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The Air Force is launching its first Pitch Day to attract tech startups

To inspire and accelerate startup creativity to meet national security challenges, the Air Force’s special event takes place on March 6-7 in New York.

These security guards impacted by the shutdown may never get paid

Devon Russell and Keith Polite are security officers—unlike other federal furloughed employees, they’re part of an army of contract workers who aren’t guaranteed back pay once the shutdown ends.

How Microsoft has (so far) avoided tough scrutiny over privacy issues

The “original gangster of big tech” has managed to dodge the bad headlines and congressional grilling that have ensnared its rivals by working with regulators and advocating its own solutions.

Powerful trade group supersized its political contributions to boost tax reform bill

The Business Roundtable, which includes some of the biggest companies in the country, increased its donations by more than 18,000% in 2017.

To keep track of Trump’s lies, play Border Wall Bingo

Former NYT editor claims publisher drafted letter “all but apologizing” to China for tough story

The 10 best long reads that you may have missed in 2018

The 21 biggest unanswered questions about the Trump investigations

As a tsunami of scandal threatens to flood Mar-a-Lago, it’s worth stepping back to look at the enormity of the situation and lay out the remaining mysteries.

After a season of hell, should California still allow development in fire zones?

After two of the most devastating fires in California history, environmentalists and urban planners question why Los Angeles County, or any county in the state, would approve wilderness community developments.

How Goldfish crackers took over the world

The snacks we munched on after soccer practice have become a worldwide phenomenon, with huge sales growth and a ridiculous variety of flavors. And they might just salvage the fortunes of their flailing parent company.

How the wireless industry and conservative dark money groups teamed up to fight net neutrality

Conservative nonprofits, such as ALEC, that support an anti-regulatory agenda, received more than $3 million in donations from high-profile telecom trade groups whose members include Verizon, AT&T, and Comcast, helping their efforts to secure the repeal of net neutrality policies last year.

California governor Jerry Brown’s friendship with an oil lobbyist is spurring calls for an investigation

A new report is raising questions about the governor’s close ties to former staffer Lucie Gikovich, whose business partner and firm have donated $145,000 to Brown’s campaigns.

The millionaire critic who scared Facebook now wants to help “fix the internet”

David Magerman, the ex-RenTech partner who criticized Robert Mercer, prompted Facebook to go on the attack. Now he’s joining Differential Ventures to invest in tech.

Private prison giant under fire for pressuring Georgia to keep immigrant detainee’s death report sealed

How a private prison company silenced the Georgia Bureau of Investigation from releasing details about an immigrant detainee’s death.

The man who sent “the most famous email in history” still has plenty of questions

Rob Goldstone, the British music publicist who sent the infamous email to Donald Trump Jr. that set up the Trump Tower meeting, still has plenty of questions about what really happened.

Debt of a salesman: Why the cost of living is making retirement a mirage

California’s high rents are undermining tenants’ retirement prospects and the broader economy, forcing white-collar workers like Bill Ware to take on extra work driving for Lyft.

Russia’s largest bank just launched a state-of-the-art coding school to ease dependence on Western tech

Sberbank, which is currently under U.S. sanctions and whose CEO has ties to Trump, launched School 21 in Moscow last week.

We’re finally getting details on how much the energy industry spent to support Scott Pruitt’s confirmation

It’s not just Facebook. GOP-linked firm “brought oppo research to Silicon Valley”

Definers Public Affairs has sought to discredit opponents in part by spreading misleading stories via a network of right-wing sites—and through Facebook.