Amazon Wants Trump To Testify About Military Contract Awarded To Microsoft Amazon accuses the president of interfering in the process over a personal rift with CEO Jeff Bezos. Microsoft won the Pentagon's $10 billion JEDI cloud computing contract after months of controversy. Alina Selyukh
Archives closing and bakeries opening this week Bill Radke reviews the week's news with Civic Cocktail host Joni Balter, Crosscut editor-at-large Knute Berger, and The Stranger's digital editor Chase Burns. Sarah Leibovitz
U.N. Experts Urge Probe Of Reported Hacking Of Jeff Bezos' Phone By Saudi Arabia U.N. human rights experts said they were gravely concerned by reports that a WhatsApp account held by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was used to hack The Washington Post owner's phone. Avie Schneider
Barnes & Noble downtown is closing: 'It's Amazon' says one customer Barnes & Noble will close its downtown Seattle store Saturday. It's been two decades since executives of the giant bookstore chain took Jeff Bezos to dinner and told him they would crush his tiny business, Amazon. Carolyn Adolph
January 9th | Should museums take corporate money? When should museums turn down big money? How can you keep hackers from getting into your security camera? Why did the Scandies Rose sink? And what is it like to be Seahawks QB Russell Wilson? Bill Radke
Amazon employees say they've been warned about speaking out on climate change Maren Costa says she’s been proud to work for Amazon for 15 years. So she says she was surprised when she was warned that she could be fired for speaking out about the company’s policies on climate change. Eilís O'Neill
How Amazon pulled Seattle from the recession and other tidbits from the last decade The good, the bad, and the ugly economy of the past decade in the Puget Sound Katherine Banwell
‘Living next to a parking lot’ in a Washington town taken over by giant warehouses DuPont is the next freeway exit south of Joint Base Lewis-McChord. It may look like a peaceful suburb, but it just went through a bitter mayor’s race with lots of mudslinging. One of the big reasons: Warehouses. Joshua McNichols
Amazon expands satellite labs in Redmond Amazon wants to surround the planet with satellites. And they're going to do from new labs in Redmond. Carolyn Adolph
I asked a hacker to spy on me via my Amazon account. It took him 5 minutes to break in When it comes to security of smart home devices, Amazon's biggest weakness — is us. Joshua McNichols
