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Shareholders reject efforts to rein in Amazon’s sale of facial recognition tech to law enforcement
La Resistencia activists Peter Strand, Miranda Klinck and Katy Sanlis demand ICE stop using facial recognition software. (GeekWire Photo /…
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Smartsheet targets government agencies with new workplace software powered by AWS
Gene Farrell, Chief Product Officer for Smartsheet. (GeekWire Photo / Nat Levy) With hundreds of federal agencies eager to modernize…
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Washington governor’s tech guru Joseph Williams leaves to run Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s Seattle office
Joseph Williams is taking over as director of Pacific Northwest Laboratory’s Seattle office. (GeekWire Photo) For the past three years,…
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Amazon’s bid for $10B Pentagon cloud deal faces friction as it battles with Microsoft
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos speaking at the Economic Club of Washington, D.C. in 2018. (Economic Club of Washington, D.C. Photo…
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Cybersecurity advice: How local government entities and employees can avoid costly hacks
From left to right: Route Fifty Senior Editor Alisha Powell Gillis; FBI Special Agent Kevin Brennan; Secret Service Assistant Special…
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Microsoft vows to keep fighting gag orders on U.S. government surveillance of customers despite legal setback
Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Wash. (Microsoft Photo / via Getty Images) For years, Microsoft has been going to bat with…
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Satya Nadella: Staying out of politics, focusing on tech, helped Microsoft win Pentagon cloud contract
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at Build 2019. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) Microsoft’s surprise victory last week in a…
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DoD watchdog affirms JEDI award to Microsoft over Amazon, calls bias claims unfounded
The Pentagon. (Flickr Photo / David B. Gleason cc2.0) A new report by the Defense Department’s inspector general found no…
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Amazon ‘bid high and lost’ on JEDI, Microsoft says after release of DoD watchdog report
Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond, Wash. (GeekWire Photo / Monica Nickelsburg) Microsoft took aim at Amazon in a blog post Wednesday,…
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Dispute between Microsoft and Amazon over JEDI cloud contract is delayed
Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond, Wash. (GeekWire Photo / Monica Nickelsburg) The protracted saga over a $10 billion Defense Department contract…
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