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Xi and Trump

Boeing and China seal the deal for $37B worth of airplanes during Trump’s visit

With President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping looking on, Boeing and China Aviation Supplies Holding Co. today signed… Read More

Seattle leader wants to double head tax because it’s still a fraction of Amazon’s $5B HQ2 plans

Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant thinks that if Amazon plans to build a $5 billion second corporate headquarters, it can… Read More

Exclusive: Bots spread propaganda to influence high-stakes Washington state race, researchers say

Update: Manka Dhingra was ahead with 55 percent of the vote in early election results released Tuesday at 8 p.m. Bots… Read More

Seattle region has a snappy new idea to get the selfie generation to the ballot box

King County Elections designed and purchased Snapchat filters for ballot boxes around the Seattle area, anticipating the existential question of… Read More

The procrastinator’s last-minute guide to the Seattle mayoral race

King County ballots are due by 8 p.m. Tuesday which means procrastinators across the region are scrambling to make a… Read More

Political skills in high-demand at tech companies in Seattle, New York, and San Francisco

Political skills are becoming a hot commodity on the tech talent market. That’s according to LinkedIn’s monthly workforce report for… Read More

Margaret OMara

Technology, a president and Russia: Lessons from Ronald Reagan’s Moscow microchip speech

As an American historian, University of Washington history professor Margaret O’Mara says she’s particularly interested in understanding “how did we get… Read More

Seattle tech leaders endorse former U.S. attorney Jenny Durkan, calling for a mayor who can keep up with ever-changing city

Some of the leading voices in the Seattle technology community have signed their names to a letter endorsing Jenny Durkan… Read More

Facebook, Twitter and Google can’t say how far-reaching Russian political influence is on their platforms

Top lawyers from Facebook, Twitter, and Google confirmed that they still don’t know how much influence Russian government-backed agents wield… Read More

Facebook, Twitter and Google grapple with a new reality as Russia revelations continue to mount

We’ve come a long way since Mark Zuckerberg famously said that it was “crazy” to think fake news on Facebook… Read More

Facebook, Google and Twitter waffle on push to bring transparency to political ads on social media

In a revealing exchange during the first Congressional hearing on tech platforms and Russian election meddling, lawyers from Facebook, Google,… Read More

Facebook

Reports: 126M Facebook users saw content from Russian agents around Election Day

Russian government-backed agents created posts that reached about 126 million Facebook users around the Nov. 8 election, according to reports… Read More

Survey: Americans don’t trust Big Tech or the government to prevent foreign election interference

On Wednesday, three of the biggest tech companies in the country will testify before Congress on how their products facilitated Russian meddling… Read More

President Trump

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

Tech giants are not always on the same page with President Donald Trump. But they might have found some common… Read More

Can Seattle’s next mayor build a bridge to the tech community? Clues from each candidate’s take on Amazon HQ2

Seattle is electing a new mayor at a critical moment for the city and the tech community, which is often… Read More

Seattle mayoral candidate Cary Moon wants a modern-day ‘welcome wagon’ for tech workers

Seattle mayoral candidates Cary Moon and Jenny Durkan are squaring off in one of the final debates of the campaign… Read More

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

On Nov. 7, Seattle will elect a new mayor to guide the city through a period of unprecedented growth, driven… Read More

Seattle Mayor Tim Burgess: Want to expose the money behind online political ads? Think local

With each day, it seems we learn more about the shadowy world of political advertising on digital platforms like Facebook,… Read More

Bob Ferguson
Podcast

Washington AG Bob Ferguson talks Trump, reining in Big Tech, and rumors of a gubernatorial bid

Over the past year, Bob Ferguson has stepped into the media spotlight by repeatedly challenging President Donald Trump on everything… Read More

Report: Tech titans are forming a coalition to lobby Congress on behalf of ‘Dreamers’

Big tech companies are forming a coalition to pressure Congress to provide a path to permanent residency for illegal immigrants… Read More

Cary Moon will pursue city-owned internet if elected Seattle mayor because ‘it is an equity issue’

Cary Moon, one of two finalists in Seattle’s tumultuous mayoral race, will push for city-owned internet if she is elected… Read More

Seattle mayoral candidate Jenny Durkan says city’s focus on Amazon HQ2 is ‘missing the big story’

For the past month, Seattle’s civic leaders have been trying to make sense of Amazon’s plans to establish a second… Read More

‘You can’t wash your hands of this.’ Watch a top University of Washington professor sound off on Facebook and Russia

Ed Lazowska, a leading computer science professor at the University of Washington, wants Facebook and other big tech companies to take… Read More

Video: Microsoft President Brad Smith explains why the company took a stand on DACA

Microsoft President Brad Smith has become a vocal critic of President Donald Trump’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Child Arrivals… Read More

VP Mike Pence visits Virgin Galactic and Stratolaunch space ventures in Mojave

Vice President Mike Pence made Mojave, Calif., the latest stop on his nationwide tour of spaceship development sites today, with… Read More

Bob Ferguson

‘I cannot stand losing’: Washington AG Bob Ferguson on never underestimating Donald Trump

Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson has filed 19 lawsuits against the administration of Donald Trump since the president took… Read More

Vice President Mike Pence at National Space Council meeting

National Space Council hears calls for moon trips and stronger space defense

The Trump administration plans to send astronauts and robots back to the moon in as little as five years’ time,… Read More

Plot twist: How this startup founder went from writing plays to reshaping U.S. immigration policy

Doug Rand probably didn’t know that the play he wrote in high school — “The Idiot and the Oddity,” a… Read More

Sen. Cantwell and Rep. DelBene seek $220M/year in federal funding for ‘smart city’ programs

A new bill introduced by Washington state Sen. Maria Cantwell and Rep. Suzan DelBene would set aside $220 million a year in federal… Read More

The unassuming ambition of Bob Ferguson, one of President Trump’s most successful adversaries

When the history books get around to Donald Trump, his unlikely rise to power will receive plenty of ink —… Read More

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