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Melinda French Gates cheers on future son-in-law at Olympics as he competes in equestrian for Egypt
Nayel Nassar and Jennifer Gates, oldest daughter of Bill and Melinda French Gates. (Instagram Photo via @nayelnassar) Melinda French Gates…
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Paul Allen superyacht Octopus lastly sells after being listed for almost $300M
Seattle may have landed the Kraken, but someone else is taking over the Octopus. The 414-foot superyacht that once belonged…
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Further excessive tech in Seattle: Pictures present employee at tip of House Needle spire putting in new PanoCam
A worker is visible atop the Space Needle spire with the Seattle skyline as a backdrop. (Space Needle Photo) There’s…
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Report: Amazon is particularly in charge as dad and mom cease naming youngsters Alexa
An Alexa-enabled Echo smart speaker. (Amazon Photo) “Alexa, STOP!” How many times have you shouted that after unintentionally waking a…
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Seattle Kraken within the sport as EA Sports activities’ ‘NHL 22’ options new hockey crew and new enviornment
Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, as depicted with a crowd and hockey action in the new “NHL 22” video game…
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Tech man within the sky: Seattle entrepreneur takes GeekWire to new heights with epic balloon experience
A balloon from Seattle Ballooning rises in front of Mount Rainier, as seen from another balloon, during a sunrise flight…
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Ice cream information with a twist: Jeff Bezos has his own residence soft-serve machine from fashionable L.A. model
(Instagram Photo via @cvtsoftserve) This week-old news doesn’t exactly qualify as a scoop, but it is ice cream related, so…
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Blue Origin’s New Shepard spaceship joins the pantheon of mannequin rockets
Estes’ New Shepard model rocket uses standard model-rocket launch equipment, including a single C6-3 or C6-5 engine. (Estes Industries via…
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Jeff Bezos’ mother didn’t e mail me: How I obtained a troll to apologize, and why we may be mates now
Click to enlarge: An email to GeekWire reporter Kurt Schlosser this week from a comedian and internet troll posing as…
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Placing the Nirvana in NFT: Photographer Charles Peterson digs into grunge archives for digital debut
Nirvana lead singer Kurt Cobain at Rebar in Seattle in a 1991 photograph by Charles Peterson. The image is one…
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