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Media titan Barry Diller discusses fake news, the ‘nasty consequences’ of everyone being a publisher

LAS VEGAS — It didn’t take long for Barry Diller — the outspoken and charismatic chairman of IAC and Expedia… Read More

This is how actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt thinks we can fix education, journalism, and government

LAS VEGAS — Joseph Gordon-Levitt, the lifelong actor who starred in Inception, 500 Days of Summer, and most recently Snowden, thinks online… Read More

Guilty parents will feel good about this $149 exercise bike from Fisher-Price that keeps your preschooler active during screen time

LAS VEGAS — Kids love their screen time, a period to tune out from rest of the world. But for… Read More

Nvidia unveils cloud service that turns your PC into a powerful gaming machine

LAS VEGAS — It’s difficult for many people to play the latest and greatest computer games because they don’t have a… Read More

Sony’s PlayStation 4 hits 53.4M in lifetime console sales, including 6.2M this holiday season

Sony has sold 53.4 million PlayStation 4 consoles worldwide in a little more than three years. Sony CEO Kaz Hirai said… Read More

Samsung doubles down on smart refrigerators with second generation of tablet-as-a-door technology

Last year Samsung raised eyebrows when it slapped a giant 21.5-inch LCD touch screen on the front of a refrigerator. This… Read More

Toyota unveils ‘kinetic warmth’ concept car at CES that uses AI to nurture driver-vehicle relationship

LAS VEGAS — Can technology help our cars behave more like humans? Toyota is betting on it. The company unveiled… Read More

CES: Samsung faces up to Note 7 recall, promises root-cause report ‘very soon’

LAS VEGAS — Opening its news conference here at CES this afternoon, Samsung didn’t shy away from the company’s biggest… Read More

Indoor drag race at CES: Faraday Future FF 91 vs Bentley, Ferrari and Tesla

LAS VEGAS — Last night, Faraday Future unveiled their FF 91 electric car at CES. They boasted of a 0-60mph… Read More

Sticky-note printer could change the way you jot down reminders

LAS VEGAS — Want to create your own sticky note? Mangoslab, which spun out of Samsung Electronics last year, showed… Read More

These high-tech boxers shield testicles from smartphone radiation and protect sperm

LAS VEGAS — While weaving through a throng of reporters and analysts on Tuesday afternoon at CES Unveiled, the kickoff… Read More

Faraday Future unveils their first electric car — the FF 91

LAS VEGAS — With a thumping bass soundtrack in a lengthy airplane hangar-like building in Vegas, Faraday Future unveiled their new… Read More

Meet the Portal: Chrysler’s futuristic bet to get finicky millennials to buy cars

LAS VEGAS — Fiat Chrysler’s newest electric concept car is all about millennials. That much was clear after the company’s… Read More

Despite a declining market, innovative computers still matter at CES thanks to Intel, Dell, HP, others

What’s old is new again. CES, originally known as the Consumer Electronics Show, was launched in 1967 — well before… Read More

Amazon’s Alexa will soon show up in a new Lenovo smart speaker and work with Dish Network DVRs

Amazon’s digital brain Alexa is growing outside the online retail giant, with PC maker Lenovo and Dish Network both announcing… Read More

Review: Parallels Desktop 12 for Mac shows why a virtual machine matters

For many years, Apple’s OS X (now macOS) met Windows in various dual-boot options that usually swapped out the Apple… Read More

Seattle’s top tech stocks of 2016: Newcomer Impinj leads the way, nearly doubling its stock in 5 months

Seattle-based radio frequency identification technology maker Impinj made its long-anticipated debut on the stock market this summer, and it did… Read More

Fiat Chrysler set to unveil all-electric car at CES this week

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) is set to unveil a new all-electric vehicle at the big Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las… Read More

Trump will keep using Twitter to have ‘direct’ conversations, says incoming White House press secretary

Don’t expect Donald Trump to stop using Twitter in 2017. The president-elect will continue tweeting on the social media platform,… Read More

Video: What to expect at CES next week, as GeekWire heads to the big tech show

WIll Fiat unveil a new car? Will Amazon Alexa dominate the show? Will VR make GeekWire’s John Cook almost throw… Read More

Seattle’s landmark Uber union law set to go into effect as city releases final rules

Seattle’s landmark law that lets drivers for ride-hailing companies like Uber and Lyft decide if they want to bargain collectively… Read More

Test your geek knowledge: Take the 2016 GeekWire news quiz

Well, folks, here we are. We made it to the end of 2016, and we’re still standing. It’s been one… Read More

Gates Foundation pledges up to $140M for HIV-fighting drug delivery implant

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is committing up to $140 million to help Boston biotech company Intarcia Therapeutics develop… Read More

Washington state is getting a new area code in 2017: 564

Washingtonians, get ready for a new area code. T-Mobile is letting customers know that a long-planned additional area code for western… Read More

Amazon and Microsoft highlight GeekWire’s top tech videos of 2016

Microsoft; Amazon; Seahawks; space; advice for techies; and more. Our most-watched videos of 2016 spanned a wide range of technology… Read More

T-Mobile rolls out update to shut down remaining Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones

T-Mobile is the first of the major wireless carriers to roll out an update for Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones… Read More

Volkswagen acquires PayByPhone, a parking payment app used by 12.5M users in 300 cities

PayByPhone, which powers a parking payment app used by some of the world’s largest cities and private lot operators, has a new owner.… Read More

The Jeff Bezos effect? Washington Post is profitable and set to hire dozens of journalists in 2017

While many daily newspapers are struggling and cutting staff as a result, the Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post is growing rapidly. Washington… Read More

We resolve to be better geeks in 2017 — and here’s how we’re going to do it

Anybody can resolve to exercise more and eat better. But religiously backing up your data to the cloud? That’s true commitment. It’s… Read More

Seattle maintains status as nation’s hottest housing market due to relentless tech job growth

For the second straight month, Seattle home prices grew faster than any other major metro region in the country. That’s… Read More