| Excerpt: | After mostly voting against the CHIPS and Science Act, Republicans used their legislation blocking powers to hold up a bill to help veterans that they'd already previously voted for, while claiming their behavior had nothing to do with the Schumer-Manchin Inflation Reduction Act breakthrough. |
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| Published at: | 1:13 PM on Friday, July 29th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Legislative Advocacy |
| Tags: | Data Science, Drones & Robotics |
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Category Archives: Technology
Trump’s Republicans to American families: Don’t count on us when the CHIPS are down!
Help AG Bob Ferguson track down sources of illegal robocalls and telemarketing scams
| Excerpt: | “Robocalls are more than just annoying – they can also be illegal,” said Attorney General Bob Ferguson. “Many of our cases are based on tips we receive from Washingtonians. If robocalls are harassing you, please file a complaint with my office.” |
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| Published at: | 5:42 PM on Wednesday, March 30th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics |
| Tags: | Cybersecurity Advice, Fraud Prevention |
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Right to repair heads to House floor; Sound Transit revenue bill goes to Senate Rules
| Excerpt: | Two NPI priority bills are on the move in the Washington State Legislature, with one week left to go until the 2022 chamber of origin cutoff arrives. |
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| Published at: | 11:47 AM on Tuesday, February 8th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Legislative Advocacy, Public Planning |
| Tags: | Interoperability, Transportation |
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Washingtonians overwhelmingly favor right to repair bill for electronics, NPI poll finds
| Excerpt: | 69% of likely 2022 voters surveyed by Public Policy Polling for NPI about two months ago said they were supportive of a bill introduced by Mia Gregerson (House Bill 1810) that aims to promote "the fair servicing and repair of digital electronic products in a safe, secure, reliable, and sustainable manner." |
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| Published at: | 12:40 PM on Thursday, January 13th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Legislative Advocacy |
| Tags: | Research Poll Findings |
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Media coverage of BlackBerry’s end of support for legacy mobile services high on nostalgia, but low on accuracy and precision
| Excerpt: | Rather than gathering facts and then reporting the more complex details of this event, a whole bunch of stories appear to have been written on the basis of a press release and a company end of life document. A simplistic narrative has once again prevailed over the more complicated reality. |
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| Published at: | 1:58 PM on Wednesday, January 5th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Media & Culture |
| Tags: | Interoperability, Media Criticism |
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Federal, state governments allege Facebook is an illegal monopoly in major antitrust case
| Excerpt: | Having foolishly chosen to allow Facebook's acquisitions of Whatsapp and Instagram several years ago, the federal government is now belatedly moving to unwind those mergers as well as stop the growing power and anticompetitive behaviors of Facebook. |
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| Published at: | 7:26 PM on Wednesday, December 9th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Economic Security, World Commmunity |
| Tags: | Consumer Protection, Ethical Business |
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Tim Eyman says he’s worried about facial recognition. So why won’t he wear a mask?
| Excerpt: | Throwing on a face covering can help frustrate the very technology that Tim Eyman says is a danger to our personal liberty. But Eyman has likened mask wearing to tyranny. |
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| Published at: | 10:17 AM on Thursday, July 2nd, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Civil Liberties, Core Encyclopedia Topics, Healthcare |
| Tags: | 2019-2022 Coronavirus Pandemic, Personal Wellness, Privacy |
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Book Review: “Dawn of the Code War” looks at the modern age’s cyber battlegrounds
| Excerpt: | Former Assistant Attorney General John P. Carlin and journalist Garrett Graff's book focuses on the new challenges posed by cyber threats to national security. |
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| Published at: | 5:00 PM on Monday, June 8th, 2020 |
| Written by: | David A Johnson |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, National Defense, Views & Reviews |
| Tags: | Books, Hacking |
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Massive unemployment fraud reminds us that online signature gathering is a terrible idea
| Excerpt: | The last thing anyone who cares about the integrity of our democracy should want to do is lessen public confidence in elections, which is exactly what would happen if online signature gathering were to be permitted. |
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| Published at: | 1:30 PM on Monday, May 25th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Elections |
| Tags: | Signature Requirements, WA-Ballot |
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ICANN refuses to sign off on proposed sale of .ORG domain registry to private equity firm
| Excerpt: | The Internet Society's attempt to sell the Public Interest Registry to Ethos Capital appears to have been foiled by the entity that operates as the de facto regulator of domains on the Internet. |
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| Published at: | 9:38 PM on Tuesday, May 5th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Caitlin Harrington |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, World Commmunity |
| Tags: | Ethical Business |
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ICANN delays decision on sale of .ORG Registry to private equity firm — again
| Excerpt: | The sale of PIR has been delayed, thanks to a strongly worded letter from California’s attorney general Xavier Becerra. In the letter, addressed to ICANN’s board chair and the corporation’s President and CEO, AG Becerra explains that his office had investigated ICANN’s role in approving the transfer of the .ORG registry to Ethos Capital. |
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| Published at: | 6:25 PM on Tuesday, April 21st, 2020 |
| Written by: | Caitlin Harrington |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics |
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Frontier Communications files for bankruptcy as it prepares to shed its Northwest assets
| Excerpt: | One of the Pacific Northwest's largest Internet Service Providers has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, with years of mismanagement and the consequences of ill-advised deals having taken a predictable toll. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 PM on Thursday, April 16th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, World Commmunity |
| Tags: | Ethical Business |
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President Biden signs CHIPS and Science bill crafted by Washington’s own Maria Cantwell