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May 28, 2026, 10:19 AM

Zuckerberg brought a ‘Wingman’: Meta CEO’s $100M yacht support vessel is also docked in Seattle

The $100 million Wingman is visible from the Magnolia Bridge and the Elliott Bay Trail that runs along the waterfront, but it blends in more easily at a terminal used for cruise ships. Read More

May 27, 2026, 5:01 PM

Who gives a Zuck? Seattle does, apparently: Meta CEO’s giant yacht brings gawkers to Lake Union

No one knew why the $300 million, 387-foot Launchpad was in Seattle. Some wished it wasn’t. Others were pretty thrilled to get a glimpse of the gleaming blue and white vessel, backed into a giant slip along Westlake Avenue North. Read More

May 25, 2026, 2:05 PM

New tune for Code.org’s Hadi Partovi: CEO of piano education venture with unique method and big ambitions

The Code.org founder, who earlier this year handed off the CEO role at the nonprofit, announced this weekend that he is the new CEO of Payam Music, a Bothell, Wash.-based piano school that he plans to expand nationally with backing from a prominent group of investors. Read More

May 21, 2026, 1:53 PM

Why this Seattle-area startup is putting its name on the front of an English Premier League soccer team

Temporal, the Bellevue workflow orchestration company valued at $5 billion, announced Thursday that it is becoming the front-of-shirt sponsor of Crystal Palace Football Club beginning with the 2026/27 season. Read More

May 15, 2026, 9:22 AM

A whiff of social media supremacy: Seahawks schedule release is a spritz in the face of NFL opponents

The release of 2026 NFL team schedules on Thursday night marked the return of the “social media Super Bowl” — and the actual Super Bowl champs were might in the mix. Read More

May 7, 2026, 9:09 AM

Report: Boston Celtics investors set to bid on Seahawks

Wyc Grousbeck and Aditya Mittal are reportedly submitting a letter of interest to the Paul G. Allen estate for the NFL team. Read More

May 6, 2026, 8:27 AM

Seattle-area tech vets buy a cricket team — in Boston — to further feed the sport’s talent pipeline

The five co-owners of the newly acquired New England Eagles, a Minor League Cricket franchise, are all based in the Pacific Northwest and have combined leadership experience at Microsoft, Zuper, T-Mobile, Capital One, and Bee Talent Solutions. Read More

Apr 30, 2026, 10:49 AM

Mark Zuckerberg and Tim Cook, Seahawks owners? Tech moguls’ reported interest quickly spiked

Front Office Sports reported Thursday that Zuckerberg and Cook are among at least four interested parties considering making offers for the team. They are the first serious names to emerge in a sale that could fetch upwards of $7 billion. Read More

Apr 22, 2026, 5:18 AM

Seattle high schooler’s Google Doodle pays tribute to hair and family history as a superpower

Kameirah Johnson, a senior at Seattle’s Lakeside School, is one of five students nationwide whose artwork will appear on the Google homepage later this month. Read More

Apr 20, 2026, 9:56 AM

Seattle-area billboard takes a page from Bay Area playbook: ‘Startup energy should be more visible’

Tech company billboards are a big part of the landscape in Silicon Valley. Summation CEO Ian Wong said the Seattle/Bellevue area “has world-class technical talent, but the scene here has always been understated.” Read More

Apr 14, 2026, 8:49 AM

These fifth graders vibe coded a real-world Braille tool — and wowed their Microsoft teacher

The students in a computer science class at the Global Idea School, an independent, non-profit elementary school in Redmond, Wash., learned vibe coding through GitHub Spark and built a Braille 3D Generator, a tool that turns text into printable, tactile 3D Braille models in seconds. Read More

Apr 13, 2026, 10:06 AM

There’s a tech week for that: Seattle’s ever-growing calendar of events for AI, space, oceans, energy and more

Keeping track of the days of the week is exhausting enough. Managing a calendar full of various “tech weeks” in Seattle and elsewhere feels like a full-time job. Read More

Apr 10, 2026, 3:56 PM

Cry til you laugh: Chris Pirillo vibe codes his job-search frustrations into brutally honest apps

Pirillo, the longtime tech enthusiast and entrepreneur, has been showing off his skills by illustrating how hard it is to get anyone to pay attention to his skills. Two of his latest vibe-coded creations include a Resume Analyzer and a pre-rejection letter generator called Dear Applicant. Read More

Apr 6, 2026, 7:44 PM

Plot twist in downtown Seattle: Barnes & Noble bookstore opening soon in Amazon’s backyard

The store will be a short walk from Amazon’s HQ campus. The tech giant got its start as an online bookseller, and on its way to disrupting multiple retail verticals, the company’s e-commerce dominance took a toll on physical bookstores, including Barnes & Noble. Read More

Apr 5, 2026, 8:26 AM

New leash on life: Why this Tableau vet walked away from tech to roll with the dogs

Eric Howard is the Onewheel-riding founder and chief dog runner at Dog Tired, a dog-exercising service outside of Seattle that operates at a different speed. In five years he’s taken about 5,000 dog runs across 17,000 miles. Read More

Apr 2, 2026, 12:15 PM

This video on Seattle’s KEXP has music fans celebrating human creativity in an age of AI slop

The performance by Canadian duo Angine de Poitrine was uploaded to KEXP on Feb. 5. Since then it’s attracted more than 6.7 million views and the greatest comment section we’ve seen in some time. Read More

Apr 2, 2026, 8:06 AM

‘Wood is wood’: WSU research finds Yankees’ viral ‘torpedo’ bats perform the same as traditional bats

Scientists took their best swing at the torpedo bat design, which relies on a slightly different shape in which wood is removed from the barrel tip and added to the bat’s sweet spot. Read More

Mar 27, 2026, 8:19 AM

Two tech workers took it Offline, and opened a Seattle coffee shop that AI can’t replicate

The new cafe in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood draws on Chinese cafe culture for its menu and aesthetic while leaning into the “third place” and serving as a deliberate departure from the corporate world both founders left behind. Read More

Mar 22, 2026, 8:29 PM

Sci-fi epic ‘Project Hail Mary’ gives Amazon MGM Studios its best opening ever with $80.6M

The film starring Ryan Gosling provided the best opening ever for an Amazon MGM Studios film, beating the $58 million brought in by “Creed III” in 2023. Read More

Mar 20, 2026, 7:25 AM

Seahawks star Marshawn Lynch had one Amazon exec on edge when he took the wheel of Treasure Truck

Doug Herrington, CEO of Worldwide Amazon Stores and an early champion of the deals-on-wheels concept, once worried that Marshawn Lynch was going to crash the party just as it got rolling. Read More

Mar 16, 2026, 8:42 AM

No Oscar nods for Amazon this year, but company is among tech targets from host Conan O’Brien

Amazon MGM Studios was shut out of the race this year, but the tech giant still got a mention in host Conan O’Brien’s monologue to open the show on Sunday night. Read More

Mar 10, 2026, 1:48 PM

I pitched in to a new community effort to buy the Seattle Seahawks — so far I’m on the hook for $79M

“Without being too on the nose, it’s sort of a criticism of billionaires and just how absolutely insane an amount of money it requires to buy something of that size,” said Abel Charrow, creator of “Let’s Buy the Seahawks.” Read More

Mar 10, 2026, 8:39 AM

I got my hair cut at the one-of-a-kind Amazon Salon in London: See before and after photos

We all know Amazon as a master of book sales, cloud computing and Prime Video — but GeekWire’s John Cook had to determine how a Seattle-based tech juggernaut fared at cutting hair. Read More

Mar 9, 2026, 7:38 AM

A whole new ballgame for trading cards: Startup uses robots and AI to sort and analyze collections

Gradient’s Renton, Wash., office space is home to 10 million sports and gaming cards, where a team of card geeks and engineers are using technology to upend a $15 billion U.S. market. Read More

Mar 5, 2026, 11:08 AM

Sub Pop Records leaving Amazon HQ space for new store on Seattle waterfront

The store on 7th Avenue is closing March 8 and a new Sub Pop store will open April 1 on the Seattle waterfront. Read More

Mar 3, 2026, 1:27 PM

Filing: IPIC closing movie theater near Seattle, will lay off 64 workers amid bankruptcy

IPIC runs luxury theaters known for recliner seating, full food and drink service, and premium movie experiences. The company opened its theater at Redmond Town Center in 2011. Read More

Mar 3, 2026, 10:47 AM

Seattle ranked best city to live in U.S. — right as tech leaders threaten to leave over taxes

It feels like every couple of days I stop in my tracks somewhere in Seattle and find myself questioning why… Read More

Feb 26, 2026, 9:12 AM

Bill Gates won’t be following Paul Allen’s lead, says he’s not interested in buying Seattle Seahawks

Bill Gates logically landed on a short list of potential Seahawks buyers because of his Seattle connection and his net worth of $107 billion. Read More

Feb 19, 2026, 4:47 PM

Ballmer? Bezos? Sir Mix-a-Lot? Seahawks sale draws more hot takes on potential owners and price

The Seattle Seahawks have been officially for sale for a day, but the speculation about who could be the next owner of the team has been in high gear for years. National media personalities are now playing catch-up. Read More

Feb 17, 2026, 3:00 AM

Zillow teams up with ‘World of Warcraft’ to exhibit virtual homes inside popular game

A new microsite, “Zillow for Warcraft,” allows users to explore an assortment of designs for in-game housing. Read More