Neowin News Feed for: Washington

Microsoft cuts 830 jobs in Washington as global layoffs target Xbox and sales

Paul Hill — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 07:02:01 +0000

Microsoft's recent layoff of 9,000 employees affected 830 workers in Washington, Microsoft's home state in the US. Read more...

'Sold by Amazon' to be shuttered for good as it was anti-competitive and violated antitrust laws

Alap Naik Desai — Wed, 26 Jan 2022 22:54:02 +0000

Amazon will have to shut down the Sold by Amazon program for good because Washington state's attorney general found it was anticompetitive and violated antitrust laws. It ran from 2018 to 2020. Read more...

Google is getting sued for misleading users about their location data

Karthik Mudaliar — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 16:02:01 +0000

Google is getting sued by the Office of the Attorney General in Washington DC, Indiana, Texas, and Washington State for deceiving users about how it handles their location data and profits out of it. Read more...

Airbnb is canceling all Washington DC metro area reservations throughout inauguration week

Usman Khan Lodhi — Wed, 13 Jan 2021 19:02:02 +0000

In response to officials asking people not to travel to Washington DC, Airbnb is canceling all bookings in the metro area throughout the inauguration week. Those who made bookings will be refunded. Read more...

Amazon plans 10,000 Bellevue jobs in the coming years

Paul Hill — Fri, 04 Sep 2020 16:38:02 +0000

Amazon has announced that it plans to offer 10,000 new jobs in Bellevue in the coming years. This will be made possible thanks to additional office space that is under construction. Read more...

Microsoft teams up with Native Network to bring broadband to more rural communities

Hamza Jawad — Thu, 08 Nov 2018 18:16:01 +0000

A new agreement between Microsoft and Native Network will see 73,500 people living in rural communities in rural Montana and Washington receive broadband internet as part of the Airband Initiative. Read more...

The state of Washington sues Facebook and Google for not keeping track of election ads

Gurkaran Singh — Tue, 05 Jun 2018 10:24:01 +0000

The state capital of the United States is filing a lawsuit against the two conglomerates for allegedly violating campaign finance law. The state seeks penalties and an injuction on the two companies. Read more...

Microsoft invites Windows Insiders to US Lumia 950 and 950 XL launch events on December 1

Andy Weir — Tue, 24 Nov 2015 18:54:59 +0000

Mirroring similar events in other parts of the world, Microsoft is inviting Insiders to celebrate the US launch of its new Windows 10 Mobile flagships in New York City and Bellevue, Washington. Read more...

Microsoft sees all your HTTPS links in Skype, and you didn't know

Paul Ferson — Wed, 15 May 2013 06:53:59 +0000

Since Skype's takeover by Microsoft, it seems the Redmond-based giant has been able to cast an approving eye over HTTPS links that are sent. Read more...

Microsoft hiring for second retail store in Bellevue, Washington

John Callaham — Fri, 03 May 2013 21:47:16 +0000

Microsoft is hiring for a unannounced specialty store in Bellevue, Washington, which would be the second retail store location near to Microsoft's Redmond headquarters. Read more...

Time Lapse: The original Microsoft campus construction

Steven Parker — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:11:31 +0000

Microsoft has uploaded a video to Youtube showing the first of its many buildings going up on the Microsoft campus in a time lapse to complement its 88 Acres initiative. Read more...

Microsoft sues 27-year partner over work quality

Paul Ferson — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 00:46:01 +0000

Microsoft has turned against a partner they've had since the mid-1980s in Callison Architecture, due to poor quality work on one of their main data centers. This left thousands of machines at risk. Read more...

Washington state to allow voter registration on Facebook

Anthony Tosie — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 14:42:34 +0000

The state of Washington will soon allow residents to register to vote via a Facebook application. The application was developed in a joint effort between the state, Facebook and Microsoft. Read more...

Microsoft, Washington State Sue Scareware Vendors

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 09:06:33 +0000

The Attorney General's Office along with Microsoft announced the filing of new cases under Washington's recently improved Computer Spyware Act during a joint press conference today in Seattle. "We won't tolerate the use of... Read more...

George Washington Students to Get a Taste of iTunes U

Sat, 02 Sep 2006 22:34:28 +0000

Beginning this fall, George Washington University will team up with Apple computers to offer audio recordings of classroom lectures over the Internet using the iTunes music program. The new software, called "iTunes U," is designed... Read more...

Online Gambler in Washington State? Fold Now or Face Felony

Wed, 31 May 2006 23:16:03 +0000

Beginning next month, Washington residents who play poker or make other types of wagers on the Internet will be committing a Class C felony, equivalent under the law to possessing child pornography, threatening the governor... Read more...

Washington Post picks up Slate from Microsoft

Tue, 21 Dec 2004 18:05:46 +0000

The Washington Post Co. announced Tuesday that it has agreed to purchase online magazine Slate from Microsoft. In a deal that had been rumored since at least mid-November, the Post will take... Read more...

Microsoft's new interest in Washington

Fri, 08 Aug 2003 18:18:16 +0000

At the height of the U.S. government's antitrust pursuit of Microsoft, Bill Gates and his execs were vigorously denouncing rivals Sun Microsystems and Oracle for using the Feds to try to cripple the world's largest... Read more...

US judge blocks Washington game sales law

Fri, 11 Jul 2003 04:24:08 +0000

A federal judge postpones the enforcement of the Washington state law that was to restrict the sales of certain video games starting this month. According to a Reuters report, US District Judge... Read more...

Microsoft takes spam plan to Washington

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 22 May 2003 11:55:08 +0000

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates weighed in on the spam debate for a congressional hearing Wednesday, outlining in a letter the legal measures he believes are necessary to stop junk e-mail. "The torrent of unwanted, unsolicited,... Read more...

IDSA To Challenge Washington State Law

Marcel Klum — Wed, 21 May 2003 18:51:43 +0000

In a report from Reuters today, The Interactive Digital Software Association (IDSA) stated that it would challenge the bill signed yesterday by Washington State Gov. Gary Locke, in court. The bill makes it... Read more...

Washington State to ban 'violent' game sales

Michael Stanclift — Fri, 02 May 2003 17:25:07 +0000

The legal tango between the gaming industry and the government has taken a step in the government's direction. Washington State's senate passed a bill Thursday that would institute a fine of up to $500 to... Read more...

Tech money pours into Washington

Michael Stanclift — Sat, 04 Jan 2003 08:34:22 +0000

Technology companies keep giving us wondrous new tools, many of which give people a chance to get more involved in democracy, from local school policies to national politics. A number of those... Read more...

Washington State Fires Six for Racy E-Mails

Sun, 28 Apr 2002 09:05:36 +0000

Who said government work was boring? At least six Washington state employees who used their e-mail to send raunchy jokes, sexual overtures and even make plans for an orgy will be fired,... Read more...