Business Amazon, Microsoft back new push to house the homeless in Seattle Some of the Seattle area’s biggest businesses are backing a $75 million fund-raising effort by Plymouth Housing to build homes for 800 homeless people. Joshua McNichols Derek Wang
Technology Trust in Microsoft? That's the message at Build conference Microsoft is wrapping up its annual developer conference in Seattle on Wednesday. Geekwire’s Todd Bishop hit the highlights of Build for KUOW’s Angela King. Angela King Jason Pagano
Business ‘A moment of reckoning.’ Microsoft grapples with questions, backlash after sexism email thread On the morning of April 22, Microsoft broadcast a livestream to thousands of employees from Lindsay-Rae McIntyre, Microsoft’s chief diversity officer. She was there talk about the emails. Sydney Brownstone
Education Tax hike on Amazon and Microsoft will help pay college tuition Washington Governor Jay Inslee is expected to sign a bill raising $1.5 billion in new taxes for higher education between now and 2025. Joshua McNichols
Business Microsoft's new climate plan: charge itself for polluting Microsoft's ambitious climate action plan including a $15 carbon fee on itself. Paige Browning
Technology This new Indian detective movie stars Seattle's tech scene Indian expats said making the movie in the Seattle area was like launching a global tech start-up. David Hyde
Business We made our own version of Alexa. Here's what we learned. Virtual assistants like Alexa are dumber than you'd think. And unlikely to go "Skynet" on us any time soon. Joshua McNichols Kim Malcolm Andy Hurst
Technology Forget the cloud, your selfies may be stored in DNA someday Researchers in Seattle have found a way to store massive amounts of data in a very small space. Paige Browning
Politics Away from White House turmoil, Melania Trump tells Seattle 'Be Best' As President Trump braces for the release of the Mueller report later this month, Melania Trump is visiting Microsoft today to promote her “Be Best” initiative. David Hyde Megan Farmer
Politics Note to Amazon: Microsoft president says companies do have a responsibility to their cities Microsoft president Brad Smith says companies have responsibilities toward the communities where they prosper. Carolyn Adolph
