Geek Life – Page 28 of 136

Dec 20, 2018, 9:42 AM

Macaulay Culkin is Google Home Alone and it’s the Christmas ad for our time, ya filthy animals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKYABI-dGEA Is it really possible to be home alone when a voice assistant is always at your beck and call?… Read More

Dec 17, 2018, 1:58 PM

‘Fresh Prince’ star suing makers of ‘Fortnite’ for stealing his ‘Carlton Dance’ moves for video game

Alfonso Ribeiro clearly isn’t amused by all those kids who are dancing during and after playing “Fortnite.” The former star… Read More

Dec 15, 2018, 8:00 AM

Artist mixes real photographs and his vision of deep space to create an otherworldly Instagram feed

Imagine the images on social media when one of our modern space-travel pioneers — whether it’s Bezos or Musk or… Read More

Dec 14, 2018, 9:39 AM

Retro software softwear: Microsoft shows off a Windows 95 ‘ugly sweater’ and fans want it now

What if a so-called “ugly sweater” is actually just the type of throwback apparel that people would want to wear?… Read More

Dec 12, 2018, 10:36 AM

Fake moves: Dancing Russian robot that wowed state media turns out to be a human in a costume

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=154&v=4YUqUunt3Ns Oh, great, more Russian propaganda. Only this time it appears it was the Russians who were fooled by some… Read More

Dec 12, 2018, 7:12 AM

Biotech journalist Luke Timmerman sets his sights on Mount Kilimanjaro and $1M for cancer research

As a journalist, Luke Timmerman has covered biotech for more than 17 years. Now, the Timmerman Report founder is making… Read More

Dec 11, 2018, 2:58 PM

After questioning moon landings, NBA star Stephen Curry gets an invite from NASA

One way to get an tour of Johnson Space Center’s high-security Lunar Sample Laboratory Facility is to question whether people… Read More

Dec 11, 2018, 10:47 AM

An Amazon fulfillment center comes to ‘South Park’ and the tech giant is a Prime target for comedy

So, this is what it looks like when we do all of our shopping online and an Amazon fulfillment center… Read More

Dec 10, 2018, 8:29 PM

#SurfaceDrop: Seahawks star Russell Wilson births new celebration with Microsoft tablet during big win

Russell Wilson may have inadvertently invented the geekiest touchdown celebration of the NFL season. The Seattle Seahawks quarterback was on… Read More

Dec 10, 2018, 10:02 AM

Straight outta Linux: Cloud tech conference KubeCon will feature hip-hop star at ‘Ice Cube-Con’

Will Tuesday be a good day? It will be for those attending KubeCon + CloudNativeCon in Seattle this week if… Read More

Dec 8, 2018, 10:15 AM

‘Bathtubs Over Broadway’ unearths the wacky world of corporate musicals: Where did they go?

No fan of Broadway musicals should miss classics like “I Never Enjoyed My Operation More,” “My Insurance Man” and “My… Read More

Dec 7, 2018, 10:23 AM

Before and after: Nordstrom reboots our geeks as they show up in style for the GeekWire Gala

Lana Neyolova looked at herself in a mirror and twirled. “Why am I an engineer?” she laughed. Kellen Ball sat… Read More

Dec 6, 2018, 10:52 AM

Stop the presses! WaPo employees tell HuffPo what they think of Amazon, that other Bezos company

Getting Amazon employees to talk candidly about their company isn’t the easiest assignment in journalism. But what if you technically… Read More

Dec 6, 2018, 9:52 AM

‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ and two other series help lead Amazon to nine Golden Globes nominations

Amazon made another strong showing among the streaming TV pack on Thursday with nine nominations, and it also picked up… Read More

Dec 6, 2018, 9:08 AM

Bill Gates engages in potty talk with ‘The Daily Show’ as he explains need to reinvent the toilet

WTF is wrong with Bill Gates? That was the question, literally, from “The Daily Show” and correspondent Ronny Chieng as… Read More

Dec 6, 2018, 8:43 AM

T-Mobile CEO John Legere dishes leadership advice and recipes in new #SlowCookerSunday cookbook

All of those Sundays in front of the slow cooker have paid off for T-Mobile CEO John Legere — and… Read More

Dec 5, 2018, 12:20 PM

Tom Cruise says we’re watching movies wrong on HDTV — watch him go Maverick with a hot tech tip

No need to cue the “Mission: Impossible” theme music. This video featuring action film star Tom Cruise lacks the drama… Read More

Dec 4, 2018, 10:34 AM

Goodreads reveals best books of 2018 with more than 5 million votes across 21 categories

It’s that time of the year to check off what to get the readers on your holiday gift list. Good… Read More

Dec 3, 2018, 2:11 PM

Amazon tweets about Flex driver who lost weight on job; internet ties it back to a Comedy Central show

Amazon promoted a news story on Sunday with a tweet from its official news account about how a woman in… Read More

Dec 3, 2018, 11:25 AM

Bundle up in Columbia’s new Star Wars parka, just like cast and crew wore for ‘Empire Strikes Back’

If it gets as cold where you live as it did on the ice planet Hoth, hold tight before you… Read More

Dec 3, 2018, 10:32 AM

‘Amazon.com’s got a lot’ … of vintage holiday ads worth watching, to see how tech giant got started

Amazon has come a long way as a company over the past couple decades. The online bookseller turned into a… Read More

Dec 2, 2018, 12:07 PM

Police use new maneuver to stop Tesla car on autopilot after driver falls asleep at wheel

Officers with the California Highway Patrol invented a new maneuver to stop a Tesla Model S vehicle after its driver… Read More

Nov 28, 2018, 2:01 PM

‘Not your father’s Big Mouth Billy Bass’: Amazon’s Alexa now comes out of the novelty fish’s lips

Hoo boy, look what we done caught in the inter-net. Big Mouth Billy Bass, the flopping, singing, plastic sensation mounted… Read More

Nov 27, 2018, 12:29 PM

Man fights distracted driving ticket; says police mistook McDonald’s hash brown for cell phone

A driver in Connecticut was not “lovin’ it” when he was pulled over and ticketed by police for distracted driving.… Read More

Nov 27, 2018, 10:49 AM

How ’bout this action, boss? Marshawn Lynch will pay phone bill for 500 new Beast Mobile customers

My cell phone bill is so expensive I don’t even get to look at it. It just gets paid, somehow,… Read More

Nov 26, 2018, 12:30 PM

Microsoft holiday ad captures joy of video games and inclusion as boy uses Xbox Adaptive Controller

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v70Fu2WU8-w When Microsoft created the Xbox Adaptive Controller, it set out to bring all the joy of video games to… Read More

Nov 26, 2018, 10:53 AM

My parents are wowed by Amazon, LimeBikes and more as longtime visitors return to big, new Seattle

Getting together with family during the holidays — especially with members who visit from across the country — is a… Read More

Nov 21, 2018, 8:41 AM

Table for one? Solo dining booths designed to tune out hectic world at New York ramen bar

So much for this survey about more people craving face-to-face interaction in the digital age. A ramen bar in New… Read More

Nov 20, 2018, 9:41 AM

Real human interaction still preferred over texting, email and social media, according to survey

For every electronic device or method we use as humans, in an effort to communicate with other humans, the desire… Read More

Nov 19, 2018, 12:05 PM

Bill Gates says if you want to understand tech and Silicon Valley, you better watch ‘Silicon Valley’

Bill Gates gets it. The Microsoft co-founder wants his friends in Silicon Valley to lighten up if they refuse to… Read More