Construction on Google’s expanding campus in Kirkland (Google photo) The pandemic may have disrupted hiring patterns in tech, and pushed some workers out of coastal metro areas. But Google still is growing fast in Washington state, according to a new economic analysis released by the search giant today. According to the report, Google now employs more than 7,200 full time workers in Washington state, most of whom are based in engineering centers in Seattle and… Source link
Read More »Washington legend Charley Taylor dies at 80
Charley Taylor was an offensive threat wherever he got the ball. (Getty Images) Charley Taylor, the Washington Commanders Hall of Famer who retired as the NFL’s all-time leading receiver, died Saturday, the team announced. He was 80 years old. Taylor played his entire career in Washington, accruing eight Pro Bowl nods, two NFL receptions titles and the 1964 Rookie of the Year Award. He retired with not only 9,110 career receiving yards, most in NFL history at that point, but also 1,488 rushing… Source link
Read More »Opinion | A lawsuit against Google points out a much bigger privacy problem – The Washington Post
Every month seems to bring a new salvo against Big Tech — the latest from three state attorneys general and the District’s Karl A. Racine (D). The lawsuit argues that Google has deceived customers into giving up sensitive data. Yet the problem is bigger than one company, and the solution can’t come only from the courts. The complaints filed in late January by the top enforcers in D.C., Indiana, Texas and Washington allege that the world’s largest search engine told users they could… Source link
Read More »Washington S Deshazor Everett charged with manslaughter
Deshazor Everett faces an involuntary manslaughter charge. (Kyle Ross/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) Washington Commanders safety Deshazor Everett has been charged with involuntary manslaughter for a December car crash in Virginia that killed his girlfriend Olivia Peters. The Loudon County Sheriff’s Office announced the charge in a statement on Tuesday, alleging that Everett was driving more than twice the posted speed limit before the single-car crash. “The driver involved in the December… Source link
Read More »Washington, D.C. sues Google over location tracking practices
The company and law firm names shown above are generated automatically based on the text of the article. We are improving this feature as we continue to test and develop in beta. We welcome feedback, which you can provide using the feedback tab on the right of the page. WASHINGTON, Jan 24 (Reuters) – Washington, D.C., Attorney General Karl Racine sued Google (GOOGL.O) on Monday over what he called deceptive location tracking practices that invade users’ privacy. Three other state attorneys… Source link
Read More »Sun Bowl back on with Central Michigan joining Washington State
The Sun Bowl is back on. After its originally scheduled opponent Miami dropped out because of a reported COVID-19 outbreak on the team, Washington State will now face Central Michigan in the Dec. 31 bowl. A day after Miami canceled, CMU lost its bowl opponent on Monday when Boise State had to withdraw from the Arizona Bowl because of its own COVID-19 outbreak. With two teams in need of a bowl partner, it didn’t take long for the natural conclusion to play out. The Arizona Bowl, with a… Source link
Read More »Washington S Deshazor Everett involved in fatal car crash
Washington Football Team safety Deshazor Everett was involved in a car crash in Virginia on Thursday night that killed a female passenger, the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office said on Friday morning. Everett was driving in Loudoun County, which sits just outside of Washington D.C., around 9:15 p.m. on Thursday when police said the vehicle “left the right side of the roadway, struck several trees and rolled over.” The passenger, a 29-year-old woman, was taken to a local hospital where she… Source link
Read More »Eagles roll over COVID-depleted Washington Football Team
The Washington Football Team made the most of a wild early break en route to a 10-0 lead over the Philadelphia Eagles on Tuesday. But as the game wore on, a roster beset by COVID-19 couldn’t keep pace as the Eagles secured a 27-17 win to improve to 7-7 and gain a leg up on their NFC East rivals in the conference wild-card race. After digging the early double-digit deficit, the Eagles controlled the ball and the scoreboard en route to 20 unanswered points. Washington answered with a late… Source link
Read More »What we learned from crypto’s trip to Washington: Morning Brief
This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Thursday, December 9, 2021 For now at least, ‘a good meeting of the minds’ The cryptocurrency industry’s major power players encountered skeptical yet noticeably polite questioning from Congress on Wednesday, where both sides laid bare their disagreements about how the emerging industry should be overseen by the federal government. Lawmakers and… Source link
Read More »Google and Uber delay office returns amid omicron uncertainty – The Washington Post
For companies whose employees are still toiling from their couches at home, the question of when to bring their full workforces back to the office has become even trickier. In a pandemic when many decisions have hinged on risk tolerance, the coronavirus’s new omicron variant has complicated the process of calculating those hazards. Major corporations that had planned to shepherd all their employees back into offices in early 2022 now have to decide whether those dates make sense in light of… Source link
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