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Hillary Clinton launches new online look — and that logo — with her presidential campaign

Hillary Clinton has finally announced that she is running for president and unveiled a completely new look online, including an… Read More

This Batsuit can take a beating: Superfan makes costume that can handle punches, kicks and knives

It’s only April, but seriously, if you’re looking to go as Batman, Halloween is solved. This 21-year-old prop maker and… Read More

5 steps to deal with your geek child’s adulthood

Sad Tomagotchis. Dead batteries in Robotics Camp capstone projects. Discarded Legos discovered by bare feet in the middle of the night… Read More

Watch this ‘Silicon Valley’ clip make fun of the Winklevoss twins

Everyone’s all about Game of Thrones returning this weekend, but HBO is also bringing back Mike Judge’s Silicon Valley. The show’s… Read More

IDW announces that Godzilla is going to hell

Where do you take a giant lizard who has wreaked a good deal of havoc on earth? Why, to hell,… Read More

NASA astronomer names asteroid after human-rights hero Malala Yousafzai

Human rights hero, Nobel Peace Prize winner and now an asteroid — the girl who stood up to the Taliban… Read More

Check out this old-school wearable: How to make your own ‘Apple II’ watch

Can’t wait for your Apple Watch to arrive? No worries, why not make your own? Thanks to Instructables, you can make… Read More

The battle over ‘.sucks’: Is it big business vs. the people or just greed?

The Internet frenzy that has Microsoft, Taylor Swift and others buying the rights to domains like “.porn” and “.adult,” now… Read More

Who says ‘no’ to Apple? Kanye West, that’s who

Today in revelations about everything awesome and crazy in Kanye West’s world comes this: Saying no to Apple. In a… Read More

Study puts Google image search results to the gender bias test

Who are you more likely to see when you google “CEO?” According to this University of Washington study, which examined how accurately genders… Read More

Xiaomi sets Guinness World Record for selling over 2 million phones online in a day

Talk about a flash sale. Xiaomi moved more than 2.11 million smartphones in a day via its online store Mi.com. That… Read More

The best companies to work for if you’re a woman in tech

Being a woman in tech can be tough, but these 13 companies are trying to create cultures that are more welcoming to… Read More

Pew study finds nearly a quarter of teens online ‘almost constantly,’ Facebook still king

Does it seem like your teen is always on his or her smartphone? That just might be true, according to… Read More

R2-D2’s builder Tony Dyson talks A.I., drones and why everyone needs a little robot in their house

There is likely no more famous – or beloved – robot than R2-D2. Along with partner C-3PO, both robots became… Read More

Hillary Clinton taps Google exec as her chief technology officer

Likely in the hopes of bringing her internet ways up to, ahem, speed, Hillary Clinton has hired a Google… Read More

DirectTV made this awesome map summarizing every ‘Game of Thrones’ episode

Need to catch up fast on everything that has happened on Game of Thrones, seasons one through four? No problem.… Read More

Alien life by 2025? NASA is optimistic its search for water will reveal that we are not alone

Wow, this seems rather quick: In a news event yesterday, a NASA chief scientist predicted that the agency will discover… Read More

Uber, Starbucks and Alaska Airlines all trending high with business travelers

When you travel for business, you likely have a favorite airline, hotel, restaurant and so forth. Certify’s latest report on… Read More

Paul Allen’s Foundation grants $1.5M to Puget Sound Restoration Fund project

Puget Sound is absolutely vital to the health of the Pacific Northwest, but the ever-increasing acidification of the oceans is taking… Read More

Is Jon Snow the most awkward dinner guest ever?

He may be dark and dreamy, but Jon Snow makes for one heavy dinner guest. In this skit on Late Night with… Read More

The ‘Star Wars’ saga is coming to digital HD this Friday

You can own the Star Wars saga, from The Phantom Menace to Return of the Jedi, starting this Friday in digital… Read More

Seattle lands at No. 8 in Redfin’s Walk Score report of U.S. cities

Seattle isn’t as easy to get around as New York or San Francisco when it comes to traveling by foot,… Read More

Headed to the San Juans? You can now reserve your ferry spot online

A new system that allows you to reserve a spot on select Washington State ferry routes in advance appears to… Read More

Win prizes, ‘immortal glory’ with your photo of the 520 bridge’s new pontoons

If you’ve got some great shots of the new giant pontoons for the SR 520 floating bridge, the Washington Department of… Read More

Another first for Facebook: Filing for divorce via social network

You can do more and more via Facebook these days, but the social media giant can officially add one more… Read More

‘Blood moon’ delivers awesome views on the West Coast

If you missed the “blood moon” this weekend, NASA captured this incredible time-lapse video, which condenses the century’s shortest lunar… Read More

Boeing patents ‘cuddle chairs’ to improve air travel

Will “cuddle chairs” be coming to your favorite airline soon? Perhaps. Boeing calls it the “transport vehicle upright sleep support system,”… Read More

Fate of ‘Twin Peaks’ murky as David Lynch walks

Will he or won’t he? That seems to be the big question about whether Showtime can convince David Lynch to… Read More

George R.R. Martin at Norwescon: Comics, Game of Thrones and his new HBO series (yes!) ‘Captain Cosmos’

With the new season of Game of Thrones near, and fresh off the release of his latest chapter for The Winds of… Read More

Is the rent ‘too damn high?’ Seattle is No. 10 on most expensive cities to rent list

When Jimmy McMillan announced his candidacy for mayor of New York in 2005 under the “Rent is Too Damn High”… Read More