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Molly Brown is a freelance writer and editor covering tech, travel, books, and more. Follow her @evilmolly and reach her at [email protected].

Bill Gates picks his 5 top summer reads for 2019, with no shortage of heavy topics

Review: ‘Zucked’ examines Facebook’s unchecked power and ‘catastrophic’ results for us all
Key takeaways from former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz’s new book, ‘From the Ground Up’
5 rules for being fearless in business and life from AOL veteran and investor Jean Case

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Bill Gates picks his favorite feel-good stories of the year

It’s easy to feel down with all the bad news out there. In fact, tragedies trended aplenty among Google, Bing and Facebook‘s… Read More

X-ray vision devices coming soon, thanks to MIT researchers

It’s one superpower that’s been envied throughout the ages, but a new spin-off company of MIT researchers might be bringing… Read More

BB-8 explores Chicago museum in most adorable way possible

Even if you have total Star Wars burnout, this video will warm the cockles of your cold heart. The Museum… Read More

New mega arcade and pinball museum is coming to Portland

Portland will soon have one more thing Seattle doesn’t — a mega video game and pinball arcade set to open next… Read More

Talk about a revolution: The Beatles, finally, are streaming on Christmas Eve

Streaming may have loved you yeah, yeah, yeah, but the Beatles catalog sure never did love it. Until now. For… Read More

Pantone’s color factory is a superb example of how humans and computers can work in harmony

This Quartz video that goes inside Pantone‘s factory headquarters in Carlstadt, N.J., is simply amazing. Pantone’s color employees are required to have… Read More

The other big winner from ‘Star Wars’? Harrison Ford

He wouldn’t have any problems paying off Jabba the Hutt now. The other big winner from Star Wars? Harrison Ford… Read More

Minecraft’s first national championship winner is a 10-year-old boy

The first-ever Minecraft champion is a 10-year-old boy from Los Angeles. Julien Wiltshire beat out more than 1,000 other players… Read More

Google partnering with Ford to make self-driving cars

Perhaps one of the biggest questions in automotive land was exactly how far big tech companies were going to go in… Read More

KEXP shows off new digs: Public space for live shows and more streaming music in the works

A new space at the Seattle Center for KEXP means more live shows for the community, but the expanded digs… Read More

This travel mug promises to brew coffee on the go

Why did this take so long? Finally, someone has invented a mobile coffee brewer that doubles as a travel mug.… Read More

Waze releases the best and worst times to drive over the holidays

Preparing to hit the I-5 to Grandma’s house? You’ll want to look at this data released by Waze. The navigation… Read More

Neil deGrasse Tyson tweets his review of ‘Star Wars,’ demoting R2-D2 to ‘dwarf cute’ status

Let’s check in with Neil deGrasse Tyson, who is famous for his Twitter reviews of major science fiction films. He’s… Read More

‘Star Wars’ blasts past ‘Jurassic World,’ claims biggest opening weekend of all time

The Force awakened all right. The new Star Wars film broke records this weekend, banking a whopping $247 million stateside… Read More

Hello Kitty gets hacked: 3.3 million users’ data exposed

Sanrio, home to Hello Kitty, has leaked a database of 3.3 million users’ accounts. As Wired reports, news of the… Read More

SNL pokes fun at exploding hoverboards in this hilarious ad

Hate walking? Love fires? Does Saturday Night Live have a video for you. This weekend, the show took a shot… Read More

See Amy Poehler’s hilarious response to all this ‘Star Wars’ hoopla

You’ve likely seen Star Wars by now, so why not knock back a few Jell-O shots and head on over to… Read More

These DIY nerd socks will shut down Netflix if you fall asleep

Not sure if this is a joke yet or not. It appears not. Netflix has posted a how-to guide to… Read More

‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ delivers everything you’d expect — and that’s the problem

Spoiler Alert! This review doesn’t reveal any major plot twists, but wait to read it if you’re trying to stay in the dark… Read More

This bed made for earthquakes will freak you out

If you’re still thinking about the big one that’s due to hit the Pacific Northwest any time, this bed might… Read More

Bill Gates as Secret Santa just made a Redditor’s holiday beyond amazing — again

Ah, it’s the season of giving. And Bill Gates just gave one Redditor the gift of her life. Gates has made… Read More

Star Wars’ wide reach: How the iconic films influenced movies and TV

Shutterstock has assembled an impressive infographic of Star Wars‘ extensive influence on movies and TV since the first film came… Read More

Jimmy Fallon and the Roots get down with the ‘Star Wars’ cast a cappella style

Happy Star Wars day! Jimmy Fallon and his house band the Roots are always looking to add some music fun to… Read More

First official photo of all-female ‘Ghostbusters’ cast is badass

The new Ghostbusters cast has taken plenty of heat for being an all-female crew, but this first official photo released… Read More

Watch the ‘Star Wars’ cast reveal some ‘spoilers’ from ‘The Force Awakens’

Nerdist sat down here with Star Wars: The Force Awakens cast members to discuss spoilers in the film, and things get a little animated… Read More

Seattle’s tech boom doesn’t equate boom times for all: 45% say cost of living digging into their financial goals

Spoiler alert: This article is not about Star Wars. Turning to more ah, pressing real-life matters, a new survey from… Read More

The reviews for ‘Star Wars’ are rolling in and it’s looking insanely good

We figured it would be good, but this good? It looks like J.J. Abrams has knocked it out of the… Read More

Bill Gates tops LinkedIn’s list of influencers for 2015

LinkedIn publishes many lists about those who are tops in their fields, but who made the cut for being an… Read More

This breakdown of how the Force is used in ‘Star Wars’ is simply mesmerizing

Star Wars seems to have been dissected in every discernible way, but this Bloomberg breakdown of how the Force is used… Read More

Amazon removes some of those questionable hoverboards from site

If your holiday dreams include a hoverboard, you might want to rethink that gift. According to this report by the… Read More

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