A founder finishes a keynote, steps off stage, and is asked by a friendly stranger how the new round is going. She smiles, says it’s an exciting time, and changes the subject. In the car twenty minutes later, she...
YouTube is adding even more TikTok-like features to Shorts, including a new "clear screen" mode that removes the icons and text from the video you're watching. In a blog post on Thursday, YouTube says it's also replacing the "thumbs-up"...
The Trump administration, apprehensive of potential security issues, has reportedly asked OpenAI to stagger the release of its next big-ticket model, GPT-5.6.
The Information reported that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told employees Wednesday in a company Q&A that it...
Thanks to the component crisis, it's a bad time to want a new computer. But if you are waiting on a preorder for the Framework Laptop 13 Pro - which Framework's CEO has called the "MacBook Pro for Linux...
Seattle artist Nakisa Dehpanah’s work hovers between sculpture and performance. First developed during a residency at Base Art Space, Suspended Selves is now on view at Method Gallery in Pioneer Square, where billowy, vessel-like sheer fabric forms hang with...
Some people make decisions by moving quickly to the workable option. Others circle the problem, test the assumptions, imagine second-order effects, and keep asking whether the obvious answer is only obvious because it arrived first. The second group may...
This story was originally published in The Stranger’s 2026 Queer Issue.
It was from the glittering ashes of male-centric glam rock that one of LA’s first punk bands emerged. As a music-obsessed teenager who was convinced she’d one day marry...
It got salty, and there were some rough waters, but unionized employees and management at Sea Creatures restaurant group came to a tentative agreement on a union contract Wednesday night, the union announced to The Stranger.
This means that workers...
There is a moment at the end of a business lunch that tells you almost everything. The important conversation is over, the deal is settled or it isn’t, and someone comes to clear the plates. Watch the face of...
According to state records, part of the chemical tank that ruptured in an implosion at the Nippon Dynawave Packing Company pulp mill that killed 11 and injured eight last month had sprung a leak in late 2023 and early...
