Technology

Science

Brain technology is moving forward, but are ethical standards up to speed?

When you’re experimenting with human brains, or even monkey brains, you’re experimenting with the organ that keeps a creature alive. It’s our brains, with all their synapses and neurons, that makes us who we are. So how do you experiment with brain technology ethically?

Business

Alexa's downfall

By some metrics, Alexa has been a huge success. It created the smart speaker market and made Amazon a dominant presence in many people's homes. But now, amid its largest every layoffs, Amazon is slashing the teams that work on its voice assistant. What went wrong with Alexa? Fast Company Senior Writer Ainsley Harris explains.

Business

How long will Seattle's tech shakeup last?

Recent layoffs in Seattle's tech industry has some workers wondering if they're going to be next. They're also raising questions about whether this is a correction that's been a long time coming for the ever-growing industry.

Arts & Life

Casual Friday with Jodi-Ann Burey and Andrew Walsh

Seattle is getting a new voting system after a confusing ( in more than on

Technology

As tech companies announce layoffs, the clock is ticking for immigrant workers

As the global economy begins to slow, companies are dialing down the risk factor, which means more layoffs. And many of those workers in the Puget Sound area are in the U.S. thanks to one document: an H-1B visa.

Business

Job market 'exceptionally tight' as NW tech workers face layoffs, hiring freezes

Some of the biggest names in the tech industry are either laying off employers, or implementing hiring freezes for hundreds of workers in the Northwest.

Week in Review: politics, elections, and tech

Bill Radke discusses the week’s news with freelance journalist Joanne Silberner, Seattle Times Patrick Malone, and Puget Sound Business Journal’s Alex Halverson

Environment

Tackling the 2035 electric vehicle conundrum

Soundside producer Jason Burrows sits down with host Libby Denkmann to discuss the pros and cons of moving away from gas powered vehicles by 2035.

Law & Courts

Washington judge finds Facebook violated campaign disclosure law

Washington V. Meta, brought to court by Attorney General Bob Ferguson against Meta, Facebook's parent company, concluded that Facebook ran local political advertisements throughout Washington state without properly disclosing information about who ran them. In response to Facebook's argument that the disclosure law is unconstitutional, King County Superior Court Judge Douglass North called it "very constitutional."

Arts & Life

Hear it again: A Puget Sound tech dystopia: Vauhini Vara's "The Immortal King Rao"

The fictional tech company at the center of the new book, “The Immortal King Rao,” is called “Coconut.” It’s a rough amalgamation of Apple and Microsoft of the 1980s and 1990s, driving a personal computer revolution, and later it morphs into a Google, Amazon and Facebook avatar in the way it gobbles up peoples’ data and monetizes human interaction.