Microsoft industrial designer leads Seattle team and ‘Big Dill’ in ‘BattleBots’ TV competition A team of robot builders from Seattle is competing in upcoming episodes of “BattleBots: Bounty Hunters,” led by an industrial… Read More
Amazon takes 3 Golden Globes, including big ‘Borat’ win, as annual event goes mostly virtual Amazon captured another three Golden Globe awards Sunday night as the annual celebration of film and television took on the… Read More
Wawaweewa! Amazon picks up 10 Golden Globe nominations, including for latest ‘Borat’ moviefilm Amazon is headed to the 78th Golden Globe Awards later this month on the strength of 10 nominations, the most… Read More
Amazon’s Fire TV finally getting HBO Max, months after launch of new streaming service Almost six months after the launch of the new HBO Max streaming service, the platform is now coming to Amazon’s… Read More
As Emmy Awards go virtual, HBO bests streaming TV with most wins; Amazon collects four total Streaming television’s recent awards show successes took a bit of a back seat on Sunday night, as HBO outpaced Netflix,… Read More
Netflix back ahead of HBO with 160 Emmy nods; Amazon’s ‘Mrs. Maisel’ dominates comedy again Streaming television is bigger than ever, as a much-needed distraction during the ongoing pandemic. And it’s back on top in… Read More
Bill Gates shares 5 books on summer list – and much more to read and watch while stuck at home We’re all looking for some sort of distraction from the daily deluge of coronavirus news and stress, and ways to… Read More
Virtual reality check: Futurists dissect Amazon’s new ‘Upload’ TV series, and its digital afterlife “Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?” I can’t get Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” out of my head as… Read More
What are we watching during lockdown? Amazon’s Fire TV stats show family and fitness spike We can’t work nonstop, or spend unlimited time trying to homeschool the kids. Certainly we’re watching lots of television during… Read More
Oh, baby, ‘LEGO Masters’ finale lands like a brick on outraged fans who dispute choice of winner The suspense was building, along with the epic LEGO builds, on the finale of the FOX series “LEGO Masters” on… Read More
Q&A: ‘Cosmos’ author Ann Druyan muses about possible worlds — and what Carl Sagan would do How many dimensions does the cosmos have? If we’re talking about string theory, it could be 10, or 11, or… Read More
‘Beezos!’ Watch Elizabeth Warren call out tech CEOs in name-the-billionaire game on ‘Late Show’ Three days after calling out Amazon’s tax practices during a rally in Seattle, Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Elizabeth Warren was… Read More
Washington State University robotics team to get in the ring on popular TV series ‘BattleBots’ Crimson Robotics, a team of students from Washington State University, is one of 80 teams from around the world chosen… Read More
Japanese billionaire pulls out of moonshot dating TV project and apologizes to 27,722 women It’s not you, it’s me: That’s basically what Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa is saying about his decision to end participation… Read More
Star Trek’s George Takei tweaks President Trump over Space Force’s trekky new seal We don’t know whether Mr. Spock would have cocked an eyebrow over the Starfleet-like U.S. Space Force seal that was… Read More
Vicis is out of business, but NFL commercial features high-tech football helmet during playoffs It’s been a couple weeks since the demise of Seattle-based Vicis, the high-tech football helmet maker that laid off all… Read More
Amazon wins 2 Golden Globes for series ‘Fleabag’; host Ricky Gervais rips Hollywood and big tech Amazon continued its winning ways at major awards shows on Sunday night, taking home two Golden Globes for the comedy… Read More
How the cloud helps lift ‘The Expanse’ and other science fiction epics out of this world It used to take a cast of thousands to create cinematic extravaganzas, but now the job can be done with… Read More
Netflix dominates Golden Globe nominations; Amazon scores 8 across film and television There’s apparently a reason everyone wants in on the streaming game: because the services keep putting on a strong showing… Read More
‘Big fan’ Bill Gates makes appearance in ‘Silicon Valley’ series finale as HBO comedy logs off “Silicon Valley” wrapped up six seasons on HBO on Sunday night with a series finale called “Exit Event” — and… Read More
Blue Origin video traces the virtuous circle between real-life spaceflight and ‘The Expanse’ on video If “The Expanse” ever decides to shoot episodes of the science-fiction series on a Blue Origin spaceship, Wes Chatham is… Read More
Funko is making a Baby Yoda from Disney’s ‘The Mandalorian’ — but not in time for Christmas Star Wars fans looking to stuff a little extra cuteness in someone’s stocking this holiday season will have to wait.… Read More
What ’60 Minutes’ didn’t say about Amazon and Seattle’s homelessness crisis The tent cities that spring up in the shadows of some of the world’s wealthiest tech companies landed on “60… Read More
Funko goes Hollywood with large new retail location in heart of pop-culture world it celebrates Funko has always been a bit Hollywood, with a product line nodding to some of the biggest franchises in pop… Read More
Amazon’s Fire TV will stream Disney+ The Disney+ streaming service will be available on Amazon’s Fire TV, settling a reported dispute that threatened to impede Disney’s… Read More
What should you watch next on TV? Even Bill Gates seeks advice, so startup Likewise steps in to help Remember when people used to say, “There’s nothing good on TV”? That may still be the case, but man, there… Read More
Amazon and Jeff Bezos among the tech punchlines as ‘Silicon Valley’ returns to HBO for 6th season The fake tech giants on “Silicon Valley” had plenty to say about the real ones Sunday night as the comedy… Read More
‘Fleabag’ creator and star signs new deal with Amazon Studios days after Emmy Awards haul Phoebe Waller-Bridge, the creator and star of the Emmy Award-winning Amazon Prime Video series “Fleabag,” has signed a new deal… Read More
Amazon wins 15 Emmys including best comedy for ‘Fleabag’; HBO rules again with ‘Game of Thrones’ It was another historic night for comedy and Amazon Prime Video at the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday as… Read More
Review: Netflix documentary on Bill Gates reveals chaos, determination and love ‘Inside Bill’s Brain’ In his relentless pursuit to try to solve some of the world’s most pressing problems around sanitation, disease eradication and… Read More
