“Game of Thrones” geeks are going to finally get the epic battle they’ve been waiting for this Sunday, as Jon Snow takes on Ramsay Bolton in the “Battle of the...
The bastard battle you don’t want to miss: Epic ‘Game of Thrones’ episode airs Sunday
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Experts call Olympics “unethical,” want them moved/postponed—CDC disagrees
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With Brazil already swarming with Zika-loaded mosquitoes, hosting 500,000 foreign athletes and spectators for the 2016 Olympic games there in August poses unnecessary health risks and is downright “unethical,” according to an international group of 150 health experts.
In an open letter to Margaret Chan, the Director-General of the World Health Organization, the...
Snap and shop: Observa pays users to photograph store shelves, making sure brands get the placement they want
Grocery stores don’t just place items on...
As Seattle’s Alaskan Way Viaduct closes, local tech companies want to keep drivers moving with apps and more
Shortly before 8 a.m. on Friday, Seattle radio station KEXP played...
Want more dates? Take up more space!
Attraction is a mysterious phenomenon that science keeps trying to decode. We have examined the neurochemicals that may be associated with personal chemistry, we have conducted experiments to see if we can make people fall in love, and major online dating sites mine their data to look for patterns among potential matches. A recent article published in PNAS adds a new piece of information...
Want to make a lot of dough at Facebook? The company literally needs a bread chef
With a net worth hovering around $ 49 billion, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is certainly worth...
Want to believe in VR? Watch mixed-footage demos of HTC Vive launch games
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Virtual reality content is inherently difficult to advertise, especially when its targeted hardware doesn't exist in the wild. You might show a full-screen 2D simulation of what a headset-wearer might see, or you might use goofy-looking footage of people wearing monstrous, face-covering hardware, but neither of those are great at simulating the VR feeling.
VR-game screenshots...
Want a career in aerospace? Study computer science, job forecast for Seattle region suggests
The most reliable way to break into the aerospace industry of tomorrow is to learn computer science today. That’s one of the preliminary findings from a study that...
Want to buy one of everything on Amazon? This guy figured out what it would cost
If you already spend a lot of money shopping on Amazon for everything you need and, perhaps, plenty that you don’t, stop for a minute to think about what it would cost to buy one of everything on the site. OK, wait. Don’t do that. Kynan Eng works...
Howdy, partner! Zillow CEO says he’d want to be a cowboy if he wasn’t running real estate giant
Spencer Rascoff has accomplished a lot in his young career, not only helping to build the powerful online real estate company Zillow, but also serving as an early executive at...