Carolyn Adolph
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Microsoft says will match California's new privacy law for every state
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Politics
Microsoft takes California privacy law in stride, extends to rest of the country
California has a new digital rights law that gives people control over their personal information. Microsoft says it will honor that law and extend it to the rest of the United States.
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Business
What Alexa can learn from a heart attack on the moon
Minutes after the Apollo 15 lunar module blasted off the surface of the moon, Astronaut James Irwin’s heart began to stutter. Down at Mission Control, Dr. Charles Berry watched the astronaut’s EKG. He saw a series of rapid double beats with long pauses in between. If Irwin was on Earth, Dr. Berry said, “I’d have him in ICU being treated for a heart attack.”
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Politics
Cheap car tabs could lead to expensive downtown trips
Thirty dollar car tabs increase the likelihood of tolling on downtown city streets. That's according to the head of the Washington State Transportation Center, Mark Hallenbeck.
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Politics
No more free rides as SR 99 tunnel starts tolling
This is it - our last day of commuting before tolling on the highway 99 tunnel begins. Starting on Saturday, it'll cost you to use the tunnel.
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Technology
There's a neighborhood of Amazon 'smart homes' south of Seattle
This week's Primed podcast explores Amazon's smart home technology. You can listen to the episode here. In the first part of the story, we baked muffins with Alexa in Amazon's smart home lab. Here, we talk to people who live in an Amazon smart home development in Black Diamond, WA. We also explore some very troubling consequences of having a fully wired home.
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Business
Amazon has a 'secret apartment.' What's in it? We found out
There’s a secret apartment on the 30th Floor of Amazon’s Day One building in Seattle. We’ve wanted to get inside for months. This week, we finally did.
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Politics
Congress to Boeing CEO: Name your mistakes
Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg says the company made mistakes with the 737 MAX. During testimony before Congress, Washington representative Rick Larsen had this question: “Can you name three specific mistakes?"
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Politics
Boeing argues for continued role certifying new planes
Dennis Muilenburg faced tough questions about his company's role in certifying the 737 MAX. The Boeing Co.'s CEO was testifying before a Senate committee - the first of two appearances this week.
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Business
Crash anniversary starts Boeing CEO's hard week
Tuesday marks a year since the first Boeing MAX crash. It's also the day CEO Dennis Muilenburg faces Congress.