That one week when Microsoft was cooler than Apple

By Jeannie Yandel & Posey Gruener • Oct 31, 2016

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Jeannie Yandel speaks with Geekwire's Todd Bishop about Microsoft and Apple's recent back-to-back hardware release events and why some tech watchers were surprised to discover they liked Microsoft's products better.

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Why some Chinese-Americans support Trump (it has nothing to do with China)

By Amy Radil • Nov 2, 2016

This banner flew over Seattle on Oct. 28. It reads, WA Chinese for Trump. — KUOW Photo/Amy Radil

Editor’s note, 11/3/16: This story has been updated with additional reporting. KUOW failed to include the voices of Chinese-Americans in the original article. We apologize for this oversight.

You might not expect Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to be popular in China or among Chinese-Americans in the U.S. given his many comments about China draining away American money and jobs. And yet on Friday, an airplane flew over Seattle with the banner, “Washington Chinese Americans for Trump.”

You know that tab you tear off your ballot? Here’s why it exists

By Amy Rolph • Nov 2, 2016

The King County ballot has a stub at the top you must tear off. — KUOW Photo/Jim Gates

Voting is hard. Your ballot is packed with decisions – some tougher than others. You have to parse the wonk, find the right-colored pen and sweat over whether you actually need a postage stamp.

For King and Snohomish county voters, there’s one more step: You’re asked to tear a stub off the top of your ballot before placing it in the security envelope. Or else … what?