On Tuesday, the Washington State appeals court upheld the earlier ruling that the tax was legal, and Seattle’s “jump start” payroll tax on large enterprises will remain unchanged. The Seattle City Council…
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Seattle technical veterinarian led “approval vote” program is eligible to vote in November
An initiative aimed at changing the way Seattle voters choose candidates has been eligible to vote in November. Initiative 134 aims to introduce the “affirmative vote” into the Seattle primary, where voters…
Playstation plus and Xbox game pass: competing subscription services demonstrate different strategies
Sony released its improved Playstation plus subscription service on Monday, which will compete indirectly with Microsoft’s game pass. I continued to register the plus on the premium tier to see how they…
The former AWS engineer was convicted of Telecom fraud and computer intrusion in the 2019 capital one hacker attack
On Friday, a former Amazon network service engineer was charged with a large-scale hacker attack in 2019 and convicted of seven federal crimes in the U.S. District Court in Seattle. Prosecutors showed…
It is reported that Merck intends to acquire seagan, a Seattle biotechnology giant
According to the Wall Street Journal on Friday, the biopharmaceutical giant Merck is considering acquiring seagan, the largest biotechnology company in Seattle. The Wall Street Journal reported that “the negotiations have been…
Seattle was selected as one of the 11 host cities of the 2026 US World Cup
Seattle has proved to be the preferred location for American football. Now it will be shown to the world. The 2026 World Cup will be held in 16 cities in the United…
Women are “mean” and Asian men are “smart”: the report shows that workplace feedback is biased
TEXTIO is an enhanced writing platform that has completed a review of written job performance feedback from more than 25000 employees in 250 organizations. The Seattle company found that biased comments were…
Amazon added former Seattle Seahawks star richardsherman to the broadcast team of prime video
Richardsherman earned a reputation as a vocal performer in his famous NFL career. Now, the former Seattle Seahawks star defender will have a talk with Amazon Prime video’s “Thursday night football” broadcast…
Microsoft signed a “labor neutrality agreement” with the labor union representing Activision Blizzard employees
American Telecommunication workers announced on Monday that they had reached a labor neutral agreement with Microsoft, which will be applied to Activision Blizzard two months after Microsoft plans to acquire the game…
Here are the views of young entrepreneurs and investors on encryption technology
Encryption technology has become the mainstream. It used to be an esoteric investment held by certain people on the Internet. Now it is held by many investors in their portfolios. It is…