Articles about Politics – Page 14 of 42

This Seattle startup is giving Election Day off to its 300 employees to vote and celebrate democracy

Update Nov. 5: Outreach will no longer host the Democracy Day event due to low RSVP numbers. Employees will still have… Read More

Space Force plan moves forward amid heightened talk about final-frontier fights

The National Space Council today pushed forward recommendations to raise the profile of military space activities, at first through a… Read More

Amazon ramps up lobbying to record levels ahead of HQ2 announcement

Amazon has been steadily increasing its lobbying budget and taking a more central position on the national political stage while… Read More

Will San Francisco’s business tax for homeless relief succeed where Seattle’s failed? This tech billionaire is fighting for it

Imagine if rather than threatening to slow down operations in Seattle when faced with a tax on big business, Amazon… Read More

TLDR: IRL Glasses block out TV & computer screens

Today’s featured stories Want to live ‘in real life’ and block out screens? These glasses on Kickstarter may do the… Read More

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

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has raised his national profile in recent months by taking aim at President Donald Trump, fueling… Read More

Rep. Suzan DelBene and colleagues push for U.S. data privacy regulation

Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-WA) is adding her voice to a growing chorus of U.S. lawmakers calling for stronger consumer protections online.… Read More

Democrats draft an ‘Internet Bill of Rights’ to regulate Big Tech

Democrats in the House of Representatives are promising to push for federal regulation of tech companies if they retake the House… Read More

Bernie Sanders and other leaders laud Amazon’s $15/hour minimum wage announcement

After weeks of hammering Amazon for its treatment of its warehouse workers, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders applauded Tuesday’s announcement that… Read More

What California’s net neutrality battle with DOJ means for Washington and other states with open internet laws

Immediately after California passed a law reinstating open internet regulations in the state, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a… Read More

California’s new law mandating women on corporate boards could be a model for other states

California became the first state in the nation Sunday to pass a law demanding women have a seat on the… Read More

Privacy at an inflection point: Why the time has come for meaningful U.S. regulation

Editor’s note: Alex Alben is the Chief Privacy Officer for the State of Washington. He will be speaking at the… Read More

Steve Ballmer’s USAFacts launches new Voter Center to arm Americans with data for midterms

Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s nonprofit group USAFacts today debuted a new Voter Center, an online resource that shows the positions… Read More

Uber to pay Washington state drivers $2.2M in multistate $148M settlement over 2016 data breach

Uber will pay Washington state $5.79 million as part of a massive $148 million settlement reached with attorneys general in… Read More

Amazon warns onerous privacy regulations could hinder innovation in Senate hearing

Amazon and other tech titans have accepted the reality that a federal data privacy law is on the horizon. To… Read More

White House issues quantum computing strategy and hosts public-private summit

Federal officials and industry leaders — including representatives from Microsoft and Google — met today at a White House summit to… Read More

Zillow’s place in scandal around Supreme Court nominee gets the attention of HBO’s John Oliver

The storm of controversy around Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh became fodder for HBO’s “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver,”… Read More

As tensions rise in booming Seattle, tech industry steps up civic engagement

On Thursday, Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan met with representatives from some of the most powerful tech companies in the region… Read More

This app shows your friends’ voting history and makes it easy to nudge them to get to the polls

The 2014 midterm election saw the lowest voter turnout in 70 years, with just 36.4 percent of eligible voters making it… Read More

Can tech fix Seattle? Facebook, Twitter and others join new innovation council amid debate over group’s role

Tech titans and startups are joining forces to identify ways technology can help address some of Seattle’s most pressing problems.… Read More

Microsoft researcher cautions media not to fall prey to fringe groups flying ‘false flag of conservatism’

Fringe groups are seeking to manipulate the media and tech companies with accusations of anti-conservative bias, aiming to invoke anger… Read More

Amazon employees donate the most money to these political candidates and issues

For hundreds of Amazon employees, blue isn’t just the color of the signature staff badges they wear to work. It’s… Read More

TLDR: Are third-party sellers paying Amazon employees to delete negative reviews?

Today’s featured stories Amazon reportedly investigating alleged incidents of third-party sellers paying employees to delete reviews and share secret sales… Read More

Key question in Toronto’s bid for Amazon HQ2: ‘Does Jeff Bezos want to piss off Trump?’

Toronto is the only city outside the U.S. in the running for Amazon’s storied second headquarters. That sets the Canadian… Read More

Bernie Sanders introduces ‘Stop BEZOS Act’ to require employers to cover federal aid for workers

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders escalated his attack on Amazon Wednesday, introducing the Stop BEZOS Act, a piece of legislation that… Read More

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos contributes $10M to With Honor PAC’s effort to elect veterans to Congress

Jeff Bezos and his wife, MacKenzie Bezos, are donating $10 million to With Honor, a cross-partisan, veteran-focused super PAC. The donation,… Read More

TLDR: Paul Allen’s $100K donation to help GOP, Amazon briefly becomes $1T company, latest philanthropic efforts by Amazon

Today’s featured stories Tech titan Paul Allen gives $100,000 to GOP causes — and he’s not the only one Amazon… Read More

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