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Stephen Colbert

Stephen Colbert’s words of wisdom: Get Amazon Prime and worry less about Starbucks cup names

Stephen Colbert took time during “The Late Show” this week to give mention to a couple little Seattle companies. In a mock… Read More

Siren

Question of the Day: Want to see Seattle dating app Siren featured in the PBS series ‘Start Up’?

Siren, the 2015 GeekWire App of the Year, will get another platform on which to share its intriguing story as the company will… Read More

Review: New Stephen Hawking show ‘Genius’ is a refreshing take on the mysteries of the universe

Genius. The word itself inspires awe and fascination. It’s considered unattainable for most people. There’s the common idea that genius… Read More

Silicon Valley scene

Tech reality check: Three jokes from HBO’s ‘Silicon Valley’ with a kernel of truth

SPOILER ALERT: Readers, please note: The following item discusses plot points from Sunday night’s season premiere of “Silicon Valley.” If you haven’t… Read More

Review: Powerful women rise up in ‘Game of Thrones’ season premiere

SPOILER ALERT: Readers, please note: The following review discusses plot points from Sunday night’s season premiere of “Game of Thrones.” If… Read More

Daenerys Targaryen

Who will win ‘Game of Thrones’? Who dies? There’s a prediction market for that

She belongs to a political family who used to be in power. She’s leading the odds to take the reins of… Read More

Excavation at Point Rosee

‘Vikings Unearthed’: Watch how a satellite spotted a lost village in North America

Archaeologists worked hard to unearth what might well be only the second Viking site ever discovered in North America – but… Read More

Thunderbirds Are Go

Amazon launching new ‘Thunderbirds Are Go’ kids series on Prime Video

“Thunderbirds Are Go,” a reinvention of the classic 1960s television series, is getting a new home on Amazon as the… Read More

Generation App: Who needs cable anyway? Why so many people are cutting the cord

If you ask many people in their 20s how they watch TV, there’s a good chance they won’t say cable. About… Read More

Wired covers

Watch the ‘Silicon Valley’ stars try to figure out what real billion-dollar startups do

Watch this on The Scene. The stars of “Silicon Valley” don’t just lampoon startup culture in their hit HBO comedy.… Read More

Sounds by the Sound

Music and tech get mixed in latest episode of Seattle music TV series ‘Sounds by the Sound’

The weekly music television series “Sounds by the Sound” prides itself on covering the hottest acts in Seattle music and… Read More

Einstein and Scully

‘X-Files’ climax shines alien spotlight on CRISPR gene-editing technology

Spoiler Alert! This post doesn’t reveal any major plot twists, but it does explore significant elements of the “X-Files” season finale.… Read More

Apollo 10 crew

Apollo 10’s moon music mystery revisited

Where did the weird, outer-spacey music that Apollo 10’s astronauts heard on the far side of the moon come from?… Read More

Seth Meyers

Melisandre from ‘Game of Thrones’ brings evil wisdom to Seth Meyers’ baby shower

“Game of Thrones” fans wouldn’t be expected to concern themselves much with a baby shower for “Late Night” host Seth… Read More

Silicon Valley

‘Silicon Valley’ season 3 teaser shows the startup geeks are ready to knock heads

Oh, Richard. A bad blazer and a nosebleed are not attributes of a successful CEO. But in a new teaser… Read More

Star Trek phaser

EMP making it so with ‘Star Trek’ exhibition featuring items on public display for first time

Star Wars may have ruled the theatrical universe in the not-so-distant past, but the near future is all about “Star… Read More

Conan O’Brien pairs Carolina, Denver players in ‘Clueless Gamer’ skit, with a Marshawn Lynch cameo

Conan O’Brien returned to a “cheap Marriott conference room” for a Super Bowl 50 edition of “Clueless Gamer,” his popular late-night skit… Read More

In Super Bowl run-up, Pokemon ad leads the pack, but overall social action trails last year

The business of Super Bowl advertising doesn’t wait for game time anymore, with online engagement serving as a key component… Read More

"Age of Aerospace"

‘The Age of Aerospace’: Boeing sponsors TV series looking back at 100 years of high-flying history

This year marks the Boeing Co’s 100th anniversary, and the company is using the centennial as an opportunity not only… Read More

Sheffield saucers

Check out real X-Files from the CIA and FBI

The FBI denies having a secret collection of X-Files like the ones that Mulder and Scully are investigating in “The X-Files”… Read More

Super Bowl 50 camera technology will give fans dramatic new views of game

You may not be headed to Santa Clara, Calif., to take in Super Bowl 50 in person, but CBS is… Read More

Anne Simon, consultant to "X-Files"

Meet the biologist who puts the scientific truth out there in ‘The X-Files’

If the truth is out there in this year’s reboot of “The X-Files,” microbiologist Anne Simon helped put it there.… Read More

‘Game of Thrones’ teases upcoming season with 3 new videos for warring houses

Since winter is most definitely coming to the eastern United States in the form of a major blizzard, HBO was… Read More

Alien visitors

The return of ‘The X-Files’ brings real-life UFO sleuths out of the shadows

UFOs are back in style, thanks in part to the return of “The X-Files” to television this weekend, almost 14 years… Read More

Cas Anvar as Alex Kamal

Can’t wait for ‘Star Wars’? The force is strong with ‘Childhood’s End’ and ‘The Expanse’ on TV

While you’re waiting for “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” to invade theaters this week, you can tune in a couple… Read More

Elon Musk on "The Big Bang Theory"

SpaceX’s Elon Musk gets in the Thanksgiving spirit on ‘The Big Bang Theory’

You wouldn’t think Elon Musk was a warm and fuzzy guy, based on this year’s biography of the hard-driving CEO… Read More

Asus launches Chromebit, an $85 ‘candy-bar-sized’ device that turns a TV into a computer

Google and Asus officially unveiled the Chromebit on Tuesday, an $85 HDMI stick that delivers the full Chrome OS experience… Read More

Netflix can determine precisely when you get addicted to a TV show

Think it only takes one episode to decide whether you’ll binge watch the entire series? The research says you’re wrong. According… Read More

‘Mr. Robot’ Rewind: Hacking the world to pieces in the Season 1 finale

[Spoiler Alert] Have you finished the first season of Mr Robot yet? If not, why not? In any case, this… Read More

‘Mr. Robot’ Rewind: Perfect techie atmosphere despite no hacks in Episode 9

[Spoiler Alert] This article may spoil some of the surprises from Mr. Robot episode nine. With all the twists in… Read More

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