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Virtual Reality film festival coming to Seattle for one night only

A virtual reality film festival is making a stop in Seattle on its 10-city tour and it looks pretty amazing.… Read More

Health Department pulls plug on giant waterslide planned for Seattle street

If you were planning to get wet and wild in Seattle this summer on that giant waterslide down Mercer Street,… Read More

University IT department in Oregon makes giant wheel out of 36 iMac boxes

Universities tend to be care-free places during the summer, where schedules relax and those in academia find themselves with a… Read More

First Round releases 10 years of investment data and some of it will surprise you

What factors might indicate that a startup will become a good investment? One of Silicon Valley’s most successful investment firms, First Round… Read More

This ‘Back to the Future’ style flying car is closer to reality than you might think

One look at this video and you might ask, “Who cares about self-driving cars?” That’s right. Not only is this… Read More

Makerbase is a new site like LinkedIn that connects you with likeminded techies

For those working in tech, finding and making valuable connections can prove challenging. Welcome to Makerbase, a new site launching… Read More

Faster than the Concorde, Airbus patents ‘ultra-rapid’ aircraft that can fly NYC to London in 1 hour

In the world of aircraft patents, this looks very cool. The Patent Yogi focuses on an aircraft proposed by Airbus that… Read More

Amazon’s second season of ‘Transparent’ is back in December and ‘taking the gloves off’

An end is in sight for those waiting for Season 2 of Amazon’s award-winning series Transparent — Dec. 4. The… Read More

Netflix is on pace to release nearly 60 exclusive titles in 2015

Recently, during a crawl through a new Netflix press release announcing the scheduled dates for some new original comedy specials, it… Read More

Office thermostat wars now explained with science

It’s one of the most bitter battles in offices the nation over — who controls the thermostat. Like many office wars,… Read More

Seattle makes top 5 best cities to live in, driven by our hot job market

In Seattle, the summer of 2015 will go down as one of the hottest on record for many reasons. The… Read More

Take look at the drone Facebook developed to connect the entire planet

We see a lot of drone news around here, but Facebook’s video behind the engineering of its Internet.org drone is… Read More

Obama to host first White House Demo Day to fire up the startup spirit

Need some inspiration to fire up your startup project? Tomorrow, President Barack Obama is hosting the first-ever White House Demo Day,… Read More

End of the road for hitchBOT, robot meets its demise in Philly

A social experiment by Canadian researchers on whether robots can trust humans has come to a brief and brutal end… Read More

‘Mr. Robot’ Rewind: Hunting for flaws in an intense Episode 6

[Spoiler Alert: If you haven’t seen the latest episode of Mr. Robot yet, you may want to come back to read… Read More

Mark Zuckerberg expecting a baby girl, shares details of ‘struggle’ to have family on Facebook

Get ready for baby Zuck. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg used the platform to announce he is expecting a baby girl with… Read More

The next great experiment in space? Aging whisky

Forget oak barrels — Japanese distillery Suntory is sending its world-famous whisky to age in space. That’s right. Suntory is conducting… Read More

Meet StemBox, the subscription service that delivers science experiments to your door

There are subscription services for clothes, makeup and even your dog, but now one Seattle-area biologist is introducing a subscription… Read More

Anthony Bourdain drops by Nathan Myhrvold’s Modernist Cuisine Cooking Lab for lunch

He’s probably one of the most famous — or at least the most famous roving — chef in the world.… Read More

Netflix to deliver new Marvel show every six months

If you loved Daredevil — and a lot of people did as it was the highest-rated show on Netflix this… Read More

See how the Sharks invest: Angel investor crunches the numbers on ‘Shark Tank’

How do the sharks on Shark Tank tend to invest? Thanks to one angel investor and VC firm co-founder, we… Read More

Uber moves on from kittens and ice cream, ‘Biketenders’ will deliver booze directly to you

Uber is upping the ante this weekend, using the age-old trick of alcohol to win your affection and dollars. Tomorrow… Read More

‘Top Gear’ guys headed to Amazon, new show to start in 2016

In yet another move this week to acquire new shows for its Prime audience, Amazon has inked a deal with… Read More

Celebs cut and executive director resigns from Battlestar Galactica fest, but geeky show still on, organizers say

To say that Galacticon 4 has had a tumultuous week would be an understatement. The Seattle Battlestar Galactica fest, scheduled for this… Read More

Watch this Irish improv duo rap about Windows 10 at Microsoft’s launch party in London

Launch parties are happening all over the world for Microsoft’s new Windows 10 operating system. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is in… Read More

KFC makes a chicken bucket that also prints photos, but only in Canada

Headed up north soon? Perhaps you might snag a KFC chicken bucket that also happens to be a Bluetooth photo… Read More

‘Breaking Bad’s’ Bryan Cranston is back! Amazon picks up his pilot for ‘Sneaky Pete’

Breaking Bad is long over, but Bryan Cranston has finally found a new home for his pilot project with Amazon… Read More

Tired of dress codes? Work at Betabrand, wear pretty much whatever the heck you want

Hewlett-Packard techies looking for a new gig based on the so-called email that made its way around the Internets banning… Read More

Seattle man one of five finalists in ‘The Next MacGyver’ contest

The five finalists who may make the next great show about a female MacGyver were announced this week — and… Read More

Here’s your chance to take a shot with an awesome jet parked at Westlake downtown

Those strolling downtown will get a treat this week — a jet is parked at Westlake today through Sunday for the… Read More