Geek Life – Page 5 of 137

May 23, 2025, 9:04 AM

Space Needle doubles the pleasure in ride to the top with new stacked, glass elevators

The Space Needle is getting doubly cool. Visitors to the iconic Seattle tower can now ride to the top in… Read More

May 15, 2025, 9:22 AM

Seahawks unbox action-packed schedule release video as NFL teams vie for social media supremacy

It’s not enough anymore for NFL teams to simply release a schedule of who they’ll be playing in the upcoming… Read More

May 12, 2025, 8:00 AM

Appetite for invention: Seattle tech vets hatch a simple gadget to cook a tastier chicken

Not satisfied with what they considered overly complicated methods for cooking unsatisfactory chicken, Dave Atchison and Tony Smith jumped out… Read More

May 9, 2025, 9:22 AM

‘We are sticklers in Seattle,’ ‘Jeopardy’ host says to contestant who wrongly put ‘s’ on Pike Place Market

Don’t cross “Jeopardy” host Ken Jennings, or any Seattleite, on the proper way to say Pike Place Market. During an… Read More

Apr 29, 2025, 9:41 AM

126,151 AI learners set a Guinness World Record in kickoff event for Microsoft skills fest

Artificial intelligence is taking the world by storm — and the Guinness World Records. A kickoff celebration for the Microsoft… Read More

Apr 25, 2025, 9:08 AM

Phoebe Gates launches e-commerce startup — here’s what her famous parents think

Phoebe Gates, the youngest daughter of Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates, is the co-founder of a new e-commerce shopping… Read More

Apr 16, 2025, 11:44 AM

Seattle crosswalk buttons hacked to sound like Jeff Bezos; SDOT exploring ‘stronger security measures’

Editor’s note: This story was updated with comment from the Seattle Department of Transportation. Don’t cross Jeff Bezos on taxes,… Read More

Apr 16, 2025, 9:05 AM

Suffering from ‘Tesla Regret Syndrome’? Spoof ad from Seattle group is latest dig at Elon Musk

A Seattle-based activist group that has been taking part in protests aimed at Elon Musk and Tesla showrooms in the… Read More

Apr 1, 2025, 3:59 PM

There are 3,028 billionaires in the world — here are the ones who call Washington state home

Don’t tell Bernie Sanders, but Forbes’ latest World’s Billionaires list for 2025 contains 3,028 names — up 247 from a year… Read More

Mar 31, 2025, 12:18 PM

Seattle engineer’s Ghibli-style image goes viral, and sparks some backlash over AI art

By the end of last week, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was asking people to “please chill” on making images with… Read More

Mar 27, 2025, 10:09 AM

Even VC firms are getting in on the viral hype around ChatGPT’s updated image generator

You might not remember seeing Matt McIlwain or S. “Soma” Somasegar in “Spirited Away,” but the managing directors of Seattle VC… Read More

Mar 20, 2025, 8:30 AM

Game on: Seattle Mariners add Nintendo patch to jerseys in new sponsorship deal

Are the Seattle Mariners poised to level up this season? Perhaps, if a jersey patch is the boost the team… Read More

Mar 17, 2025, 2:27 PM

The surprising way Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella uses AI to consume podcasts on his commute

Satya Nadella is a fan of multimodal AI interfaces — the ability to interact with a chatbot not just through… Read More

Mar 16, 2025, 1:20 PM

Fireballs, foxholes, and cryogenic suspension: Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman’s greatest quips

We’re going to miss Glenn Kelman’s earnings calls. Redfin’s CEO, who last week announced a $1.75 billion deal to sell… Read More

Mar 15, 2025, 9:00 AM

Amazon design vet can’t shake desire to create art and music, so he left to build a new VR experience

Grant Hinkson spent almost nine years at Amazon, leading design engineering within the company’s Devices and Services Design Group. He… Read More

Mar 7, 2025, 7:34 AM

Microsoft philanthropy leader will salsa her way to helping combat homelessness in ‘Seattle Dances’

The amateur highlight of Jane Broom‘s dancing past came while growing up in Spokane, Wash., as a member of the… Read More

Mar 3, 2025, 8:26 AM

Oscars host Conan O’Brien delivers jokes about Amazon and Jeff Bezos

Academy Awards host Conan O’Brien took a couple shots at Amazon and founder Jeff Bezos during the opening monologue of… Read More

Feb 20, 2025, 11:49 AM

Amazon MGM Studios strikes deal for 007, takes over creative control of James Bond film franchise

Will James Bond finally return to action? The prospect for a new film in the long-running spy thriller series increased… Read More

Feb 10, 2025, 8:55 AM

In chat with Bill Gates, Mark Cuban compares big NBA trade to Microsoft unloading Windows 11

Mark Cuban tapped Bill Gates for some perspective on a recent business decision that reshaped the Dallas Mavericks, the NBA… Read More

Feb 7, 2025, 10:18 AM

Double Billing: Bill Gates and Bill Nye geek out on computers, science and changing human history

Talk about a double Billing. Bill Nye, the “Science Guy,” and Bill Gates, the software guy, came together on one… Read More

Jan 16, 2025, 8:23 AM

Can a bear hug thaw the ‘Seattle Freeze’? Civic group tests theory in the wild around Amazon HQ

Whether or not you subscribe to the notion that the “Seattle Freeze” is definitely a real thing, there was no… Read More

Jan 15, 2025, 4:10 PM

Book lovers get a read on new Barnes & Noble as they flock to chain’s Bellevue, Wash., store opening

Barnes & Noble is back in downtown Bellevue, Wash., and book lovers turned out Wednesday for a grand opening to… Read More

Jan 14, 2025, 9:16 AM

Amazon’s new playbook? NFL player reading on sideline helps obscure title shoot to No. 1 seller

Forget spending money on ads during NFL games, Amazon should just hand out books to players as a marketing ploy.… Read More

Jan 9, 2025, 11:58 AM

Can your dog keep up with Tyler Lockett? Seattle Seahawks great teams with Rover in new contest

Tyler Lockett has run plenty of routes in his 10-season career as a Seattle Seahawks wide receiver. Now he wants… Read More

Jan 6, 2025, 1:32 PM

Google calls out Microsoft for trickery over Bing’s response to ‘Google’ search query

Searching for “Google” on Microsoft Bing right now (when logged out) brings up a search experience that looks a lot… Read More

Dec 28, 2024, 8:00 AM

An artist-in-residence at every tech company? Seattle nonprofit sets ‘big, hairy, audacious goal’

Sounding like veterans of the tech industry that they are hoping to better collaborate with, the co-founders of Seattle-based Future… Read More

Dec 19, 2024, 9:27 AM

Amazon’s ‘Beast Games’ arrives on Prime Video, as 1,000 contestants compete for $5M

MrBeast is jumping from YouTube to Prime Video today as the new reality TV competition “Beast Games” premieres on Amazon’s… Read More

Dec 17, 2024, 10:43 AM

This is (not) bananas: Amazon devices chief gives free Kindles to people stopping by HQ fruit stand

Move over, Oprah. Panos Panay is the new king of daytime giveaways. “You get a Kindle, and you get a… Read More

Dec 16, 2024, 9:14 AM

Mysterious drone flights have been in the news, but Seattle Seahawks show was planned tribute to fans

The drones arrived in Seattle over the Seahawks game at Lumen Field Sunday night — but they didn’t travel all… Read More

Dec 5, 2024, 12:30 PM

Now here’s a PC name for a snowplow in a tech town: Ctrl + Salt + Delete

Microsoft’s hometown is now home to an especially geeky snowplow. Residents of Redmond, Wash., chose “Ctrl + Salt + Delete”… Read More