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Mar 2, 2015, 7:35 AM

Costco strikes credit card deal with Citi and Visa, shifting away from American Express

Get ready to whip out your Visa card at Costco in 2016. After the news that it was ending its deal… Read More

Mar 2, 2015, 5:59 AM

IKEA wants your smartphone and tablet to get a charge out of its new furniture

IKEA is introducing a new line of furniture that will charge your smartphone and tablet for you. Dubbed IKEA Wireless,… Read More

Feb 27, 2015, 4:40 PM

EMP Museum to display tunic worn by Leonard Nimoy from his role as Spock

The EMP Museum in Seattle will be displaying a tunic worn by Leonard Nimoy in his career-defining role as Spock… Read More

Feb 27, 2015, 9:42 AM

Leonard Nimoy, Star Trek’s iconic Spock, dies at 83

Leonard Nimoy, who once wrote the autobiographical I Am Not Spock but later came to embrace and even gently make fun… Read More

Feb 27, 2015, 7:39 AM

It’s all BS … and that’s the best part of this new font

Had enough of tech buzzwords? There’s a font for that. For all of us who have suffered through once-meaningful terms… Read More

By Deutsch: Ute Kraus, Physikdidaktik Ute Kraus, Universität Hildesheim, Tempolimit Lichtgeschwindigkeit, (Milchstraßenpanorama im Hintergrund: Axel Mellinger) English: Ute Kraus, Physics education group Kraus, Universität Hildesheim, Space Time Travel, (background image of the milky way: Axel Mellinger) [CC BY-SA 2.0 de (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/de/deed.en) or CC BY-SA 2.5 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5)], via Wikimedia Commons

Feb 26, 2015, 2:10 PM

Incredibly huge, 12-billion-sun massive black hole found – and it grew big, fast

Interstellar‘s bad boy (and central plot device) has got nothing on this astronomical discovery. A mammoth black hole — and… Read More

Feb 26, 2015, 9:10 AM

Your next nurse may be powered by Kinect

Okay, open wide. Wait, I can’t see clearly. Could you step a little closer to the Kinect? That imaginary dialogue may… Read More

Feb 26, 2015, 8:29 AM

Modern Family’s MacBook Masterpiece: A privacy nightmare for modern teens

Wow, can Claire Dunphy work a computer! Last night’s episode of ABC’s Modern Family was a technology masterpiece, full of familiar… Read More

Feb 25, 2015, 11:40 AM

There is absolutely no way to Let It Go: Trailer for new Frozen short released

Just when you thought the last strains of “Let It Go” had faded from retail background music, the holiday Olaf stuffed… Read More

Feb 25, 2015, 9:05 AM

Flexible 3-D printed heart prepares Seattle woman’s doctors for difficult surgery

Not sure how tricky an operation with be? Practice surgery with a three-dimensional replica. That’s the approach being taken by… Read More

Feb 25, 2015, 8:46 AM

These augmented reality ski goggles might improve your skills on the slopes

There’s next to no snow in the Cascades, making this an especially tough year on the slopes for ski and… Read More

Feb 25, 2015, 8:39 AM

The next frontier for marketing: Competitive video games

Major competitive gaming events like Valve’s annual Dota 2 tournament grab headlines because of massive prize purses and blockbuster attendance,… Read More

Feb 24, 2015, 1:41 PM

Connecticut ranked first in U.S. dating app “love league” downloads

If you’re in Connecticut, odds are you won’t be lonely — if you’re looking for others who have installed smartphone… Read More

Feb 24, 2015, 11:31 AM

Netflix, Pee-wee Herman partner for exclusive new film

Pee-wee’s big adventure apparently isn’t over yet. Netflix has announced it will premiere a new feature, starring Paul Reubens as… Read More

Feb 24, 2015, 10:44 AM

Geeks Assemble! Marvel reveals official Avengers: Age of Ultron poster

Talk about amping up the expectations. In a simple tweet, Marvel has unveiled the official poster for Avengers: Age of Ultron. Check… Read More

Feb 24, 2015, 9:03 AM

Landline death watch? Wired phones now in only half of U.S. households

The landline telephone may be about to join the cassette tape, VCR and floppy disk in the technology memory book.… Read More

Feb 24, 2015, 6:39 AM

Pacific Science Center helps visualize climate change since 1880 – in seconds

Understanding how climate change is reflected in global temperatures can make one’s head spin. So the Pacific Science Center is… Read More

Feb 23, 2015, 5:07 PM

Edward Snowden on Reddit: ‘I would have come forward sooner’

“I would have come forward sooner.” Edward Snowden, between the awarding of the Best Documentary Feature Academy Award to Citizenfour… Read More

Feb 23, 2015, 7:44 AM

Microsoft’s Oscar win: Prediction model nails 20 out of 24 awards

It was a big night for Hollywood, and also for Microsoft. A prediction model developed by David Rothschild, an economist… Read More

Feb 20, 2015, 12:04 PM

New poll shows that most Americans wouldn’t take a free trip to space

Enthusiasm for going beyond the great beyond doesn’t seem to resonant with most Americans, according to a new poll by Monmouth… Read More

Feb 20, 2015, 11:11 AM

New Dr. Seuss book to be released this summer

In more news about literary gems uncovered, a new Dr. Seuss book has been discovered and is slated to come out… Read More

Feb 20, 2015, 10:47 AM

NBC drone captures incredible footage of frozen Niagara Falls

Baby, it’s cold outside if you’re on the East Coast. NBC affiliate WGRZ sent a drone out to catch some shots… Read More

Feb 20, 2015, 10:22 AM

Time Warner one-ups Comcast in nastiness, calls woman a ‘C**t’

Holy crap, cable giants! Get a hold of yourselves already. Today in unbelievable of unbelievable, a Time Warner customer got… Read More

Feb 20, 2015, 9:26 AM

MacGyver 2.0: Makers of iconic show looking for a woman to reboot the show

If we can have an all-lady Ghostbusters, we can certainly have this: A lady MacGyver. That’s right. Creators from the… Read More

Feb 20, 2015, 9:01 AM

From Twitter to vegan burgers, Alex Payne returns to Portland to focus on doing good

Here’s an interesting twist you don’t hear every day about those who succeed in Silicon Valley. One of Twitter’s first… Read More

Feb 20, 2015, 8:30 AM

‘Exploding Kittens’ blows up Kickstarter as most-backed project of all time

When the card game “Exploding Kittens” hit Kickstarter a month ago, it was gaining funding at a clip that was… Read More

Feb 19, 2015, 3:39 PM

Paul Allen’s Vulcan Real Estate planning apartments on Seattle site where he learned to program

Talk about life coming full circle. The site of the University of Washington’s old computer lab, where Microsoft co-founders Paul… Read More

Feb 19, 2015, 1:39 PM

Rosetta makes ‘closest-ever’ flyby of comet, more spectacular pictures to come this summer

The European Space Agency has reported that spacecraft Rosetta has made its “closest-ever encounter” with a comet. Rosetta came within… Read More

Feb 19, 2015, 11:32 AM

Socrata has turned the 2016 federal budget into an interactive experience

Can a person have fun with the federal budget? If you can, this is probably as close to it as… Read More

Feb 19, 2015, 10:44 AM

Next stop, Red Planet? Why this Microsoft programmer wants to help colonize Mars

Earlier this week, the Mars One Mission announced that it had narrowed its candidates from an initial 200,000-plus down to… Read More