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California bans law enforcement from using facial recognition software for the next 3 years

Lawmakers from Washington state push for Smart Cities Bill in Congress

Tech for Campaigns created to get Democrats elected on the parties biggest differences

EveryAction acquires Mobilize the Democratic volunteering platform

White House cybersecurity chief quits says leadership is inviting an attack

Balancing act: What Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkans short tenure says about running a tech hub

Amazon asks to depose Trump in lawsuit challenging Pentagons award of major cloud contract to Microsoft

Facial recognition company CEO says he doesnt need permission to use your face

Washington tech industry works to influence critical Seattle election as top trade group endorses candidates for first time

US Senator: Amazon Rings policies are an open door for privacy and civil liberty violations

Tech workers sound off on Washington states proposed billionaire tax at first public hearing

Broadband automation privacy top tech industry agenda for Biden after controlling pandemic

Amazon hires lobbyist with Trump ties amid contentious Pentagon cloud contest

Regulators are coming for cryptocurrency

ACLU sues US government over its use of facial recognition at airports

Political skills in highdemand at tech companies in Seattle New York and San Francisco

Facebooks new authorization process for political ads goes live in the US

France will tax tech giants in 2019 if EU doesnt step up

Facebook staff demand Zuckerberg limit lies in politcal ads

Howard Schultz pauses presidential campaign as staff shrinks

Vladmir Putin is extricating Russia from the worldwideweb

Zuckerberg defends political ads that will be 05 of 2020 revenue

Geek of the Week: County Exec Dow Constantines passion Preserving place where he has deep roots

How technology is trying to address bias in policing and why experts say it wont be enough

Warren denounces Amazon for trying to tilt the Seattle City Council elections with 145M

Seattle Chamber of Commerce names former Tacoma Mayor Marilyn Strickland as CEO

The future of US AI policy may hinge on a pretend war against a fictional China

A new bipartisan Senate bill seeks to bolster US election security at the state level

Trumps government shutdown cut off access to crucial public data

Big Techs big week: Historic antitrust hearing and record profits put industry giants in spotlight

Washington state passes Microsoftapproved facial recognition laws

White House budget proposal tightens the screws on science from space to salmon

Facebooks Ad Archive Report highlights top political spenders

Trump admin launches National AI Initiative Office

Bluesky gears up for Election Day as X goes proTrump

Tech founder throws hat in California governors race

Congress strikes deal to replenish small business relief fund with 310B

The Pentagons new heartbeat detection laser could save us from our surveillance horror

Washington state lawmakers target Bill Gates Jeff Bezos and other billionaires with wealth tax

What if we fuck up the Moon too

Microsoft taps Eric Holder to audit Israeli partner in demonstration of techs struggle to selfregulate

Are you getting a fair trade for your data Demystifying online privacy with Marketplace Techs Molly Wood

From quantum fields to city streets: 20yearold UW prodigy brings tech chops to the campaign trail

Why we should trust Apple and Google more than our governments

What Donald Trump said and didnt say about tech in State of the Union

Breaking up Amazon: Is it even possible Imagining the tech giant under a US antitrust crackdown

The US Army wants us to pretend autonomous tanks arent killer robots

Report: Google to launch censored Search in China despite denials

Washington state passes gender pay equity bill with support from tech industry for the most part

Opinion: Theres more to the Google military AI project than weve been told