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Politics

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

With support from the tech industry, Seattle’s $54B transit plan speeds toward approval

Seattle-area tech titans like Microsoft, Amazon, and Expedia want to see the region’s transportation infrastructure double over the next 25 years.… Read More

Tech industry tries to cope with the reality of a Trump presidency

Grief. Despair. Anger. Disbelief. Determination. And a little bit of hope. Those were some of the emotions expressed by leaders… 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

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump

GeekWire poll: Are you casting your ballot for Clinton or Trump?

Well, folks, the time has finally come. After a truly bizarre presidential race — one driven more by personality than… Read More

Image: Email from computer

Can FBI review 650,000 emails in nine days? Absolutely, says Edward Snowden

GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump and his supporters are questioning whether the FBI could have sifted through 650,000 emails quickly… Read More

Elon Musk

Elon Musk holds forth on SolarCity, Tesla, SpaceX … and Donald Trump

Today Elon Musk laid out his views on electricity-generating solar roofs, the Tesla-SolarCity merger, SpaceX’s return to flight and artificial intelligence… Read More

Airbnb partners with the City of Seattle to provide lodging during emergencies and natural disasters

Last year, when The New Yorker exposed the havoc an overdue Cascadia earthquake could wreak on the Northwest, I was immediately… Read More

How to avoid falling for the trivial trick used to hack John Podesta’s Clinton campaign emails

A simple, decade-old hacker trick likely led to the hacking of critical Hillary Clinton staff members. If John Podesta can fall for… Read More

Jon Stewart

Getting under Trump’s skin on Twitter: Jon Stewart recalls war he waged with presidential hopeful

People of a certain political persuasion have been missing the searing commentary of former “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart during this… Read More

Starbucks ‘unity’ cup is actually kind of divisive

This is why we can’t have nice things, America. Yesterday Starbucks unveiled a green cup that will house your overpriced… Read More

Windows security hole, exposed by Google, puts Microsoft at center of Russian hacking controversy

The rivalry between Microsoft and Google might not match the one between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, but it goes back many more… Read More

Election hacking hype: A reality check from an information security specialist

Editor’s Note: Corey Nachreiner, CTO at WatchGuard Technologies, is a regular GeekWire contributor. Over the past several years, hacking and… 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

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump

Hillary Clinton slumps, Donald Trump jumps on political prediction market

How much of a game-changer is the report that the FBI is looking into emails linked to an aide to… Read More

Calling for reform, Obama administration says there is ‘gross overuse of non-compete clauses’

The Obama administration is continuing its crusade against “misused” non-compete agreements. The White House issued a call to action Tuesday,… Read More

Why former Microsoft execs Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer and Paul Allen are spending $525K on a state Supreme Court race

Something rare and historic is happening to Washington state’s Supreme Court. An unprecedented number of incumbent seats (three to be… 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

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

Trump

These #trumpbookreport tweets will restore your faith in humanity 

Well, that happened. If you’re still reeling from the third and final (blessed) debate allow me to turn your attention… 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

Bill and Melinda Gates

Vice President Gates? WikiLeaks emails reveal Bill and Melinda were on Hillary Clinton’s short list

Bill and Melinda Gates were apparently under consideration for Hillary Clinton’s vice presidential nominee, according to an email from campaign… Read More

Barack Obama at Frontiers Conference

President Obama explains why Washington D.C. will never run like Silicon Valley

It’s a comment we hear all the time: Government should run more like a startup, to be more agile, efficient… Read More

‘HillaryDonald Go’ combines the fun of Pokémon Go with the gloom of the 2016 presidential race

Do you have election blues? Do you feel powerless against the political quicksand swallowing our nation? Are you starting to… Read More

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