LAS VEGAS — If you thought talking to your washing machine via Amazon’s Alexa was the most grueling example of real-world combat that would be unveiled at CES, think again.… Read More
Forty-seven years ago today, two computers hooked up. They bridged the gap between UCLA and Stanford and their amorous union gave birth to the Internet, a baby that would change… Read More
Most of the floor space at Seattle’s Museum of Flight is set aside to celebrate past glories of aerospace – but “Above and Beyond,” a traveling exhibition that opens this weekend, is… Read More
The bell from a sunken British WWII battlecruiser, retrieved from the depths of the Denmark Strait by a team led by Paul Allen, was unveiled in a commemorative service on… Read More
Today’s final flight of the first Boeing 727 prototype jet ever produced was one of the shortest trips it’s made in its 53-year history: a 15-minute jaunt from a restoration… Read More
Think of it as “Antiques Roadshow” for the aerospace set: The Boeing Co. is looking for historical artifacts and memorabilia that will help the company tell the story of its… Read More
The Apple-1 computer was the device that kicked off our personal computing revolution, and now you can own one, complete with the rare first manual. But you might not want… Read More
Microsoft has recently been making lots of apps for iOS and Android, despite the fact that those platforms are rivals to its own Windows operating system. But this is actually not… Read More
The year 2015 is shaping up to be the “Year of the Smartwatch,” as Apple releases their long-awaited watch this month, Pebble Time just raised over twenty million dollars in… Read More
Growing up in California, Scott Kildall and his sister Kristin knew that their dad, Gary, was working on important things in the shack in their backyard. Little did they realize how important… Read More
How does the technology industry impact our communities and sense of place? What are the ingredients for a strong regional tech economy? And what happens when upstart technology companies collide… Read More
On this twentieth anniversary of the first popular web browser, consider how its potential was viewed just one year after its birth. If only to realize that sometimes in tech… Read More
We’ve been having fun covering Amazon.com’s ambitious locker effort — including Todd Bishop’s experiment to pick up a pack of batteries at a Seattle area 7-Eleven store. Since then, Amazon Lockers… Read More
They were all up on stage when the cosmonaut Valery Kubasov was introduced. With a lapel full of medals he strode across stage. As he walked past Buzz Aldrin, Jim Lovell,… Read More
Amazon.com today is approaching 40,000 employees. Seventeen years ago, Shel Kaphan was No. 1. GeekWire Interview: Shel Kaphan, Amazon.com’s first employee Part 1: The forgotten founder? Part 2: Meeting Jeff… Read More