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Crosscut Festival 2018 Day 2
Equity

Corrosive or constructive? Debating Amazon's impact on Seattle

Cities vying for Amazon’s HQ2 have promised the company tax breaks, but are they ignoring the side effects of rising housing costs and gentrification that come with a tech boom?

by
  • Mason Bryan
/ February 7, 2018
Net neutrality internet
Politics

There’s one thing state lawmakers agree on: the internet

The Legislature is delving deeply into internet issues this year, including those that affect urban and rural areas.

by
  • John Stang
/ February 6, 2018
Amazon Seattle Campus
Tech

Shocker: It's mostly men moving to Seattle for tech jobs

New data shows that for every four men who moved to Seattle for a tech job in the last decade, only one woman did too.

by
  • Kristen M. Clark
/ January 17, 2018
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Tech

The inside story of Gamergate — at the Crosscut Festival

What if the machines that connect us with the world turned against us? Even worse, what if the threats leapt off the screen and terrorized us in real life?

by
  • Caroline Gerdes
/ January 10, 2018
Amazon biospheres
Opinion

Best of 2017: Amazon earned Seattle's hostility

Amazon’s recent announcement that it plans to open a second headquarters “fully equal” to its Seattle campus has triggered a depressingly predictable flood of panic and finger-pointing in the Emerald...

by
  • Jason Schmidt
/ December 27, 2017
Seattle municipal tower (1)
Tech

Best of 2017: At City Hall, a massive department is mired in chaos

Last summer, a Seattle police officer called in to say his in-car network was down. No driving or arrest records could be checked. There was no way to pull up any crisis-intervention advice. He couldn...

by
  • David Kroman
/ December 25, 2017
Server Farm, Net Neutrality
Politics

What undoing net neutrality could mean for Seattle startups

 As the Federal Communications Commission prepares to undo its net neutrality rules this week, large internet companies like AT&T and Comcast are saying there’s nothing to worry about.

by
  • Kery Murakami
/ December 11, 2017
Amazon Echo
Tech

Alexa, fix Seattle

Can the Amazon Echo solve all of Seattle's problems?

by
  • Knute Berger
/ December 10, 2017
Bike_Spin
Culture

Test riding Seattle's bike shares: A guide

Three private companies — Spin, ofo and LimeBike — have dropped 9,000 easily rentable two-wheelers onto our streets, placing us firmly at the forefront of American cities with dockless bike-share...

by
  • John Nelson
/ December 7, 2017
Credit Card Machine
Tech

Are restaurants cheating on sales taxes?

A person swiping a bank card on a credit card machine in a restaurant.

by
  • John Stang
/ December 3, 2017
Kwame Boler, NEU
Tech

#StartUpsSoWhite — So these entrepreneurs are breaking barriers

Kwame Boler pitched his Airbnb cleaning service, called NEU.

by
  • Aileen Imperial &
  • Stephen Hegg
/ December 1, 2017
Amazon's Seattle campus in South Lake Union.
Culture

How Amazon earned Seattle's scorn — and whether it's deserved

Site of future Amazon building on Amazon's Seattle campus in South Lake Union.

by
  • Drew Atkins
/ October 29, 2017
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Tech

The leader connecting communities through tech

David Harris will receive Crosscut's Courage in Technology award on October 12.

by
  • Cambria Roth
/ September 24, 2017
Amazon biospheres
Opinion

Amazon earned Seattle's hostility

The Amazon biospheres in downtown Seattle.

by
  • Jason Schmidt
/ September 13, 2017
Seattle municipal tower (1)
Tech

At City Hall, a massive department is mired in chaos

Outside the Seattle Municipal Tower, where the city's IT department operates

by
  • David Kroman
/ July 30, 2017
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