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Apple has designs on taking more of your money — with a $299 book celebrating its products

Apple fanboys and girls who aren’t satisfied with just spending $700 on a new iPhone or $1,800 on a new… Read More

How hard is The New York Times crossword? Startup finds answer with first-ever data analysis

The New York Times crossword puzzle is a daily ritual for many people around the world, and for those who play… Read More

Seahawks player pleads for return of stolen Magic: The Gathering cards; Wizards of the Coast delivers care package

Cassius Marsh is a big, fast, heavily tattooed defensive end for the Seattle Seahawks. And he’s a self-professed nerd, who… Read More

What a Spectacle! Hundreds line up to buy Snapchat’s sunglasses from a pop-up vending machine

The debut of Snap Inc.’s camera-equipped sunglasses was exactly what you’d expect from the Los Angeles company: Unorthodox, viral, and… Read More

Amazon employee lands on ‘Jeopardy,’ gets shout-out from Jeff Bezos and wows her co-workers

As an executive assistant at Amazon, Stephanie Hubley’s job involves retaining and compartmentalizing information and answering questions coming at her… Read More

An R-rated ‘Star Trek’? It could happen online, CBS Interactive’s CEO tells Recode

Naked aliens? Foul-mouthed Starfleet officers? Theoretically, you could be seeing and hearing such things in the online-only shows that’ll be… Read More

‘Eerily timeless’ 1935 Sinclair Lewis novel about rise of fascism in America is top-seller on Amazon

Readers who have exhausted their Facebook feed as some form of catharsis in the wake of this week’s presidential election results… Read More

Donald Trump. (Photo by Tom Pennington / Getty Images Photographer)

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ … This Getty Images photo of Donald Trump was the most downloaded of the election

Embed from Getty Images You know those iconic portraits of presidents, like John F. Kennedy or Ronald Reagan, that hang… Read More

‘This sh— will not stand.’ Tech investor Dave McClure delivers epic on-stage Trump rant

(Editors note: This story and the video below contain profanity). “I’m pissed off. I’m sad. I’m ashamed. I’m angry.” We… Read More

This app will help you hook up with a Canadian to flee the impending Trump presidency

Last night, Donald Trump secured the presidency shocking pollsters, pundits, and many voters. If that outcome makes you want GTFO… Read More

Food fight! Twitter users can’t get enough of that Donald Trump victory cake

It may be Taco Bowl Tuesday in the upper reaches of New York’s Trump Tower, but if there’s a victory… Read More

Facebook live video from Susan B. Anthony grave site brings chills on historic election day

I voted two weeks ago by mail from my home in Seattle, but thanks to a Facebook live video today,… Read More

A love letter to the new and improved iOS Gmail app

About a year ago, I decided I couldn’t take Apple’s native iOS Mail app anymore and I dumped it for the… Read More

Dancing for the ‘Heck’ of it, Matt Harding touches 17 countries and all of us with latest video

When Matt Harding was looking to kick up his heels and dance his way around the world in another of… Read More

Something’s fishy about this Alexa: Big Mouth Billy Bass takes on voice of Amazon’s AI

“Alexa, tell me where my hammer is.” No, not to whack the guy who made this thing, but to whack… Read More

New Netflix documentary ‘The Ivory Game’ further showcases Paul Allen’s fight for elephants

Seattle billionaire Paul Allen’s ongoing efforts to shed light on the plight of African elephants comes to Netflix on Friday… Read More

Geocachers on the hunt in central Washington find woman trapped in wrecked SUV

Four geocachers roaming a rural area of central Washington came across quite a find over the weekend when they located a… Read More

Getting under Trump’s skin on Twitter: Jon Stewart recalls war he waged with presidential hopeful

People of a certain political persuasion have been missing the searing commentary of former “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart during this… Read More

Starbucks ‘unity’ cup is actually kind of divisive

This is why we can’t have nice things, America. Yesterday Starbucks unveiled a green cup that will house your overpriced… Read More

White House preps for peaceful digital transition of President Obama’s massive social archive and more

The next president of the United States will inherit President Obama’s 11.1 million Twitter followers on the @POTUS feed when… Read More

‘Geekiest game in town’: Bill Gates joins world’s best bridge players for global online tournament

In a small room off the lobby of Seattle’s Silver Cloud Hotel, some of the world’s best bridge players assembled… Read More

Geekoween 2016: Seattle startups get in the spooky spirit with some truly impressive costumes

NASA already won Geekoween with the most impressive display of pumpkin carvery we’ve ever seen but this year’s runner-up is definitely… Read More

Behold the undeniably awesome NASA jack-o-lanterns

Well, the unexpected but irrefutable winner of Halloween is NASA. The Jet Propulsion Lab held its sixth annual pumpkin carving… Read More

Ruff day at the office: Amazon dogs dress up for Halloween, strut their stuff in costume contest

On any given day around Amazon’s South Lake Union campus in Seattle, employees’ dogs are a common sight as they… Read More

This kid is on cloud nine: Dad creates ‘Princess Cumulus’ with thunderstorm costume for Halloween

“Oh, the weather outside is frightful …” Wait. Wrong holiday. Or, wait, maybe it does work. A dad who admits… Read More

The ‘Stranger Things’ kids visit another alternate universe in this ‘Peanuts’ style mash-up

(Warning: This post contains spoilers from season one of Stranger Things. If you haven’t watched it, proceed at your own… Read More

High-tech security pods at Sea-Tac Airport to showcase work of two Seattle artists

Travelers in a hurry to get through security at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport can skip the lines thanks to screening technology… Read More

Paul Allen rumored to be seller of 1963 jet painting that could fetch $35 million

A painting that looks like it would be right at home in Jet City is ready for takeoff — and… Read More

This music video about smartphone obsession makes me want to log off forever

If I wasn’t on my phone watching this cartoon video about the masses who are obsessed with smartphones, I would… Read More

Thanks, Obama. President reads ‘Mean Tweets’ on ‘Kimmel’ — and jabs back at Donald Trump

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvgnOqcCYCM President Obama has no doubt heard it all during his nearly eight years in office, and in the interest… Read More