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Donald Trump

Jeff Bezos: Amazon deserves to be scrutinized as a giant company, aims to ‘pass with flying colors’

It sometimes feels that the “enemy hordes are at the gates,” in a way that Amazon hasn’t seen in years… Read More

TLDR: Judge rules Trump can’t block critics on Twitter, backyard cottages & urban housing crisis, Russell Wilson’s new show on TraceMe

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s tech news rundown show, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube,… Read More

President Trump

Judge rules President Trump can’t block his critics on Twitter and calls the action unconstitutional

Blocking people you don’t agree with on Twitter may be a good way to silence them in your social sphere,… Read More

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Trump reportedly lobbied postmaster general to double USPS package delivery rates on Amazon and others

President Donald Trump personally urged U.S. Postmaster General Megan Brennan to double how much the U.S. Postal Service charges Amazon… Read More

Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to U.S. politicians: ‘Shame on you’ if you ignore data

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Many of the people who filled an auditorium here Thursday for an appearance by former Microsoft CEO… Read More

TLDR: Gmail lets you press snooze on emails, new restrictions on H-1B visas, stand 500 ft. above Seattle

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s daily news rundown, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube for every… Read More

TLDR: Parallel reality display tech, drone-delivered medical supplies, WA governor defends Amazon

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s daily news rundown, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube for every… Read More

Podcast

Week in Geek Podcast: Trump vs. Bezos, and the next wave of Seattle tech IPOs

President Trump went on the attack against Amazon and Jeff Bezos again this week, making veiled threats to regulate the… Read More

TLDR: Big week for Bill Gates, Trump vs. Amazon, electric ferries and an Apple AirPods giveaway

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s daily news rundown, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube for every… Read More

Tech industry’s cavalier and arrogant attitude foments backlash but started long before Trump, top execs say

Big tech companies have ascended to a position of extraordinary power by finding creative ways to sell customer data, moving… Read More

Bill Gates to meet with President Trump at the White House, plans to stress importance of foreign aid

After meetings with Ireland’s prime minister and the American Petroleum Institute, President Trump on Thursday will sit down with Microsoft… Read More

Donald Trump at Miramar

President Donald Trump revives the policy debate over creating military Space Force

President Donald Trump today talked about creating a U.S. Space Force, breathing new life into a concept that’s been proposed… Read More

Air Force One illustration

Such a deal? White House reports $3.9B contract with Boeing for Air Force One

The White House says President Donald Trump has struck an “informal deal” with Boeing on a $3.9 billion fixed-price contract… Read More

Trump at State of the Union

What Donald Trump said (and didn’t say) about tech in State of the Union

Immigration, tax cuts and crime loomed large in President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union Address, but technology and… Read More

Melinda Gates denounces Trump’s immigration comments

As someone who has spent extensive time in the developing world, Melinda Gates thinks President Donald Trump’s alleged comments on… Read More

Trump

Three days after Trump’s nuclear button tweet, Twitter defends world leaders and ‘global conversation’

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is most certainly used to getting mentioned in tweets on his own platform calling out other… Read More

Trump

Trump: U.S. Postal Service is making Amazon richer, should be charging tech giant ‘MUCH MORE!’

President Trump is targeting Amazon again, tweeting this morning that the U.S. Postal Service should be charging the e-commerce giant… Read More

As U.S. braces against brutal cold snap, President Trump calls for ‘good old global warming’

President Trump might want to brace against the cold chill of the internet. With much of the northern and eastern… Read More

Ryan and Muilenburg

Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg unveils $300M in initiatives in response to tax bill

The Boeing Co. is moving ahead on $300 million in charitable contributions and workplace investments as a response to the… Read More

Donald Trump and Harrison Schmitt

Moon, Mars and jobs: Trump puts his spin on space policy, with details to come

President Donald Trump today signed a space policy directive that calls on NASA to establish an outpost on the moon… Read More

Time person of the year

Bezos, Trump, Kaepernick, #MeToo and more among final 10 for Time’s ‘Person of the Year’ honor

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos made the shortlist for Time’s “Person of the Year,” a recognition of the person or group of… Read More

Trump Twitter

Twitter adds safeguards after Trump account deactivated; report says employee was contractor

A day after President Trump’s Twitter account was deactivated by a rogue employee on that person’s last day of work,… Read More

No Trump on Twitter

Departing Twitter employee goes rogue, deactivates Donald Trump’s account for 11 (joyous) minutes

Fulfilling the fantasy of anyone who has ever wished they could just pull the plug on President Donald Trump’s Twitter… Read More

Donald Trump

Could Twitter ban Trump for violating its terms of service? Company forced to explain why it hasn’t

President Trump had a busy weekend on Twitter, as usual. No real surprise there, but the language in at least… Read More

Air Force One

Here’s how the Pentagon is whittling down the $4 billion price tag for Air Force One

President Donald Trump was stretching the truth when he claimed that he trimmed a billion dollars from the cost of… Read More

Trump Strategic and Policy Forum

Amid outcry, Trump disbands two business councils – but tech is a separate issue

President Donald Trump says he’s disbanding two of his business advisory councils, focusing on manufacturing as well as strategy and… Read More

President Trump

A timeline of President Trump’s attacks against Amazon and its CEO Jeff Bezos

Donald Trump’s tweet this morning about Amazon is the latest of many attacks against the Seattle-based tech giant and its… Read More

Amazon shares dip after Trump tweets that company does ‘great damage to tax paying retailers’

Shares of Amazon were down slightly Wednesday morning after President Trump took aim at the Seattle tech giant again on… Read More

Trump Tweets toilet paper

Such a potty mouth: Toilet paper featuring classic Trump tweets sells out on Amazon

You must be aware by now that when it comes to tweeting, President Trump can sometimes get on a roll.… Read More

Air Force One

Boeing sells 747s left behind by the Russians as Air Force One jets – but for how much? Don’t ask

The U.S. Air Force says it’s getting a good deal on two Boeing 747s that were built for a now-bankrupt… Read More

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