Geek Life – Page 5 of 136

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

Dec 2, 2024, 4:44 PM

Seattle sushi restaurant reopening after viral TikTok video forced review of food safety standards

FOB Sushi Bar is reopening its restaurant locations in Seattle and Bellevue, Wash., on Tuesday morning, two weeks after closing… Read More

Nov 19, 2024, 9:33 AM

Seattle sushi restaurant closes after popular TikTok food critic’s video sparks concerns of worm in fish

A TikTok star who reviews restaurants around the country did a swing through Seattle this month to critique a variety… Read More

Nov 14, 2024, 6:01 PM

The Buzz at Seattle Auto Show: Test driving VW’s new van, plus more cool EVs not made by Tesla

As I pulled away from the Seattle International Auto Show on Thursday during a test drive of the highly anticipated… Read More

Nov 12, 2024, 7:19 AM

An escape from reality: Go inside the new ‘Tomb Raider Experience’ in Seattle to relive video game

Film and video game fans looking for another escape from reality have a new option in downtown Seattle with the… Read More

Nov 11, 2024, 8:00 AM

Living Computers vet rescues 1986 Mac from thrift store and gets it to run ChatGPT and much more

Hunter Irving is like a tech time traveler. Or he’s just a guy who can’t shake the impact that working… Read More

Nov 8, 2024, 11:15 AM

Remitly co-founder joins English soccer team’s ownership group, with plans to harness tech and AI

Shivaas Gulati needed a break. More than 11 years after helping to start Remitly, the Seattle digital remittance company, Gulati… Read More

Nov 7, 2024, 12:45 PM

Historic calculators invented in Nazi concentration camp will be on exhibit at Seattle Holocaust center

In an age when a smartphone or an AI voice assistant can provide the answer to nearly any math-related query,… Read More

Nov 5, 2024, 2:57 PM

Amazon’s new holiday ad featuring a singing janitor strikes similar tune to ‘America’s Got Talent’ winner

Dreams apparently do come true, for more than one singing janitor. Amazon’s new holiday ad, titled “Midnight Opus,” tells the… Read More

Nov 5, 2024, 12:19 PM

WATCH: Sea-Tac Airport’s self-driving wheelchairs are getting stymied by unexpected obstacles

Walking through Sea-Tac International Airport this week, I noticed a self-driving, electric wheelchair, on its way back through the concourse… Read More

Nov 3, 2024, 10:00 AM

Get in the picture: High-tech ‘Portal’ is a visual delight for those entering Seattle office building

Stepping into work never looked this good. A digital “moment of zen” has taken shape at a downtown Seattle office… Read More

Oct 31, 2024, 12:26 PM

Microsoft vet who founded beer delivery app ID’d as Melinda French Gates’ new boyfriend

The New York gossip sites are abuzz over Melinda French Gates’ love life this week, as the billionaire Seattle philanthropist… Read More

Oct 29, 2024, 2:00 AM

Inside the ‘Stranger Things’ house that a Seattle real estate startup bought and turned into an Airbnb

Want to spend a few nights in Hawkins, Ind., circa 1983? You can get there via the Atlanta area, 2024.… Read More

Oct 25, 2024, 8:46 AM

It’s sad Kurt Cobain ‘never got to see GPS,’ actress Helen Mirren says of the late rock star

There are surely plenty of things in our modern world that Kurt Cobain might marvel at had he not died… Read More