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Meet the ‘technological optimist’ helping set Washington state’s tech, energy, and climate policy

State Sen. Sharon Shewmake is taking over as chair of the Senate’s Environment, Energy and Technology Committee, a wide-ranging clearinghouse… Read More

Days after mob overruns U.S. Capitol, Twitter permanently suspends account of President Trump

Update, Friday, 4:10 p.m.: Twitter announced Friday that it was permanently suspending the account of President Trump, citing what it… 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

Senate votes to overturn FCC’s net neutrality repeal, kicking the process over to the House

The U.S. Senate took a critical step toward restoring regulations known as net neutrality Wednesday. Fifty-two Senators voted to overturn the… Read More

Senate is forcing a vote to restore net neutrality, backed by Reddit, Mozilla and other tech companies

Senate Democrats filed a petition that would force a vote to overturn the FCC’s repeal of net neutrality regulations Wednesday.… Read More

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

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

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

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

Microsoft, Apple and 7 other tech giants call for NSA reform before year’s end

The year may be winding to a close, but a coalition of 9 tech companies want lawmakers in Washington, D.C.… Read More

Washington set to regulate drone surveillance use by government agencies

Washington state is on the verge of passing a bill that will regulate drone surveillance use for state and local… Read More

It’s now illegal for employers to ask for your social media passwords in Washington

If you walk into work tomorrow and the boss demands access to your Facebook account, you can now use the… Read More

Oregon’s top research universities form accelerator to create more startups

In an effort to spur startup growth, Oregon legislators just passed a bill that will help the University of Oregon and… Read More

Gates, Buffett say online purchase taxes are fair and good for state budgets

Billionaire buddies Bill Gates and Warren Buffett wholeheartedly agree on one thing: Online retailers need to be taxed. Speaking on… Read More

POLL: Should employers have access to your social media passwords?

Imagine this for a second: You walk into your next job interview, sit down and the employer asks you for… Read More