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Mike Rogoway
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Mike Rogoway
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Covers the business of technology for @Oregonian. Phone: 503-294-7699 E-mail: [email protected] DM for Signal
- Apple says that today it will put protective plywood over the Black Lives Matter murals on its downtown Portland store to preserve the historic artwork “for future donation." The company says it will have details on long-term plans for the murals early in 2021.
- Subscribe to your local newspapers. Tell them why you’re subscribing. Demand that the papers cover important, local news. Keep telling publishers, editors and reporters about news that matters. Insist they cover it.
- The Dalles sued The @Oregonian 13 months ago to keep Google’s water use secret. The city gave up this week and handed over the records. Here’s what they show about 10 years of data center water consumption – and what watchdogs and Google say about it.
- Elections are very exciting for journalists. Tonight, I have the most important job in the newsroom.
- Parents and students reported Coach @KeanonLowe, one of Oregon’s most prominent high school and college football players of the past decade, tackled the armed male suspect, who has since been taken into custody. bit.ly/2EaJtEr
- Tesla Energy has agreed to pay back $13m to Oregon after @tedsickinger showed the company (formerly SolarCity) had vastly inflated its construction costs to quality for state tax credits. bit.ly/2Pvce2m
- Intel’s CEO quits Trump’s manufacturing council. It’s a big switch for him — previously he’s insisted on staying engaged.I stand with others for equality and improving US competitiveness. Both require improving in todays environment. intel.ly/2vz7e55
- New Intel CEO @PGelsinger addressed employees today. Among the challenges he listed — Intel needs to be better than Apple at making CPUs. “We have to deliver better products to the PC ecosystem than any possible thing that a lifestyle company in Cupertino." More to come.
- One thing about eliminating comments -- I'm getting far, far more calls and emails from readers about my articles. Much better dialogue, much better tips. (Very little trolling.)We're eliminating comments on OregonLive as of Jan. 2: oregonlive.com/news/2019/12/o…
- A remote eastern Oregon county of just 12,000 residents awarded Amazon data center tax breaks worth ~$50m annually. Some officials who granted the tax breaks are now positioned to reap their own windfall through contracts with Amazon.
- "David says he has two fractures in his hand, and while it's currently in a splint, he is expecting to need surgery later this week."Navy vet Chris David wanted to talk to police in Portland. Instead, he was beaten. He hopes the feds still listen: "That oath of office is essentially swearing loyalty to the Constitution," he says, "and what they're doing is not constitutional anymore" pamplinmedia.com/pt/474091-3832…
