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Feb 8, 2021, 9:25 AM

Seattle’s Porch marks new era as public company with first Super Bowl ad touting home services tech

Editor’s note: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated the amount Porch paid for a Super Bowl ad. The… Read More

Feb 7, 2021, 10:14 PM

Zillow skit on Saturday Night Live goes viral as show pokes fun at house-browsing ‘fantasies’

Zillow Group didn’t have a Super Bowl ad, yet it may have come away from the weekend with the biggest… Read More

Feb 5, 2021, 12:00 PM

Super Bowl ad roundup: Big names bow out, but Amazon and plenty of tech still playing on Sunday

The most important part of Sunday’s Super Bowl is already watchable as advertising for a variety of companies and products… Read More

Feb 5, 2021, 9:16 AM

NFL passes on T-Mobile Super Bowl ad featuring Brady and Gronkowski and a bad connection

The Goat got baaaaaaannnnned. T-Mobile’s Super Bowl ad featuring Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady (Greatest Of All Time?) won’t… Read More

Feb 3, 2021, 9:11 AM

Wawaweewa! Amazon picks up 10 Golden Globe nominations, including for latest ‘Borat’ moviefilm

Amazon is headed to the 78th Golden Globe Awards later this month on the strength of 10 nominations, the most… Read More

Feb 2, 2021, 2:34 PM

Twitter reacts to Jeff Bezos news: Maybe he’ll open an indie bookstore or work to defeat Superman

The news Tuesday that Amazon founder Jeff Bezos would be stepping down from his role as CEO later this year… Read More

Feb 2, 2021, 6:30 AM

Alexa, is it warm in here? Amazon Super Bowl ad turns hot ‘Black Panther’ star into an Echo device

The disembodied voice of Amazon’s Alexa may have finally found a vessel suitable for helping with recipes, turning on the… Read More

Jan 25, 2021, 2:07 PM

Sub Pop Records opens new retail shop in Seattle — at the base of an Amazon headquarters tower

Sub Pop Records, the longtime independent Seattle record label, is setting up shop in the base of an Amazon headquarters… Read More

Jan 22, 2021, 9:42 AM

‘I feel great’: Bill Gates shares photo of himself getting first dose of COVID-19 vaccine

After all the talk and concern, hope and urging, Bill Gates arrived this week at a critical point in his… Read More

Jan 21, 2021, 1:16 PM

Clap your mittens: Bernie Sanders makes his way to Seattle in meme that is taking over social media

Slumping, socially distanced Bernie Sanders has made his way to Seattle. As the internet continues to exhibit its joy over… Read More

Jan 20, 2021, 4:03 PM

Books by young inaugural poet Amanda Gorman become quick best sellers on Amazon

Amanda Gorman touched a nerve. With her words, the National Youth Poet Laureate stirred a nation and worldwide audience watching… Read More

Jan 19, 2021, 8:17 AM

Seattle Sounders among 23 teams around the world getting in on special ‘Fortnite’ celebration of soccer

The Seattle Sounders FC are getting in on a different sort of “beautiful game” as the club is one of… Read More

Jan 13, 2021, 8:00 AM

Back to the ‘Future Innovators’: 5 years later, kids adjust to an evolving and turbulent world

Five years ago, budding 11-year-old Seattle scientist Rebecca Yeung was launching a homemade spacecraft high above Earth. The exploits with… Read More

Jan 8, 2021, 5:35 PM

Is Microsoft tweeting shade at Trump? Probably not, but many followers feel like they’re in on a joke

At the end of what’s certainly been a rough week, logging off for the weekend is probably something lots of… Read More

Jan 8, 2021, 11:57 AM

FOX Sports bringing popular camera tech to NFL Playoffs, kicking off with game in Seattle

The NFL Playoffs kick off this weekend and FOX Sports is bringing along some popular regular-season technology to capture the… Read More

Dec 30, 2020, 9:00 AM

Catching up with NFL great Richard Sherman on his favorite video games, esports ownership, and more

Richard Sherman always talked a good game, and backed it up, especially during his years with the Seattle Seahawks. Now… Read More

Dec 23, 2020, 10:06 AM

Holiday parties in a pandemic: Tableau orders 3,500 meals to go; Smartsheet serenaded virtually; more

Looking for a way to celebrate the holiday season with employees while also injecting some much-needed support into the Seattle restaurant… Read More

Dec 22, 2020, 8:45 AM

They make a good Teams: Slack CEO’s virtual wedding could take place on rival Microsoft tool

Three weeks into his $27.7 billion honeymoon phase with Salesforce, Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield’s real wedding could have an unwelcome… Read More

Dec 18, 2020, 8:51 AM

Amazon donating 2,000 tropical plants like those in Spheres for sale to benefit Seattle zoo

If you want your home office to look a little more like Amazon’s tropical office setting, here’s a chance to… Read More

Dec 16, 2020, 5:10 PM

Be your selfie: Seattle mask makers FriendlyFace design a way to bring smiles during the pandemic

It’s not easy to put on a happy face, or any face, really, during a pandemic in which face masks… Read More

Dec 14, 2020, 10:41 AM

Microsoft courts ‘Space Jam: A New Legacy’ stars LeBron James and Bugs Bunny to get kids coding

Microsoft is putting together a heck of a team to get kids interested in coding, and the stars are LeBron… Read More

Dec 11, 2020, 8:30 AM

How I became a ‘Pop’ icon: Testing Funko’s new personalized figurine-building experience

Move over Captain America, Hulk, Princess Leia, Russell Wilson and every other pop culture icon in Funko’s world of Pop!… Read More

Dec 10, 2020, 2:21 PM

Space Needle moves New Year’s party online as streaming digital effects show replaces fireworks

The fireworks won’t be blasting off from the top of the Space Needle this New Year’s Eve, but the iconic… Read More

Dec 8, 2020, 8:00 AM

‘Five good books for a lousy year’: Bill Gates turns the page on 2020 with his annual holiday list

You don’t have to be a genius to get a read on how rough 2020 has been. What kind of… Read More

Dec 5, 2020, 8:30 AM

Skateboard startup: Here’s how two Seattle teens launched a business during the grind of COVID

Kids are coping with the grind of COVID-19 in a variety of ways as they deal with isolation, remote school… Read More

Dec 3, 2020, 8:30 AM

Fred Hutch’s holiday gala going virtual with singer Sheryl Crow and a celebration of ‘fearless science’

In her biggest hit, Sheryl Crow sings about how all she wants to do is have some fun. It can… Read More

Dec 2, 2020, 8:28 AM

Why NBA legend Detlef Schrempf joined Cameo, and what it says about the future of fan interaction

Nearly two decades after he played his last game in the NBA, former Seattle Supersonics star Detlef Schrempf is looking… Read More

Nov 30, 2020, 8:19 AM

With ability to fly anywhere in the world, ‘Microsoft Flight Simulator’ players choose this special place

Paris? New York? Hawaii? Over the Grand Canyon? If you could fly anywhere, even on an imaginary flight via “Microsoft… Read More

Nov 28, 2020, 10:19 AM

AOC returns to Twitch, playing more ‘Among Us’ with Jagmeet Singh, xQc, DisguisedToast, and more

U.S. Rep. Alexandria “AOC” Ocasio-Cortez returned to Twitch on Friday night for a 5-and-a-half-hour broadcast, where she played the interactive… Read More

Nov 25, 2020, 3:23 PM

Smartsheet sets sail in round-the-world race with female skipper, and its first sports sponsorship

For its first sports sponsorship, Bellevue, Wash.-based collaboration technology company Smartsheet chose an athlete, sport and event that underscore its… Read More