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Watch: Creepy cosplayer dressed as Sadako from ‘The Ring’ spooks MoPOP visitors in Seattle

Nope. I wouldn’t have gotten in the elevator either. Visitors and staff at the Museum of Pop Culture were clearly… Read More

Blinded by the hype? Report says Snap is sitting on thousands of unsold Spectacles video sunglasses

Did Snap fall victim to its own hype around Spectacles, the vending-machine-dispensed video sunglasses it made people line up for… Read More

Beer lovers, take note: University of Washington lab brews up a new way to make paper

There were pretzels and there was a guy dressed in lederhosen. But the only sign of beer at this Oktoberfest… Read More

‘Halo Wars 2’ shoots for a Grammy, and composers score with music made for video games

It’s safe to say, film fans, that a large part of the enjoyment derived from watching movies comes from listening… Read More

HQ who? For HQ2.com and @HQ2, it’s business as usual — and no sign of Amazon headquarters frenzy

This week we learned that if you type relentless.com into a browser window, you get a little better understanding of… Read More

Service dog rides shotgun in an Uber and woman’s photo on Twitter is worth a 5-star rating

Can all Ubers come with dogs from now on, please? A woman’s tweet showing a service dog riding shotgun in… Read More

Virtual reality takes you on a trip to Mars with NASA rover – and to alien worlds, too

NASA has been offering virtual-reality tours of Mars for years — but now, with Google’s help, the space agency has come… Read More

Let’s be frank: This Snap hot dog costume could turn you into a total Hallowiener

OK, OK, I’m sorry for that headline. But if you had to write a story about an $80 Halloween costume… Read More

Google Maps expands its interplanetary domain all the way out to Pluto

If you zoom way, way out on Google Maps, you can now find your way around places like Sputnik Planum,… Read More

Lego shows off its ‘Women of NASA’ toy set, without ‘Hidden Figures’ star

Seven and a half months after its selection, Lego unveiled a set of minifigures celebrating NASA women researchers and explorers,… Read More

45 years after first-ever gaming tournament, Seattle museum hosts vintage Spacewar! Olympics

Modern video game competition has become a huge money maker, with pro players and teams battling in different e-sports and… Read More

Say it together: ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ is official name of new spinoff film directed by Ron Howard

As production wrapped on the Star Wars spinoff film he took over mid-stream, director Ron Howard thanked the cast and… Read More

‘Mr. Robot’ Rewind: Hacking a DEF CON CTF in the lights out season 3 premiere

Spoiler alert: In order to analyze the technical detail of each show, I have to discuss the episodes in detail.… Read More

Wait, that’s already a thing! Tweet calls out four products signaling we’re all living in a tech bubble

You know you’re in a tech bubble when new products and services attracting venture capital funding are starting to look… Read More

21 awesome books that Satya Nadella, Kevin Johnson and other top tech leaders recommend this autumn

Getting a read on attendees and speakers at the GeekWire Summit doesn’t seem like such a difficult task. They’re likely… Read More

Watch astronauts flip when they get to play with a fidget spinner on the space station

We’re not entirely sure if fidget spinners are still a thing on Earth. But judging by a new video from… Read More

‘Stranger Things’ trailer features bigger, badder beast as supernatural hit set to return to Netflix

Friday the 13th seems like as good a day as any to drop a new trailer for season two of… Read More

Will AI create a new god for us? Sounds like the plot of a Dan Brown thriller

Imagine an age when artificial intelligence takes the sum of human experience and turns it into a “global consciousness” that… Read More

The GeekWire Summit’s own ‘Top Gun’: Ex-Navy pilot Dr. Missy Cummings on her 4G, inverted dive

Dr. Missy Cummings, who serves as director of the Humans and Autonomy Lab at Duke University, spoke about the future of… Read More

‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’: Trailer makes a splash, and ticket websites avoid a crash

The Force is clearly with “Star Wars: The Last Jedi.” The trailer for Episode VIII of the movie saga made… Read More

‘Mr. Robot’ preview: Six predictions as the Emmy-winning cyber thriller returns for season three

Hello, friend. Do you remember me? Because it’s been a long time. That’s what I imagine “Mr. Robot’s” Elliot saying… Read More

‘Star Trek: Discovery’ ranks Elon Musk alongside Wright Brothers and warp drive

SpaceX founder Elon Musk hasn’t yet scored a cameo on the Star Trek stage, as fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos did… Read More

Fast food chain Carl’s Jr. hopes Amazon bites on its big ideas in playful bid to get bought by tech giant

Plenty of companies may fear the eventual day when Amazon will come knocking. The fast food chain Carl’s Jr. is… Read More

‘Nice tattoo!!’ John Legere says after man gets T-Mobile logo on his arm to score a free iPhone 8

T is for T-Mobile. And tattoo, apparently. A 20-year-old Phoenix man looking to get his hands on a free iPhone… Read More

Hydroplane champ (and rocket engineer) Jimmy Shane gets his day in the sun

Today Jimmy Shane took a little time off from his day job — building spaceships at Blue Origin — to bask in… Read More

Streaming ratings are a secret, but new report reveals most popular Netflix, Amazon, Hulu shows

The big streaming television services — Netflix, Amazon, Hulu — don’t share their ratings like traditional broadcast outlets do, but… Read More

End of a long ride: Seattle’s historic Smith Tower to automate elevators after 103 years of manual operation

For all the change that has come to Seattle over the years, and especially during the city’s transformative tech boom,… Read More

Review: Visually stunning ‘Blade Runner 2049’ returns to a bleak and increasingly believable future

For 35 years, the original “Blade Runner” has been my all-time favorite film. I haven’t experienced anything like it since… Read More

Dara Khosrowshahi takes flight: Uber CEO heads for London to deal with company’s latest crisis

Dara Khosrowshahi is headed overseas on a big trip in his relatively new role as Uber CEO. A paparazzi-style photograph… Read More

Watch Ryan Gosling lose it over a font as ‘SNL’ spoof rips on ‘Avatar’ and the use of Papyrus

Ryan Gosling will hit theaters this week as the star of the hotly anticipated “Blade Runner 2049.” But before he… Read More