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GeekWire Calendar Picks: Black Girls Code workshops, Pluto’s planetary debate, FFA’s Champion Awards, and more
(Photo via Black Girls CODE) — Black Girls CODE, a nonprofit dedicated to teaching girls of color ages 7-17 about…
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‘Think more, share less’: Fake news researchers offer tips to avoid online manipulation
Researchers from UW’s Center for an Informed Public. From left: Jevin West, Emma Spiro, Kate Starbird, Chris Coward, and Ryan Calo.…
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Lessons from the Bushmen: How this tech-free society could foreshadow our technological future
The Bushmen of southern Africa are indigenous people who have lived in an egalitarian, mostly technology-free society for millennia. (James Suzman…
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Washington AG sues Facebook for violating state political ad law
Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson speaking at the 2017 GeekWire Summit. (GeekWire Photo / Dan DeLong) Washington Attorney General…
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Can you live without a smartphone? This flip phone fan has done it for 13 years and will teach you how
Michael Valeri texts a friend — using T9 — on his flip phone. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) When I…
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How the proposed Microsoft-TikTok deal reveals an erratic U.S. antitrust agenda
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) Microsoft’s plan to acquire TikTok in the U.S. has created a…
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Twitter to pay $100k to Washington state in settlement over political ad disclosure violations
BigStock Photo / timofeev Twitter agreed to pay $100,000 to settle charges that it violated Washington state campaign finance laws…
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Former Twitter exec on Trump ban, the failure of social media, and an idea to find common ground
President Donald Trump in Texas on Tuesday, boarding Air Force One en route to Maryland. (Official White House Photo by…
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