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Election 2016

Brad Smith

How Microsoft’s Brad Smith navigates the Trump era as the tech industry’s ‘de facto ambassador’

As the tech industry’s unofficial diplomat to Washington, D.C., Microsoft President Brad Smith found himself in a bit of a… Read More

Mark Zuckerberg

Facebook to hand over 3,000 Russia-linked ads to Congress in ongoing election investigation

Faced with the decision over whether to adhere to its standard of protecting user content or to help safeguard the… Read More

In farewell press conference, Obama says ‘new cyber age’ will require new tools

In the wake of a presidential campaign marred by hacking and social-media skulduggery, President Barack Obama says America’s digital architecture will… Read More

Elaine Chao

Trump’s pick for transportation secretary plays it safe on Seattle transit spending

President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for transportation secretary, Elaine Chao, held back from a commitment to continue supporting transit projects that… Read More

Donald Trump says he’ll enlist tech titans to build a better ‘hacking defense’ system

President-elect Donald Trump says he’ll turn to the tech industry leaders he met with last month to help his administration… Read More

Russian hacking methods

Cyber sleuths lay out evidence of Russia’s political hacking while the White House lays down sanctions

Two groups of Russian hackers used a blend of spearphishing, booby-trapped websites and remote-access malware to worm their way into… Read More

Protesters in Olympia

Four Washington state electors break the pattern, voting for Colin Powell and Faith Spotted Eagle

Only seven members of the Electoral College proved “faithless” to their pledged presidential candidates today, and four of them are in Washington… Read More

Hillary Clinton

Twitter feed and hashtag keep tabs on Hillary Clinton — hiking, shopping, smiling with fans

Twitter is increasingly becoming the best place to keep up with the two candidates who ran for president this year.… Read More

Was the presidential vote hacked? Not likely – but $5 million is raised to find out

A flurry of reports has raised questions over whether electronic voting systems were hacked during this month’s election, and Green… Read More

SNL The Bubble

‘Saturday Night Live’ needs to make room for Seattle and other cities in its ‘Bubble’ skit

Sometimes the best comedy can hit too close to home. Maybe that’s why President-elect Donald Trump can’t resist tweeting his… Read More

Cascadia flag

#CalExit gets some Northwesterners dreaming about Cascadia region

In the wake of Donald Trump’s election, true-blue California is talking about making a #CalExit – and that’s stirred up some buzz… Read More

James Sun

Seattle entrepreneur who starred on Donald Trump’s ‘Apprentice’ expresses fear, optimism after election

In 2007, Seattle entrepreneur James Sun competed on season six of NBC’s reality television series “The Apprentice” with Donald Trump.… Read More

Canada

Worried Americans thinking about fleeing to Canada send Zillow traffic way up with real estate searches

Seattle-based Zillow Group doesn’t have a Canadian product for people’s real estate needs north of the border. But that didn’t… Read More

Donald Trump’s team offers transition details (and jobs) on GreatAgain.gov

President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team is now part of the government, at least online, in the form of a GreatAgain.gov… Read More

Donald Trump. (Photo by Tom Pennington / Getty Images Photographer)

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ … This Getty Images photo of Donald Trump was the most downloaded of the election

Embed from Getty Images You know those iconic portraits of presidents, like John F. Kennedy or Ronald Reagan, that hang… Read More

Trump with coal miner's helmet

How President Trump will change science policy, starting with climate issues

Donald Trump’s surprise victory in the presidential election opens the way for a profound reversal in environmental policies, even as… Read More

Starbucks

‘Stunned’ Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz urges kindness in post-election message to employees

Under an image of an American flag flying above his company’s corporate headquarters in Seattle, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz addressed… Read More

Los Angeles Times poll

Why some (but not all) polls got it wrong

It may look as if pollsters got the presidential election horribly wrong, considering that Hillary Clinton had been favored over… Read More

Donald Trump cake

Food fight! Twitter users can’t get enough of that Donald Trump victory cake

It may be Taco Bowl Tuesday in the upper reaches of New York’s Trump Tower, but if there’s a victory… Read More

Susan B. Anthony grave

Facebook live video from Susan B. Anthony grave site brings chills on historic election day

I voted two weeks ago by mail from my home in Seattle, but thanks to a Facebook live video today,… Read More

Live blog: Track the triumphs and tribulations of Election Day tech

What’s working and what’s failing on Election Day? Who’s getting it right, and who’s doing it wrong? When will we… Read More

Game designers back Clinton, urge voters to play ‘the only game in town’ Tuesday

There’s no game with higher stakes than the U.S. presidential election. That’s why game designers have banded together to throw… Read More

PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel defends Donald Trump as an outsider needed to counteract America’s ‘decline’

Billionaire tech investor and PayPal founder Peter Thiel has been making headlines since May with his ardent and vocal support of… Read More

Trump

Every Donald Trump Twitter insult in one place isn’t dumb, boring or dopey — it’s genius!

Crooked, crazy, weak, hopeless, desperate, sad, boring, goofy, stupid, incompetent, pathetic, mess, dopey, unwatchable and dumb as a rock. Those… Read More

Hillary Clinton meme

Trump insult produces ‘Nasty’ result: Streams of Janet Jackson hit up 250% on Spotify

Things got nasty at the third and final presidential debate on Wednesday night, and on Thursday, Janet Jackson fans got… Read More

Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos slams Donald Trump for ‘eroding our democracy,’ but regrets tweet about sending him to space

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has tweeted just 68 times at his 144,000 followers in his limited use of Twitter, but he… Read More

Beer cheers

Make it a Rigged Red — Seattle brewery’s debate-night tap list is worth drinking to

If you’re planning on taking a drink every time Donald Trump says “rigged” or Hillary Clinton does a shimmy during… Read More

Election ballot arrival

How state election officials guard against rigging (or hacking) the vote

It’s finally come to this: Ballots for the general election are in the mail, and within days, Washington state voters… Read More

Talk bubbles

Want to keep talking about the election? Amazon updates Alexa so she can answer key questions

Like many of us — when we’re not being asked to play more Adele or order more toilet paper —… Read More

Bill Nye, Jay Inslee

‘Take the environment into account’: Bill Nye backs Washington Gov. Jay Inslee

Before he can save the world next spring with his new Netflix show, famed Science Guy Bill Nye appears to… Read More

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