Obama goes into full (and feisty) geek mode at White House Frontiers Conference President Barack Obama stated the obvious today during what almost sounded like a farewell address to the tech community he… Read More
Lawmakers and community groups call for federal action against Airbnb and HomeAway In a letter to the Federal Trade Commission, lawmakers and community groups are asking the U.S. government to investigate how… Read More
Facebook reminder created significant surge in voter registrations across numerous states The voter registration reminder that showed up at the top of your Facebook news feed last month actually had a… Read More
October’s meme surprise: Ken Bone and his red sweater delight a campaign-weary internet Donald Trump may think he’s got Twitter figured out, but in the wake of Sunday’s presidential debate, it’s more clear than… Read More
How aliens and Apollo astronaut Edgar Mitchell got tangled up in WikiLeaks emails WikiLeaks’ purloined emails cover a wide range of issues that were handled by Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman, John Podesta, but… Read More
Russians attacking U.S. election systems? Here’s the real risk, from a man who fought Soviet electronic attacks in the Cold War With U.S. officials openly blaming Russia for hacker attacks on state election computer systems, and the myriad possibilities for election… Read More
In historic night for Twitter, debate sets record and Trump defends 3 a.m. use of the ‘modern day form of communication’ Embed from Getty Images The second presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump on Sunday night was the most… Read More
Clinton or Trump? Yes, the kids are paying attention, and here’s what they think At Sunday night’s presidential debate in St. Louis, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton sparred over a number of hot-button issues.… Read More
U.S. formally accuses Russian officials of email meddling in presidential politics The U.S. intelligence community is formally accusing the Russian government of playing a role in email hacks aimed at casting… Read More
Bill Gates urges presidential candidates to invest in long-term innovation This year’s election season has been full of sound bites, scandal, and a decent amount of finger pointing, but amid the… Read More
Hillary Clinton’s top digital strategist talks Trump, Twitter and tech tools for voter targeting So what’s one of the high-tech secret tools being wielded by the Hillary Clinton campaign to persuade voters to pick… Read More
Q&A: Why Gov. Jay Inslee believes the technology industry should be on his side When it comes to innovation, Gov. Jay Inslee is asking Washington voters to help him finish what he started. Related:… Read More
Donald Trump still searching for the truth about Google as he floats conspiracy theory again Donald Trump loves a favorable poll, and he loves to cite favorable poll numbers at his rallies. This week was… Read More
Make Mars Great Again: Stephen Colbert wants to pass the hat to get Donald Trump on an Elon Musk rocket Add Elon Musk to the list of people who wants to rocket Donald Trump into outer space. At least, according… Read More
Watch Jabba the Hutt react to being the 400-pound cyber hacker called out by Donald Trump Add Jabba the Hutt to the list of people in the universe who may take some exception to Donald Trump’s blunt… Read More
Back up a minute: Photo captures Hillary Clinton and the selfie generation, but there’s more to it As Chris Berman would say on ESPN, “Back back back back back.” Who knew his familiar call for baseball home runs could… Read More
Startup Spotlight: Political candidate turns entrepreneur, launches social media marketing platform Adszio Adszio, an email-automated advertising startup, has an unusual origin story. Damir Wallener got the idea for the company when he was… Read More
‘Any regrets over losing the Scott Baio vote?’ Hillary Clinton’s ‘Between Two Ferns’ appearance is internet gold For all of the unintentionally uncomfortable moments that are captured throughout the campaign season, it’s refreshing to see a candidate… Read More
RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser launches ‘Putin Trump’ news website to expose ‘dangerous and deep’ links Twenty-two years after founding Seattle-based RealNetworks as Progressive Networks, a website for liberal-minded content, CEO Rob Glaser is back in… Read More
Airbnb launches ad campaign to influence Seattle debate over short-term rentals By September of an election year, anyone who still has cable is used to an onslaught of political ads sponsored… Read More
Guest post: What the proposed ‘startup visa’ means for entrepreneurs and investors Foreign founders of seed-funded U.S. startups may soon have a viable U.S. visa option, filling a gaping hole in immigration… Read More
Libertarian Gary Johnson fills out the foursome for Science Debate’s policy quiz Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson may not be on stage for this year’s televised presidential debates, but he is getting his say… Read More
Jeff Bezos’ dream almost realized as new mobile game aims to put Donald Trump in outer space Game developers out of New Zealand beat Amazon’s Jeff Bezos to the goal of sending Donald Trump to space with… Read More
Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson stops in Seattle, says he wants the future to ‘be Uber everything’ Gary Johnson has a vision for the future: Apply Uber’s on-demand, sharing economy model to just about everything. The libertarian… Read More
Trump vs. Clinton vs. Stein: Climate policy differences show up on Science Debate If you think something absolutely has to be done about climate change and other environmental worries, Donald Trump isn’t the… Read More
Seattle City Council expected to add municipal broadband to long-term master plan Advocates of municipal broadband in Seattle are expected to win a small victory at Thursday’s City Council meeting. Councilmember Rob… Read More
Q&A: Washington state gubernatorial candidate Bill Bryant on CS education, tech jobs, and trade (Updated at 11:45 a.m. to clarify and add comments from Gov. Inslee’s campaign). Bill Bryant says he has a plan… Read More
Who would be the tougher video-game boss to defeat: Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton? With the U.S. presidential campaign in full swing, and PAX West 2016 underway in Seattle, we decided to bridge the… Read More
Thanks to Trump supporter, the internet shows it definitely likes #TacoTrucksOnEveryCorner threat If you were lucky enough to walk out of your office building, or wherever you work, and find a taco… Read More
Seattle Growth Podcast: Why the tech industry needs to join the boomtown conversation Seattle is growing at an unprecedented rate, with the Puget Sound region adding an average of roughly nine new jobs… Read More
