Geek Life – Page 13 of 137

May 20, 2022, 3:03 PM

Tech CEO lost his backpack, laptop, passport and more — but found a calling in Twitter storytelling

In addition to writing code, Hadi Partovi should teach more people how to write suspenseful mysteries on Twitter. The Seattle-area… Read More

May 19, 2022, 11:59 AM

In latest Reddit ‘AMA,’ Bill Gates talks COVID, farming, Bitcoin, what phone he uses and more

Bill Gates returned to Reddit for his 10th “Ask Me Anything” session on Thursday, answering questions related to the COVID-19… Read More

May 18, 2022, 10:39 AM

Major League Cricket secures $120M funding from Microsoft CEO and others to launch in U.S.

Major League Cricket is tapping into the tech and business communities to secure major funding for its planned launch in… Read More

May 13, 2022, 12:15 PM

Photos: Geeks, assemble! Inside the GeekWire Awards with the singing, smiling and much more

It was so nice to see your faces, Seattle. The GeekWire Awards returned as an in-person event for the first… Read More

May 13, 2022, 10:16 AM

Watch a tearful Jeff Bezos celebrate his immigrant father: ‘Could not have had a better role model’

Jeff Bezos is never shy about sharing his love for his parents on social media, thanking them for the inspiration… Read More

May 4, 2022, 7:45 AM

Jump to lightspeed! Alaska Airlines celebrates May the Fourth with Star Wars-themed aircraft

It probably won’t make the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs, but Han Solo should definitely be piloting this… Read More

Apr 27, 2022, 11:47 AM

Seattle entrepreneur launches ‘JoySauce’ to spotlight American Asian talent

Seattle entrepreneur and tech veteran Jonathan Sposato is launching another media property with the arrival Wednesday of JoySauce Network, an… Read More

Apr 27, 2022, 8:00 AM

Seattle tech worker creates card game ‘Let’s Get Real Bro’ to tap into real talk on men’s mental health

Weston Karnes talks a good game. Or, more precisely, his new game is good for talking. Karnes is the creator… Read More

Apr 22, 2022, 1:32 PM

Ex-Amazon engineers put heads together to create ‘Tandem Shower’ and raise $525K on Kickstarter

Brett Skaloud and Jeff Feiereisen both worked on some of the most cutting-edge technology ever created at Amazon, with specific… Read More

Apr 5, 2022, 11:19 AM

Two Seattle-area students are finalists in NASA design contest for lunar dirt-digging robots

Dig this — two Seattle-area students were semifinalists in a national contest run by NASA in which kids in grades K-12… Read More

Mar 31, 2022, 9:22 AM

Where’s my jetpack? It was at MARS conference, along with Jeff Bezos and Amazon CEO Andy Jassy

Billionaire Jeff Bezos missed out on his usual chauffeuring duties at the West Texas launch orchestrated today by his Blue… Read More

Mar 30, 2022, 9:25 AM

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy makes Time’s ‘100 Most Influential Companies’ cover; Rec Room, Wyze also on list

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has landed on the cover of Time as the magazine released its second annual list of… Read More

Mar 29, 2022, 8:30 AM

Rock on(line)! Seattle’s Museum of Pop Culture building digital ‘vault’ for 80,000 collection items

The Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle has more than 80,000 pieces in its permanent collection, comprised of such artifacts… Read More

Mar 25, 2022, 2:32 PM

Seattle’s Space Needle makes its debut on Rocket Lab mission patch, thanks to Spaceflight Inc.

What could be more fitting than to put Seattle’s Space Needle on the patch for an actual space mission? Even… Read More

Mar 22, 2022, 11:51 AM

Funko pops up at new sodoPOP retail store in Seattle airport

Funko, the Everett, Wash.-based maker of pop-culture collectibles, has popped into Seattle-Tacoma International Airport with a selection of its products… Read More

Mar 20, 2022, 1:14 PM

Ohio ad campaign targets Seattle ‘tech bros’ — questions why someone would want to stay in a big coastal city

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVueOeOM_So The State of Ohio really wants Seattleites to move to the Buckeye state — even the tech bros. A… Read More

Mar 13, 2022, 8:51 AM

‘SNL’ has a go at Amazon Go in spoof on how white and black shoppers may view ‘Just Walk Out’ tech

Are people really convinced that it’s safe to just grab and go from a cashierless Amazon Go store? Depends on… Read More

Mar 11, 2022, 8:00 AM

Five Iron Golf takes a swing at Seattle, with new high-tech location backed by Macklemore

Golfers and wannabe golfers looking to get in some swings without getting outside have a new destination in Seattle. Five… Read More

Mar 10, 2022, 10:12 AM

Things fall into place on ‘Domino Masters,’ as these Seattle geeks test engineering skills on reality TV

Patience. Persistence. Teamwork. Claudius Mbemba might as well have been building another startup. Instead, the co-founder of Seattle-based Neu was… Read More

Mar 9, 2022, 9:17 AM

New reality show ‘Domino Masters’ features Seattle startup co-founder looking to be top toppler

Fox is hoping viewers fall for a new reality competition series called “Domino Masters,” which premieres tonight. The network’s hopes… Read More

Mar 3, 2022, 4:38 PM

Chad in Space? ‘SNL’ comic Pete Davidson is reportedly up for a ride on Blue Origin spaceship

Comedian Pete Davidson co-starred with SpaceX CEO Elon Musk last year in a “Saturday Night Live” sketch about a slacker… Read More

Feb 23, 2022, 12:59 PM

Photos: Russell Wilson and Ciara take it to the ‘House’ and toast their first fashion store in Seattle

Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson and music superstar Ciara took it to the “House” on Tuesday night — The House… Read More

Feb 23, 2022, 11:45 AM

Plan to build Major League Cricket facility in Seattle-area park clears another hurdle

If you build it, will they come? Cricket enthusiasts in the Seattle region, whose numbers are tied to the growing… Read More

Feb 21, 2022, 9:15 AM

Code.org bands together with Coldplay to get kids dancing and coding via #codeplay contest

Seattle based computer education nonprofit Code.org is teaming with the British rock band Coldplay for a contest aimed at inspiring… Read More

Feb 18, 2022, 1:00 PM

Pedal to the metaverse: This Seattle techie found real-world pain driving on a simulated racetrack

Frank Chang loves to drive fast. When he races, he can feel the vibration of the road beneath him, the… Read More

Feb 15, 2022, 7:40 AM

Scramble the fighters! Thousands of protesters sign up to egg Jeff Bezos’ yacht at Dutch bridge site

Nearly 5,000 people have signed up to throw eggs at Jeff Bezos’ superyacht when it sails through the Dutch city… Read More

Feb 11, 2022, 10:08 AM

Super Bowl ad roundup: Big stars push a range of tech, from travel to phones to electric vehicles

The focus of a lot of the Super Bowl LVI ads released ahead of Sunday’s games seems to be the… Read More

Feb 10, 2022, 1:33 PM

Univ. of Washington student tests trivia smarts in ‘Jeopardy! National College Championship’

Kaden Lee already has their hands full as a junior studying aeronautics and astronautics at the University of Washington. But… Read More

Feb 8, 2022, 8:15 AM

Amazon lands four Oscar nominations, led by acting nods for ‘Being the Ricardos’ stars

Amazon scored four nominations Tuesday for the 94th Academy Awards, led by three stars of the film “Being the Ricardos,… Read More

Feb 7, 2022, 8:40 AM

Amazon Super Bowl ad stars Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost — and Alexa as a mind reader

It might seem like Amazon’s Alexa is reading your mind when she automatically orders more toilet paper or turns on… Read More