Yesterday in a press conference and speech in North Dakota, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump announced what some are terming his energy policy. His announcement was extremely short on specifics, included factual inaccuracies, and in some cases contained obvious internal contradictions. As such, what he said might better be termed "energy aspirations." We'll have...
“I will give you everything” promises Trump in announcing his energy plan
Craig Wright: “I don’t have the courage” to prove I’m Satoshi Nakamoto
Craig Wright, the Australian investor who claimed just three days ago to be the inventor of Bitcoin, said he's backing away from the world stage.
Wright's claims were debunked by experts within hours, who noted that his Satoshi signature was actually a 2009 signature he copied from...
GeekWire Giveaway: Win an hour-long convo with the author of ‘I Will Teach You To Be Rich’
Learning personal finance can be tough. Sure, you may learn how to balance a checkbook in high school or do some research on a 401(k) when you get your first job, but it often takes a financial shock to get many people...
Jeff Bezos: ‘I want Amazon to win an Oscar’
As streaming services dive deeper into high-quality original content, including movies, they’re expected to start competing with traditional films at the Oscars. Jeff Bezos hopes to be a part of that phenomenon in a big way. “I want Amazon to win an...
“I think this is the guy”—The complicated confidence of eyewitness memory
Jennifer Thompson and Ronald Cotton have every reason to be enemies.
In 1984, an intruder broke into Thompson’s apartment and raped her. She identified Cotton as the rapist in both a photo array and a live lineup. Although Cotton proclaimed his innocence, he was arrested, tried, and convicted. The prosecution’s case...
Exclusive: Jeff Bezos speaks out on Blue Origin, SpaceX and space trips: ‘I can’t wait to go!’
Amazon’s billionaire founder, Jeff Bezos, says watching his Blue Origin rocket make a safe landing after flying into space rates as one of the greatest moments of his life, and he can’t wait to take a ride himself. In an exclusive GeekWire interview, conducted on the morning after the New Shepard test mission, Bezos answered questions about what the...