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Grunge meets slop: An AI time traveler visits 1992 Seattle when music, not tech, ruled the city

The AI-generated video is an interesting study in how technology that’s very much being built and hyped in Seattle can be used to illustrate what the city sort of looked like more than three decades ago. Read More

Meta cuts nearly 1,400 jobs in Seattle area, 20% of local workforce, in sweeping AI revamp

A new state filing shows Meta is eliminating nearly 1,400 positions across its Seattle, Bellevue and Redmond offices, about 20% of its local workforce, as part of a companywide restructuring impacting 8,000 jobs. Read More

Seattle Mariners social media success driven by ‘group chat’ vibe and prepping for the unpredictable

A team behind the scenes is ready to react to the next big play on the field or fan moment in the stands in hopes of transferring the energy in the ballpark across the city and region and as far as the internet will take it. Read More

Fighting social media addiction with Instagram: Teen’s meme account attracts 1.9M followers

To get over his screen addiction, 18-year-old Garner Hall had to spend more time on his phone. The contradiction isn’t… Read More

New Expedia feature uses AI to help travelers plan and book trips based off shared Instagram Reels

Don’t just scroll past those influencers soaking up all the sun at far-off destinations in your Instagram feed. Build an… Read More

Instagram head Adam Mosseri stops in Seattle to discuss safety and protection for younger users

Adam Mosseri’s three boys — aged 3, 5 and 7 — are too young to use social media. But the… Read More

Don’t be so selfie confident: Study finds the social media images make us appear less likable

If you’re a frequent taker of images of yourself — “selfies” — you may not click “like” on this story.… Read More

Bill Nye swears, and Microsoft Windows is cursed, in new promotion videos for Google’s Chromebook

Bill Nye is cursing (again) in the name of climate change. But this time he’s swearing by the need to… Read More

Amazon shutters Instagram-inspired shopping feed Amazon Spark

Amazon has shuttered its Instagram-inspired shopping feed, Amazon Spark, according to TechCrunch. Amazon launched Amazon Spark in 2017 as one… Read More

Geek of the Week: Rudy Willingham is a cut above on Instagram, so he launched his own ad agency

Amid Instagram’s sea of sameness, Rudy Willingham of Seattle has managed to capture people’s attention with a unique art form… Read More

Facebook and Instagram outage drags on for hours as social media giant denies DDoS attack

You know it’s a rough day when Facebook has to use Twitter to let users know that Facebook and Instagram… Read More

Instagram releases major update to feed, users trash it on Twitter and the update disappears

Updated at 8:20 a.m. PT. First, they came for your chronological feed. Now, Instagram appears to be gunning for the… Read More

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

Geek of the Week: Teen photographer Gavriel Staloch builds a brand and a business as an Instagram influencer

Gavriel Staloch didn’t just develop an interest in photography at a young age, he did it in the age of… Read More

Melinda Gates

You go, girls! Melinda Gates is joined by ‘Sesame Street’ friends in marking worldwide ‘Day of the Girl’

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Melinda French Gates (@melindafrenchgates) Girls are strong, brave and know how… Read More

TLDR: Instagram’s co-founders are leaving the company

Today’s featured stories Instagram Co-Founder and CEO Kevin Systrom announces plans to leave LinkedIn aims to share its trove of… Read More

Geek of the Week: ‘Vanishing Seattle’ creator Cynthia Brothers on why the city’s loss of ‘soul’ is about more than nostalgia

In celebrating the unique places that give Seattle its soul, Cynthia Brothers has taken on the painful task of documenting disappearing… Read More

I used the Facetune app to try to make my selfie look as smooth as Newt and Callista Gingrich’s

I shaved over the weekend to achieve a youthful and presentable appearance. But I’ve never been as smooth as Callista… Read More

TLDR: Self-flying planes, Cat celeb Lil Bub lends poop to biotech startup, Facebook tool that tracks your time in the app

Today’s featured stories Boeing to open research center in Boston area, focusing on autonomous aircraft Cat celebrity Lil Bub lends… Read More

Is your private online content really private? Not if you do something stupid

It doesn’t matter if it’s on Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, or Twitter. The biggest, most preventable threat to the privacy of… Read More

Video: Are you a Rubik’s Cube geek? Try jumping out of an airplane and solving one in free fall

I’ve never solved a Rubiks’ Cube. I’ve definitely never attempted to solve one after jumping out of an airplane. Maybe… Read More

IGTV

Instagram announces IGTV, a new standalone app for watching long-form vertical video

So much for all that effort I make to get people to turn their phones to landscape position when shooting… Read More

Teens on phones

New research finds 95% of teens have access to a smartphone; 45% online ‘almost constantly’

Our kids are growing up behind the screens of their smartphones. What they’re looking at and how often is the… Read More

Instagram muting

Instagram adds ‘mute’ function to hide certain posts from your feed without unfollowing a ‘friend’

The complicated dynamics of social media friendships has a welcome new wrinkle over on Instagram if you’re one of those… Read More

TLDR: Instagram in-app payments, testing out Prime Wardrobe, Paul Allen’s immersive reality project

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s daily news rundown, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube for every… Read More

TLDR: Steve Ballmer’s shareholder meeting for America, the world’s biggest plane, Jeff Bezos’ new social media persona

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s daily news rundown, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube for every… Read More

Kyle Kesterson

Get your own Kyle! Seattle startup vet creatively asks for help in finding his next adventure

In search of his next work challenge and life adventure, Kyle Kesterson has decided that there really should be no… Read More

Chancelor Humphrey

‘Keep Pittsburgh Dope’ photographer has his eye on street style, Amazon and whether city will stay ‘cool’

PITTSBURGH — With his photographic eye on Pittsburgh from the inside, Chancelor Humphrey can see why people are becoming more… Read More

Charles Peterson

30 years after his iconic photos captured the rise of grunge, Charles Peterson turns his eye to Instagram

One of the biggest shifts in American music and culture, and arguably in a city’s identity, happened in Seattle before… Read More

Instagram hashtags

Instagram introduces ability to follow hashtags just like people, making more images discoverable

Instagram is giving users another tool for going deeper on photo and video topics that interest them. The social media… Read More

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