Twitter didn’t set out to ban Donald Trump. The president gave it no choice. That’s the assessment from Mike Davidson, a Seattle-based tech and media veteran who was Twitter’s vice… Read More
At the end of what’s certainly been a rough week, logging off for the weekend is probably something lots of people were looking forward to. Perhaps that’s the simple sentiment… Read More
Update, Friday, 4:10 p.m.: Twitter announced Friday that it was permanently suspending the account of President Trump, citing what it called “the risk of further incitement of violence” days after… Read More
In a newly unsealed court filing, Amazon blames an “extraordinary environment of corruption, interference, and retribution” by President Donald Trump for improperly influencing the U.S. Department of Defense to reaffirm… Read More
Microsoft is not back in the running to acquire TikTok, a source familiar with the situation said Friday morning, refuting a statement made by President Trump to reporters on Thursday… Read More
The U.S. Postal Service generated $1.6 billion in profit from Amazon in its 2019 fiscal year, on $3.9 billion in revenue from its business with the e-commerce giant. That’s one… Read More
Microsoft’s bid for TikTok fell through after the tech giant insisted on acquiring full control of the social video app’s U.S. operations, data, source code and algorithms, declining to settle… Read More
President Donald Trump this morning again called on the U.S. Postal Service to increase the amount it charges Amazon to deliver packages, seeking to turn the tech giant into a… Read More
Twitch, the streaming video service owned by Amazon, temporarily shut down an account for President Donald Trump on Monday over what it called “hateful conduct” in his posts. The Verge… Read More
Bill Gates, who predicted this pandemic five years ago, is now turning his attention to what’s next — and the simplest way to describe it, he says, is “semi-normal.” People… Read More
Bill Gates joined the chorus of people expressing shock and disappointment in President Trump’s announcement Tuesday that he would freeze U.S. funding for the World Health Organization. In a tweet… Read More
The meaning behind President Trump’s favorite acronym was reimagined with a tech twist in the Oval Office at the White House on Tuesday as the president lumped the most successful… Read More
This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Amazon is formally protesting a decision by the U.S. Department of Defense to award its $10 billion JEDI cloud computing contract to Microsoft, suggesting… Read More
Here’s a good way to measure the controversy surrounding any political issue: count the number of adjectives and adverbs that reporters and politicians use when they’re talking about it. Immigration… Read More
Steve Carell is going from “The Office” to the “Space Force.” Netflix has signed on for a new comedy series named for President Donald Trump’s plan for a space-defending military… Read More
Talk about a screen shot. An official photo shared by the White House on Tuesday evening captured President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence meeting with Republican and Democratic… Read More
Something remarkable happened in the White House this week, as House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer met with President Trump to talk about border security… Read More
It’s a lot to ask to expect praise from President Donald Trump on Twitter. But the president did manage to tweet out a very real “thank you” to Apple CEO… Read More
The nation received a text from President Trump on Wednesday. It wasn’t a tweet. It was just a test. A special test of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s national “presidential… Read More
Update, Monday 9:50 a.m. PT: This post has been updated to reflect a change in date for the planned test. You’re going to get an alert on your cell phone… Read More
Today’s featured stories Amazon stock hits $2,000, and why one analyst thinks it is on the road to a $2.5 trillion valuation Microsoft contractors to get 12 weeks of paid… Read More
Today’s featured stories President Trump wakes up, Googles himself and threatens to look into search giant’s ‘rigged’ results Women and minorities make one more giant leap for AP computer science… Read More
Update, 1 p.m. PT: Trump threatened Google, Facebook, and Twitter in comments to reporters Tuesday afternoon. TRUMP: "I think Google is taking advantage of a lot of people. I think… Read More
“The Home Shows” have turned into “The Away Shows” for Seattle rock band Pearl Jam, and with that comes a bit of controversy, stirred up after an official poster for… Read More
As if the Trump administration’s plan to establish a Space Force by 2020 wasn’t comical enough — especially in the straight-faced nature of the vice president’s Thursday announcement — now… Read More
President Donald Trump signed an executive order ending the controversial policy of separating children and parents at the U.S.-Mexico border Wednesday, amid outcry from activists and business leaders. The order… Read More
Amazon is helping to power a new app which offers virtual tours of the White House as well as a unique experience that will match a user’s selfie with the… Read More
Blocking people you don’t agree with on Twitter may be a good way to silence them in your social sphere, but when you’re president of the United States, it’s unconstitutional,… Read More
A leaked video of Bill Gates talking about his early encounters with President Donald Trump turned into comedic material for two late-night TV shows this past weekend. The video which… Read More
President Donald Trump has made a routine out of being up early and on Twitter to take shots at Amazon and CEO Jeff Bezos. Early Sunday morning, it didn’t appear… Read More