Geek Life – Page 24 of 132

Fake moves: Dancing Russian robot that wowed state media turns out to be a human in a costume

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=154&v=4YUqUunt3Ns Oh, great, more Russian propaganda. Only this time it appears it was the Russians who were fooled by some… Read More

Biotech journalist Luke Timmerman sets his sights on Mount Kilimanjaro and $1M for cancer research

As a journalist, Luke Timmerman has covered biotech for more than 17 years. Now, the Timmerman Report founder is making… Read More

After questioning moon landings, NBA star Stephen Curry gets an invite from NASA

One way to get an tour of Johnson Space Center’s high-security Lunar Sample Laboratory Facility is to question whether people… 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

#SurfaceDrop: Seahawks star Russell Wilson births new celebration with Microsoft tablet during big win

Russell Wilson may have inadvertently invented the geekiest touchdown celebration of the NFL season. The Seattle Seahawks quarterback was on… Read More

Straight outta Linux: Cloud tech conference KubeCon will feature hip-hop star at ‘Ice Cube-Con’

Will Tuesday be a good day? It will be for those attending KubeCon + CloudNativeCon in Seattle this week if… Read More

‘Bathtubs Over Broadway’ unearths the wacky world of corporate musicals: Where did they go?

No fan of Broadway musicals should miss classics like “I Never Enjoyed My Operation More,” “My Insurance Man” and “My… Read More

Before and after: Nordstrom reboots our geeks as they show up in style for the GeekWire Gala

Lana Neyolova looked at herself in a mirror and twirled. “Why am I an engineer?” she laughed. Kellen Ball sat… Read More

Stop the presses! WaPo employees tell HuffPo what they think of Amazon, that other Bezos company

Getting Amazon employees to talk candidly about their company isn’t the easiest assignment in journalism. But what if you technically… 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 engages in potty talk with ‘The Daily Show’ as he explains need to reinvent the toilet

WTF is wrong with Bill Gates? That was the question, literally, from “The Daily Show” and correspondent Ronny Chieng as… Read More

T-Mobile CEO John Legere dishes leadership advice and recipes in new #SlowCookerSunday cookbook

All of those Sundays in front of the slow cooker have paid off for T-Mobile CEO John Legere — and… Read More

Tom Cruise says we’re watching movies wrong on HDTV — watch him go Maverick with a hot tech tip

No need to cue the “Mission: Impossible” theme music. This video featuring action film star Tom Cruise lacks the drama… Read More

Goodreads reveals best books of 2018 with more than 5 million votes across 21 categories

It’s that time of the year to check off what to get the readers on your holiday gift list. Good… Read More

Amazon tweets about Flex driver who lost weight on job; internet ties it back to a Comedy Central show

Amazon promoted a news story on Sunday with a tweet from its official news account about how a woman in… Read More

Bundle up in Columbia’s new Star Wars parka, just like cast and crew wore for ‘Empire Strikes Back’

If it gets as cold where you live as it did on the ice planet Hoth, hold tight before you… Read More

‘Amazon.com’s got a lot’ … of vintage holiday ads worth watching, to see how tech giant got started

Amazon has come a long way as a company over the past couple decades. The online bookseller turned into a… Read More

Police use new maneuver to stop Tesla car on autopilot after driver falls asleep at wheel

Officers with the California Highway Patrol invented a new maneuver to stop a Tesla Model S vehicle after its driver… Read More

‘Not your father’s Big Mouth Billy Bass’: Amazon’s Alexa now comes out of the novelty fish’s lips

Hoo boy, look what we done caught in the inter-net. Big Mouth Billy Bass, the flopping, singing, plastic sensation mounted… Read More

Man fights distracted driving ticket; says police mistook McDonald’s hash brown for cell phone

A driver in Connecticut was not “lovin’ it” when he was pulled over and ticketed by police for distracted driving.… Read More

How ’bout this action, boss? Marshawn Lynch will pay phone bill for 500 new Beast Mobile customers

My cell phone bill is so expensive I don’t even get to look at it. It just gets paid, somehow,… Read More

Microsoft holiday ad captures joy of video games and inclusion as boy uses Xbox Adaptive Controller

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v70Fu2WU8-w When Microsoft created the Xbox Adaptive Controller, it set out to bring all the joy of video games to… Read More

My parents are wowed by Amazon, LimeBikes and more as longtime visitors return to big, new Seattle

Getting together with family during the holidays — especially with members who visit from across the country — is a… Read More

Table for one? Solo dining booths designed to tune out hectic world at New York ramen bar

So much for this survey about more people craving face-to-face interaction in the digital age. A ramen bar in New… Read More

Real human interaction still preferred over texting, email and social media, according to survey

For every electronic device or method we use as humans, in an effort to communicate with other humans, the desire… 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

Steve Carell as Jeff Bezos on ‘Saturday Night Live’ trolls Trump just days after Amazon picks HQ2 sites

Amazon announced its intentions this week to go live from New York with one of its new headquarters locations. On… Read More

Company founded by U.S. Army vet develops cannabis-based products to help people struggling with pain

As the founder of G&G Laboratories, Mike Lui wants to help people who struggle with pain, such as veterans and… Read More

Marvel Comics legend Stan Lee, the man behind the most iconic superheroes, dies at 95

Stan Lee, the legendary writer and publisher for Marvel Comics, whose decades of work is still felt today in blockbuster… Read More

Invest wisely: From angels to advisors, VC Trading Cards feature the heavy hitters of tech

Forget Ken Griffey Jr.’s rookie card. Your next investment in the trading card space is going to be focused on… Read More