How the Star Trek saga blazed new trails for space exploration — with a hand from superfan Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos celebrates after his Blue Origin spaceflight in 2021, at left, and plays it cool as a Starfleet officer in the 2016 film “Star Trek Beyond.”…

‘Mrs. Maisel’ leads Amazon to 30 Emmy Award nominations; HBO’s ‘Succession’ dominates pack

“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” star Rachel Brosnahan. (Amazon Photo) Amazon Prime Video’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” was marvelous again on Tuesday, scoring 12 Emmy nominations to help…

New trailer for Amazon’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ series offers epic views of the return to Middle Earth

(Amazon Prime Video screenshot via YouTube) Amazon released the first full-length trailer Thursday for its upcoming Prime Video series “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of…

Send in the drones: Seattle Mariners looking for a sky-high hit with unique light show at T-Mobile Park

Lighted drones fly in the shape of a baseball and bat over PNC Park, home of the Pittsburgh Pirates, during a show put on by Sky Elements….

NFL star Bobby Wagner helps kids get the tech exposure that shaped his life outside football

Former Seattle Seahawks star Bobby Wagner, who has since moved on to the Los Angeles Rams, during a stop at Step, a financial services company, on his…

Seattle museum cancels ‘Amazon vs Microsoft’ exhibition after backlash over tech and art in city

(Museum of Museums via Instagram) Plans for a Seattle art exhibition that would have showcased work by employees of Amazon and Microsoft have been called off after…

GeekWire taste test: We put a Seattle startup’s beanless coffee up against Starbucks and others

GeekWire coffee tasters, from left, Managing Editor Taylor Soper, intern Nate Bek, and reporter Charlotte Schubert. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) In a blind and not-that-scientific taste…