Geek Life – Page 29 of 137

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

Nov 18, 2018, 12:49 AM

Steve Carell as Jeff Bezos on ‘Saturday Night Live’ trolls Trump just days after Amazon picks HQ2 sites

Amazon announced its intentions this week to go live from New York with one of its new headquarters locations. On… Read More

Nov 12, 2018, 2:36 PM

Company founded by U.S. Army vet develops cannabis-based products to help people struggling with pain

As the founder of G&G Laboratories, Mike Lui wants to help people who struggle with pain, such as veterans and… Read More

Nov 12, 2018, 12:24 PM

Marvel Comics legend Stan Lee, the man behind the most iconic superheroes, dies at 95

Stan Lee, the legendary writer and publisher for Marvel Comics, whose decades of work is still felt today in blockbuster… Read More

Nov 12, 2018, 9:57 AM

Invest wisely: From angels to advisors, VC Trading Cards feature the heavy hitters of tech

Forget Ken Griffey Jr.’s rookie card. Your next investment in the trading card space is going to be focused on… Read More

Nov 12, 2018, 8:22 AM

Actor who provided eerie voice of computer HAL in sci-fi classic ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ dies at 90

Douglas Rain, the Canadian actor who famously provided the calm and creepy voice of the computer HAL in the 1968… Read More

Nov 6, 2018, 9:51 AM

Seattle zoo teams with Firefox to stream video of red panda as cute stress reliever on Election Day

Looking for a place to think about something other than Election Day and the drama that will play out as… Read More

Nov 6, 2018, 8:54 AM

The Star Wars fix we were looking for: Students turn their bipedal robot into a convincing AT-ST Walker

The Ewoks are going to want to run for their lives if this thing tramps through the woods of Oregon.… Read More

Nov 5, 2018, 12:23 PM

Spotify tries its own hand at rocking the vote with midterm elections playlists for each state

Voters looking to drown out last-minute midterm elections noise can turn to Spotify for specially curated playlists in every state… Read More

Nov 5, 2018, 11:09 AM

At dog friendly Amazon, could data on breeds set one city apart from the HQ2 pack?

While some 50,000 Amazon humans could someday populate the company’s planned second headquarters, HQ2 will also be home to thousands… Read More

Nov 2, 2018, 10:42 AM

In tribute to Paul Allen, buildings in Seattle and elsewhere will be bathed in blue light this weekend

His guitar hero Jimi Hendrix sang of “Purple Haze,” but Seahawks blue was also one of Paul Allen’s favorite colors.… Read More

Oct 31, 2018, 1:45 PM

Scary, funny and everything in between: Tech companies share their geekiest Halloween get-ups

What do you dress up as for Halloween when you’re already a geek every other day of the year? Turns… Read More

Oct 30, 2018, 8:31 PM

Timelapse video: Miss the corpse plant blooming in Amazon’s Spheres? See it now in just 15 seconds

The Amorphophallus titanum, or corpse plant, takes about seven years to produce a bloom which only lasts about 48 hours.… Read More

Oct 29, 2018, 7:00 AM

First startups, then goblins! Tech CEOs unite around Dungeons & Dragons, embrace their inner geek

Intriguing and quirky characters flock to the tech industry. But how many of them would happily classify themselves as a… Read More

Oct 27, 2018, 7:04 PM

GeekGirlCon kicks off its ninth ‘celebration of the female geek’

It’s another cosplay- and comic-filled weekend for thousands of geeks attending the annual GeekGirlCon in Seattle on Saturday and Sunday.… Read More

Oct 26, 2018, 7:34 AM

‘Christ is arriving in a Hyundai’: In perfect Uber alert, it appears Jesus has finally taken the wheel

Plenty of people believe Christ is coming back, someday. Not sure how many thought he’d show up driving an Uber.… Read More

Oct 24, 2018, 3:44 PM

Paul Allen and the Underthinkers rock the Microsoft earnings call as this quarter’s hold music

And the band played on. Just over a week after Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen died at the age of 65, the… Read More

Oct 22, 2018, 12:18 PM

A slide presentation fit for the undead: ‘Game of Thrones’ White Walkers turn to Google Chromebook

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A21K5zBrP4 It takes a lot of teamwork to manage an army of the undead, breach the Wall and set out… Read More