Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

The Portland, Oregon, resident could sympathize with those drivers: He knew to avoid his own neighborhood pothole, but another one damaged his car’s suspension to the tune of $1,000. California and Oregon are among the multiple states that will require all new passenger cars sold to be zero-emission vehicles by 2035.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 15, 2014

Here’s where it gets messy, though: A New York judge ruled Wang was not covered by the New York Human Rights Law because she was not paid, and therefore not an employee. You read that right. No pay means no rights. Sexual harassment is a very serious charge. This, of course, could have been solved if Wang were paid.).

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Everyaction

JUNE 6, 2018

From Equality Florida to Freedom Oklahoma to Basic Rights Oregon, we amplify the power of the state-based LGBTQ movement. Transgender Law Center. Transgender Law Center is the largest national trans-led organization advocating self-determination for all people.

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The Verge

JUNE 25, 2020

On Thursday, Democrats introduced a new bill that would ban federal law enforcement from using facial recognition technology and make it more difficult for state and local police departments to use the tech. The bill would effectively prohibit the tech’s use until Congress passes a law explicitly allowing it.

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The Verge

JULY 15, 2021

However, only Portland, Oregon , currently has laws limiting how private businesses can use facial recognition. The American Civil Liberties Union has called for nationwide bans and is suing the Detroit Police Department on behalf of Williams for its misuse of the technology.

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The Verge

JUNE 7, 2021

The case involves an unnamed Oregon college student known as Jane Doe, who sent her iPhone to a major Apple repair contractor called Pegatron Technology Service. The Telegraph reported the 2016 payment based on court documents recently tied to Apple’s name, and Apple confirmed the incident in a statement to The Verge.

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The Verge

MAY 18, 2021

Amazon has extended its moratorium on law enforcement use of its facial recognition software “until further notice,” according to Reuters. The Oregon and Maine cities of Portland also passed legislation around the tech in late 2020. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. The ban was set to expire in June.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2005

My introduction to the nonprofit technology space occurred during my first year of law school in Oregon (1995). I formed Community Networking Technologies (CNT) with another law student (Rachel Ogdie, now my wife Yeh!) I also met Rob Stuart early on as an organizer of the Public Interest Environmental Law Conference in Eugene.

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NTEN

MARCH 25, 2015

We’re feeling pretty squanchy, ourselves, about this big news on the voting enfranchisement front: Oregon recently passed its New Motor Voter bill into law. Meanwhile, it’s shameful that voting for a more equitable Unicode isn’t as easy as voting in Oregon is now.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 30, 2017

Portland, Oregon: QuickBooks Made Easy. Tech for Good — Law and Justice. Marietta, Georgia: Easy SEO Fixes for Your Nonprofit. Jasper, Indiana: Social Media. Wednesday, July 19, 2017. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. Thursday, July 20, 2017. Seattle, Washington: QuickBooks Made Easy.

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The Verge

JUNE 10, 2020

Amazon is announcing a one-year moratorium on allowing law enforcement to use its controversial Rekognition facial recognition platform, the e-commerce giant said on Wednesday. As of last summer, it appeared like only two departments— one in Oregon and one in Florida — were actively using Rekognition, and Orlando has since stopped.

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The Verge

AUGUST 31, 2020

Protesters hold their hands in the air during a Black Lives Matter protest in front of the Multnomah County Justice Center on July 20, 2020 in Portland, Oregon. I’m a 35-year-old, white, slightly balding man living in Portland, Oregon. Courthouse on July 22, 2020 in Portland, Oregon. Then federal law enforcement showed up.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Agricultural attacks are unlawful Attacks on agricultural lands are prohibited under international law. Jamon Van Den Hoek is an associate professor of geography at Oregon State University. For example, during the July-August war in 2014 , around 1,200 greenhouses were damaged in Gaza. Read the original article.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 4, 2013

Challenge unconstitutional laws targeted at the sector. Charity Case also explores the need to go after state and federal laws that keep the nonprofit sector stuck in the status quo. Enlighten the public through paid advertising and media. Organize ourselves, our friends, and colleagues.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 9, 2010

For one, I’d already exchanged emails with a friend in Oregon who’d wanted us to come get him. I still hadn’t been able to talk to my husband, but my mother-in-law had gotten word to him that we were headed East on I-10, and he was able to track my progress via our online, real-time credit card statement.

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Mashable Tech

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Contrast that with BDSM in Oregon and strap-on in Georgia. states (so far) due to age-verification laws , which are oftentimes requirements to submit ID to view websites with over a third of explicit content. Credit: Pornhub In New York, searches wanted more "emotional" videos, and Wyoming was wholesome with "hugging."

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Engadget

MARCH 4, 2025

But, with recent Right to Repair laws in the likes of Colorado and Oregon , the new iPhones are a bit easier to repair without ever setting foot in an Apple store. Repairing your iPhone without shelling out lots of money to Apple has long felt impossible.

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Engadget

MARCH 11, 2025

And Google has voiced its support for Oregons law. Some of these laws have already gone into effect , and will require manufacturers to do things like providing repair tools and documentation, and selling components for a number of years after the last new model for higher priced devices.

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Engadget

MARCH 10, 2025

National chains There is no national electronics recycling law at this time, so you won't find any federal programs to assist you with getting rid of old devices. You can take your items to a recycling center, drop them off at a store, or even mail them in. Heres how to find places that will take your old gadgets.

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The Verge

JANUARY 22, 2022

Intel’s Arizona, New Mexico and Oregon expansions joined existing facilities.). During his presentation, Intel’s CEO seemed to have a slightly looser definition: “When we moved to Oregon, we established the Silicon Forest. It’s the first time Intel’s breaking ground on a new manufacturing site in 40 years. But inflation? Car prices?

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Creating a sense of risk around doing work that might promote diverse and welcoming campuses is much more of the goal than a clear statement of existing law, said Jonathan Fansmith, senior vice president of government relations at the American Council on Education, an association of college presidents.

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The Verge

JUNE 11, 2020

According to Romm, American Edge is set up to ”navigate a thicket of tax laws in such a way that it can raise money, and blitz the airwaves with ads, without the obligation of disclosing all of its donors.”. Might that mislead people about the identity, purpose, or origin of the entity that American Edge represents?

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The Verge

AUGUST 7, 2020

China brutally represses its political dissidents; in America, law enforcement in military camouflage have grabbed protesters off the streets and shoved them into unmarked vans. I am writing this column from Portland, Oregon, with my gas mask hanging next to my desk. It should be part of our national brand.”. In 2000, Yahoo!

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Union leaders have described Chavez-DeRemer, a former Republican member of Congress from Oregon and former mayor of a small city on the edge of liberal-leaning Portland, as a friend of organized labor. During her opening statement, Chavez-DeRemer described the proposed law as imperfect.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 4, 2025

But the Trump administrations actions are eroding that capacity, said Riva Duncan, a former forest fire chief in Oregons Umpqua National Forest. With wildfire risks rising as more people move into fire-prone areas and climate change leads to more extreme weather , the need for a strong firefighting force has never been greater.

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Futurism

MARCH 16, 2025

While law enforcement has yet to establish a motive for the crime, it's not a huge stretch to assume they were connected with protests targeting Tesla and Musk in the Pacific Northwest. Last month, a man even unloaded a clip with his AR-style semiautomatic rifle into a Tesla storefront in Salem, Oregon.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 19, 2025

But the attacks are keeping law enforcement busy. A number of the most prominent incidents have been reported in left-leaning cities in the Pacific Northwest, like Portland, Oregon, and Seattle, where anti-Trump and anti-Musk sentiment runs high. Some Tesla owners, including a U.S.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Trending down : Conspiracy theories about the origins of the Oregon wildfires are still spreading through private Facebook groups, days after the social media giant announced it was cracking down on false claims. Now, a deal with TikTok could mean it needs the law, too. Many of the rumors claim the fires were started by Antifa.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Chavez-DeRemer, a former Republican member of Congress from Oregon and former mayor of a small city on the edge of liberal-leaning Portland, is scheduled to appear before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions, the first stop in her confirmation process. Republicans have made inroads with working-class voters.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 10, 2025

A new executive order from President Donald Trump that’s part of his effort to invigorate energy production raises the possibility that his Department of Justice will go to court against state climate change laws aimed at slashing planet-warming greenhouse gas pollution from fossil fuels.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 26, 2025

The avenue for many of these changes is rooted in one century-old law. Supreme Court declined to hear other cases in 2024 that argued that a presidents authority to declare and expand national monuments should be far more limited under the law. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 3, 2025

The Arbor Day Fund’s grant was part of former President Joe Biden’s signature climate law, the Inflation Reduction Act, which sent $1.5 Jackson County, Oregon, was awarded a $600,000 grant to replant trees after wildfires in 2020 destroyed thousands of homes and charred more than 60,000 trees.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 4, 2025

Some students have had visas revoked by the State Department under an obscure law barring noncitizens whose presence could have “serious adverse foreign policy consequences.” ” Trump invoked the law in a January order demanding action against campus anti-Semitism.

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The Verge

JULY 21, 2020

Trending down : Microsoft is knee-deep in services for law enforcement, fostering an ecosystem of companies that provide police with software using Microsoft’s cloud and other platforms. The company has evaded much of the scrutiny that companies like Amazon have gotten for working with law enforcement agencies. Law and order!

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