Only seven members of the Electoral College proved “faithless” to their pledged presidential candidates today, and four of them are in Washington state. The tally in Olympia was eight for Democrat Hillary… 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
Jeff Bezos has responded to what he called a “heartfelt email” from an employee representing Amazon’s Affinity Group Leaders who were seeking a message of support from the company’s leadership in… Read More
In 2007, Seattle entrepreneur James Sun competed on season six of NBC’s reality television series “The Apprentice” with Donald Trump. The experience gave Sun a unique connection to and understanding… Read More
At least one prominent techie is happy about a Donald Trump presidency. PayPal co-founder and Facebook board member Peter Thiel is joining Trump’s transition team. Bloomberg reports that Thiel could focus on… Read More
Seattle-based Zillow Group doesn’t have a Canadian product for people’s real estate needs north of the border. But that didn’t stop Americans unsettled by Tuesday night’s election results from flooding… Read More
President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team is now part of the government, at least online, in the form of a GreatAgain.gov website. The website, registered through the General Services Administration, is… Read More
Now that everyone has had some time to process the shocking presidential election victory of Donald Trump, reactions are trickling out. Apple CEO Tim Cook, who opposed Trump, but supported House… Read More
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, who once joked about blasting Donald Trump into space, congratulated the new president-elect in a tweet Thursday morning. Congratulations to @realDonaldTrump. I for one give him… Read More
After America elected Donald Trump as its next president this week, many tech leaders weren’t shy about sharing their concerns. 500 Startups founder Dave McClure said he was sad, ashamed, and… Read More
Embed from Getty Images You know those iconic portraits of presidents, like John F. Kennedy or Ronald Reagan, that hang in public schools or in the living rooms of old… Read More
Donald Trump’s surprise victory in the presidential election opens the way for a profound reversal in environmental policies, even as officials are working on implementing this year’s Paris climate agreement.… Read More
(Editors note: This story and the video below contain profanity). “I’m pissed off. I’m sad. I’m ashamed. I’m angry.” We hear ya, Dave. This morning, in a very public, very… Read More
Under an image of an American flag flying above his company’s corporate headquarters in Seattle, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz addressed partners in a post-election post on Tuesday, admitting that he,… 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
It may look as if pollsters got the presidential election horribly wrong, considering that Hillary Clinton had been favored over Donald Trump, who ended up winning. But they weren’t as… Read More
Donald Trump may be known for his no-hold-barred approach on Twitter, but technology is largely a foreign concept to the U.S. president-elect. “Mr. Trump, who does not use a computer, rails against the campaign’s expenditure… Read More
Grief. Despair. Anger. Disbelief. Determination. And a little bit of hope. Those were some of the emotions expressed by leaders in the technology industry after real estate mogul Donald Trump… Read More
It may be Taco Bowl Tuesday in the upper reaches of New York’s Trump Tower, but if there’s a victory party on election night, Donald Trump may want to save… 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
What’s working and what’s failing on Election Day? Who’s getting it right, and who’s doing it wrong? When will we know who’s won? And which tweets are winning the Internet… 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
Well, folks, the time has finally come. After a truly bizarre presidential race — one driven more by personality than policy — it’s time to elect the 45th president of… Read More
Twitter went down late Sunday evening, a little more than 24 hours before Election Day in the United States. The site stopped just before 10 p.m. PT on Sunday. I first… 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
Today Elon Musk laid out his views on electricity-generating solar roofs, the Tesla-SolarCity merger, SpaceX’s return to flight and artificial intelligence during an extraordinary 30-minute telephone interview on CNBC. His timeliest… Read More
The FBI has launched an internal investigation following a pair of tweets from its records division account that led to complaints that the bureau was influencing the upcoming presidential election, according… Read More
People of a certain political persuasion have been missing the searing commentary of former “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart during this prolonged election season. But in an appearance Monday night, Stewart returned… 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
With 40 items on Seattle’s Nov. 8 ballot, few would blame voters for leaving some bubbles blank — who has time to follow Superior Court races and House advisory votes?! … Read More
Billionaire tech investor and PayPal founder Peter Thiel has been making headlines since May with his ardent and vocal support of Donald Trump, an uncommon stance in Silicon Valley. Speaking at a… Read More
How much of a game-changer is the report that the FBI is looking into emails linked to an aide to Hillary Clinton, less than two weeks before the election? It’s… Read More
President Obama has no doubt heard it all during his nearly eight years in office, and in the interest of self preservation, should probably stay off social media. But for… Read More
Crooked, crazy, weak, hopeless, desperate, sad, boring, goofy, stupid, incompetent, pathetic, mess, dopey, unwatchable and dumb as a rock. Those are just 15 of the 281 insults Donald Trump has… 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
You can be suitably entertained by following Aaron Levie’s 140-character musings on Twitter — almost 700,000 followers have figured that out. But for a longer-form version of entertaining banter, let… Read More
It’s finally come to this: Ballots for the general election are in the mail, and within days, Washington state voters can register their choice for president. But how do you… 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
Like many of us — when we’re not being asked to play more Adele or order more toilet paper — Amazon’s Alexa likes to talk politics. And, you may have… 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
With U.S. officials openly blaming Russia for hacker attacks on state election computer systems, and the myriad possibilities for election chaos such attacks raise, it’s important to put them in… 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
An open letter from 375 scientists is voicing concern about GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump’s views on climate change – and urging the United States not to cancel its commitment to… Read More
Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson may not be on stage for this year’s televised presidential debates, but he is getting his say on America’s top issues relating to science and technology, health… 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
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton says she loves science. GOP candidate Donald Trump says he loves NASA. The Green Party says it’s bizarre to claim that its nominee, Jill Stein,… 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
Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are both promising to bring good-paying jobs back to America, but analysts say neither of them has addressed one of the biggest challenges looming… Read More
Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention tonight may not have been rated as highly as President Barack Obama’s address the night before, but there was… Read More
The country is at a crossroads. Some see the political landscape as soiled, unsalvageable with two presidential candidates who are largely disliked by the majority of Americans. (Hillary Clinton’s unfavorable… Read More
Billionaire presidential candidate Donald Trump took aim once again at Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos as he revoked the campaign credentials for the newspaper Bezos owns, The Washington Post. Today the presumptive… Read More
