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White House names 31 tech hubs in U.S., including aerospace, mass timber, microfluidics efforts in NW

The White House announced Monday the designation of 31 technology hubs across the U.S. aimed at spurring innovation and job… Read More

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Next NASA chief will face big decisions on future moonshots (and Blue Origin’s role)

President Joe Biden’s choice to lead NASA — former U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson — will be in the hot seat… Read More

President Trump signs an executive order guiding how federal agencies use AI tech

President Donald Trump today signed an executive order that puts the White House Office of Management and Budget in charge… Read More

Microsoft, PNNL and UW leap into White House’s $1B initiative for AI and quantum research

Microsoft, the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the University of Washington are playing supporting roles in the White House’s $1… Read More

Jeff Bezos and Satya Nadella join White House’s coronavirus industry groups

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and President Donald Trump aren’t exactly the best of friends, but that didn’t stop the White… Read More

Federal agencies are setting aside billions for coronavirus research: Here’s a list

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy is playing a leading role in focusing the power of artificial… Read More

White House science adviser heads National Science Foundation while next director waits

Update for 4:25 p.m. PT June 23: As expected, Sethuraman Panchanathan, executive vice president and chief research and innovation officer… Read More

Officials promise rollout of coronavirus test sites – but warn that there’ll be bottlenecks

Federal public health officials say they’ll start setting up an expanded system of coronavirus test centers this week, but acknowledge… Read More

President Donald Trump tests negative for coronavirus after a week of controversy

President Donald Trump famously downplayed the seriousness of the coronavirus outbreak at first, but now he’s been tested to see… Read More

Trump says he’s considering restrictions on domestic travel from coronavirus hotspots

In response to the coronavirus outbreak, restrictions on European travel will be extended to Britain and Ireland on Monday –… Read More

Coronavirus test system will rely on online screening and parking-lot sampling sites

The Trump administration says it will set up a nationwide screening and testing system for coronavirus that relies upon online… Read More

A dozen national science advisers ask publishers to make all coronavirus research available for AI

Science advisers for the White House and 11 other national governments are asking publishers around the world to provide free… Read More

White House seeks the aid of tech titans to combat coronavirus and misinformation

The White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy and other federal agencies today met with Amazon, Microsoft and other… Read More

White House’s top techie explains how AI initiative will help Seattle tech community

One year after the White House kicked off the American AI Initiative, its effects on research and development in the… Read More

Biotech experts gather at the White House for ‘Summit on America’s Bioeconomy’

More than 100 biotech researchers, industry executives and government officials met at the White House today for a summit focusing… Read More

At his first meetup, White House science adviser tells scientists: ‘I am one of you’

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump’s newly minted science adviser reached out to his peers today at one of the country’s… Read More

White House initiative will boost artificial intelligence research and data-sharing

The White House is moving forward with the American AI Initiative, a set of policies aimed at focusing the full… Read More

It’s official: Respected meteorologist wins Senate’s OK as White House science chief

Nearly two years after taking office, President Donald Trump now has a Senate-confirmed science adviser: Kelvin Droegemeier, a meteorologist from… Read More

Microsoft CEO joins tech leaders at White House summit on emerging technologies

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is heading to the nation’s capital for a meeting at the White House Thursday. He’ll be… 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

TLDR: Howard Schultz steps down as Starbucks chair, the state of bike share, new White House app uses Amazon Rekognition

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s tech news rundown show, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube, check… Read More

White House convenes AI summit and sets up advisory panel on artificial intelligence

The White House brought together scores of industry representatives for a summit focusing on artificial intelligence and its policy implications… Read More

Amazon, Facebook and other big companies to attend a White House AI summit Thursday

Dozens of the nation’s biggest companies — including Amazon, Microsoft, Facebook, and Google — will attend a White House Summit… Read More

Former Microsoft CFO Chris Liddell tapped as new White House deputy chief of staff

News Brief: John Kelly, President Donald Trump’s chief of staff, is bringing on a former Microsoft executive as his deputy. Chris Liddell will… 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

White House commits $200M per year for K-12 computer science education

Today, President Donald Trump signed a memorandum directing Education Secretary Betsy Devos to improve K-12 computer science education. The memo… Read More

Don’t be the next Anthony Scaramucci: Email prankster’s hoax shows how all of us are vulnerable

It was easy to impersonate White House officials like Jared Kushner and Reince Preibus or even Eric Trump. It fooled… Read More

White House taps former Microsoft CFO to run new American Technology Council

In an executive order issued Monday, President Donald Trump outlined plans to create an American Technology Council to help government… Read More

Trump picks Peter Thiel’s top aide as White House’s deputy chief of technology

President Trump has tapped a top aide of Peter Thiel (best known for co-founding PayPal, investing in Facebook, and killing… Read More

Popular newsletter uses open-source techniques to cover ‘WTF’ is happening with Trump

On a Friday afternoon earlier this month, nearly a dozen news alerts were pushed to my phone announcing that a… Read More