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Little-known twists in moonshot tales come to light 50 years after Apollo 11

Even after 50 years, it’s still possible to find new angles on one of history’s most widely witnessed events —… Read More

John Oliver rips Amazon over warehouse work and tech giant’s operations chief calls it ‘insulting’

Working conditions in Amazon’s fulfillment centers got a blistering critique at the hands of the HBO series “Last Week Tonight… Read More

Melinda Gates and David Letterman talk tech, philanthropy, music and more on Netflix show

Melinda Gates shared stories of her family life, philanthropic pursuits and her unending push to get more girls and women… Read More

Jon Snow’s best friend: Rover creates sitter profile for Tormund after he watched Ghost on ‘Thrones’

When Jon Snow inevitably abandons his direwolf Ghost again, in purely-for-the-imagination future episodes of “Game of Thrones,” at least he’ll… Read More

Bill Nye gets heated and tells us to ‘grow up’ in fiery global warming take during ‘Last Week Tonight’

Bill Nye has finally reached his burning point. The famed “Science Guy,” who used far-less-salty language while explaining science to… Read More

Cleanup on Episode 4: HBO scrubs errant Starbucks cup from ‘Game of Thrones’

Tormund may have been especially adamant about how he really did see Jon Snow riding a dragon, but the “Game… Read More

‘Game of Thrones’ gets roasted for leaving a Starbucks coffee cup in a shot during episode four

Even the Mother of Dragons needs her coffee fix, apparently. In a gaffe for the ages, HBO’s popular and nearly… Read More

Assume the (cast) Iron Throne in your kitchen with a Seattle-born skillet inspired by ‘Game of Thrones’

“Game of Thrones” fans looking for the perfect way to prep a dragon steak — or whatever they eat in… Read More

Team of tech friends attract 55,000 players with their ‘Game of Thrones’ fantasy league app

Plenty of television fans entertain themselves by trying to figure out what might happen week to week on HBO’s popular… Read More

Cara Gee in Blue Origin crew capsule

Jeff Bezos’ worlds collide: Cast of ‘The Expanse’ visits Blue Origin’s space turf

Science fiction met space fact this week in the Seattle area when the cast of “The Expanse,” the science-fiction jewel… Read More

‘We don’t even use computers!’: Watch a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation get mocked on ‘SNL’

It’s the first Monday back at work after daylight saving time and hopefully you don’t have to make a PowerPoint… Read More

Game of Thrones

‘Game of Thrones’ final season trailer prepares us for battle, and the dragons steal the show

“I know death. He’s got many faces. I look forward to seeing this one.” That’s Arya Stark opening the new… Read More

Code.org’s Hadi Partovi and Microsoft’s Bonnie Ross put focus on tech’s gender gap on 60 Minutes

The push to get more girls and women interested in computer science has been the talk of tech for years.… Read More

Steve Ballmer gets pumped, as usual, about the NBA, government data and more on ‘Kimmel’

Steve Ballmer brought his trademark fist-pumping high energy to the guest chair on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” on Tuesday night and… Read More

Baseball is coming: Forget winter, spring will bring unique ‘Game of Thrones’ MLB bobbleheads

Winter is leaving, and with that will come a new season of Major League Baseball and the final season of… Read More

Nudes judgment: ‘Saturday Night Live’ mocks the Jeff Bezos and National Enquirer selfie saga

If Jeff Bezos was looking to wind down after his interesting news week with the distraction of a little late-night… Read More

Geek of the Week: iSpot.tv’s Anthony Skinner tunes into shifting media landscape and which ads work

As the head of engineering and product at iSpot.tv — the Bellevue, Wash.-based television ad measurement and analytics company —… Read More

Amazon to tease Prime series ‘Hanna’ during Super Bowl and give users 24-hour access to first episode

Amazon is trotting out more than just a fun ad for Alexa during Sunday’s Super Bowl LIII. The tech giant… Read More

Who watches this hit? Amazon Studios revs up its hashtag game in promoting ‘The Grand Tour’

There’s plenty of s*it on television. Promoting it as such is generally not the norm for studios. Amazon Studios was… Read More

A new ‘Office’ for Steve Carell: Netflix signs on for ‘Space Force,’ a comedy based on Trump plan

Steve Carell is going from “The Office” to the “Space Force.” Netflix has signed on for a new comedy series… Read More

Project Blue Book

For UFO fans, History Channel’s ‘Project Blue Book’ show rings all too true to life

“Project Blue Book,” the History Channel TV series making its debut tonight, takes its inspiration from classic UFO cases of… Read More

Amazon wins two Golden Globe Awards for stars of ‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ and ‘Very English Scandal’

Amazon returned to another awards show and took home more prizes Sunday night, as the tech giant won again at… Read More

Can you dress for success? Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn seek designers for Amazon fashion series

Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn are ready to see if you can make it work. The pair, who gained reality… Read More

Watch: Netflix releases ‘Black Mirror: Bandersnatch’ trailer and it’s another dark take on tech

“Relax, don’t do it,” sings Frankie Goes to Hollywood in a new trailer for the Netflix movie event “Black Mirror:… Read More

Earthrise

How engineers (and astronauts) made Apollo 8’s ‘Earthrise’ trip to the moon possible 50 years ago

It’s been 50 years to the day since Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders’ “Earthrise” photo changed our world forever, but… Read More

Fortnite Fresh emote

‘Fresh Prince’ star suing makers of ‘Fortnite’ for stealing his ‘Carlton Dance’ moves for video game

Alfonso Ribeiro clearly isn’t amused by all those kids who are dancing during and after playing “Fortnite.” The former star… Read More

An Amazon fulfillment center comes to ‘South Park’ and the tech giant is a Prime target for comedy

So, this is what it looks like when we do all of our shopping online and an Amazon fulfillment center… Read More

‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ and two other series help lead Amazon to nine Golden Globes nominations

Amazon made another strong showing among the streaming TV pack on Thursday with nine nominations, and it also picked up… Read More

Bill Gates says if you want to understand tech and Silicon Valley, you better watch ‘Silicon Valley’

Bill Gates gets it. The Microsoft co-founder wants his friends in Silicon Valley to lighten up if they refuse to… Read More

Elon Musk

Elon Musk and Mars take the spotlight in National Geographic TV doubleheader

Science fiction blends with fact in tonight’s double dose of Mars from National Geographic’s TV channel. Truth to tell, there’s… Read More

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