Behind the less than enthusiastic embrace is a collective skepticism in the tech industry about Clinton's pro-innovation credentials.
The shade is unwarranted.
Gregory Ferenstein Contributor Gregory Ferenstein is a San Francisco-based writer and teaches math for journalists through the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas. He is the publisher of The
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