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You cant wash your hands of this Watch a top University of Washington professor sound off on Facebook and Russia

Seattle passes big business tax on salaries of top earners after years of false starts

Seattle mayor forming council of tech leaders seeking solutions to the regions growing pains

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

New US Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany ran a racist rightwing conspiracy blog

Seattle officials visit New York with warnings about Amazon: They thought they could bury us

Survey: Americans dont trust Big Tech or the government to prevent foreign election interference

Google plays politics with China as it quietly bans statesponsored YouTube accounts

Why we shouldnt teach girls to code

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

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

Policymakers admit they need to get more intelligent about artificial intelligence

We cannot let the next generation down: Women in Cloud Summit rallies crowd to turn the tide in tech

FEC asks CEOs of Facebook Alphabet and Twitter to testify on new political ad rules

Cary Moon will pursue cityowned internet if elected Seattle mayor because it is an equity issue

Regulators are coming for cryptocurrency

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

Amazon bid high and lost on JEDI Microsoft says after release of DoD watchdog report

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

Watch: Amazon Apple Facebook and Google CEOs testify before Congress in historic antitrust hearing

Policymakers tout hightech tools for addressing Northwests wildfire crisis

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

Facebooks data should be a public resource

ATT begs Supreme Court to destroy the internet

TLDR: Trumps new tariff on ebikes scooters Seattle real estate cools down Microsoft software developer competes for Miss America

Twitter embeds factchecking links in Trumps lying tweets

President Trump a frequent Amazon critic may have just helped the retail giant on its pioneering drone delivery quest

Report: Trump offered Julian Assange a pardon in exchange for saying Russia didnt hack the DNC

Heres what Democratic presidential hopefuls say about AI on Twitter not much

Seattle mayoral candidate Cary Moon wants a modernday welcome wagon for tech workers

Can we trust Ireland to enforce GDPR on big tech

What Seattle can learn from Indianapolis Pittsburgh and Copenhagen about navigating economic upheaval

How the 2 trillion coronavirus stimulus package impacts startups

Amazon sets meeting with Seattle officials in effort to improve relationship with its hometown

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

European MPs are pushing for an even more extreme link tax

Amazon takes heat from senator over Rings troubling relationship with police

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

How Seattles new payroll tax on Amazon and other big businesses will work

How Googles Jigsaw think tank is fighting radicalization online

Beezos Watch Elizabeth Warren call out tech CEOs in namethebillionaire game on Late Show

Ethyca raises 75M open sources Fides for developers to build privacy tools directly into their codebases

With DACA clock ticking tech community rallies behind Dreamers

Brexit is a mess but UK startups may find refuge in Estonias eResidency

Why Microsoft is backing a major tax hike on itself and Amazon

Watch: Seattle mayoral candidates Cary Moon and Jenny Durkan face off in debate

President Trump plans restrictions on skilled work visas used by tech and other industries

Can Seattles next mayor build a bridge to the tech community Clues from each candidates take on Amazon HQ2

Threequarters of Americans lack confidence in tech companies ability to fight election interference

With new tax and minimum wage Seattle is latest battleground in Uber and Lyfts feud with regulators