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Ted Cruz and family

Iowa caucuses throw presidential predictions into a tizzy: Cruz upsets Trump

Update for 9:20 p.m. PT: The Iowans have spoken, and the GOP presidential caucuses confounded the prediction markets by giving… Read More

Washington state looks to revive tax breaks for life sciences companies, but not other tech firms

The Washington state legislature is looking at reviving two expired high-tech research-and development tax breaks — minus the previous exemptions… Read More

Michael Bloomberg, tech’s favorite potential presidential candidate, scores low in Iowa poll by his own news service

Frank Sinatra famously sang that if you can make it in New York, you can make it anywhere. But maybe not.… Read More

Kickstarter tax fix: Bill would exempt crowdfunding efforts from state sales and B&O taxes

OLYMPIA, Wash. — A bill to exempt crowdfunding efforts from the state sales tax and business-and-occupation tax is working its… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio: Bernie Sanders vs. Microsoft, Amazon’s latest secret building, and more

This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast: Microsoft ‘feels the Bern’ as Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders questions… Read More

Fighting ‘ticket bots’: Washington AG says it’s too early to tweak state law to protect altruistic programmers

OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Washington Attorney General’s Office says it is premature to tweak Washington’s 2015 law against using ticket bots… Read More

Washington state bill targets online shenanigans with potential prison time

OLYMPIA, Wash. — A Washington Senate bill proposes to turn a variety of malicious online activities into actually prosecutable crimes with prison… Read More

Why Donald Trump probably won’t get Apple to make its ‘damn computers’ in the U.S.

Embed from Getty Images Donald Trump has a long list of things he promises to do in order to “Make America… Read More

Washington state bill targets DraftKings and FanDuel: ‘You cannot call this a game of skill’

OLYMPIA, Wash. — You can start your own office pool on what fantasy sports in Washington state will look like… Read More

Maria Cantwell

Senators join forces in campaign to close America’s Arctic icebreaker gap

Two U.S. senators from opposite sides of the aisle – Washington Democrat Maria Cantwell and Alaska Republican Lisa Murkowski – teamed up… Read More

In effort to reduce auto deaths, Obama pledges $4 billion for self-driving cars

President Obama devoted part of his final State of the Union address to “how we can make technology work for us.”… Read More

Bill would create Washington state space exploration center to boost fledgling industry

OLYMPIA, Wash. — A bill is in play in Washington state Legislature to get the state government deeply involved in… Read More

Rubio and Trump

Prediction markets sense a disturbance in the presidential campaign force

Although Donald Trump has long dominated coverage of the GOP presidential campaign, electoral prediction markets have been favoring Marco Rubio instead.… Read More

Apollo 17 salute

Space ventures get shout-outs in State of the State Address – and State of the Union

Even though they happened far from the Evergreen State, last year’s Pluto flyby and the rocket landings accomplished by Blue… Read More

Hillary Clinton

If elected, Hillary Clinton vows to ‘get to the bottom’ of the UFO mystery

If the truth about UFOs is out there, Hillary Clinton says she’ll be on it as president. When the Democratic… Read More

Image: Viaduct

Ready for the ‘Really Big One’? Congress boosts quake warning system

The omnibus spending bill that was approved by Congress today includes another $8.2 million for a quake-monitoring system that could… Read More

Image: Europa orbiter

Congress’ omnibus bill gives NASA a Christmas bonus: a bigger $19.3 billion budget

The 2,009-page omnibus bill that’s been crafted by Congress for the current fiscal year boosts NASA’s budget to $19.3 billion, which is $756… Read More

Image: Blue Origin celebration

Lawmakers geek out over Washington state’s rising space industry

Washington state legislators got an introduction to the state’s space industry today at Seattle’s Museum of Flight – and voiced amazement at… Read More

How politically compatible are you with Donald Trump? New Microsoft tool will let you know

Microsoft released a new tool this week that uses big data analytics to let you know where presidential candidates stack up on… Read More

Asteroid mining

Asteroid mining riches await: President Obama signs space resource bill into law

President Barack Obama today put his signature on a law supporting the rights of space miners to extract, use and… Read More

Bill Gates Sr. at 90: A giant impact on technology, philanthropy and the Seattle region

View image | gettyimages.com Editor’s Note: Bill Gates Sr. died on Sept. 14, 2020. This profile, reported in 2015 for… Read More

Meg Whitman: ‘Turning around HP was relatively easy versus running for governor of California’

PALM DESERT, Calif. — Meg Whitman didn’t anticipate becoming CEO of HP, the storied Silicon Valley tech powerhouse that she… Read More

Political masterminds Karl Rove and Jim Messina: How data is changing politics, why polling sucks, and which social network matters now

PALM DESERT, Calif. — Two political foes faced off Friday here at the EY Strategic Growth Forum, but the dialogue… Read More

Seattle officials debate $5M proposal to test municipal broadband network

The Seattle City Council is debating behind closed doors this week over whether to move forward with a pilot program that would… Read More

Amazon warns employees about ‘Million Mask March’ on Seattle HQ today

Amazon is warning employees not to wear clothing with company logos, and telling them to keep their badges out of sight as… Read More

Next VR
Podcast

Amazon’s master plan, virtual reality NBA, fashion for geeks, and tech meets politics

This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast: Amazon is bringing e-commerce to your television set, and suddenly the… Read More

Podcast

Tech, politics and the future of Seattle: Big election highlights the city’s great geek divide

What would happen if Seattle tech workers were more engaged with the community around them? And what would it take to get… Read More

Hey, Seattle tech community: Here’s why you need to vote in this historic election

Guest Commentary: We’re all super-busy keeping track of the new University of Washington president, layoffs at Twitter, Dell’s blockbuster acquisition… Read More

U.S Senator Maria Cantwell added to GeekWire Summit lineup

One of the country’s geekiest senators is joining the GeekWire Summit this week in Seattle. Senator Maria Cantwell, who before… Read More

The worst cities for traffic jams: Where booming Seattle and San Francisco rank

See update below on questions surrounding this study’s approach. It’s getting a lot harder to move around Seattle. But at… Read More

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