‘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
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
Microsoft's new climate plan: charge itself for polluting Microsoft's ambitious climate action plan including a $15 carbon fee on itself. Paige Browning
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
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. Kim Malcolm
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
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
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
Microsoft Workers Protest Army Contract With Tech 'Designed To Help People Kill' They say Microsoft's contract "crosses the line" into weapons development for the first time and that the company is failing to inform its engineers "on the intent of the software they are building." Laura Sydell
Why We Can't Break Up With Big Tech Gizmodo's Kashmir Hill spent six weeks trying to cut Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Apple out of her life completely. "Spoiler," she says. "It's not possible." Lulu Garcia-Navarro
