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Minecraft creator outbids Jay Z and Beyonce to land this sweet $70M pad

Minecraft creator and Super Swede Markus Persson outbid Jay Z and Beyonce on this $70 million crash pad in Los… Read More

Google.org helping fund mobile phone project to combat malaria

Here’s a great one about how technology can help cure disease. The fight against malaria got a boost from Google.org… Read More

Flower Power: These adorable pit bulls on Instagram will steal your heart

A New York-based photographer is using Instagram and some well-placed flower hats in a campaign to save pit bulls. Sophie Gamand… Read More

The ‘Roger Ebert of battery chargers:’ Meet Amazon’s top product reviewer

They’re some of the most powerful presences on the Internet: Amazon’s top product reviewers. And now, thanks to this Boston… Read More

Candy in 23 minutes: Engadget tests Amazon Prime Now in New York

How’s this for under an hour? Engadget reports that Amazon Prime Now delivered some candy in only 23 minutes. As we… Read More

A, B, C or E. coli? King County to get restaurant rating system

Soon you will know just how safe that truck taco is, thanks in large part to a campaign by Seattlelite Sarah… Read More

Stephen Colbert has his own Street View: Google marks final show with virtual tour of ‘Colbert Report’ studios

Stephen Colbert is bidding Comedy Central adieu to head to the greener pastures of The Late Show this week, but… Read More

New book on Yahoo: Marissa Mayer disses Goop’s Gwyneth Paltrow

Well, this little tell-all could be quite the read. The book Marissa Mayer and the Fight to Save Yahoo, out… Read More

U.S.: North Korea behind Sony hack

The U.S. is officially pinning the epic Sony hack on North Korea. And while our government is convinced that North… Read More

Morning tearjerker: This pup will melt your heart with his adorable smile and 3D-printed legs

How’s this for a heartwarmer? Derby the dog, born with deformed front legs, gets a new set of 3D-printed prosthetics… Read More

Are your talents hot or not? LinkedIn reveals the top 25 skills that got people hired in 2014

Looking for a gig? This could help: LinkedIn has released a list of “The 25 Hottest Skills That Got People Hired… Read More

Seahawks, Super Bowl and composting: Seattle’s top Google trends for 2014

Yesterday, we told you about Google’s national trends on search. But today, they gave us the lowdown on Seattlelites’ favorite… Read More

Sony cancels theatrical release of ‘The Interview’ after big movie chains back out

Sony has canceled the scheduled Dec. 25 release of “The Interview” following a decision by five major movie chains not to… Read More

These $151 jeans feature RFID-blocking signals to ward off high-tech pickpockets

San Francisco-based Betabrand, home to the fashion wonder that is known as the 5-Pocket Dress Pant Sweatpants (Seriously, has anyone bought… Read More

Busted! Check out this broken gadget porn

It’s almost as inevitable as taxes and death. The busted gadget. Sure, we’ve all seen our fair share of cracked screens before,… Read More

Canada to U.S.: Give us your healthy, wealthy, huddled millionaires yearning to breathe free

Oh, Canada. If you’re a struggling, everyday, ol’ millionaire and are tired of trying to raise capital for your brilliant… Read More

BlackBerry kicking it old school with launch of $449 Classic smartphone, complete with QWERTY keyboard

If you’ve been communicating via smartphone over the last decade, you probably had a BlackBerry at one time. And now… Read More

The Force is strong with this one: Music teacher creates amazing ‘Star Wars’ light display timed to theme music

The Bellagio in Las Vegas ain’t got nothing on this. A man in Newark, Calif., has created a display with… Read More

Pixar taps Kyle MacLachlan and Diane Lane for ‘Inside Out’

The next Pixar film Inside Out‘s director Pete Docter told USA Today that Kyle MacLachlan and Diane Lane will voice… Read More

Iowa innovation: Midwest state may be first to have smartphone double as driver’s license

Iowa, that little center of the Heartland that is not Idaho, is not particularly known for innovation. But sometimes that… Read More

Poll reveals why people just aren’t that into smartwatches

Smartwatch makers have some work to do in the public relations department. According to a new survey of about 2,000 Business… Read More

Blast from the past: Can you name the most popular Web sites from 1996?

In 1996, the internet was little more than a sparkle in Al Gore’s eye. Mark Zuckerberg was 12. Google was… Read More

Sci-fi writer Neal Stephenson lands coolest job ever: ‘Chief Futurist’ for Magic Leap

How’s this for a great job? Augmented-reality startup Magic Leap has brought on sci-fi writer and game designer Neal Stephenson to… Read More

Judge upholds Seattle artist’s claim for ‘Angry Birds’ rights against pet toy firm

A judge is upholding seven of eight claims in a lawsuit filed last summer by a Seattle artist suing a pet… Read More

Death, disease and naked pics: Top Google searches for 2014

Google released its year-end report of what was most searched for in 2014. And, as Gawker already so astutely pointed… Read More

After legal fight with Beastie Boys, GoldieBlox launches animated video with original song to empower girls

Perhaps in light of its legal battle with the Beastie Boys over the use of the song “Girls,” GoldieBlox, the toy… Read More

Comets, chromosomes and other top science stories of 2014 from Scientific American

It’s that time of year when countdowns and articles looking back flood your feeds. Here, Scientific American‘s editors pick the… Read More

Shake it like a public radio listener: NPR releases favorite songs for 2014

One of the best parts of the year-end reviews are the music roundups. Sure, you were probably too busy in… Read More

NASA does geek-tacular parody video of ‘All About the Bass’

Proof that space nerds can have fun, NASA employees released a parody of “All About the Bass,” titled “All About… Read More

Ugly Christmas sweaters get creepy with MorphDigital Dudz

Finding that perfectly gawd-awful sweater at Goodwill is practically impossible anymore. Now you can snag the ultimate ugly Christmas sweater… Read More