Editor’s note: The story has been updated to correct its description of the study’s purpose. The study is testing the impact of the device on anxiety. A headband that emits… Read More
On his Wednesday morning commute, a Seattle man did something we’re probably all guilty of from time-to-time. He checked his email while waiting at a long stoplight. Unfortunately for him,… Read More
Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant, the ACLU, and privacy advocates are championing an effort to regulate and remove surveillance cameras they claim have been installed without the city’s permission or… Read More
Erik Karlson was reading the news on his phone on Oct. 15 a few minutes after 1 a.m. when a motion detector sensor made a beeping sound in his driveway.… Read More
Last year, the FBI flew a fleet of small airplanes over Seattle and other cities. They were equipped with cameras capable of snapping thousands of high-resolution photographs, and may have… Read More
The Seattle Police Department has a new high-tech crime center that it hopes will help officers, investigators, and analysts solve crimes more efficiently and effectively. Seattle Mayor Ed Murray, Police Chief… Read More
Last March, the Seattle Police Department made waves when it hired Amazon.com Vice President Greg Russell as its new chief information officer. The city’s CIO must be more than just… Read More
We know it’s illegal and dangerous, but the temptation to send a text message or make a phone call while sitting at a red light or in traffic — or worse, while driving —… Read More
The Seattle Police Department has made a deal with an anonymous computer programmer who submitted a massive series of public records requests, including one for all of the videos produced… Read More