverage of the technology sector in Seattle, the Puget Sound area and Northwest. We follow startups and venture capital in fields such as cloud services, on-demand markets, supercomputing, enterprise software, gaming and virtual reality. Topics include Uber, Zillow, Redfin, Avvo, Vive, Oculus, Tableau, Zillow, Expedia, Cray, T-Mobile, Valve, Inrix, and of course Microsoft and Amazon.
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Why do some banks not allow me to log on through a secure VPN? | Q&A with Patrick Marshall
Questions about logging on to bank websites securely, buying the right type of laptop to replace an old desktop computer, and how to add a...
Panicking about your kids and their phones? Don’t, says new research.
The latest research, published Friday by two psychology professors, combs through about 40 studies that have examined the link between social media use and both...
Companies burned by big tech plead for Congress to regulate Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google
Tech giants took a public lashing at a congressional hearing Friday, where some of their smaller rivals, including Sonos and Tile, pleaded with federal lawmakers...
A Common Charger for All Phones? The European Union Is on the Case
The EU has tackled this before. In 2009, it got industry giants including Apple, Samsung and Nokia to introduce a universal smartphone charger. But the...
Alphabet joins Apple and Microsoft as nation’s third $1 trillion company
Google's parent company becomes the third U.S. firm to reach $1 trillion in market value.
Microsoft makes big push to tackle climate change, vowing to be ‘carbon negative’ by 2030 VIEW
The company says it also will push suppliers, customers and policymakers into more carbon-cutting actions while investing $1 billion over the next four years to...