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As President-elect Trump prepares to return to power, bringing with him his love of fossil fuels, climate-focused startups working to support clean energy projects might be prone to panic. Liz Pearce, chief revenue officer for Seattle’s Ever.green, offers some keys to survival.

How do you tame AI? Cognitive scientist Gary Marcus, in a recent discussion in Seattle with science-fiction author Ted Chiang, argues that the federal government — or maybe even international agencies — will need to step in and regulate risky artificial intelligence in the same way the FDA and FAA regulate drugs and airplanes. Read more. 

GeekWire Gala early-bird rates end this week, so make sure you grab a ticket to our annual holiday extravaganza. With a candy-inspired theme this year, here are five sweet reasons why the Dec. 12 party will be a treat for Seattle’s tech community.

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• T-Mobile says its defenses worked as designed and that a telecom cyberattack linked to China did not access sensitive customer information. (T-Mobile)

• Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner David Baker, who directs the University of Washington’s Institute for Protein Design, will accept his award in Sweden on Dec. 10. (UW Medicine)