The startup community is seriously sweating a stock option provision of the Senate tax bill Update: The Senate removed the provision that would have taxed stock options at vesting, rather than exercising, in a revised version… Read More
Facebook to hand over 3,000 Russia-linked ads to Congress in ongoing election investigation Faced with the decision over whether to adhere to its standard of protecting user content or to help safeguard the… Read More
This engineer has worked with Gates and Bezos — now he wants to succeed Dave Reichert in Congress Tola Marts isn’t what you’d expect from a Congressional candidate. The Minnesota native manages a team of engineers at Intellectual… Read More
U.S. Reps. DelBene and Farenthold: Congress can reduce startup barriers to invest in America’s future [Editor’s Note: This bipartisan guest commentary was written for GeekWire by U.S. Rep. Suzan DelBene, D-Washington, and U.S. Rep. Blake… Read More
MSNW’s plasma thruster just might fire up Congress at hearing on space propulsion How will we send humans to the moon, Mars and other destinations in space? The chances are good that electric… Read More
Trump’s speech evokes ‘distant worlds’ – but that’s about it for science and tech President Donald Trump referred to technology and science in only the most general terms tonight in his speech to a… Read More
Apple to argue Congress, not courts, should decide fate of terrorist’s iPhone Apple plans to argue that a judge doesn’t possess the power to compel a company to create new software code… Read More
Someone in Congress notices Comcast customers hurt by lack of cable competitors Comcast is a “repeat offender” when it comes to over billing customers, according to six Democratic US senators, and the… Read More
NSA reform dies in the Senate, despite tech company lobbying Despite lobbying efforts by tech titans, the U.S. Senate has halted the progress of the USA Freedom Act in a… Read More
