U.S. senator wants an ‘AI education bill’ | Boundless acquires immigration startup

Opponents of the capital gains tax in Washington state are not giving up. A conservative think tank wants the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the new law that sparked controversy within the tech industry. A law professor told GeekWire he doesn’t think SCOTUS will take on the issue. Read more. 

Microsoft tweaks Activision Blizzard acquisition terms. In a bid to appease UK regulatory concerns, the tech giant said it would transfer cloud video game streaming rights to French game developer Ubisoft. Read more.

Immigration tech M&A: Seattle startup Boundless acquired Bridge, a San Francisco-based startup that helps companies hire international talent. Read more. 

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• Amazon illegally called the police on employees and mistreated workers, according to a complaint by U.S. labor board prosecutors. (Bloomberg)

• Microsoft Designer, a free AI-powered design tool, is now widely available for the company’s Edge browser. (The Verge)

• The Allen Institute for AI released a new dataset that will power its new open language model. (TechCrunch)

• Next slide: The corporate presentation traces its roots to well before Microsoft’s acquisition of Forethought, the maker of PowerPoint. (MIT Technology Review)