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Joyfay teddy bear

His company sells a giant Teddy bear that went viral for the wrong reasons: ‘It’s actually not a joke at all’

Nikola Matic is serious about Teddy bears. While he may very well be a cuddly person in his private life,… Read More

Sky penis

Navy admits its pilots are to blame for huge sky penis drawn over Washington town

The bluest skies you’ve ever seen are in Seattle, so the song goes. But the biggest sky penis is over Okanogan… Read More

Long legged Teddy bear

Long-legged Teddy bear that creeped out the internet spotted in Seattle-area Goodwill — 88% off!

UPDATE, Nov. 17: This story has been updated to reflect that the bear above is not a Joyfay Teddy bear.… Read More

Elon Musk

Elon Musk frets about love life (and sheds a few tears) in Rolling Stone interview

Elon Musk may know how to get to Mars with SpaceX, and how to revolutionize the transportation industry with Tesla… Read More

Cards Against Humanity

Cards Against Humanity’s latest holiday stunt: Stop Trump’s border wall and more surprises for $15

It’s the most wonderful time of the year … to send a few bucks to the irreverent folks at Cards… Read More

MoPOP Marvel

Bam! Pow! MoPOP! Seattle museum to feature huge new exhibition, ‘Marvel: Universe of Super Heroes’

The largest exhibition ever staged at Seattle’s Museum of Pop Culture will feature hundreds of original artifacts and much more as… Read More

SPiN ping pong

New York-based ping pong social club SPiN opening a giant location in downtown Seattle

Ping pong players who can’t wait until next spring for GeekWire’s annual bash to get their sporty geek on will… Read More

Lord of the Rings: Return of the King

Amazon to adapt J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ books into new fantasy television series

“The Lord of the Rings,” the celebrated fantasy book series by J.R.R. Tolkien that became a worldwide film phenomenon is… Read More

WWII Navy pilots

72 years after fighting together in WWII, Navy pilots reunite at Paul Allen’s Flying Heritage Museum

Surrounded by the vintage aircraft they remembered from their days in the U.S. Navy, two aviators who fought alongside each… Read More

Zillow Seahawks

Take it to the house: Two Seahawks play real estate pros for Zillow, taunt 49ers fans on home tour

Two of the biggest defensive stars for the Seattle Seahawks take it to the house, as they say in touchdown… Read More

Stranger Things

‘Stranger Things’ fans crash science museum’s website in rush to buy purple hoodie worn by Dustin

The fashions of the Netflix hit series “Stranger Things” may be straight out of the 1980s, but one particular sweatshirt… Read More

Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon

Apple picks up two seasons of new show starring Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon

Embed from Getty Images Apple has made another high-profile move in its push to become relevant in the battle over… Read More

Amazon Best Books 2017

You’ve got a lot of reading to do: Amazon releases Best Books of 2017 across multiple categories

It’s almost the end of the year, and if you still haven’t finished that pile of best beach books from… Read More

Jupiter as seen by Juno

NASA’s Juno orbiter delivers a fresh batch of blimmin’ beauties from Jupiter

Artistic amateur astronomers have started leveraging the latest looks from NASA’s Juno orbiter to produce fresh views of Jupiter, including… Read More

Briteside

Oregon-based marijuana delivery service creates parody commercial that will give you the giggles

Even if you’re at work and not currently high, there’s a good chance you’re going to have a laugh while… Read More

No Trump on Twitter

Departing Twitter employee goes rogue, deactivates Donald Trump’s account for 11 (joyous) minutes

Fulfilling the fantasy of anyone who has ever wished they could just pull the plug on President Donald Trump’s Twitter… Read More

Kumail Nanjiani

A techie on TV, ‘Silicon Valley’ star says he’s scared of what he sees as tech’s ethical failings

Looks like the guys at the Pied Piper offices have been watching the congressional hearings involving Facebook, Twitter and Google.… Read More

Starbucks holiday cup

Peace on Earth! The new Starbucks holiday cup could put an end to the ‘war on Christmas’ — or not

How are we going to make it through the holidays without a WAR ON CHRISTMAS? If past holiday offerings from… Read More

Audible Romance

Audible unveils romance audiobook service — including a feature to jump to ‘the good parts’

For lovers of romance novels, there’s a lot more to love with the release of Audible Romance, a new package… Read More

Seattle Public Library

After years of campaigning, Seattle finally wins UNESCO’s laurel for literature

It only makes sense that Seattle is now officially one of UNESCO’s Cities of Literature, considering that it’s home to… Read More

Diagon Alley

Thousands of trick or treaters converge on epic Harry Potter Diagon Alley in Seattle driveway

Jon Chambers was truly blown away. The Seattle dad who wanted to create something cool for his kids for Halloween… Read More

Bad Moms Christmas

Amazon’s Alexa joins Kenny G and Santa on red carpet to power ‘Bad Moms Christmas’ premiere

Alexa is officially a star. With a turn on the red carpet for a real live Hollywood movie premiere, Amazon’s… Read More

Amazon Halloween

Geekoween 2017: From Trekkies to Amazon’s Alexa, Seattle-area geeks get decked out for the holiday

Seattle-area geeks love to dress up for Halloween. Or Geekoween, as we call it around here today. And because our… Read More

House of Cards

Netflix stops production of new season of ‘House of Cards’ to deal with Kevin Spacey allegations

UPDATE, Oct. 31: Production of Season 6 of the Netflix streaming television hit “House of Cards” has been suspended in… Read More

‘S-Town’ creator: Podcasting is so new, the rules are still being written

Three years ago, Brian Reed read a curious email. It was from a man called John B. McLemore, a listener… Read More

Hamburger emojis

Google gets grilled over its burger emoji and company’s big cheese weighs in on meaty matter

A debate over the proper stacking order of the meat, lettuce, cheese and tomato on the hamburger emoji has reached… Read More

Diagon Alley

Construction wizard! Seattle man builds a giant Diagon Alley from Harry Potter in his driveway

Up and down the streets of every neighborhood in Seattle, new construction is a familiar sight. But in one driveway… Read More

Bill and Melinda Gates

It’s Bill Gates’ birthday, and as usual, his wife Melinda shared the best picture on Instagram

Throwback photos of Bill Gates are the gift that keeps on giving. The billionaire Microsoft co-founder turned 62 on Saturday… Read More

The New Yorker

Spot-on or too scary? This New Yorker magazine cover could be a nod to futuristic Seattle

I went to the dentist this morning, which is the place where I like to go every six months so… Read More

The Oatmeal

‘The Oatmeal’ creator rips Facebook in comic — and Facebook asks if he wants to ‘boost’ the post

Mathew Inman, the Seattle-based creator of the popular comic “The Oatmeal,” took a shot at Facebook in a new strip… Read More

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