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 | EXCLUSIVE: Fast-growing Kirkland tech company to move headquarters to Bellevue's One Twelfth at Twelfth The company has leased more than 60,000 square feet of office space in downtown Bellevue, after a months-long search to find a new home for the company. | |  | UW, Nordstrom, Costco and SDOT partner to improve urban deliveries The new University of Washington's new Supply Chain Transportation & Logistics Center will research how businesses can quickly deliver to a growing number of customers when streets are already packed with freight trucks, commuters and cyclists. | |  | Twitter suspends access to social media surveillance service used by Seattle Police Facebook also distanced itself form data mining company Geofeedia, which had agreements with hundreds of law enforcement agencies to provide social media location data during protests or major events. | |  | Seattle may be first to accept driverless cars — but many residents don't want to own one While most Washington and Oregon residents surveyed believe driverless cars will be on city streets and highways in the next decade, only 40 percent said they'd want to own a driverless car if price was not an issue. | |  | Meet 'the Band-Aid CEO:' The leader you want to hold things together when it's time to sell Erik Prusch may not be a household name, but he's led two Puget Sound-area companies through major acquisitions and prepped another for its acquisition. Here's a look at his leadership style. | | | | |  | Seattle-based SightLife spins out for-profit arm, raises $10 million SightLife – a nonprofit global health organization with a focus on human corneas for transplant – has launched SightLife Surgical as an "engine" to accelerate the company's mission to end corneal blindness by 2040. | |  | Washington Council on International Trade president resigns to join Port of Seattle Eric Schinfeld leaves after five years but insists he'll still keep fighting for international trade in his new Port of Seattle government relations job, literally just down the street. | |  | Redfin releases workforce diversity data, CEO calls current levels 'unacceptable' CEO Glenn Kelman revealed while Redfin's technology workforce – like most Puget Sound-area companies – is mostly white and male, the firm is taking active steps to improve the number of women and people of color within its ranks. | |  | $3 billion unicorn DocuSign enters second year of CEO search E-signature company DocuSign is entering the second year of its search for a new CEO, after Google in March swiped the only known candidate for the position. | |  | Vioguard is raising $5 million for its self-sanitizing keyboard The keyboard automatically retracts into an enclosed monitor stand to be bathed in germicidal ultraviolet light that kills bacteria like E. coli and the deadly MRSA infection without creating new "superbugs." | |  | Port of Seattle cruise terminal wins editor's choice award from Cruise Critic, reveals Seattle's secret Our secret is out: the popular Cruise Critic web site for cruise enthusiasts gave us an award and told thousands of its readers it rains less in Seattle "than most visitors have been led to believe." | | National Tech News A new ruling could be a game-changer for Uber drivers across the U.S. Tesla claims it now owns nearly a third of the U.S. large luxury sedan market Special Report: Do your homework before you move to the cloud Billionaire tech investors back measure to remove S.F. homeless encampments The Internet of Things is growing, and so is the threat from hackers | Companies in the News |
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