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Take that, Barbie! Check out this holiday gift guide for ‘little makers’

Mattel faced a huge backlash recently for a passage in its Barbie book, “I Can Be A Computer Engineer,” which implied that girls can’t… Read More

Yo B**ch: Ridiculous new app channels Breaking Bad’s Jesse Pinkman

In case you were wondering which one-trick-pony app you could pull out this weekend to annoy your friends and loved… Read More

NASA’s Orion test a smashing success, Mars one step closer

Exploring, and perhaps one day establishing a colony on Mars, just got a little bit closer to reality today thanks… Read More

Amazon as Santa? Student gets $5,600 in goods by mistake

An engineering student at the University of Liverpool accidentally received more than 50 packages (and counting, last we heard) worth… Read More

Disneyland most Instagrammed place on planet for 2014

People must love the Mouse. Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif., is officially the most popular geo-tagged location on Instagram. The Magical… Read More

High-tech beer-making machine harvests fresh round of cash

PicoBrew, whose high-tech beer making machine allows amateur brewers to easily craft delicious stouts, porters and IPAs on their kitchen… Read More

Awesome Krysten Ritter likely to be Marvel’s Jessica Jones in Netflix series

You may have first known her as Jesse Pinkman’s girlfriend on Breaking Bad, or been one of the few to watch… Read More

Seeking oxygen in outer space, the next clue to finding life, astronomers say

A pair of University of Washington astronomers have unlocked another piece to the puzzle of finding life on other planets. Rodrigo Luger… Read More

The new Aston Martin for the next James Bond film ‘Spectre’ will make you geek out

Being an iconic man of mystery and intrigue gets you a lot of things, including your very own custom-designed Aston… Read More

Psy’s ‘Gangnam Style’ defies math, breaks YouTube’s counter

If it’s possible to break the Internet, Psy has come the closest. YouTube posted on Google+ that the South Korean… Read More

Triumph of the geeks: Fred Savage’s ‘Wonder Years’ jacket makes the Smithsonian

This is so wonderfully warm and fuzzy we could not help but share. If you were a child of the… Read More

No ice, no breaks: Donkey Kong actor sues Nintendo

And you thought your job was bad? An actor hired to wear a Donkey Kong suit at an event at… Read More

Stephen Colbert lets inner ‘Star Wars’ geek shine on lightsaber analysis

On Monday night, Stephen Colbert did a special report on a “major conflict in a troubled desert region.” The problem?… Read More

Paul Allen and Morgan Spurlock make fun educational films about economics for kids

Money has always equalled power, but teaching kids about the importance of how the economy works is something that tends… Read More

Spotify releases top jams for 2014: Ed Sheeran, Katy Perry and Pharrell should be happy

In light of the Internet’s outrage over less-than-relevant Rolling Stone‘s choice of U2’s Songs of Innocence as the album of the… Read More

North Korea, Seth Rogen? This Sony hack is playing out like the best script ever

Just who is responsible for the massive hack that brought one of the world’s largest entertainment factories to its knees?… Read More

Just what America needs: Apple’s nutty co-founder Steve Wozniak getting a reality show

Today in all-things extraneous: Steve Wozniak might be getting his own reality TV show. I guess America couldn’t get enough of… Read More

Toy maker Mattel blasts Superman figurine into space just because they can

We can put rovers on Mars and probes on comets. So what was next? Shooting Superman back into space, of… Read More

Stephen Hawking gets software upgrade from Intel: Super scientist can now type twice as fast

How’s this for user-friendly? Intel has developed predictive-text software based on Stephen Hawking’s needs. “He’s almost allergic to people forcing tech… Read More

Rudolph rumble? Microsoft faces off with Google over tracking Santa

It’s December, and that means it’s officially time for tech companies to start kicking off their holiday tomfoolery. Google and… Read More

George Takei dances at Microsoft and eats Nathan Myhrvold’s food

Actor and social media powerhouse George Takei is back with new installments in his “Takei’s Take” video series from Seattle, following up on the initial… Read More

Star Wars Trailer in LEGO: The Force is strong with these bricks

You may have already seen the trailer for “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” — which made the rounds last week and fired… Read More

This is the new ‘Star Wars’ trailer you’re looking for

The first trailer for “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” was released this morning — delivering some tantalizing new twists on… Read More

Old school: President Obama still uses a Blackberry

Blackberry may be struggling to gain market share, but the phone maker still has at least one loyal customer: Barack Obama.… Read More

Mattel apologizes for horrific Barbie book ‘I Can Be a Computer Engineer’ that implies girls can’t code

Toy maker Mattel has worked hard in recent years to try to change the image of Barbie. The latest fiasco… Read More

My first time piloting a drone: A little fear, no crash landings

We’ve been writing a lot about drones, covering everything from small startups to the efforts of Amazon.com. But until Saturday,… Read More

Sandwich saviors? Paseo fans launch Kickstarter campaign to save beloved Seattle restaurant

We were as shocked as everyone when the beloved Cuban sandwich shop Paseo abruptly closed its doors this week, filing… Read More

Oh Myyy! George Takei takes on Seattle’s tech scene in new video

Actor-turned-Internet powerhouse George Takei visited Seattle this fall to film an episode of his web series, “Takei’s Take,” exploring various aspects of… Read More

Movember: OK, dudes, who’s got the geekiest mustache?

Who is master of the mustache? Do you have a Y chromosome? Look around, a bunch of us do. And… Read More

Trulia scares the hell out of home shoppers with this awesome Halloween trick

Check out this awesome Halloween prank, courtesy of the folks at real estate search site Trulia. In celebration of the… Read More