Vladimir Putin has been far more visible lately with statements on the Russian-U.S. election story. Well-schooled in the art of Russian linguistic vaguery, he has alternately said that Russian freelance hackers may… Read More
Can entrepreneurship promote political stability and peace in countries around the world? Steven Koltai certainly believes so. The long-time startup junkie, who was most recently a senior advisor for entrepreneurship… Read More
The New York Times and Washington Post reported late Friday that Russia hacked the Democratic National Committee to help Donald Trump win this year’s presidential election, according to unnamed sources. The Times reported… Read More
Twitter is increasingly becoming the best place to keep up with the two candidates who ran for president this year. Your political leanings will no doubt help you decide whose… Read More
As Donald Trump began his march to the White House last year, he became embroiled in numerous feuds. One that got a lot of attention starting last year was a spat with… Read More
Embed from Getty Images Facebook got a shout-out during Hillary Clinton’s concession speech on Wednesday. In an emotional speech to her supporters after Donald Trump was elected as the next U.S. president, Clinton… Read More
When it comes to political theater, the tech community isn’t always center-stage. Often tech leaders prefer to quietly exercise political influence from the wings, with a few big exceptions. But for those… Read More
It’s going to be a long day, folks. If you don’t want to follow along on Twitter or tune into the all-day TV circus, Amazon is offering a 2016 solution to… Read More
I voted two weeks ago by mail from my home in Seattle, but thanks to a Facebook live video today, on Election Day, I was transported across the country to… Read More
There’s no game with higher stakes than the U.S. presidential election. That’s why game designers have banded together to throw their weight behind Hillary Clinton and urge their community to… Read More
Are you ready? We’re less than 24 hours until Election Day and finding out who will become America’s 45th president: Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump. Tuesday will arguably be the biggest… Read More
GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump and his supporters are questioning whether the FBI could have sifted through 650,000 emails quickly enough to clear his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, just nine… Read More
A simple, decade-old hacker trick likely led to the hacking of critical Hillary Clinton staff members. If John Podesta can fall for it, with the Presidential election at stake, so can you.… Read More
Editor’s Note: Corey Nachreiner, CTO at WatchGuard Technologies, is a regular GeekWire contributor. Over the past several years, hacking and information security have emerged from the shadows to sit center… Read More
Things got nasty at the third and final presidential debate on Wednesday night, and on Thursday, Janet Jackson fans got “Nasty” in return. Spotify reported that streams of Jackson’s 1986 R&B… Read More
Well, that happened. If you’re still reeling from the third and final (blessed) debate allow me to turn your attention to the Internet, where things are just as mean but… Read More
Hillary Clinton has a 91 percent chance to the win presidency, according to Microsoft Research economist David Rothschild, higher odds than any candidate received in the previous three presidential elections under his forecasting… Read More
Microsoft Bing is out with its election predictions again this year with a few new features that detail campaign spending by state and search interest by demographic. Bing’s election portal has… Read More
Bill and Melinda Gates were apparently under consideration for Hillary Clinton’s vice presidential nominee, according to an email from campaign chair John Podesta, released by Julian Assange’s WikiLeaks. The email,… Read More
Do you have election blues? Do you feel powerless against the political quicksand swallowing our nation? Are you starting to feel like you’re living in an alternate reality where blind… Read More
So what’s one of the high-tech secret tools being wielded by the Hillary Clinton campaign to persuade voters to pick their candidate? Texting. “We’ve been shocked at how many people… Read More
A Donald Trump presidency would be bad for the travel business and bad for the world, Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said at the GeekWire Summit 2016 Tuesday. Khosrowshahi said Trump’s… Read More
Donald Trump loves a favorable poll, and he loves to cite favorable poll numbers at his rallies. This week was no exception, as he opened an event in Wisconsin by… Read More
Embed from Getty Images Donald Trump’s 10-year-old son is very good with computers and Hillary Clinton is concerned with Russia’s cyberattacks on the U.S. Those were two tech-related takeaways from… Read More
As Chris Berman would say on ESPN, “Back back back back back.” Who knew his familiar call for baseball home runs could also be used to describe people trying to capture a… Read More
For all of the unintentionally uncomfortable moments that are captured throughout the campaign season, it’s refreshing to see a candidate purposefully put herself in a spot sure to induce squirms.… Read More
Gary Johnson has a vision for the future: Apply Uber’s on-demand, sharing economy model to just about everything. The libertarian candidate for president shared his utopian (or dystopian) dream at… Read More
If you think something absolutely has to be done about climate change and other environmental worries, Donald Trump isn’t the presidential candidate for you. You probably knew that already, but the… Read More
With the U.S. presidential campaign in full swing, and PAX West 2016 underway in Seattle, we decided to bridge the worlds of games and politics with a thought-provoking “Geek on… Read More
GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump has been going through a series of reversals this week, and today’s highlights include the dissing of America’s space program. “Someone just asked me backstage, ‘Mr.… Read More