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Seattle’s Internet Almanac 2019
Before the Pacific Northwest digital farmer plants the first new domains of 2019, sows a link-worthy crop of images, videos and posts, or harvests a cornucopia of data...
Phasers On Stun: Can Technology Stop the Killing?
One of science fiction's nobler virtues is reimagining the purpose and usage of technology. Arthur C. Clarke’s Newspad predated the tablet PC or iPad by...
Does the U.S. Need an AI “Bill of Rights”?—White House Says...
by Katherine Sheriff, Kate Berry, K.C. Halm, andJohn D. Seiver, Davis Wright Tremaine
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) has announced a plan...
Mostly Cloudy, Microsoft Re-Org Could See Up to 3,000 Pink Slips
Microsoft is downsizing, or should we call it cloud-sizing? It's rain that comes down from the dark clouds in these climes, sometimes in a...
We are the Champions! Bing Running Super Bowl Plays Against Google’s...
Larry Page may be the new, first-string quarterback of a realigned Mountain View Google team, but Bing and ESPN are fielding a new sponsorship...
From Redmond to Red Square
Reading like a delinquent April Fool's joke, an amateur spy novel, or a mock headline in The Onion humor magazine, this week's Brewing column...
Reimagining Traditions: Everyday is Cyber Monday
In a holiday season where the calendar days of the week have been renamed, from Sunday, Monday or Thursday to Thatday, Someday, or Nextday, and...
Amazon Pulls the Plug on Amazon Care: Big Tech’s Fast, Frugal Focus a Failed...
Amazon is shutting down its fast, frugal, fledgling health care service, Amazon Care, at the end of this year. It was the fit that was...
Amazon Prime Day 2018 Meets Turbulence, Hottest Deals Echo Xmas Past
While many online shoppers were seeking refuge from sweltering summer temps, low-level lightning storms, high winds and even tornado warnings, the convergence zone for smart deals...
Jeff Bezos On His $2 Billion Pledge to Philanthropy
What is it about Seattle that attracts the greatest of all philanthropists, those who become the single, largest benefactors of modern science, civics and...