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Seattle Public Schools plans to block student access to Gemini AI, Minecraft and other generative artificial intelligence tools starting Monday, while also restricting YouTube and reducing individual device use in elementary schools

“Seattle as a defense tech hub is real”:That’s howMadrona’sTim PorterseesShield AI’s deal to buy Echodyne for up to $5.3 billion, believed to be the second-largest acquisition of a private venture-backed company in Washington state history. Kirkland-basedEchodyne’s 400 employees will stay put, alongsideShield’s plans to build its X-BAT fighter jet south of Seattle. The company spun…

SEATTLE —Seattle families are urging the state’s largest school district to pause the use of generative AI and address concerns about student-facing technology.

SEATTLE —Visit Seattle announced Monday the expansion of its “There’s Never Been More to SEA” marketing campaign, encouraging regional residents to reconnect with Seattle and its neighborhoods through offers on dining, shopping, and exploration of the city’s attractions.

On February 14, 2026, 31-year-old software engineer Bowen Wan was found dead in her Seattle, Washington, apartment, the likely victim of severe uncontrolled seizures. Her family is now laying the blame for Wan’s death squarely at the feet of OpenAI and its ChatGPT service.

Wash. — The family of a 31-year-old Seattle woman is suing OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, alleging ChatGPT provided dangerous medical advice and coached her through a rapid taper off an anti-seizure medication before she died earlier this year

When the Federal Reserve began hiking interest rates in the summer of 2022, Angie Mykel, the operating principal broker and CEO of Keller Williams Greater Seattle, said what really struck her was how quickly the market moved and how slow many other brokers were to change their expenses. 

Fox News multimedia reporter Sarah Alegre reports on Overland AI securing a nearly $20 million contract with the U.S. Marine Corps to develop autonomous ground vehicles on ‘America Reports.’

Employees who worked for Seattle or Federal Way public schools and whose information a data breach compromised may qualify to claim a cash settlement payment.

FILE – A shopper browses the meat section of a grocery store on July 7, 2026, in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Mario Tama/