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Will San Franciscos business tax for homeless relief succeed where Seattles failed This tech billionaire is fighting for it

EU commissioner Margrethe Vestager: Now is the time for citizens to take control

Bitcoin needs to prepare for the attack from banks and governments

Microsoft Amazon Facebook and other tech giants pledge to crack down on violent extremism in Christchurch call to action

SmartNews latest news discovery feature shows articles from across the political spectrum

Technology a president and Russia: Lessons from Ronald Reagans Moscow microchip speech

Over 2500 scientists so far say Trumps wall will wreak havoc on the environment

Senate report: Moscow directed troll farm in efforts to elect Trump

Broadband automation privacy top tech industrys priorities for Biden after controlling pandemic

Amazon bid for businessfriendly Seattle council withers as adversary makes surprise comeback

AI startups ramp up federal lobbying efforts

How big biased datasets make social inequalities worse

Amazon claps back at Elizabeth Warren over claims of anticompetitive behavior

Which candidates do you align with Seattle startup vet provides answers with new matchmaking site

Geek of the Week: ExMicrosoft futurist Genessa Krasnow is a cultural designer and activist with a new game

Cisco CEO says its time to regulate the tech industry and that capitalism is currently broken

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

Amazons antitrust adversary: What Lina Khans Senate hearing reveals about Big Techs future

TLDR: Are thirdparty sellers paying Amazon employees to delete negative reviews

Amazon lobbying spending jumped 16 in 2017 as tech titans ramped up efforts to influence federal policy

President Biden doubles down on immigration agenda but tech priorities take a backseat

Interview: Why former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is holding a shareholder meeting for America

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

TLDR Editors Picks: How Tech is Changing Seattle

Ajit Pai wants to abolish federalism so Verizon and ATT can throttle your data

We persisted through Elizabeth Warrens fourhour selfie marathon to ask about Amazon and big tech

QA: Rep DelBene on data privacy rural broadband and the Biden administrations tech agenda

Regulators are coming for cryptocurrency

Washington Gov Inslee says state is ready for Trump attack on net neutrality law: Bring it on

100 seconds to midnight: Why were closer to Doomsday than ever

Silicon Valleys competing philosophies on tech ethics with The New Yorkers Andrew Marantz

Economist Tyler Cowen launches a fellowship and grant program for moon shot ideas

Alphabets Jigsaw introduces a tool that can verify fake images but its probably not for you

Why Amazons Ring and facial recognition technology are a clear and present danger to society

Project Veritas and whistleblower published bullshit dataleak to dox Google employees

Amazons 145M fails to upend Seattle City Council but tech giant wins small victories

Uber CEO Seattle investor and labor leader call for portable benefits in Washington state

Eric Schmidt says big tech needs government help to keep up with China

US cancels crucial 10B military AI project because Trump is a baby

AOC vs Amazon: Alexandria OcasioCortez warns of bias in tech giants facial detection tech

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

What audience intelligence data tells us about the 2020 US presidential election

Seattle passes smaller head tax on Amazon and other big companies after impassioned debate

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

Lawmakers from Washington state push for Smart Cities Bill in Congress

Civil rights activists up in arms over Amazon update adding fear detection to facial recognition tech

Seattle mayor moves to reduce tax burden on small businesses and startups

ACLU demands FBI explain request to wiretap Facebook Messenger

Google Microsoft and Amazon drool over Chinese AI market while Apple woos Trump

Tech CEO tells employees hes obligated to accept any government contract regardless of morality