Carter Rabasa recognizes that the financials of trading in his 2020 Tesla don’t look great. But he thinks the optics of staying in the car were much worse. Last week,… Read More
Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) said the Trump administration’s tariff policies will be especially harmful to Washington state and that innovation and alliances are the key to maintaining global competitiveness, not a… Read More
Opponents rallied at the Washington State Capitol in Olympia on Tuesday to voice their displeasure for a bill being considered by the legislature that would impose a 6% tax on… Read More
Jeff Bezos wasted no time in sending his good wishes to President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday morning, hours after Trump’s stunning victory against Vice President Kamala Harris. In a rare… Read More
Seattle real estate startup Flyhomes has released a feature called NeighborVote that lets house hunters add politics to their search for a perfect new abode. The tool allows shoppers to… Read More
Is Boeing thinking about unloading some of its space projects? Is Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture a potential buyer? And in light of former President Donald Trump’s increasingly close… Read More
The Washington Post is getting out of the business of endorsing candidates for president, starting with the upcoming election between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris —… Read More
Artificial intelligence is fueling an arms race between the purveyors of disinformation and those who are fighting it in this year’s high-stakes political campaign, but the best tool to defend… Read More
Tariq Yusuf‘s wake-up call came from Google. He was working as a security software engineer for the tech giant when the company came under scrutiny for the use of its image… Read More
Amazon-owned Twitch has reinstated the account of Donald Trump, three years after the former president was suspended indefinitely by the platform following the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.… Read More
The chaos and confusion in the immediate aftermath of Saturday’s assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump led many people to the internet, to seek information or to share their… Read More
A new quiz from Seattle-based AI nonprofit TrueMedia tests how well people can spot deepfake images, videos and audio clips, highlighting the need for people to be aware of what’s… Read More
Seattle-based nonprofit TrueMedia.org released a free AI-powered media verification tool Tuesday to help journalists and fact-checkers detect deepfakes and combat misinformation ahead of upcoming U.S. and international elections. The non-partisan… Read More
Seattle-based money expert and self-described financial feminist Tori Dunlap credits TikTok with transforming her business, HerFirst100k, an education platform that helps women gain financial knowledge and independence. Amin Shaykho is… Read More
Rob Saka, a University of Washington graduate, Air Force veteran and attorney who has worked for Microsoft and Meta, announced Tuesday that he is running for Seattle City Council. Saka… Read More
Councilmember Kshama Sawant, who took on Amazon and others over the years in an effort to tax big businesses, will not seek re-election to the Seattle City Council. Sawant, who… Read More
Tech companies have transformed Seattle over the past decade, creating thousands of high-paying jobs and bolstering the region’s economy. But many local leaders and residents have blamed the companies at… Read More
When Dan Marx helped launch a new startup this summer, he pictured himself having to learn more about bicycles and their parts than anything related to U.S. tax policy. But… Read More
Navigating the future of work. Learning how to fight against burnout. Taking on cybersecurity threats. Gathering community. Connecting with old colleagues. Making new friends. The 2022 GeekWire Summit had it… Read More
Jay Carney, a former White House press secretary under President Obama, will leave his role as Amazon’s senior vice president of global corporate affairs to become Airbnb’s global head of… Read More
Facing a pair of related lawsuits, Amazon and Microsoft both acknowledge that people working on their respective facial-recognition technologies downloaded IBM’s “Diversity in Faces” photo database — compiled from 1… Read More
Updated below with White House response. Jeff Bezos called out President Joe Biden for telling gas station owners to lower prices — saying the president’s statement was “either straight ahead… Read More
Brad Smith, like many in tech and the broader world, thought 2022 might bring a bit of a break. Halfway through, the reality has been anything but. “This has been… Read More
The White House returned fire and Jeff Bezos took another swing Monday in a back-and-forth dispute between the Amazon founder and President Joe Biden. Bezos took his first shot at… Read More
President Joe Biden breezed into Seattle on Thursday, and continues his stay this morning with plans for Earth Day remarks at Seward Park (see tweet at bottom). He also plans… Read More
What would happen to the divisions in our country if we set aside our phones, and our assumptions, and truly tried to understand people who are different from us? Mónica… Read More
Understanding any subject requires knowing the numbers, and that includes looking at the long-term trends. That was one of Steve Ballmer’s guiding principles as Microsoft’s CEO, and it remains his… Read More
Amazon employees were among the top contributors to the campaign that helped Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant, an outspoken critic of the company, defeat a recall effort. People who listed… Read More
The future of downtown Seattle could be in the spotlight tonight — alongside Bruce Harrell and Lorena Gonzalez — as the two mayoral candidates face off in their first debate… Read More
It’s been more than three years since a concept to encourage high-net worth Americans to invest in economically distressed areas was introduced and later passed with bipartisan support as part… Read More
