Yesterday, the US voted to elect Donald Trump as its next president, and no shortage of tech industry figures have taken time today to publicly melt down in interviews with the press and on Twitter. Venture capitalist Shervin Pishevar wants California to secede and Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield said he was “heartbroken.” Meanwhile, Facebook is on the defensive, refusing to acknowledge that its algorithmic News Feed may have had an adverse effect on the public’s ability to digest unbiased information during the election cycle.

Over in Redmond, Microsoft took a different approach. In a statement posted to LinkedIn this afternoon, CEO Satya Nadella tried being civil in the face of extreme division, congratulating Trump and pledging to work…

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