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Why this early Amazon investor is backing an effort to shake up the Seattle City Council
Venture capitalist Tom Alberg. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) One of the biggest names in Seattle tech is a founding…
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Microsoft unveils ElectionGuard to help secure voting systems across the country
Microsoft demos ElectionGuard at the Aspen Security Forum. (Microsoft Photo) Microsoft debuted a new set of technology tools Wednesday as…
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University of Washington lands $5 million to study fake news and misinformation
University of Washington Center for an Informed Public Director Jevin West. (UW Photo / Quinn Russell Brown) Americans were shocked…
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Downticket merges with Politiscope to let voters follow candidates, donate to campaigns in one app
Politiscope executives (from left): Brandon Williams, Jackson White, Walter Powell Jr., Israel Lopez. (Politiscope Photo) In the wake of the…
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Iranian hacker group attacked email accounts tied to a US presidential candidate, Microsoft says
Microsoft’s Cybercrime Center. (Microsoft Photo) A hacker group with ties to the Iranian government attacked 241 Microsoft email accounts “associated…
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Oregon counties test mobile voting, allowing overseas citizens to cast ballots using smartphones
Voatz is a Boston-based company that makes a mobile voting platform. (Voatz Image) Two counties in Oregon are piloting mobile…
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Should Facebook ban political ads? Here’s what happened when one state tried to force the issue
Mark Zuckerberg defended Facebook’s decision to continue running political ads this week, despite concerns about disinformation, in a passionate speech…
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Seattle’s upcoming election is inundated with tech money — and it’s not just Amazon
Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant protests corporate spending in Seattle elections at Amazon’s headquarters. (GeekWire Photo / Monica Nickelsburg) The…
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Mobile voting will be available to 1.2M Seattle area voters in upcoming King County election
Washington was a pioneer of mail-in voting. Now officials in the state are testing mobile voting. (King County Elections Photo)…
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