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Can you dress for success? Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn seek designers for Amazon fashion series

Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn are ready to see if you can make it work. The pair, who gained reality… Read More

Watch: Netflix releases ‘Black Mirror: Bandersnatch’ trailer and it’s another dark take on tech

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM0xWpBYlNM “Relax, don’t do it,” sings Frankie Goes to Hollywood in a new trailer for the Netflix movie event “Black… Read More

Earthrise

How engineers (and astronauts) made Apollo 8’s ‘Earthrise’ trip to the moon possible 50 years ago

It’s been 50 years to the day since Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders’ “Earthrise” photo changed our world forever, but… Read More

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‘Fresh Prince’ star suing makers of ‘Fortnite’ for stealing his ‘Carlton Dance’ moves for video game

Alfonso Ribeiro clearly isn’t amused by all those kids who are dancing during and after playing “Fortnite.” The former star… Read More

An Amazon fulfillment center comes to ‘South Park’ and the tech giant is a Prime target for comedy

So, this is what it looks like when we do all of our shopping online and an Amazon fulfillment center… Read More

‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ and two other series help lead Amazon to nine Golden Globes nominations

Amazon made another strong showing among the streaming TV pack on Thursday with nine nominations, and it also picked up… Read More

Bill Gates says if you want to understand tech and Silicon Valley, you better watch ‘Silicon Valley’

Bill Gates gets it. The Microsoft co-founder wants his friends in Silicon Valley to lighten up if they refuse to… Read More

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Elon Musk and Mars take the spotlight in National Geographic TV doubleheader

Science fiction blends with fact in tonight’s double dose of Mars from National Geographic’s TV channel. Truth to tell, there’s… Read More

A slide presentation fit for the undead: ‘Game of Thrones’ White Walkers turn to Google Chromebook

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A21K5zBrP4 It takes a lot of teamwork to manage an army of the undead, breach the Wall and set out… Read More

Secure in his Amazon success, Ring CEO returns to ‘Shark Tank’ and rejects pitch for a package lock

Jamie Siminoff swam with the sharks who rejected him five years ago, and in his return to “Shark Tank” for… Read More

Watch: Ring CEO on how he kept going after ‘Shark Tank’ rejection and how he feels returning to show

“The drive home sucked,” Jamie Siminoff said rather matter of factly this week when asked what he was thinking five… Read More

After getting $1B from Amazon, Ring founder Jamie Siminoff gets another knock from ‘Shark Tank’

“Shark Tank” investors didn’t bite five years ago when Ring founder Jamie Siminoff pitched his video doorbell on the popular… Read More

‘Calling Facebook a toilet is a little unfair to toilets’: HBO’s John Oliver flush with anger for social giant

“Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” got in its digs at tech companies on Sunday night. The show’s jab at Zillow… Read More

Zillow’s place in scandal around Supreme Court nominee gets the attention of HBO’s John Oliver

The storm of controversy around Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh became fodder for HBO’s “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver,”… Read More

Watch: Google Doodle celebrates Mister Rogers with a touching, stop-motion animated video

Waking up and going straight to Twitter was a bad idea today (and most days). Thankfully, the Google Doodle provided… Read More

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Fascinating! Astronomers spot super-Earth orbiting Mr. Spock’s fictional home star

Has the planet Vulcan been found? Vulcan’s most famous fictional inhabitant, Mr. Spock of “Star Trek” fame, would certainly raise… Read More

Amazon marks another Emmy Awards first with big comedy series win for ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’

It was another big night for streaming television at the Emmy Awards, and Amazon cemented its place in the mix… Read More

Steve Ballmer sticks to the USAFacts and wins fans in interview on HBO’s ‘Real Time with Bill Maher’

Steve Ballmer bound onto the set of HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher” Friday night in his usual high-energy style,… Read More

Auf Wiedersehen, ‘Project Runway,’ hello Amazon: Fashion gurus Klum and Gunn to make Prime series

Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn are saying goodbye to 16 seasons of “Project Runway” and a planned revival of the… Read More

Pokemon

Catch this streaming marathon if you can: Twitch to feature hundreds of Pokémon episodes and movies

Twitch and The Pokémon Co. are teaming to help fans catch hundreds of episodes of the animated TV series while… Read More

Amazon is said to work on a new device to record and stream live TV, challenging TiVo

Amazon is working on a new type of device that can record live TV and stream it on demand, encroaching… Read More

Late-night comics are over the moon when it comes to ridiculing Trump’s Space Force plans

As if the Trump administration’s plan to establish a Space Force by 2020 wasn’t comical enough — especially in the… Read More

George Takei

Mr. Sulu goes social: ‘Star Trek’ vet George Takei beams up to Russell Wilson’s TraceMe fan app

Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson may be the founder of the TraceMe fan networking platform, but to hear George Takei… Read More

What is internet? Relive the Microsoft v. Netscape browser war in new series ‘Valley of the Boom’

HBO’s “Silicon Valley” may provide an absurdly comedic take on startups and the modern tech industry, but a new series… Read More

Conan O'Brien

The joke’s on Batman — and Seattle — in Conan O’Brien bit pitting Marvel superheroes against DC

There’s a dark cloud hanging over the Dark Knight. Batman got bullied like never before in a comedy sketch from… Read More

Stranger Things

Netflix finally tops HBO in Emmy nominations; Amazon’s ‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ gets 14 nods

Streaming television continues to assert its position as a force to be reckoned with when it comes to quality programming… Read More

Dan Abraham

‘The Expanse’ co-author Daniel Abraham tells the inside story about sci-fi books, TV … and politics

There’s more to Daniel Abraham than “The Expanse.” To be sure, the science-fiction saga about our future fractious solar system… Read More

Amazon Studios’ boss recounts Jeff Bezos’ dinnertime push to save ‘The Expanse’

The head of Amazon Studios confirms that the plan to announce the rescue of “The Expanse” was cooked up while… Read More

Out of ‘The Office’: Comedy star gets serious in new trailer for Amazon’s ‘Jack Ryan’ series

First John was Jim, a lovable prankster with a desk job. Now John is Jack. He’s still behind a desk,… Read More

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Science of ‘The Expanse’: TV show sticks to space realities (with one big exception)

LOS ANGELES — The sci-fi saga known as “The Expanse” has attracted a huge fan following in part because it… Read More

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