Geek Life – Page 14 of 132

They make a good Teams: Slack CEO’s virtual wedding could take place on rival Microsoft tool

Three weeks into his $27.7 billion honeymoon phase with Salesforce, Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield’s real wedding could have an unwelcome… Read More

Amazon donating 2,000 tropical plants like those in Spheres for sale to benefit Seattle zoo

If you want your home office to look a little more like Amazon’s tropical office setting, here’s a chance to… Read More

Be your selfie: Seattle mask makers FriendlyFace design a way to bring smiles during the pandemic

It’s not easy to put on a happy face, or any face, really, during a pandemic in which face masks… Read More

Microsoft courts ‘Space Jam: A New Legacy’ stars LeBron James and Bugs Bunny to get kids coding

Microsoft is putting together a heck of a team to get kids interested in coding, and the stars are LeBron… Read More

How I became a ‘Pop’ icon: Testing Funko’s new personalized figurine-building experience

Move over Captain America, Hulk, Princess Leia, Russell Wilson and every other pop culture icon in Funko’s world of Pop!… Read More

Space Needle moves New Year’s party online as streaming digital effects show replaces fireworks

The fireworks won’t be blasting off from the top of the Space Needle this New Year’s Eve, but the iconic… Read More

‘Five good books for a lousy year’: Bill Gates turns the page on 2020 with his annual holiday list

You don’t have to be a genius to get a read on how rough 2020 has been. What kind of… Read More

Skateboard startup: Here’s how two Seattle teens launched a business during the grind of COVID

Kids are coping with the grind of COVID-19 in a variety of ways as they deal with isolation, remote school… Read More

Fred Hutch’s holiday gala going virtual with singer Sheryl Crow and a celebration of ‘fearless science’

In her biggest hit, Sheryl Crow sings about how all she wants to do is have some fun. It can… Read More

Why NBA legend Detlef Schrempf joined Cameo, and what it says about the future of fan interaction

Nearly two decades after he played his last game in the NBA, former Seattle Supersonics star Detlef Schrempf is looking… Read More

With ability to fly anywhere in the world, ‘Microsoft Flight Simulator’ players choose this special place

Paris? New York? Hawaii? Over the Grand Canyon? If you could fly anywhere, even on an imaginary flight via “Microsoft… Read More

AOC returns to Twitch, playing more ‘Among Us’ with Jagmeet Singh, xQc, DisguisedToast, and more

U.S. Rep. Alexandria “AOC” Ocasio-Cortez returned to Twitch on Friday night for a 5-and-a-half-hour broadcast, where she played the interactive… Read More

Smartsheet sets sail in round-the-world race with female skipper, and its first sports sponsorship

For its first sports sponsorship, Bellevue, Wash.-based collaboration technology company Smartsheet chose an athlete, sport and event that underscore its… Read More

Bill Gates looks back at ‘The Road Ahead’ after 25 years and some hit-and-miss tech predictions

Bill Gates is spending plenty of time these days looking forward to the solutions that will get us out of… Read More

Steve Ballmer’s USAFacts whips up more ‘table topics’ to stuff Thanksgiving talk with real data

Granny’s green bean casserole might be worth a second helping during any other Thanksgiving gathering, but this year the people… Read More

Amazon names best books of 2020, with ‘timely and powerful’ criminal justice memoir atop list

Is there a better time to stay in and catch up on all the reading you meant to get to… Read More

‘Next decade’s answer to the Space Needle’: Seattle 2030 is a post-pandemic skyscraper concept

Once the pandemic passes and everyone can stop thinking about relocating to Butte, perhaps we can reconnect with the imaginative… Read More

Wet, windy, Wheels: Test ride in miserable Seattle weather makes this sit-down scooter stand out

It was either the worst possible day to test ride an electric scooter, or the best Seattle day. If the… Read More

On new podcast, Bill Gates talks COVID-19 with Dr. Fauci, masks vs. nudists, and a plan to hug Bono

Bill Gates and Rashida Jones found a way to bring a little levity to a subject that’s beyond tough these… Read More

Smart camera founder gets Wyze to car prowler and uses his own tech to catch criminal in action

When Dave Crosby, one of the co-founders of Seattle-based Wyze Labs, was the victim of a robbery this summer, he… Read More

Bill Gates teaming with actor and activist Rashida Jones for new podcast, ‘Ask Big Questions’

Bill Gates has more to say about COVID-19, climate change, inequality, and conspiracy theories and he’s teaming up with actor,… Read More

Vape news: Microsoft forced to respond to viral videos of smoke billowing out of Xbox Series X

Anytime a company has to start a tweet with “We can’t believe we have to say this,” you just know… Read More

Pandemic pushes Emerald City Comic Con to late 2021 as organizers hope to have in-person event

Pop culture fans missing the chance to geek out in person will have to wait another year, as Emerald City… Read More

‘I’m a PC’ guy makes cameo appearance as Apple unveils new reasons to ‘Get a Mac’

As Apple looked to the “future of the Mac” at its “One more Thing” event on Tuesday, the tech giant… Read More

Amazon to restore small Elephant Car Wash sign and display piece of Seattle history on its campus

The Elephant Car Wash is disappearing from its iconic perch just blocks from Amazon’s headquarters in Seattle, but a piece… Read More

New Amazon ad pays tribute to human spirit as it kicks off holiday season in the midst of pandemic

“The show must go on” for Amazon as the tech giant gears up for a huge holiday shopping season in… Read More

‘MeowTalk,’ an app that translates cat sounds, is a pet project for this former Alexa engineer

Plenty of technological advances may be regarded as the cat’s meow. Here’s one that claims to actually understand what cats… Read More

Why Valve’s Gabe Newell arranged to have a garden gnome launched into orbit

Gabe Newell, president of Bellevue-based Valve Software, announced this morning that he’s having a garden gnome fired into space for… Read More

Rescheduling the Playdate: Portland company sets 2021 release for unique handheld game device

Panic has announced new plans for the debut of its retro-styled, Pacific Northwest-developed portable gaming device, the Playdate, after COVID-related… Read More

Science, art and humor on display in Fred Hutch’s Halloween pumpkin carving contest

Looking for a little levity in a world where science is tackling its fair share of tough problems, doctors and… Read More