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Worth a Reid: Friends launch website and guerrilla campaign to land Seattle tech worker a date

Looking for love in Seattle took an unexpected turn when Reid Miller, a 26-year-old Amazon software engineer, decided to bypass dating apps. Instead of swiping, his friends swooped in. Read More

How this longtime Google exec fits an insane amount of exercise into his weekly routine

In an exchange on X, former Google chief scientist Jeff Dean — who recently left the tech giant after 27 years to launch the AI startup Discovery Loop — laid out a training routine that looks less like a tech executive's calendar and more like a triathlete's. Read More

Farewell, Mico: Microsoft’s cute little AI blob is going the way of Bob

Mico, the animated character Microsoft introduced last October to accompany Copilot's voice mode, is being retired as a core feature as part of the Copilot app merger. It joins Bob, Clippy and Cortana on the long list of Microsoft characters that didn't last. Read More

Don’t pass on new ‘Hard Knocks’ episode: Seahawks QB is a ‘geek’ on the science of throwing a football

Seattle quarterback Sam Darnold is an NFL leader when it comes to "spin rate," a measurement of rotations of a football while it's in flight that helps produce a tighter spiral. Read More

Mark Zuckerberg makes waves again, sparring on a barge and charting a course for the future of AI

Man vs. machine might be the rallying cry of our future with AI, but for Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the fight is here now — in more ways than one. Read More

Jimothy raids the corporate pantry: Amazon adds extra $200K to food bank gift after raccoon art auction

A friendly challenge sparked by a portrait of Jimothy, Seattle’s favorite short-spined raccoon, drew in regional heavyweights, including Microsoft, Starbucks, Alaska Airlines and others. Read More

Live dating show reveals Seattle’s relationship with tech is still complicated

Allison Goldberg, comedian and host of "Love Isn't Blind," says that when she introduces a contestant who is a software engineer, the audience boos. Read More

What’s his angle? Teen frustrated by plastic protractor reimagines the classic classroom tool

Wenxin Fang of Redmond, Wash., launched a hardware startup to create the ZeroPivot Protractor, a sleek, precision-machined aluminum replacement for the tool that gave him problems in math class. Read More

Anime fans, assemble: Bandai Namco opening ‘Gundam Base’ retail experience south of Seattle

Bandai Namco is opening an official Gundam Base retail store at Westfield Southcenter mall in Tukwila, Wash., this fall, giving Pacific Northwest anime and model-kit fans a permanent flagship destination for all things Gunpla. Read More

‘The Odyssey’ isn’t on IMAX 70mm in Seattle — is it worth a journey for the summer’s biggest film?

Want to see "The Odyssey" as director Christopher Nolan intended? Here is how formats and theaters compare across 70mm, IMAX, and digital — and why a road trip may be needed. Read More