TechFlash: Vancouver attracts Microsoft jobs; Bitcoin ATM sparks privacy debate

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What Vancouver gets right that Seattle (and the U.S.) gets wrong Microsoft will more than double its work force in Vancouver, B.C., over the next year. Why? Immigration and education. America's first licensed bitcoin ATM opens in Seattle, sparks privacy debate A small Seattle company called Coinme has opened America's first federally regulated bitcoin ATM, but the requirements for use will likely send privacy advocates running. There's now another Seattle online real estate company There must be something in Seattle's water that makes entrepreneurs here want to start online real estate companies. Microsoft, other tech companies defy U.S. government, notify users of data requests U.S. tech firms like Microsoft, Facebook and Google have been putting up some resistance to government-ordered data requests and have begun alerting users when authorities target their data, the Washington Post reported. Seattle techies 'hack' to help the homeless More than 100 developers, designers, marketers and others are putting their skills toward the first Hack to End Homelessness. Microsoft bets big in Vancouver, B.C. Microsoft is making a $90 million investment with a new "Microsoft Canada Excellence Centre" in downtown Vancouver, B.C. Need a job? AT&T looking to hire 85 on Monday Need a job? ​AT&T is expanding in the Seattle area and the company will hold a job fair on Monday, looking to hire 85 people. National Tech News Josh Wise talks about being Nascar's Dogecoin driver How Bill Simmons helped ESPN poach Nate Silver from The New York Times Chocabyte to take 3D-printed chocolate global Harlequin: Made for women, owned again by a man Back 9 Links: Marxists feud over Karl Marx copyrights Digitized Kevin Spacey to play Call of Duty soldier of fortune

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