Articles by Mashable from April 2016

A digital camera with no LCD screen? Who the heck would buy such a camera in 2016?That's the question, Leica surely asked itself when it decided to create the M-D (Typ 262), its newest rangefinder-sty...

There are so many different apps, programs and services we use on a daily basis, or even a minute-by-minute basis. Navigating through all those different things, while important, can be annoying. Emai...

This week on MashTalk, we're taking stock of all things Apple after its first "bad" quarter in 13 years. Will the iPhone 7 turn things around? Has Apple reached its ceiling?SEE ALSO: Apple n...

We here at Mashable are obsessed with Snapchat — the filters, the live stories, and of course, the Discover channels.But of course, it's not perfect. In addition to a confusing, non-intuitive in...

Delta announced Friday it will be the first airline in the U.S. to deploy Radio Frequency Identification — or RFID — baggage tracking technology, for all 120 million bags it handles each y...

If you perform a very specific query in the search field of online code repository Github, where many Slack bot projects are stored, you can get info that potentially lets you access a trove of corpor...

Google Chrome notifications aren’t always the easiest thing to master. Some websites like Facebook will ask if you want to turn on notifications in Chrome, but it’s an easy window to miss ...

Google is working on Trips, a travel app that scours your Gmail account for travel-related info and lets you plan and book your trip, all from your mobile phone. The app is currently in testing, ...

When any kid with a smartphone has the ability to create an account on Tinder and start connecting with people, many parents will want to make sure their children aren't doing anything inappropriate.T...

Things just keep getting worse for Yahoo.In case Yahoo's short-term outlook wasn't bleak enough, the company has now been listed in for sale ad on Craigslist.SEE ALSO: We're approaching the end of Yah...

In the world of engineering, you can usually trust nature to have done it first, and better.A newly-developed fuel cell technology looks to the cactus to solve a problem involving this promising but c...

Look out, Tesla and Chevy: Ford is working on a 200-mile EV, too.SEE ALSO: Tesla planning cheaper EV that 'most people can afford'Ford CEO Mark Fields confirmed on Thursday during the company's f...

Look out, Tesla and Chevy: Ford is working on a 200-mile EV, too.SEE ALSO: Tesla planning cheaper EV that 'most people can afford'Ford CEO Mark Fields confirmed on Thursday during the company's f...

Things just keep getting worse for Yahoo.In case Yahoo's short-term outlook wasn't bleak enough, the company has now been listed in for sale ad on Craigslist.SEE ALSO: We're approaching the end of Yah...

The smartphone landscape is changing so fast that what worked a year ago would be a disaster today.Every manufacturer deals with it in its own way: Apple is moving at its own pace, careful to add one ...

When Mother Nature came up with photosynthesis, she likely wasn’t expecting any USB cords to be involved. Alas, there’s no stopping progress.A European startup company is currently develop...

Remember Jelly, the question and answer app founded by Twitter cofounder Biz Stone? It's back. After announcing a closed beta earlier this year, Stone has officially relaunched Jelly, which has b...

Now, is it Google car helping Fiat Chrysler or the other way around?SEE ALSO: Land Rover's Discovery Sport can help you find your lost belongingsFiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) and Alphabet's Google c...

The Internet's favorite crazy inventor has created a rideable hoverbike, and while it doesn't go much higher than a couple feet, it's a pretty innovative creation.YouTuber Colin Furze, famous for his ...

Snapchat is an app that keeps its users interested, consistently releasing new features and improvements that keep it relevant and entertaining. It comes as no surprise then that users watch a collect...

You're hosting a beach-themed party. You've got the decorations, the music and the snacks. You're hanging out with floaties on your arms and rocking out to the unmistakeable sounds of crashing waves a...

Fresh off its stellar earnings report, which owed much to its remarkable mobile performance, Facebook is giving a little focus back to the desktop.On Thursday, Facebook unveiled its first Facebook Mes...

It was fun handing Amazon’s new Kindle Oasis e-readers to unsuspecting coworkers."Ooh, it’s so thin. It’s so light. Is it too small? It might be too small," one coworker to...

The first four iOS apps with Apple's new CareKit framework are now available for download, just one month after the company announced its latest effort to empower people to play an active role and bet...

Bragi have just introduced something that could make your workout, your commute and probably your whole day much smarter.People listen to music while doing all sorts of things, so you probably have ea...

Delta announced an order for 75 jets from Bombardier on Thursday, marking the first U.S. airline to make a deal with the Canadian aircraft manufacturer.The lightweight, narrow-body CS100 jets will rep...

The sad truth is most Chromebooks are cheap and underpowered — $200 to $300 laptops that are just barely good enough to browse the web, stream video and edit a couple of Google documents. B...

In this week's episode of Plugged In, Mashable's Tech Corespondent Ray Wong tells you all you need to know about Sony's new flagship mirrorless camera — the A6300. The $1,000 camera is here to s...

The digital diary a.k.a the electronic organizer was popular in the '80s and '90s. It's a calculator, address book and notepad all-in-one. It even has a secret button! What more does a kid need?Check ...

The voice of Alexa, the digital assistant brought to you by the Amazon Echo, is making its debut on a third-party device on ThursdayNow, if you want to employ the digital assistant talents of Alexa, y...

LONDON — The owner of a British app has been ordered to change the name of his creation by Instagram.Danny Lucas, who developed an app called Littergram as an easy way for people to share photos...

After the much-hyped Freedom 251, the world’s cheapest phone priced at Rs 251 ($3.78), another Indian Android smartphone called the Docoss X1 is making news with its unbelievably low price of Rs...

Pinterest is growing like crazy. The company, which passed 100 million users last fall, now says most of its users are from outside of the United States — a significant milestone for t...

Does 9:30 work? Yeah... wait, no. I've got a dentist appointment then. How about 12.30? Eh, got another meeting at that time. If you have a lot of conversations similar to the one above, you migh...

Well, this did not go as planned.On Wednesday, Tinder launched a pilot to test out a new feature, Tinder Social, which allows groups of friends to match with other groups of friends. Rolling out to a ...

The ever-changing world of ride sharing apps, currently dominated by Uber, is making another sharp turn, again. But this time it's the riders who are on the hook in the face of innovationAn update to ...

ANZ became the first Australian bank to offer its customers Apple Pay on Thursday.The mobile payment system, which lets Apple smartphone owners swipe their phone at the checkout rather than their cred...

The new sport of drone racing is so popular that it has already landed a spot on ESPN television. But a new twist could soon turn the sport into something that looks less like geeks flying planes and ...

Snapchat is facing a lawsuit following a high speed car wreck in which one of the drivers may have been using Snapchat.SEE ALSO: Snapchat under fire for 'racist' Bob Marley filterThe lawsuit describes...

The FBI on Wednesday opted not to share its method for hacking into the iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters with Apple.After a legal battle that dragged on for more than six weeks, the F...

In the wake of mass shootings, the family and friends of many victims have advocated for the media to withhold names and photos of shooting suspects to keep the focus on those injured and killed, and ...

Turns out the Model 3 isn't going to be Tesla's most affordable model. Go figure.SEE ALSO: This super-fast Chinese EV is still slower than a 'Ludicrous' TeslaSpeaking at the Future Transportation...

Okay, that was a bad quarter, Apple.I know, Apple is held to a higher standard. The company makes $50 billion and there’s panic in the streets. I don’t think there’s cause for panic,...

Okay, that was a bad quarter, Apple.I know, Apple is held to a higher standard. The company makes $50 billion and there’s panic in the streets. I don’t think there’s cause for panic,...

Good news, klutzes! Your British 4x4 SUV can now help you find your lost belongings.SEE ALSO: Lego's crazy-detailed Porsche 911 GT3 RS has moving engine partsLand Rover announced on Tuesday evening th...

Tahj Mowry knows a thing or two about being smart, but the former kid genius discovers that he has some serious competition in the IQ category. In the Season 1 finale of "Innovation Download," PepsiCo...

SAN FRANCISCO — Samsung is finally giving its consumer 360-degree VR camera a release date.The Gear 360 camera, which Samsung first revealed in February, will go on sale April 29, Samsung a...

Is the first true "killer app" for virtual reality finally here?Minecraft is out for Gear VR starting April 27, meaning anyone that owns Samsung's headset and a supported smartphone can fully imm...

A person was reportedly found dead in a conference room at Apple's Cupertino campus, local media say, and an investigation is currently underway.Officials are expected to release more information late...

How do you improve a smartphone camera? The easiest way would be to use a faster lens and larger sensor. But with today's super slim smartphones, you can't just slap a huge camera module on the back &...

Apple on Tuesday announced its quarterly earnings, and, for the first time since 2003, the company made less money than it had in the same quarter of the previous yearEven though Apple warned investor...

Mashable's Creative Producer Sam Sheffer used the URB-E to commute to and from work for about a week to see if this foldable electric scooter is really worth $1,700. Read more...More about Reviews, Sc...

Researchers at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in Anhui, China, have just raised the bar for realistic-looking robots.One of the teams has showed off a humanoid robot named Ji...

LONDON — Volvo is starting a scheme that will see 100 families being driven around by driverless cars in London next year. SEE ALSO: These futuristic driverless pods will run on Singapore's...

LONDON —  Wearable tech is this season's hottest trend, but it often comes with a hefty price tag. Topshop, however, is looking to change that. SEE ALSO: What I learned from my entire ...

The hair dryer is not a work of art, but it does hold a sort of iconic place in our cultural landscape. It's recognizable at a distance and has been blowing and burning follicles in pretty much the sa...

The sails of the Sydney Opera House are recognisable around the world, but the space beneath them remains far less exposed to the world.On Wednesday, the building and the Google Cultural Institut...

Between motion-tracking emoji and face swapping with saved photos, there's been no shortage of feature-packed Snapchat updates of late. But there's a lot more you can do outside of the app's came...

Between motion-tracking emoji and face swapping with saved photos, there's been no shortage of feature-packed Snapchat updates of late. But there's a lot more you can do outside of the app's came...

It's getting more and more difficult to believe that Volkswagen employees were unaware of the company's diesel emissions-cheating software.SEE ALSO: Volkswagen agrees to fix or buy back 500,000 diesel...

No need to call your friends for a debrief after a particularly bad Tinder date — now you can just bring them along.The insanely popular dating app just launched a new feature, Tinder Social, on...

The burgeoning virtual reality industry is all about creating simulated realities, but for VR startups focused on the HTC Vive, things just got a lot more realHTC has announced the launch of Vive X, a...

Look out, Internet. The new Peach has arrived — and we have Taylor Swift to thank. A new text messaging app called Talkshow became the buzzy new social platform du jour on Tuesday for its q...

Snapchat is taking new steps to make sure its users' selfies are legal in more places. The company filed court paperwork last week as part of a legal case seeking to defend voters' right to take ...

Instagram as you know it could look very different soon.Some users are seeing a new black and white design after updating their app. The new look, as seen via screenshots sent to Mashable, shows icons...

Windows 10 is getting even better.Now that Microsoft has successful undone the damage wrought by Windows 8 and delivered Windows 10 to at least 270 million systems, it’s time for the company to ...

When we write about cord-cutting, it’s almost always under the guise of users who are dropping traditional cable service for subscription video on-demand (SVOD) content. But a new report from th...

Carmakers, tech giants and ride-share companies are teaming up to make autonomous cars a reality in the U.S.SEE ALSO: Beverly Hills plans to use autonomous vehicles for public transportationFord, Volv...

The world of the classic film Alien continues to live on in popular culture and in ongoing sequels, so Twentieth Century Fox has decided to dub today, April 26, Alien Day.As with the recent celebratio...

This is not a drone: this autonomous camera lets you take selfies without a stick. The Hover Camera has four propeller blades and captures your life while hovering in the airMashable's Product Analyst...

For the last decade, we've taken for granted the fact that game controllers no longer need to be tethered to your console.But if you're a classic gamer at heart, you're stuck within a limited range of...

YouTube's apps are getting a facelift. Its iOS and Android apps were updated Tuesday with a new design that brings an improved set of recommendations, along with a visual overhauls of its home fe...

Android Wear smartwatches are all over the place when it comes to style. Google's making it easier to swap bands with its new MODE watch bands.SEE ALSO: 6 things Android Wear smartwatches can do that ...

It sounds as if it is the teaser before a local nightly newscast: “A popular bathroom hand dryer could be making you ill, tonight at 11:00!”A controversy that has erupted in the media in r...

The days of flipping back and forth between Dropbox and Windows Explorer or Mac's Finder may soon be over. Managing your local computer storage and cloud storage is going to get quite a bit easier wit...

China just beat Japan to take second position for global revenue from iPhone and iPad apps, a new report says.The U.S. is still the king of iOS app revenue generation in Q1 2016, according to App Anni...

It's time to change your Spotify password. A data dump of hundreds Spotify usernames, passwords and other personal user details has surfaced online in what points at a security breach.SEE ALSO: S...

Cutting-edge technology doesn't stay cutting-edge for long. Case in point: Counter-Strike, a popular 3D-graphics intensive first-person shooter game that required a powerful PC when it came out in 200...

Don't call it a drone. Though the Hover Camera has four propeller blades and a camera on its front, Meng Qiu "MQ" Wang, CEO of Zero Zero Robotics, prefers to call it a "flying camera."Enclosed in...

When people attack on Twitter, they usually take more than one tweet to do it. Now, Twitter will finally let you report not just the first or last abusive tweet, but up to five of them, giving Twitter...

Don't call it a drone. Though the Hover Camera has four propeller blades and a camera on its front, Meng Qiu "MQ" Wang, CEO of Zero Zero Robotics, prefers to call it a "flying camera."Enclosed in...

SINGAPORE — Mention the brand Swarovski and immediately these things come to mind: crystals, glamour and Miranda Kerr.Activity trackers though? Not really. Which was why I was keen on trying out...

Don't call it a drone. Though the Hover Camera has four propeller blades and a camera on its front, Meng Qiu "MQ" Wang, CEO of Zero Zero Robotics, prefers to call it a "flying camera."Enclosed in...

SINGAPORE — Mention the brand Swarovski and immediately these things come to mind: crystals, glamour and Miranda Kerr.Activity trackers though? Not really. Which was why I was keen on trying out...

Media outlets spent the past day or so trying to avoid broadcasting Game of Thrones spoilers after the first episode of Season 6 debuted Sunday in the U.S., but it looks like we needn't have both...

Media outlets spent the past day or so trying to avoid broadcasting Game of Thrones spoilers after the first episode of Season 6 debuted Sunday in the U.S., but it looks like we needn't have both...

Australian students need never pay for a party bus in cash again.The startup Tilt, founded in the U.S. in 2012, officially launched in Australia on Tuesday. Targeted at young people, and esp...

President Obama can make anything look great. Anything. Even a dorky VR headset.At the Hannover Messe Industrial trade show in Hanover, Germany, Obama tried out a very special VR headset. How special?...

It's hard to believe, but — even with 603 horsepower — this all-electric Chinese supercar is still slower to 60 mph than a 'Ludicrous' Tesla Model S.SEE ALSO: Lego's crazy-detailed Porsche...

Fitbits and the Apple Watch may be the most well-known wearables around, but Xiaomi's dirt cheap Mi Bands dominated the wearable market last year, coming in second to Fitbit, which was the No. 1 weara...

What if the Apple Watch had its own cellular connectivity? Would that finally make you want to dive into the world of wearables? According to a new report, that choice may be coming soonSee also: That...

Audi's TT RS proves that cutting-edge technology and blistering performance can come in one outstandingly stylish package.SEE ALSO: McLaren's 570S is an 'everyday' sports car. I still needed a massage...

Well, that didn't go as planned.Makerbot's efforts to ride the wave of global consumer 3D printer demand crashed unceremoniously on the shores of Brooklyn and, somehow, washed up in St. Petersburg, Fl...

If you can't drive from door to door, why not park and scoot the rest of the way?SEE ALSO: Volvo wants to sell 1 million electrified vehicles by 2025At the Beijing Motor Show Monday morning, Audi debu...

Facebook may be working on yet another Snapchat clone.The social network is developing a standalone camera app meant to "encourage its 1.6 billion users to create, and share, more photos and videos," ...

Want a fast way to kill a weekend (pun intended)? Look no further than the Lego Porsche GT3 RS.SEE ALSO: Shell's city-car concept looks like it was designed for Ronald McDonaldIf you're a sports car e...

When President Obama announced his support earlier in April for a Federal Communications Commission plan to open the market for cable set-top boxes — a big win for consumers, but ...

Apple is continuing its trend of celebrity and humor driven ads with its latest spots for the iPhone 6S.In the first ad, “Onions,” Apple highlights the 4K video prowess of the iPhone 6S.&#...

Apple is continuing its trend of celebrity and humor driven ads with its latest spots for the iPhone 6S.In the first ad, “Onions,” Apple highlights the 4K video prowess of the iPhone 6S.&#...

A few minutes past 9 a.m. at Pegatron Corp.’s vast factory on Shanghai’s outskirts, thousands of workers dressed in pink jackets are getting ready to make iPhones.The men and women stare i...

With Windows Phone a failure and Windows 10 Mobile going nowhere fast, Microsoft's newfound mission to dominate the iPhone with its own apps continues.Microsoft's newest app is a keyboard replacement ...

There’s something unsettling about 10^32 Kelvin. The deep, red-orange body of the hot sauce looks almost like Frank’s Red Hot, but menacing flecks of red, brown and yellow set it apart fro...

Use it or lose it means more than ever.As of Monday dating app Bumble will require male users to reply to women's messages within 24 hours, or they lose the match, Bumble CEO Whitney Wolfe told Mashab...

The second iteration of Apple's 12-inch Retina MacBook brought very little in terms of design changes, although with a new processor and speedier memory, it does offer a significant performance u...

A palm cockatoo named Huizai — Chinese for Grey Boy — has gotten a new lease on life, thanks to the wonders of technology.The parrot who lives in a Nanjing zoo in Jiangsu, China, was on th...

There’s something unsettling about 10^32 Kelvin. The deep, red-orange body of the hot sauce looks almost like Frank’s Red Hot, but menacing flecks of red, brown and yellow set it apart fro...

A palm cockatoo named Huizai — Chinese for Grey Boy — has gotten a new lease on life, thanks to the wonders of technology.The parrot who lives in a Nanjing zoo in Jiangsu, China, was on th...

Snapchat, helping the youths connect with history. One topical filter at a time.Anzac Day, held each year on April 25, marks the date Australian troops landed at Gallipoli, Turkey in 1915 during World...

For most people, smartphones get a little too clunky somewhere between five and six inches of screen size; anything beyond that, and you can forget about operating your phone with one hand or comforta...

A palm cockatoo named Huizai — Chinese for Grey Boy — has gotten a new lease on life, thanks to the wonders of technology.The parrot who lives in a Nanjing zoo in Jiangsu, China, was on th...

With Apple dropping the new rose gold Macbook and Yahoo getting closer and closer to a sale, you may have missed some of this week's best new apps.See also: Apple's 2016 MacBook is a beautiful comprom...

With Apple dropping the new rose gold Macbook and Yahoo getting closer and closer to a sale, you may have missed some of this week's best new apps.See also: Apple's 2016 MacBook is a beautiful comprom...

The iPhone SE, Apple's latest smartphone, is noticeably smaller in an era when phones just keep getting bigger. While one-handed use is a great selling point, is that enough incentive to go out and bu...

The last five months have been really tough. I've been without my trusty Sony A6000 after it suddenly stopped working during my vacation in London last November.After what felt like forever, Sony fina...

The iPhone SE, Apple's latest smartphone, is noticeably smaller in an era when phones just keep getting bigger. While one-handed use is a great selling point, is that enough incentive to go out and bu...

The last five months have been really tough. I've been without my trusty Sony A6000 after it suddenly stopped working during my vacation in London last November.After what felt like forever, Sony fina...

The iPhone SE, Apple's latest smartphone, is noticeably smaller in an era when phones just keep getting bigger. While one-handed use is a great selling point, is that enough incentive to go out and bu...

Keep your drones at home, folks.Australia's Civil Aviation Safety Authority is warning punters to keep their flying toys away from crowds during the country's ANZAC Day celebrations Monday.SEE ALSO: T...

With the Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge launched and in the running for best Android smartphone of the year, all eyes are now on Samsung's other flagship phone: the Galaxy Note.Samsung's next Galaxy No...

Mobile technology moves at an insane speed. Every year brings about faster and faster processors that make last year's "super fast" devices seem pathetically slow.The YouTube channel EverythingApplePr...

Amazon's Echo digital assistant is one of its first bona fide hardware successes since the debut of the Kindle, and now the company is extending the device's reach deeper into Google's territoryNow th...

Bots are taking over our messaging apps. Last week, at its F8 developer conference, Facebook revealed the first wave of Bots for Messenger. These automated, interactive programs respond to n...

VR headsets are not sexy. They're chunky ski mask-like goggles with a screen and lenses that you strap to your head with elastic bandsBut what if they weren't so big and ugly? During CE China in Shenz...

It’s funny, and a little humbling, to realize you’ve been doing it wrongI mean, all this time, I was comparing the Surface Pro 4 to Apple’s giant iPad Pro. It made intuitive sense. B...

Under CEO Tim Cook, Apple has made it a priority to become more environmentally friendly than it has ever been before. In 2015, 93% of of the company's energy came from renewable energy.That includes ...

Take a look at your camera roll and it’s a safe bet that there are hundreds if not thousands of photos on there that do nothing but, well, sit there. Facebook says that 2 billion photos are shar...

NEW YORK — The U.S. Justice Department said it has withdrawn a request to force Apple to reveal data from a cellphone linked to a New York drug case after someone provided federal investigators ...

Under CEO Tim Cook, Apple has made it a priority to become more environmentally friendly than it has ever been before. In 2015, 93% of of the company's energy came from renewable energy.That includes ...

Wondering what eco-friendly EV you're going to buy? Don't! Shell has come up with an efficient city-car concept that burns petroleum.SEE ALSO: Volvo wants to sell 1 million electrified vehicles by 202...

Ever had trouble getting your Chrysler, Dodge or Jeep into park? It might not be your fault.SEE ALSO: Jeep just put a 707-horsepower 'Hellcat' V8 engine in a WranglerFiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) an...

Is the newest MacBook worth the upgrade? After spending a few days with the rose gold hotness, Mashable's Senior Tech Correspondent Christina Warren gives you the big takeawaysChristina's full review:...

Are you a current Model S or Model X owner and wish you could try out Autopilot before you shell out for it? Well, there's good news. Tesla will now give you can a free one-month trial ...

Are you a current Model S or Model X owner and wish you could try out Autopilot before you shell out for it? Well, there's good news. Tesla will now give you can a free one-month trial ...

We finally have a pink MacBook.A little over a year ago, Apple released the wholly redesigned MacBook. It had a great screen and was impossibly thin and featherlight. And it came in gold.Now in 2016, ...

People have been worried if Faraday Future (FF) would ever build a car. Turns out, it's been testing its first model for "almost a year," according to a company press release.SEE ALSO: Daimler and BMW...

Good news, hybrid fans: One of the industry's best hybrids is back.SEE ALSO: Volvo wants to sell 1 million electrified vehicles by 2025Honda announced Thursday morning that it will be bringing back th...

Good news, hybrid fans: One of the industry's best hybrids is back.SEE ALSO: Volvo wants to sell 1 million electrified vehicles by 2025Honda announced Thursday morning that it will be bringing back th...

Technology is becoming more user-friendly with each new advancementBut until recently, one crucial part of the tech experience was bogging everything down: Battery lifeThe better our devices get, the ...

With the correct equipment, you can travel to destinations all over the world without ever having to leave your home.Well, virtually, anyway.And these days, the correct equipment is something as simpl...

Wondering what eco-friendly EV you're going to buy? Don't! Shell has come up with an efficient city-car concept that burns petroleum.SEE ALSO: Volvo wants to sell 1 million electrified vehicles by 202...

Sometimes the best way to learn is from your mistakes, or at least someone else’s mistakes. The central bank of Bangladesh just gave all of us future bank owners a very important lesson — ...

Siri, meet Liam. But be careful not to rub the disassembly iPhone robot the wrong way.Apple has also put together a cute promotional ad for Earth Day that highlights both Liam and Siri meeting for the...

Are you a current Model S or Model X owner and wish you could try out Autopilot before you shell out for it? Well, there's good news. Tesla will now give you can a free one-month trial ...

Earlier this month, the FBI announced it managed to crack open the iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino shooters — by hiring contractor hackers. Now we know roughly how much that cost t...

Australia has sunshine for days, so it only makes sense the country spearhead the uptake of solar technology. In January, Australians were particularly excited to be among the first in the world ...

The drone industry is booming and not just for the companies making the small flying machines.In Australia alone, experts estimate there is something in the vicinity of 50,000 commercial and recr...

Rumor has it the iPhone 7 will ditch the 3.5mm headphone jack. Instead, you'll need to buy new Lightning headphones, use an adapter, or go wireless with Bluetooth headphones.If it comes true this fall...

Face swapping has to be one of the creepiest, most popular Snapchat trends of 2016, but until now, users haven't easily been able to tell just what they'd look like with Taylor Swift's face.With its l...

We've been playing with the new MacBook all week, and we are divided on it.This week on MashTalk, we break down the strengths and drawbacks of Apple's latest MacBook and compare it to its biggest comp...

"Oooooohhh myyyyyyy gaaaaaaaawwwwd!" my passenger, Jon, screamed, as I punched the throttle on the McLaren 570S. "Aaaaahhhhhhhh!""A—are you being serious?" I stammered back at Jon. "You don't ha...

"Oooooohhh myyyyyyy gaaaaaaaawwwwd!" my passenger, Jon, screamed, as I punched the throttle on the McLaren 570S. "Aaaaahhhhhhhh!""A—are you being serious?" I stammered back at Jon. "You don't ha...

No longer can you rely on TV Guide to give you all the small screen information you need. Home entertainment has moved beyond the traditional TV listings with services like Hulu, Netflix, Google Play,...

The Volkswagen diesel scandal just got a lot more expensive for the German carmaker.SEE ALSO: Beverly Hills plans to use autonomous vehicles for public transportationOn Thursday afternoon, Volkswagen ...

Aurora Flight Sciences just released a video showing their scale-model LightningStrike aircraft, which is capable of taking off and landing vertically without a runway. After this successful test flig...

That didn’t take long. Soon after news broke that Prince died at the age of 57 on Thursday, Snapchat rolled out a “Purple Rain”-inspired geofilter to honor the legendary artist....

Powerful VR headsets like the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive require equally beefy gaming PCs with powerful graphics processors to run them. But now you can have at those VR headsets on the go thanks to Ace...

Watch out, iPhone users. A text-message phishing scam, disguised as a note sent by Apple Support, aims to lure unsuspecting iPhone owners to share their usernames and passwords.The scam, which appears...

There’s an uncomfortable amount of fraud in the ride-hailing app industry. Drivers have been caught doing everything from spoofing their locations to faking rides to cash in on subsidies.Apps li...

The new generation of Volvos are techie and stunning to look at. Turns out, though, they'll also be eco-friendly.SEE ALSO: Volvo is the first carmaker to replace keys with an appVolvo announced on Thu...

Prince, who died suddenly on Thursday, was an unparalleled musical artist, known for his uncanny ability to play many different instruments like an expert. But his talents didn't end at performing ...

When you put the words “Apple” and “headphones” together, it doesn’t always bring up very positive thoughts. But it looks like Apple is taking a stab at improving the way...

I forgive you if you didn't even know Acer makes smartphones. But it does!The Taiwanese company mostly known for its cheap Windows PCs announced a new budget Android smartphone called the Liquid Zest ...

Every tech company seems to be releasing its own version of Microsoft's Surface Pro.Acer is the latest company to flatter the house that Bill Gates built. At its annual global press conference, the co...

India's strides in information technology over the last two decades make for one of the country's most famous success stories. A new app traces the evolution of its IT industry, from the installation ...

For this week's #ThrowbackTech, Mashable takes you all the way back to the 1970s "mod" Easy-Bake Oven. Though the recipes were v simple, they were also v gross, but did we care? Nope. We ate all of th...

As the number of people who've received their Tesla Model X increases, so do the various bugs and glitches their new owners are noticing. Among the more serious, are problems with the car's falcon-win...

There's little that matches the anxiety of trying to buy tickets to a hotly anticipated show or festival, as you sit desperately hoping the Internet gods will let you muscle out other fans by mere sec...

Opera has just put a free VPN feature in its browser, and users get unlimited data usage.The VPN function will be available within its desktop browser with a simple flick of a toggle switch ̵...

For this week's #ThrowbackTech, Mashable takes you all the way back to the 1970s "mod" Easy-Bake Oven. Though the recipes were v simple, they were also v gross, but did we care? Nope. We ate all of th...

Imagine a world without Uber? Okay, now come back to 2016. Unless you are in Queensland, Australia.The Australian state of Queensland is trying really hard to stamp out ridesharing by introducing a bu...

There's little that matches the anxiety of trying to buy tickets to a hotly anticipated show or festival, as you sit desperately hoping the Internet gods will let you muscle out other fans by mere sec...

Opera has just put a free VPN feature in its browser, and users get unlimited data usage.The VPN function will be available within its desktop browser with a simple flick of a toggle switch ̵...

The Australian government is watching and has the means to launch a cyber attack.On Thursday, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull introduced a massive A$230 million cash injection to arm the cou...

Before I could even finish snapping some pictures of the pulled over 2016 Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT Roadster, a Porsche 911 Carrera S roared past me on its way to the Snake on the Mulholland Highway ...

"We should launch the air purifier in India," Hugo Barra quips absentmindedly as we sit in the eighth floor suite of the Sheraton hotel in New Delhi, overlooking the Qutub Minar. The 12th century monu...

Imagine a world without Uber? Okay, now come back to 2016. Unless you are in Queensland, Australia.The Australian state of Queensland is trying really hard to stamp out ridesharing by introducing a bu...

The Australian government is watching and has the means to launch a cyber attack.On Thursday, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull introduced a massive A$230 million cash injection to arm the cou...

Remember those carts in the animated film Wall-E that carted around the obese humans of the future? Good news, the future is now! Someone took a hoverboard and created an attachment that lets you rela...

The Apple Car might be under development in Germany. But Daimler and BMW won't be helping out.SEE ALSO: Chinese tech giant could take on Tesla with this sleek luxury EVGerman business publication Hand...

As soon as I pulled over to snap some pictures of the 2016 Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT Roadster, a Porsche 911 Carrera S roared past me on its way to the Snake on the Mulholland Highway outside Los Ang...

Move over Skype, Facebook Messenger is beefing up its calling features in a big way.The social network is starting to roll out group calling features to Messenger's iOS and Android apps, Facebook anno...

"We should launch the air purifier in India," Hugo Barra quips absentmindedly as we sit in the eighth floor suite of the Sheraton hotel in New Delhi, overlooking the Qutub Minar. The 12th century monu...

Ford Motor Co. paid $199,950 — $55,000 more than the sticker price — to buy one of the first sport utility vehicles made by Tesla Motors Inc. so it could test and ...

Remember those carts in the animated film Wall-E that carted around the obese humans of the future? Good news, the future is now! Someone took a hoverboard and created an attachment that lets you rela...

Watch out, Tesla. You official have a Chinese rival.SEE ALSO: Beverly Hills plans to use autonomous vehicles for public transportationChinese tech giant LeECO, which is a subsidiary of LeTV, the compa...

Google Chrome just pushed out its 50th release, coming almost eight years after it originally launched. With it, Google released a bunch of statistics about Chrome on its blog.SEE ALSO: Here's how muc...

Google, Facebook, Samsung, LG — basically all the tech heavyweights of today, with the notable exception of Apple — are all pushing the same message: virtual reality experiences ...

Teased in trailers last month, Google has finally posted the full video of its epic 360-degree short monster movie Help on YouTubeDirected by Justin Lin (Fast and Furious, Star Trek Beyond), the nearl...

The Apple Car might be under development in Germany. But Daimler and BMW won't be helping out.SEE ALSO: Chinese tech giant could take on Tesla with this sleek luxury EVGerman business publication Hand...

The eggplant, the peach and the open tongue emoji are handy when sexting, but the adult website Pornhub has taken it next level. On Wednesday the pornography giant announced a free service that a...

The leak of 11 million confidential documents (in about 2.6 terabytes of data) from the Panamanian law firm Mossack, Fonseca and Co. has been credited by some media outlets to a whistle-blower who wan...

Most of the virtual reality developments in recent months have been focused on experiencing VR, but Google is working to make the tech an integral new part of creating artSee also: Google’s Tilt...

Popular messaging app Viber is rolling out end-to-end encryption across all of its apps on Android, iOS, PC and Mac.The feature, which the company says will roll out “over the coming weeks”...

Here's some more bad news for liberal arts majors.The highest paying jobs in America are almost entirely at consulting or tech companies, according to Glassdoor's annual list of the 25 highest paying ...

LONDON — You'll be able to feed your addiction to technology alongside that of fast food as McDonald's is planning to install Samsung Galaxy tablets in the majority of its UK restaurants.Custome...

Oh, you've been experiencing VR sober?According to Run the Jewels, you've been doing things very, very wrong.The rap duo of El-P and Killer Mike would know. They've already dabbled in virtual reality ...

Chevrolet says that its 2016 Cruze can support up to seven devices at once, so Mashable recruited some of its employees and their smart devices to try it out. Read more...More about Wifi, Cars, Tech, ...

BRUSSELS — The European Union is expanding its battle with Google, alleging that the technology giant is rigging the global market for mobile apps by making sure its Android operating system giv...

Australians have never had so many ways to get food they could probably do without.There's Deliveroo, Foodora and Menulog, to name a few, and now UberEats has joined the war for Australian stomachs &#...

SINGAPORE — Before the year is up, Singaporeans could be hopping on these driverless pod vehicles to get to school and work.The pods run on electricity, and are able to travel autonomously on sm...

Need more proof pink is in? A day after Apple launched a rose gold version of its MacBook, Samsung has announced its flagship smartphones, the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge, will soon become available in pink...

Kids need to learn how to code.It’s the common adage around modern education. And of course it would be great if all kids learned a programming language or two before they graduated high school,...

Why go shopping with bodyguards when you can take humanoid robots out with you to carry your purchases?SEE ALSO: A man built this $50,000 robot that resembles Scarlett JohanssonA middle-aged man said ...

I guess it's only fair that the police get the coolest version of the all-new Ford F-150.SEE ALSO: You can now apply (yes, apply) to buy the $450,000 Ford GT supercarFord debuted the latest and so far...

Less than a week after a report that Apple plans to radically change how it works with developers in its App Store, the company has rolled out a new website for App Store developers.The site provides ...

And here I was thinking standard Bentleys were bespoke.SEE ALSO: Groom crashes rented $342,000 Ferrari into wall on his wedding dayBentley commissioned pop artist Sir Peter Blake to create a uniq...

We would never, ever tell you to buy a fake Apple Watch band. But if you must, we think we've found the absolute winnerApple's popular steel Milanese Loop sells for $149, but a seller on Amazon is off...

Before the trolls slide into the comment section, know this: I've owned and currently own a lot of Apple products. The scratches and dents on my iPhone 6 are scars of love. My aging iPad 3 remain...

Snapchat just upgraded the emoji in its iOS app in a big way.The company updated its iOS app Tuesday with its new 3D stickers feature, which allows you to pin emoji to a specific part of a video. The ...

Less than a week after a report that Apple plans to radically change how it works with developers in its App Store, the company has rolled out a new website for App Store developers.The site provides ...

Forget the bus. In Beverly Hills, within the next decade, public transportation will be operated by autonomous vehicles.SEE ALSO: Groom crashes rented $342,000 Ferrari into wall on his wedding dayEarl...

Biking to work may be the choice mode of transportation for some, but if it's cold out, it's a lot less attractive. Here's a creative way to stay warm on a bike in colder climates: Turn your ride into...

Even 2D animation TV franchises have to keep up with technology, as this past Sunday's Family Guy proved when it inserted big mentions of Amazon drones and even the future of TVSee also: 2016 will be ...

We are a nation of pill takers.Roughly half of all Americans have taken at least one prescription drug in the last 30 days (21.8% have taken three or more), and almost three-quarters of all doctor vis...

Phillip the duck lost both of his feet to frostbite. His rescuer, Vicki, thought she was going to have to euthanize him until Jason Jischke, a middle school technology teacher, and his class came alon...

After spending some time out in the cold Wisconsin winter, Phillip the duck’s flippers were frostbitten and damaged. Lucky for Phillip, 3D printing has been proliferating in the human world and ...

Sony is up to something, we know that much.Rumors of a souped-up PlayStation 4 — often referred to as "PS4.5" or "PS4K" — have been kicking around for the past month. Now, those rumors hav...

The secretive Florida-based startup called Magic Leap, which has been promising something that sounds like the next level in augmented reality, has released new footage of its system in action.See als...

Sleep tracking is nothing new, but one company wants to track when your mattress is being used, especially if you're not home.A Spanish-based mattress company Durmet is touting its new Smarttress...

Google's tool for logging into third-party services went down Tuesday morning, paralyzing individuals and organizations who depend on it to access various systems and services.Google OAuth is the syst...

Google's tool for logging into third-party services went down Tuesday, paralyzing individuals and organizations who depend on it to access various systems and services.Google OAuth is the system that ...

Google's tool for logging into third-party services went down Tuesday morning, paralyzing individuals and organizations who depend on it to access various systems and services.Google OAuth is the syst...

If you get menstrual cramps, you know how absolutely debilitating they can be. And most of us want to minimize our intake of pain medication.Livia seeks to change the way we treat cramps. Th...

Apple today updated its 12-inch MacBook with new processors, and made minor updates to its MacBook Air line as well. But all of that pales in comparison with the fact that the 12-inch MacBook is now a...

Cutting-edge technology always comes at a premium for early adopters, but it never stays premium for long.After launching its new P-Series 4K TVs with built-in Google Cast last month, Vizio, the most ...

While WhatsApp introduced end-to-end encryption for all users two weeks ago, users in the conflict-ridden Kupwara district in north Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir will require a license to start Wh...

Sony is up to something, we know that much.Rumors of a souped-up PlayStation 4 — often referred to as "PS4.5" or "PS4K" — have been kicking around for the past month. Now, those rumors hav...

Tesla's Autopilot feature is often mentioned in the context of the vehicle driving itself, but it's actually much more of an assistance for the driver — and in certain situations, it can save yo...

If you get menstrual cramps, you know how absolutely debilitating they can be. And most of us want to minimize our intake of pain medication.Livia seeks to change the way we treat cramps. Th...

Apple today updated its 12-inch MacBook with new processors, and made minor updates to its MacBook Air line as well. But all of that pales in comparison with the fact that the 12-inch MacBook is now a...

Travellers flying into Sydney Airport, Australia, will soon be able to jump in an UberX to cruise to their destination. No more ridiculous cab fares or crazy lines, in the near future you will be...

SINGAPORE — Apple has launched Apple Pay in Singapore, but it's just for American Express-issued cards for now.The company announced Tuesday the mobile payment service has gone live here, becomi...

The dream of charging your Apple Watch with a battery-powered band is officially dead, for nowThis time last year, a third-party accessory maker discovered a hidden port on the Apple Watch and decided...

It was the best day of their lives ... it was the worst day of their lives.SEE ALSO: A Lamborghini driving into floodwaters just taught us all an important lessonA British groom — with his bride...

Android users may soon get their own version of Apple's 3D Touch. When Google rolled out its second preview of Android N to developers, we noted the new home screen shortcuts feature offered a ni...

The Australian government's controversial site blocking bill is about to get another workout.On Monday, some of the country's largest record companies, including Universal Music Australia, Warner Musi...

If the reports are true, the Apple Car will speak German, too.SEE ALSO: Tesla Easter egg lets you drive on Mario Kart's Rainbow RoadApple has a secret German research and development arm for the long-...

I have to wear a lot of different hats as a car reviewer.I mean that figuratively, of course. Due to my abnormally large cranium, I look rather stupid in actual, physical hats.Instead, I mean I have t...

As the New York Police Department is finding out, using a hashtag for a controversial campaign isn’t a great idea.On Monday, Manhattan Attorney General Cyrus R. Valance was joined by crime victi...

Do any of us really know Yahoo? It’s been ever-present in our lives for more than 20 years, but like that cousin whom you only see at family reunions, no one, including Yahoo itself, I fear, rea...

LinkedIn has long been a helpful tool for students looking to land work or internships by connecting them with potential employers. Now, the company is rolling out a new app called LinkedIn Stude...

WeChat launched version 1.0 of its hotly-anticipated office chat app, WeChat Enterprise, on Monday.WeSlack (not its real name, but it does have a nice ring to it) is free and only available in Chinese...

If you were hoping Facebook would use last week's F8 conference to release its AI assistant M to the mainstream, you're going to have to wait a lot longer.In an interview with The Verge, Facebook's Me...

This year's dates for Apple's annual WWDC (Worldwide Developers Conference) haven’t been officially announced, but that hasn't stopped Siri from spilling the beans early.Today, if you ask Siri, ...

There's the Apple Watch, Android Wear smartwatches, Pebble, Samsung's Gear S and now one with an Amazon connection: the CoWatch, a smartwatch with the e-commerce giant's Alexa voice assistant bui...

Group cycling studios like Soul Cycle are a huge workout trend, but IMAX wants to take it to the big screen. And we’re talking big screen.In fact, it wants to take you pedaling through the solar...

In the future, any surface could become a camera.Researchers at Columbia University's Computer Vision Lab have developed a flexible "sheet camera" that can be attached to any surface, taking phot...

In this week's Plugged In, Mashable Tech Correspondent Ray Wong hops onto the Onewheel, an electric skateboard that's not only fun to ride, but can also be used as a transportation method. But is it w...

Public speaking is a fear for many. In fact, it's estimated that up to 74% of people experience public speaking anxiety. Working through that fear requires a lot of practice. The L...

Australians are one step closer to getting rid of the postman.On Friday, Australia Post announced it would begin a trial to deliver small packages using drone technology. "We're excited to be the...

While he's all for embracing the sharing economy, Steve Wozniak is not sure Uber has its drivers' best interests at heart.At the Future Transport Summit in Sydney Monday, the Apple co-founder told rep...

SYDNEY, Australia — South Australia may have gotten a head start with trials in 2015, but New South Wales (NSW) is also committing to a driverless car future. Automated cars without dr...

How do you sell Hollywood directors on a new drone designed to shoot epic movies? By including ancient martial arts on rooftops, of courseThat's what leading drone maker DJI did on Sunday when it intr...

Imagine flying along in economy class, when a drone smashes into your window and makes you spill your peanuts. This is a new reality. In actual fact, the outcome could be way worse than dropping ...

Netflix just got a brand new and extremely powerful competitor: Amazon.On Sunday, the company launched a new, stand-alone service called Prime Video that will allow users to sign up for a monthly vide...

The race to create both the hardware and the software that will drive the emerging virtual reality market is heating up, and now GoPro has unveiled its latest plans to support VR filmmakers and fansAt...

Forget the Opal Card, soon all you'll need for your morning commute could be a credit card.At an event on the future of transport in Sydney Monday, the New South Wales Minister for Transport Andrew Co...

INDIO, California — Anyone who walked into the Sahara Tent at Coachella shortly after midnight on Friday saw something that no one had ever seen before. The Lucent Dossier Experience —...

If you make smartphones, you need to make headphones. I’m not sure why that is, exactly, but hey, the law is the law. For the vast majority of us, there’s nothing particularly engaging in ...

There are three questions people tend to ask when virtual reality comes up in conversation.“Will it make me sick?”“When can I buy it?”“Is there porn on it yet?”Don&...

For the sake of bringing virtual reality to the public, a then-87-year-old David Attenborough clambered into a tiny Triton submarine in late 2014.The beloved documentary maker and naturalist was filmi...

For the sake of bringing virtual reality to the public, a then-88-year-old David Attenborough clambered into a tiny Triton submarine in late 2014.The beloved documentary maker and naturalist was filmi...

With Facebook's F8 developers conference showing off a VR selfie stick and the HTC 10 review, you may have missed some of this week's best new appsSee also: Snapchat now has emoji stickers that move w...

This past week, Facebook showed us what it's like to take a virtual reality selfie using the Oculus Rift — an experience that has to be seen to truly grasp its awesomenessBut that demo was just ...

With Facebook's F8 developers conference showing off a VR selfie stick and the HTC 10 review, you may have missed some of this week's best new appsSee also: Snapchat now has emoji stickers that move w...

Apple's widely respected hardware designs have sometimes been likened to museum-quality pieces. Now the company's design chief is leveraging that reputation to help a famous museumIn a bid to raise mo...

About a month after U.S. officials declared hoverboards unsafe, Martha Stewart — long the undisputed queen of American domestic excellence — is delighting as she rides one barefoot through...

This past week, Facebook showed us what it's like to take a virtual reality selfie using the Oculus Rift — an experience that has to be seen to truly grasp its awesomenessBut that demo was just ...

CUPERTINO — In a press briefing Friday, Apple discussed how security works on the iPhone and iOS. The meeting, which was often technical, shed insights into its broader approach to security.Alth...

Apple's widely respected hardware designs have sometimes been likened to museum-quality pieces. Now the company's design chief is leveraging that reputation to help a famous museumIn a bid to raise mo...

The Coolest cooler, a souped-up cooler complete wth a cutting board, blender, Bluetooth speaker and USB charger, started out as Kickstarter's own Cinderella story. When creator Ryan Grepper first laun...

In this week's episode of Wearable Tech, we try out KOTUR's Merrick 50 Carat sound-activated clutch. It's quite the beauty, but let's dig deep into its tech features to see if it's really worth $955. ...

CUPERTINO — In a press briefing Friday, Apple discussed how security works on the iPhone and iOS. The meeting, which was often technical, shed insights into its broader approach to security.Alth...

Nobody saw it coming. While Apple and Google were busy trying to beat each other to the smart home with HomeKit and Nest, respectively, Amazon snuck in from nowhere with the Echo and its Alexa voice a...

In this week's episode of Wearable Tech, we try out KOTUR's Merrick 50 Carat sound-activated clutch. It's quite the beauty, but let's dig deep into its tech features to see if it's really worth $955. ...

In this week's episode of Wearable Tech, we try out KOTUR's Merrick 50 Carat sound-activated clutch. It's quite the beauty, but let's dig deep into its tech features to see if it's really worth $955. ...

Some day, cars will drive themselves and the most you'll have to worry about during your commute is which Netflix show you're going to watch. Until then, though, drivers can use all the help they can ...

Tattoos are becoming more common in the work place. Thanks to tech and startup culture, which is much more lax than traditional places, it's now acceptable to show off your permanent ink in the wild.S...

Facebook gave us a glimpse into the future, and it's filled with bots, live video and VR.SEE ALSO: Facebook's F8 event in less than 90 secondsThis week on MashTalk, we discuss Facebook's big announcem...

The White House has thrown its support behind the Federal Communication Commission’s efforts to open up the cable box industry to third-party companies.In a blog post on cable boxes and competit...

In a move that could be the biggest thing to happen to the Facebook news feed since it was introduced, it appears the social network is quietly testing a massive revamp that will add a lot m...

How times have changed. For years, Samsung has been accused of copying Apple's ideas. But now, companies are copying it for a change.At Huawei's Shanghai P9 and P9 Plus launch, the company brought out...

Looking for the best route to your destination? Gas prices are cheap, but are you still hunting for a bargain? Or did you buy an electric car recently and want an easier way to find a place to charge ...

Some day, cars will drive themselves and the most you'll have to worry about during your commute is which Netflix show you're going to watch. Until then, though, drivers can use all the help they can ...

Tattoos are becoming more common in the work place. Thanks to tech and startup culture, which is much more lax than traditional places, it's now acceptable to show off your permanent ink in the wild.S...

When you're wandering around in Jurassic Park and you hear a T-Rex roar, you run in the other direction. It's just good sense. No one wants to end their day — or their life — as an apex pr...

The White House has thrown its support behind the Federal Communication Commission’s efforts to open up the cable box industry to third-party companies.In a blog post on cable boxes and competit...

WatchOS, iOS, tvOS, OS X. Which one of these is the odd one out? That's right: It makes perfect sense for Apple to rename its desktop operating system to MacOS (or macOS), and now we have a stron...

Competitive hot air ballooning may not be a sport you've given much thought, but it too, is feeling the chilly winds of "disruption." An app created by Australian developer Sean Kavanag...

Apple may soon be radically changing the way it deals with developers in its App Store.The company is considering plans that would allow developers to pay for sponsored search results in the App Store...

SAN FRANCISCO — In the latest clash over privacy rights in the digital age, Microsoft is suing the U.S. government over a federal law that allows authorities to examine customer emails or online...

SAN FRANCISCO — In the latest clash over privacy rights in the digital age, Microsoft is suing the U.S. government over a federal law that allows authorities to examine customer emails or online...

Yesterday Amazon unveiled its latest e-reader, the Kindle Oasis. As promised by CEO Jeff Bezos, the Oasis is indeed top of the line — and it’s all-new.In fact, the design is the most radic...

Coachella is gettin' fancy. The music festival in Indio, California, kicks off its 17th year on Friday, and while its tried and true features will still be there —  the Ferris wheel, t...

Coachella is gettin' fancy. The music festival in Indio, California, kicks off its 17th year on Friday, and while its tried and true features will still be there —  the Ferris wheel, t...

3D-printed garments are making serious strides, from New Balance's midsole to Chanel suits. Image: MINISTRY OF SUPPLYBut nothing has been very compelling when it comes to men's suiting, until no...

Search for "Obama mashup" online and you'll find all kinds of cleverly edited clips of President Barack Obama "singing" popular renditions of songs. Like Obama singing Justin Bieber's "Sorry" or him s...

The Japanese are about to give a whole new meaning to the "ghost train" concept.SEE ALSO: The world's fastest convertible just did 265.6 mphKazuyo Sejima, one of Japan's leading architects, designed a...

After the extremely disappointing One M9 last year, HTC is back and better than ever with the HTC 10 smartphone. The new gadget is pretty much everything you'd want from a premium Android device, but ...

Apple may soon be radically changing the way it deals with developers in its App Store.The company is considering plans that would allow developers to pay for sponsored search results in the App Store...

SAN FRANCISCO — You may soon have a lot more options to control your GoPro.GoPro introduced a new developer program Thursday that will allow apps to integrate directly with their action cameras,...

As part of its broader environmental efforts, Apple on Thursday is launching a new app campaign, Apps for Earth, in conjunction with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), an environmental advocacy organizati...

HTC fumbled last year's flagship One M9 so badly it almost ruined the company. If not for a bunch of midrange phones and hype for HTC Vive virtual reality headset to prop it up, the company would be d...

Sharp's RoBoHon is definitely not your normal smartphone. For starters, it's a robot. Secondly, it dances. Can your iPhone or Android phone dance? Exactly.How much for Japan's quirky robot smartphone?...

As Snapchat has expanded and added new features over the year, it has steadily climbed the ranks of social media titans. In fact, it's now more popular among its core demographic — teens —...

Hearts were racing at the Aircraft Interiors Expo last week when AirAsia's CEO Tony Fernandez signed a huge order for a new Formula 1-design aircraft seat for his 304 of the airline's Airbus A320neo p...

LONDON — Now anyone can be fully immersed in the Royal London Hospital's operating theatre — without having to become a patient.The hospital is live streaming the world's first operation i...

We've all been there: the hero is seconds away from swooping in to save the day, when all of a sudden... some schmuck's smartphone flares to life as he types "OMG THIS MOVIE IS LIT."Cellphone use at m...

Anyone who's ever tried to lose more than a few pounds knows the harsh raw power of the bathroom mirror and the bathroom scales. For some of us, weighing in every day and looking at ourselves naked is...

Want to be the selfie queen of your squad? Then it's time to get down with this 1940s Rolleiflex film camera. It's v dreamy and sure to make you reign supreme in the land of selfies and vintage camera...

Facebook just wrapped up its F8 developer conference, the company's biggest event of the year. And, in between talk of bots for Messenger, 360-degree video and virtual reality selfie sticks, one topic...

LONDON — Another challenger to traditional credit cards has emerged in the UK with the introduction of PayPal Credit, a way to spread out payments for online purchases.The payments giant will al...

If you're like me, you save a bunch of web pages for later with software like Save to Pocket but never get to them. You occasionally remember to look at the sad, enormous pile of web content that...

Twitter has gone down in parts of the world due to a "technical difficulty."The social media giant went down at 10:40 p.m. EST on WednesdayMashable confirmed the outage is affecting parts of Australia...

Toyota is already about marketing cars to Generation Z long before most of them can even drive.SEE ALSO: Tesla Easter egg lets you drive on Mario Kart's Rainbow RoadGraduate students from Clemson Univ...

Bravo, Facebook. Social VR is now officially something I want in Facebook. You made me want it, damn you.Ever since Facebook bought Oculus VR for $2 billion in 2014, Mark Zuckerberg has made clear his...

Move over, Bugatti. The world's fastest convertible is now from Texas.SEE ALSO: You can now apply to buy the $450,000 Ford GT supercarClocked doing an astounding 265.5 mph, the American-made Hennessey...

Matthew Keys, a former social media editor at Reuters and other media outlets, was sentenced to serve two years in prison on Wednesday for helping hackers from Anonymous break into his ex-employe...

What if Vine were more like TV?The beauty and purpose of Vine was the creation of tiny, six second videos; self-contained moments of interest and, often, absurdity. Now Vine, which is owned by Twitter...

Regina Dugan – who ran Google’s Advanced Technology and Projects division – has joined Facebook.Dugan will be heading up Building 8, a new Facebook group that CEO Mark Zuckerberg say...

The second developer preview for Android N, the next version of Google's mobile operating system, is now available.Available for the Nexus 6, Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P, Nexus 9 and Pixel C tablet, the previe...

On the second day of Facebook's annual F8 developer conference, the company unveiled it's messing with artificial intelligence to automatically tag people in videos.Joaquin Quiñonero Candela, Fac...

Facebook is working on bringing better Internet connectivity to the world in three major ways, and one of them is aiming to bring faster and more reliable connections to urban areas.Called Terragraph,...

During the second day of Facebook's F8 conference, the company showed off the latest prototype demo of its ToyBox virtual reality software. But this one offered a huge twist: VR selfiesSee also: Every...

Snapchat videos just got even more interesting with new emoji stickers, which you can attach to objects and move with them, changing size and even orientation.SEE ALSO: 8 Snapchat pranks you can pull ...

The rumble of a train coming down the tracks to the station fills the underground air, but the turnstile is still 30 feet away. It'll be at least another 15 minutes until the next northbound R comes r...

Retro design, particularly '80s fare, has become popular in recent years and now Motorola is harnessing one of the era's legends to boost its once prominent mobile profileSee also: Walking on the wall...

Not all USB Type-C cables are created equal.After it was discovered that many USB Type-C cables could potentially damage devices, Amazon issued a ban on cables that didn't meet the USB Imple...

Regina Dugan – who ran Google’s Advanced Technology and Projects division – has joined Facebook.Dugan will be heading up Building 8, a new Facebook group that CEO Mark Zuckerberg say...

With so many technology companies taking the safe route of incremental change, something utterly new can knock you back on your heels.The Amazon Kindle Oasis e-reader, which goes on pre-order on Wedne...

In a move that could foresee big changes in aircraft seat manufacturing, Boeing is purchasing seats for the 737 direct from a new supplier.LIFT by EnCore, the new seat manufacturer Boeing has picked t...

Have you heard of Meizu? It's another Chinese company that makes cheap smartphones. And while those used to come with the caveat of dubious build quality and buggy software, it's no longer the case. M...

Image: mashable composite/ambar del moralSummertime freedom for kids can mean an extra scheduling burden on parents who are juggling work and home life. Especially when parents don't have predic...

If you're the FBI, and Apple refuses to assist you, how do you crack open a locked iPhone? Apparently, the same way as everyone else (provided you have sufficient funds): You pay professional hackers ...

Finding it hard to practice Spanish before your next overseas trip? Google wants to help with that.On Wednesday, the company launched a new feature called Goals in Google Calendar, its iOS and Android...

Starting today, you can apply to be one of the first 500 buyers of the 2017 Ford GT.SEE ALSO: James Bond wannabes: This amphibious Lamborghini is for sale on eBayDo you currently own a Ford GT? Do you...

Facebook's Messenger bots have finally arrived. Following months of rumors, the company revealed its plan to allow businesses to build bots for Messenger Tuesday at Facebook's F8 developer confer...

As predicted, developers can now build bots inside Facebook Messenger.The announcement was one of the highlights of Facebook’s jam-packed F8 schedule and it further proves what many have been pr...

Animals no longer need human help to establish their social media dominance thanks to the Posting Tail.SEE ALSO: This pig that thinks she's a dog is living her best lifeFirst seen by Co.Create, the Po...

I’m wearing my Warby Parker Facebook glasses, looking at my neighbor's front lawn. It’s early morning, and no one is outside. Just a day earlier, they held a birthday party for the twins, ...

1903A crowd watches a Spencer airship ascend at the Ranelagh Club in Surrey.Image: Topical Press Agency/Getty ImagesThough unmanned hot air balloons were used as far back as ancient China, the first m...

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg took to the stage on Tuesday at the company's F8 developers conference to kick off the event with a major look into the future and a very cool surprise for att...

Bots, VR, and streaming video dominated day one of Facebook's annual F8 developer conference. Here are all of the biggest moments in less than 90 seconds. Read more...More about Facebook, F8, Tech, Ap...

There’s a new robot butler making its way to the world and it understands voice commands, recognizes faces and interacts with your smart devices. It doesn’t exactly look like the Jetson...

At its F8 developer conference, Facebook announced Account Kit, a new way for app developers to let users sign up for services with an email or phone number, no username or password required.SEE ALSO:...

Facebook is getting into the 360-degree camera business.At its annual F8 developer conference, the company unveiled the Surround 360, its own custom-built camera for shooting 360-degree video. The Sur...

At its F8 developer conference, Facebook unveiled a new Messenger platform that allows developers to build bots inside Facebook Messenger.Bots are hot; they could even be the future.At its a heart, a ...

Facebook's Oculus Rift virtual reality headset is shipping today, but in the future, the company hopes the technology and form factor will shrink to fit into a pair of normal-looking glasses.On stage ...

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has a message for Donald Trump: Stop dividing people.Kicking off the company's annual F8 developer conference, Zuckerberg outlined Facebook's mission more articulately tha...

We all like a good bit of next generation technical wizardry, but when something looks and sounds too good to be true, it probably isThat was our first thought about upon viewing the Flyboard Air, a h...

Stephen Hawking, Mark Zuckerberg and a group of tech and science giants want to send a tiny probe no bigger than an iPhone traveling at 100 million miles per hour to the nearest star.This $100 million...

HTC's newly announced HTC 10 looks like a real winner. But it's also got another cool trick: It supports AirPlay, Apple's wireless streaming protocol.Although there are third-party apps, like doubleTw...

Tesla fans, I hope you like the blunt-nose Model X look because the Model S now has it, too.SEE ALSO: Tesla Easter egg lets you drive on Mario Kart's Rainbow RoadTesla has officially refreshed the Mod...

Bots, VR, and streaming video dominated day one of Facebook's annual F8 developer conference. Here are all of the biggest moments in less than 90 seconds. Read more...More about Facebook, F8, Tech, Ap...

It appears Google is quietly testing a new feature on mobile that shows trending search topics from within the search bar.Similar to Facebook and Twitter’s trending topics section, I recently sp...

Windows crashes are traditionally accompanied by the annoyingly hard-to-understand blue screen with information about the error that caused the crash, commonly known as the "Blue Screen of Death." Now...

There’s a new robot butler making its way to the world and it understands voice commands, recognizes faces and interacts with your smart devices. It doesn’t exactly look like the Jetson...

Facebook will soon kick off one of its biggest events of the year: its annual F8 developer conference.This year promises to be one of the biggest events in recent memory, with Facebook expected to ann...

Apple's celebrity-driven marketing push doesn't just extend to the iPhone and Apple TV: The company is harnessing the power of fame to push the Apple Watch as well.See also: The next Apple Watch won&#...

Facebook is getting into the 360-degree camera business.At its annual F8 developer conference, the company unveiled the Surround 360, its own custom-built camera for shooting 360-degree video. The Sur...

At its F8 developer conference, Facebook unveiled a new Messenger platform that allows developers to build bots inside Facebook Messenger.Bots are hot; they could even be the future.At its a heart, a ...

Facebook's Oculus Rift virtual reality headset is shipping today, but in the future, the company hopes the technology and form factor will shrink to fit into a pair of normal-looking glasses.On stage ...

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has a message for Donald Trump: Stop dividing people.Kicking off the company's annual F8 developer conference, Zuckerberg outlined Facebook's mission more articulately tha...

In the U.S., 1 in 2 men and 1 in 3 in women will develop cancer over the course of their lifetimes.That sobering statistic comes direct from the American Cancer Society, a non-profit organization with...

HTC's not giving up on premium smartphones just yet. After last year's One M9 failed to impress and the launch of the One A9 iPhone-lookalike was essentially a stopgap, the Taiwanese tech company is b...

Surface Pro 4 owners in need of a cover/keyboard combo have just gotten another official option: The Alcantara-covered Signature Type Cover. The new Type Cover costs $159.99, and doesn't offer an...

In the U.S., 1 in 2 men and 1 in 3 in women will develop cancer over the course of their lifetimes.That sobering statistic comes direct from the American Cancer Society, a non-profit organization with...

Slowly but surely, Australia is becoming a rideshare-friendly nation, but not every state is doing it Uber's way.On Tuesday, the South Australian government announced that from July 1, it would become...

Google is making Android a lot more accessible for people visual and motor impairments.The company is beta-testing an app called Voice Access that enables Android users to navigate their smartphones u...

In September 2015, Netflix launched an app allowing customers to watch shows and movies using headsets such as the Oculus Rift, but it seems like the streaming giant won't be pushing into virtual real...

This week on MashTalk, we look at Tesla's successful launch of the Model 3 and debate whether the hype will translate into long-term success. Then, we discuss our experiences with different VR gaming ...

Impossible Project, the company that has helped prop Polaroid's abandoned instant film and instant film cameras, has announced its first 600-type instant film camera, and it comes with a digital twist...

Slowly but surely, Australia is becoming a rideshare-friendly nation, but not every state is doing it Uber's way.On Tuesday, the South Australian government announced that from July 1, it would become...

Hitachi has unveiled the latest iteration of its humanoid robot called the EMIEW3A follow up to the EMIEW1 (debuted in 2005) and the EMIEW2 (demonstrated in 2007), the robot can roll over minor obstac...

After testing the waters in Sydney and Melbourne, UK-based food delivery startup Deliveroo has decided people in Brisbane should also have the right to order fancy burgers on an app.Not all Brisbane l...

In September 2015, Netflix launched an app allowing customers to watch shows and movies using headsets such as the Oculus Rift, but it seems like the streaming giant won't be pushing into virtual real...

Lesson earned: You can't say you have everything until you have a custom-built Audi limo more than a meter longer than the regular one.SEE ALSO: James Bond wannabes: This amphibious Lamborghini is for...

Turns out, Tesla engineers have a sense of humor ... or at least a healthy Nintendo 64 addiction.SEE ALSO: The world is ready for the Model 3. Is Tesla?Following the instructions in a tweet from Tesla...

Fans of the late Notorious B.I.G. are about to get another chance to see the rapper perform in person, thanks to the magic of hologramsARHT Media has secured the rights to the holographic image of the...

UPDATE: April 11, 2016, 7:25 p.m. EDT An earlier version of this article stated that Ticketmaster tickets would be available from Facebook Messenger. They will not. Presumably Facebook Messenger integ...

Weather nerds, rejoice.The National Weather Service announced on Monday that it will soon stop using all-caps style in its weather broadcasts, ending a long-standing but frequently mocked holdover tha...

Tesla Motors is voluntarily recalling 2,700 Model X SUVs over safety concerns its third-row seat could move forward during a crash. SEE ALSO: The world is ready for the Model 3. Is Tesla?Accordin...

Samsung's upcoming Galaxy Note 6, the stylus-equipped phablet, will be waterproof and dustproof to IP68 certification, SamMobile claims. Launched in February, Samsung's Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge flag...

Someone modified a Glock to look like a Nintendo Zapper, but we only showed you photos of the device when we first reported it. Now there is actual footage of the modified gun in use, by none other th...

Friday night was a big moment for Alibaba, when the company’s artificial intelligence made its public debut. It wasn’t at a university or a tech conference — it was as the ...

If you were looking forward to the Apple Watch 2.0 in 2016, a well-known analyst has just thrown a nice bucket of ice-cold water on the ideaAccording to Apple Insider, KGI Securities analyst and Apple...

Our bot-filled future is rapidly approaching. Facebook's annual developer conference, F8, is set to kick off Tuesday with an opening keynote from CEO Mark Zuckerberg. SEE ALSO: An exploding ...

The Priv, BlackBerry's best smartphone in a decade, has not helped the struggling smartphone company rebound.BlackBerry sold just 600,000 of the Priv, which runs Android, between January and March. CE...

This '60s era Corvette Grand Sport is not a restoration job or a replica, instead it's a certified continuation of the original car. That means it's actually a 1965 Corvette racecar built in 2016, but...

Science Channel's nightly news series is getting a high-profile visitor this week.Mashable has learned that President Barack Obama is set to act as a guest presenter for five editions of the...

Lytro has only just begun its mission to become a leader in professional VR cameras, but it's already looking to disrupt regular film production, too.The Lytro Cinema camera puts the company's fancy l...

LONDON — Getting up for a wee in the middle of the night can feel like traversing an obstacle course in complete darkness.SEE ALSO: A pizza night light exists to make your cheesy dreams come tru...

Can't wait for tomorrow's unveiling of HTC's upcoming flagship? A leaked promotional video (below) will give you a very good look at the HTC 10 in all its metallic glory. The video, posted on Twi...

Google's fiber-optic broadband service, Google Fiber, has grabbed headlines for offering gigabit Internet for as low as $70 per month, but it also has a 5Mbit/s, free option for users willing to pay f...

Yes, there are plenty of travel apps out there, but occasionally you might journey to regions where getting from A to B is more important than finding the city's best croissant.Travelling in outback A...

If you want to see how well you’re writing, the free text-analyzer Expresso will give you a detailed breakdown of whatever you give it. SEE ALSO: Cleartext only lets you write wit...

Getting old sucks, just ask Kobe Bryant. But that doesn't mean we can't have a little fun at the basketball star's expense.Apple debuted a new ad for its fourth-generation Apple TV Sunday, starri...

With WhatsApp stepping up its encryption and new developments in Apple's fight with the FBI, you may have missed some of this week's best new appsSee also: Congress could force Apple to build an iPhon...

Japan will begin testing a program that will allow tourists to pay for goods using only their fingerprints, according to The Yomiuri Shimbun, a Japanese newspaper.The Japanese government is hopin...

A large number of users claim they have not been able to access their Yahoo email accounts for most of SaturdayThe reports of problems appear to have begun early Saturday morning, with no public annou...

UPDATE: Sunday, April 10, 3:25 p.m. ET: A Yahoo spokesperson contacted Mashable regarding the reported email outages and confirmed that the issue mostly impacted UK users."We are aware that Yahoo Mail...

Someone went and created a real gun based on the fake gun used in Nintendo's Duck Hunt gameThe result? A very cool looking but dangerous weapon sporting a bit of gaming nostalgiaSee also: Horrifying o...

Japan will begin testing a program that will allow tourists to pay for goods using only their fingerprints, according to The Yomiuri Shimbun, a Japanese newspaper.The Japanese government is hopin...

Google recently put up its Boston Dynamics robotics unit up for sale, but that doesn't mean that the company is getting out of the automaton businessA new bipedal robot from Google's Schaft robotics w...

A large number of users claim they have not been able to access their Yahoo email accounts for most of SaturdayThe reports of problems appear to have begun early Saturday morning, with no public annou...

UPDATE: Sunday, April 10, 3:25 p.m. ET: A Yahoo spokesperson contacted Mashable regarding the reported email outages and confirmed that the issue mostly impacted UK users."We are aware that Yahoo Mail...

It’s been a little more than a year since we collectively discovered our passion for personal live broadcasting on Twitter – mostly thanks to Meerkat. It’s no small irony that, today...

Someone went and created a real gun based on the fake gun used in Nintendo's Duck Hunt gameThe result? A very cool looking but dangerous weapon sporting a bit of gaming nostalgiaSee also: Horrifying o...

By attracting over 325,000 pre-orders in just three days, Tesla proved unequivocally that the world is ready for the Model 3.But is Tesla ready for the mass-market long-range EV?SEE ALSO: What it's li...

Video: Joshua Seftel, Pat Seftel, Rob ChapmanThis mom may still have a flip phone, but she knows a thing or two about more recent phone tech. She's even talked to Siri! Featuring Pat Seftel and Joshua...

By combining technologies from the 19th century and the 21st century, the iBobber brings an interesting twist to fishing with sonar and app connectivity.The iBobber is a bobber you can attach to your ...

Video: Joshua Seftel, Pat Seftel, Rob ChapmanThis mom may still have a flip phone, but she knows a thing or two about more recent phone tech. She's even talked to Siri! Featuring Pat Seftel and Joshua...

By combining technologies from the 19th century and the 21st century, the iBobber brings an interesting twist to fishing with sonar and app connectivity.The iBobber is a bobber you can attach to your ...

Activity trackers like Fitbit are common for monitoring steps taken and distance covered, but these devices are increasingly becoming instrumental in painting a bigger picture of overall health —...

The government still wants into that iPhone. No, the other iPhone.The Department of Justice has formally told the courts that it still needs Apple's help to access the iPhone in a Brooklyn drug case. ...

Some might say that you never really need a Lamborghini. Those people might also state that no one needs an amphibious car either.Certainly, though, even those naysayers can agree that every...

As we’ve said, the battle between Apple and the FBI is just the beginning of a broader debate about device security and national securityExperts and participants on both sides of the issue have ...

A watermelon and several hundred rubber bands just helped prove why Facebook is betting so heavily on live video.More than 800,00 people tuned in to a Facebook Live Friday to watch as two BuzzFeed sta...

Drones, by definition, are unmanned aerial vehicles. But what happens when a drone is big and powerful enough to carry a person, can it still be considered a drone? For these purposes, we'll call...

Let's hope autonomous cars like the heat.SEE ALSO: 7 people who are perfectly happy to wait 2 years for their Tesla Model 3Capitalizing on the area's opportunities for extreme temperature testing, Goo...

Activity trackers like Fitbit are common for monitoring steps taken and distance covered, but these devices are increasingly becoming instrumental in painting a bigger picture of overall health —...

Some might say that you never really need a Lamborghini. Those people might also state that no one needs an amphibious car either.Certainly, though, even those naysayers can agree that every...

The government still wants into that iPhone. No, the other iPhone.The Department of Justice has formally told the courts that it still needs Apple's help to access the iPhone in a Brooklyn drug case. ...

It's a glorious time. Both the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive have finally shipped to consumersVirtual reality, more than any other gadget, is something that you can't fathom until you put a headset on and ...

Since the beginning, Apple Watch has attempted to align itself with fashion and technology, insisting its creation is a beautiful standalone timepiece. To nail this message, the Cupertino-based b...

An Indian college student has won a case against Indian marketplace Snapdeal after it refused to deliver an iPhone 5S that he had ordered at a discounted price of Rs 68 ($1)See also: How to trick your...

A watermelon and several hundred rubber bands just helped prove why Facebook is betting so heavily on live video.More than 800,00 people tuned in to a Facebook Live Friday to watch as two BuzzFeed sta...

Activity trackers like Fitbit are common for monitoring steps taken and distance covered, but these devices are increasingly becoming instrumental in painting a bigger picture of overall health —...

The touch-sensitive trackpad on Apple's MacBook computers is already pretty large, but can you imagine a MacBook which replaces the entire keyboard with one giant touchpad?Judging from a patent filed ...

WhatsApp's decision to encrypt all chats and calls for its one billion users across the world by default earlier this week, may have made the popular messaging app illegal in India.See also: WhatsApp ...

Toyota's Setsuna concept is more than an all-wood roadster concept. The Japanese automaker claims it's a time machine, too.SEE ALSO: The original Jeep was patented 75 years ago todayNo, that doesn't m...

One week into the pre-order process, Tesla Motors says it has received more than 325,000 fully refundable pre-orders for its mass-market Model 3. That's more cars than it has ever produced.SEE ALSO: 7...

One week into the pre-order process, Tesla Motors says it has received more than 325,000 fully refundable pre-orders for its mass-market Model 3. That's more cars than it has ever produced.SEE ALSO: 7...

Google Chrome on OS X is getting rid of its extraneous in-house push notifications in favor of integrating into Apple’s Notification Center, The Next Web noticed on Wednesday.SEE ALSO: Google is...

It's hard to believe, but America's most iconic 4x4 is turning 75 today.SEE ALSO: Missing the Defender? Land Rover can now sell you a factory-restored 1948 Series IOn April 7th, 1942, the U.S. Patent ...

Toyota's Setsuna concept is more than an all-wood roadster concept. The Japanese automaker claims it's a time machine, too.SEE ALSO: The original Jeep was patented 75 years ago todayNo, that doesn't m...

Making new friends isn't easy when you're an adult, especially when you're in a new city. Gone are the days of amplitude school events and social functions to help you find your next BFF. But there ma...

For his new music video, J Views is letting you control the tempo. The first video of its kind, "#Almostforgot" is completely controlled by the viewer's own heart; the song's tempo as well as the...

Making friends in New York City can be tough. I moved here three years ago for graduate school and didn’t know a single person. I’ve managed to cobble together a wonderful group of pe...

Don’t worry iPhone owners, the iPhone hack the FBI bought from a third-party technology company will not work on any other iPhone models.Probably. Maybe.SEE ALSO: Apple-FBI battle is over but Si...

Remember when, in October 2014, Reddit bought the unofficial Reddit mobile app Alien Blue? Even though the app was quickly relaunched, that was the first step towards Reddit launching its own official...

It's hard to believe, but America's most iconic 4x4 is turning 75 today.SEE ALSO: Missing the Defender? Land Rover can now sell you a factory-restored 1948 Series IOn April 7th, 1942, the U.S. Patent ...

Raking leaves is so much fun, let's make a game out of it. This must've been what Tiger Electronics thought in 1991 when they created "Mickey & Friends." Definitely pre-game boy, questionably pre-...

Raking leaves is so much fun, let's make a game out of it. This must've been what Tiger Electronics thought in 1991 when they created "Mickey & Friends" Tiger handheld game. Definitely pre-Game Bo...

Making new friends isn't easy when you're an adult, especially when you're in a new city. Gone are the days of amplitude school events and social functions to help you find your next BFF. But there ma...

For his new music video, J Views is letting you control the tempo. The first video of its kind, "#Almostforgot" is completely controlled by the viewer's own heart; the song's tempo as well as the...

Don’t worry iPhone owners, the iPhone hack the FBI bought from a third-party technology company will not work on any other iPhone models.Probably. Maybe.SEE ALSO: Apple-FBI battle is over but Si...

Raking leaves is so much fun, let's make a game out of it. This must've been what Tiger Electronics thought in 1991 when they created "Mickey & Friends" Tiger handheld game. Definitely pre-Game Bo...

There are plans for a new zoo to be built in western Sydney, but first, students and technology buffs will get to hack it.Sydney Zoo, which is set to sit on a 16.5-hectare (40.8-acre) site i...

China wants to lead the way on self-driving cars. And Volvo is here to help.SEE ALSO: Three autonomous Mercedes-Benz trucks just platooned across EuropeVolvo Cars announced in Beijing, China Thursday ...

Australians want data. Lots of it.The country consumed about 50 percent more data in the last three months of 2015 than in the same period in 2014, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistic...

In a society where an affair is just a right-swipe away, snooping through your partner's phone can be tempting.While most people would argue that creating a dialogue around trust is preferable, a cont...

Reddit users now have better blocking tools for dealing with harassment.The new “block user” feature was announced Wednesday and its the latest measure Reddit has implemented to change its...

You know what’s cooler than printing robot parts on a 3D printer? Printing the whole freaking robot.Scientists at Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Computer Science and Artificial Intellig...

Land Rover discontinued the production of its iconic Defender model in late January. However, you can now buy one of its factory-restored predecessors, the Series I, from the British company.SEE ALSO:...

The Taco Bell gods keep on giving.The chain announced Wednesday it's testing TacoBot, a bot for Slack that allows users to order meals from within the chat application. The company is currently testin...

Forget a license to kill. Thanks to Enterprise, you can drive like James Bond for a day with just a license to drive.SEE ALSO: 7 people who are perfectly happy to wait 2 years for their Tesl...

Bringing us one step closer to the day when computers compete directly with humans in the arts, a new painting has been created using software to mimic the style of a masterThe painting, titled "The N...

Schools in the U.S. may soon be testing a new fitness tracker from Adidas in kindergarten through high school gym classes to keep track of the health of its students. Back in 2015, Adidas announc...

Publishers are continuously looking for new ways to expand their reach. One sure bet? Video.Even Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg recognizes this. Discussing the company’s performance last ye...

Reddit users now have better blocking tools for dealing with harassment.The new “block user” feature was announced Wednesday and its the latest measure Reddit has implemented to change its...

Doctors perform hundreds of thousands of knee surgeries every year, often to replace damaged or worn cartilage. The techniques for performing these surgeries today may be about to change, thanks to ne...

The medium of virtual reality is just beginning to blossom and developers are experimenting with how to take advantage of the technology. There have been first-person video games, immersive films and ...

The only thing worse than flying in economy is the small low-res TVs that are built into the back of the seats. Bluntly speaking: They're terrible.The French company Thales wants to reinvent the ...

The HTC Vive is here, and like any new piece of technology, it's a giant pain in the ass to set up.The tiniest mistake can send you spiraling into a day-long troubleshooting hole. Even once you have i...

The Oscars of the plane cabin, the Crystal Cabin Awards, were held in Hamburg on Tuesday night. This is as gala a gala event as you get in aviation. It’s not the Oscars, but then airlines and th...

It's no secret that dual rear camera smartphones are "in" right now — LG's G5 is one, plus Apple's upcoming iPhone 7 is rumored to have similar technology — and Huawei is not one to be lef...

LOS ANGELES — As the popularity of live streaming continues to climb, Facebook announced Wednesday that it's adding new features to Facebook Live.Now users will have the ability to go live in Fa...

Forget race car driving — professional drone racing is here and it's more intense than you can even imagine. The Drone Racing League is a professional drone racing circuit with a series of globa...

If you can remember trying to make a cellphone call in the '90s, then … congratulations!You remember the joys of searching for enough bars on that little LCD screen to phone home, hoping you did...

Probably for the first time ever, I can say that I've disassembled a phone faster than the folks at iFixit, whose regular teardowns of gadgets usually come within hours they hit the market. The p...

These are the twilight hours of 2G. The old mobile phone network, which many of us spent our youth in the '90s texting and playing Snake, is slowly getting phased out in Australia.The country's bigges...

Well, that was fast. Less than 24 hours after it was picked up by the media, the iOS security flaw which let anyone access a locked iPhone 6S/6S Plus contacts and photos without a password was fixed &...

Even when you're a fully-fledged adult, you sometimes just wish your mum or dad would pick you up from whichever awful party you find yourself at on Saturday night. If a new initiative from Uber ...

SINGAPORE — Uber's been experimenting with cash payments in emerging markets, where credit card penetration isn't high, and now it's considering letting riders in developed markets pay with cash...

Now that the HTC Vive is out in the wild, and the in-depth reviews are coming in, the question becomes: What can you really do with it? One of the answers is that you can use the Tilt Brush app to pai...

As Microsoft’s mobile platform continues to bob aimlessly in an ocean of iOS and Android, the company may be delaying its rumored Surface Phone devices until 2017.At least, that’s what a r...

The Amazon Echo is an incredible device, mostly because it lets you use voice commands to do everything from playing music to calling up an Uber to controlling your lights and thermostat.Shrink the Ec...

People get turned on when they touch a robot’s private parts.Let’s digest that for a minute. It’s the conclusion many reached after Stanford University researchers published a new st...

By Saturday, Tesla Motors had secured over 276,000 pre-orders for its new mass-market Model 3.For as shocking — and truly unprecedented — a figure as that is, perhaps even more surprising ...

By Saturday, Tesla Motors had secured over 276,000 pre-orders for its new mass-market Model 3.For as shocking — and truly unprecedented — a figure as that is, perhaps even more surprising ...

In the future, we could all be wearing smart contact lenses, like the ones secret agents use in movies.Samsung has been granted a patent in South Korea for contact lenses with a display that projects ...

While virtual reality offers the promise to step into another world, the current crop of headsets don't really let you step anywhere. You're pretty much sitting on the couch the whole time. The HTC Vi...

WhatsApp just got a whole lot more secure.All of the messages and calls made through the app are now fully encrypted on all its platforms, WhatsApp's founders revealed Tuesday. SEE ALSO: Apple-FB...

One of the challenges of successfully deploying autonomous cars in major, congested cities is the sheer logistical hurdles involved in introducing driverless cars onto streets that in some cases are h...

Dairy farming is one of the biggest industries in Pakistan, with an estimated 42 billion liters of milk production per year. With approximately 63 million animals producing milk and over eight million...

Mercedes' autonomous Actros trucks have been driving on public roads in Germany since last fall. On Monday, however, they rolled into the Netherlands.SEE ALSO: What it's like to ride in the Tesla Mode...

Ask a child how to travel through time and you'll get a simple answer: Use a time machineAsk a physicist, and suddenly you'll start hearing outlandish, seemingly made-up terms like "quark" and "quantu...

Tweets can often spark private conversations on Twitter, though the way to do it wasn't always convenient or obvious (and sometimes involved tedious copying and pasting). Now Twitter is stre...

Imagine you went to your basement and dusted off the laptop or mobile phone that you used in 2002. What would happen if you tried to turn it on? We don’t have to guess. Around the country this e...

Dubai has gained a reputation as both a center for wealth and excess as well as a city where even relatively minor illegal acts can have major consequences. Now one component of the city's enforcement...

Selfie lovers, take notice: Chinese phone manufacturer Oppo has a new device out, and it has a 16-megapixel front camera. The Oppo F1 Plus, as it's called, was launched Tuesday at an event in New...

For years Panasonic's GH4 has been the go-to consumer camera to record high-quality 4K video. But with an MSRP of $1,500 for the camera body, it's still more than what many people are willing to spend...

An Old Hickory bat leans knob-up against the wall, its black barrel tapering up into a bare, pale, wooden grip. It's an ordinary-looking baseball bat — until the lime-green sensor ensconced in t...

I felt a cold sensation on my upper body as I reached into a virtual refrigerator for some equally virtual cheese.The HTC Vive is excellent at conveying a sense of "presence," the abstract VR concept ...

In a bid to promote sustainable and affordable forms of transport, India's Ola Cabs will be introducing electric rickshaws on its app.See also: India's Ola will soon have automatic Wi-Fi on all cabs a...

Roku is finally bringing one of the best features of its set-top box to its smaller streaming stick.The company unveiled an updated version of its Streaming Stick on Tuesday. The new $49.99 device is ...

If only there was a free app to say "I do."A survey of nearly 18,000 brides found couples are shelling out more than ever when it comes to their special day, and mainly use their phones to do the plan...

HP's new Spectre 13.3-inch laptop, running Windows 10, is gorgeous and only weighs 2.45 pounds. At 0.4 of an inch thick — as thick as a AAA battery — it's also the world's thinnest laptop ...

Manila is notorious for its traffic jams, and the Philippine capital is trying to use data to solve the problem.Ride-hailing app Grab announced Tuesday it's working with the World Bank and the Philipp...

Integrating smart technology into our homes makes life better, especially for couplesHowever, while being able to set a mood lighting scheme or turn up the air conditioning on the way home from date n...

How hard is it to bypass an iPhone's lock screen and access the photos and contacts on it even if you don't know the password? If you ask the FBI, it's pretty tough. But a new bug, that works wit...

LONDON — Months after Apple Pay first landed in the UK, Barclays has finally caught up with the rest of the British banking pack. Barclays and Barclaycard customers can use the service with...

OK, Google you win search.According to unsurprising 2015 data released by market survey company Roy Morgan Research, the search engine is well and truly beating its competitors in Australia....

With several major technology brands finally bringing their virtual reality systems to the public this year, many consumers are wondering if these immersive headsets will live up to the hypeOculus Rif...

If you're a fan of Apple's instantly recognizable white drawstring bags, you better start hoarding them. The company may soon begin phasing out all plastic bags in its stores.In an emai...

Nest is dropping support for one of its products on May 15. More than just dropping support, the product will cease to work entirely.The product isn’t one of Nest’s branded lines – i...

Despite implementing a stricter app review process last year, Google still has some work to do when it comes to its developer policies. The company removed an app created by the Taliban from its ...

The wheels of government turn slowly, especially when it comes to technology. So when one branch, the executive, gets an upgrade, it’s worth noting, especially since it's unlikely to happen agai...

We know that Apple's iPhone SE has the guts of an iPhone 6S with the body of an iPhone 5S, but which one holds up better against the elements?Phone warranty company SquareTrade put the ...

Silicon Valley might be losing its sex appeal.Workers in the tech industry are increasingly craving stability and — gasp! — work-life balance over the get-rich-or-die-trying startup cultur...

The United States government paid thousands of dollars to IBM to create software so simple, it could have been created by nearly any beginning-level app developer.Documents obtained through the Freedo...

The United States government paid tens of thousands of dollars to IBM to create software so simple, it could have been created by nearly any beginning-level app developer.Documents obtained through th...

Heads up Kindle fans: A new "top of the line" e-reader will be announced next week, as Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos teased Monday on Twitter.SEE ALSO: Amazon Echo now lets Alexa read Kindle books to youIt...

Apple's largest project ever — the massive spaceship-like Campus 2 — is scheduled to finish construction later this year for an opening in 2017.Last month, Mashable provided an exclusive f...

No one knows how many Amazon Echo devices Amazon has sold, but the number is almost certain to grow now that Amazon is finally selling the always-listening "digital assistant" device in Best Buy, alon...

Shortly after launch, every Apple gadget gets dissected into pieces, and that fate befell Apple's new, 9.7-inch iPad Pro. As it turns out, the most interesting thing about the device's innards is...

Baseball season has officially started, so it's time to whip out some obscure stats to show your devotion to the game. And Siri wants to help you knock it out of the park.Apple’s voice...

In this week's Plugged In, Mashable Tech Correspondent Ray Wong checks out LG's new flagship G5 Android and tells you how it tries to outperform its competitors. The G5 has a premium aluminum design, ...

A 42-year-old designer based in Hong Kong, has fulfilled his childhood dream of building a humanoid robot.And not just any robot, but a female humanoid robot that looks a lot like Hollywood actress, S...

While gamers are definitely excited about the March release of the Oculus Rift headset, virtual reality could do a lot more. For example: Helping scientists build the case for...

Tesla Motors founder and CEO Elon Musk went on a little tweet spree late Sunday, sharing some additional info about the company's upcoming Model 3 car. First, Musk tweeted that Tesla had received...

Tesla Motors founder and CEO Elon Musk went on a little tweet spree late Sunday, sharing some additional info about the company's upcoming Model 3 car. First, Musk tweeted that Tesla had received...

As we reported on Saturday, the most recent flight test by Blue Origin came off without a hitch. And now there's video to prove it.The space flight company, created by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, poste...

Using the Internet to teach your kids about the world can be hit or miss in terms of appropriate content, but a new feature in Google search is a robust tool straight out of Sesame StreetSee also: 'Ki...

Need a jig saw but you're on the go and there are no nearby outlets? Well that's an odd predicament, but don't fret. The Power8 Workshop is here to improve all of your quick DIY projects. Beautif...

It takes a little help from everyone — activists, scientists, engineers and artists — to make the world a better place. And every day, there are new examples of how technology is being use...

Ok, so it's a promotional video, but this race is still a chance to see two truly impressive pieces of technology duke it out.To celebrate a new collaboration between Qantas and Tesla Motors, a Qantas...

To make up for yet another outage on its network, Australia's biggest telecommunications provider offered its customers a day of entirely free mobile data. Thanks to slow and sticky network speeds, ho...

UPDATE: April 3, 2016, 7:03 p.m. AEST As of 4 p.m. AEST, Australians had downloaded more than 1,841 terabytes of data, a Telstra spokesperson confirmed, exceeding the amount consumed on the Feb. 14 fr...

The end of an era is coming: As of June 1, Internet will no longer be capitalized.No, there's no law mandating the change, and the Internet will still be a thing, you'll just start to notice a differe...

Are you ready for a move, but not sure where to go? Well, hem and haw no further. The minds behind a new, free web app called Teleport hope to take the guesswork out of picking your new home city...

With all the news coming out of Microsoft's Build developer conference and Tesla unveiling its Model 3, you may have missed some of this week's best new appsSee also: What it's like to ride in the Tes...

It's happening again: A group of high profile celebrities are flocking to a new electronic transportation gadget, but this is no hoverboardSean "Diddy" Combs, Ray J, Chris Brown, actor Terrance J and ...

Are you ready for a move, but not sure where to go? Well, hem and haw no further. The minds behind a new, free web app called Teleport hope to take the guesswork out of picking your new home city...

It's the battle Chevrolet has been waiting for: Model 3 versus Bolt EV.SEE ALSO: Tesla has brought in $180M (not $7.5B) on Model 3 pre-ordersNo more than a few minutes after Tesla CEO Elon Musk pulled...

Last Updated: Sat., April 2, 2016, 9:00 a.m. ETFor just over five weeks, Apple and the FBI were embroiled in a legal and public relations battle for the ages.At the center of the dispute was an iPhone...

Mashable Fashion Reporter David Yi straps on a SLICKS backpack for a test run around the city. It comes with compartments that neatly fit your suit, so you can transform your look from the street to y...

Whether it’s a notes app to remember your grocery list or a game to feel less frustrated during delays in your commute, you probably use apps on a regular basis. But you probably don't thin...

"I've fallen and I can't get up!"You might remember this phrase from the dramatic and poorly produced medical alert infomercials targeted towards the elderly in the 1980s and '90s. While the stat...

Mashable Fashion Reporter David Yi straps on a SLICKS backpack for a test run around the city. It comes with compartments that neatly fit your suit, so you can transform your look from the street to y...

Dillan Barmache can’t speak, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t have anything to sayIn fact, Dillan has complex and powerful thoughts, and thanks to easily accessible technol...

This week on MashTalk, Lance calls in from Microsoft Build to break down everything Microsoft announced at its annual developer conference, including HoloLens (9:15) and the company's emphasis on bots...

Leave it to Reddit to troll us with a surprisingly funny — and poignant — April Fools' Day prank involving none other than Reddit hero Edward SnowdenSnowden, who frequently weighs in on cu...

Siri has been updated to more appropriately and consistently respond to statements involving sexual assault and abuse, Apple confirmed to ABC News. SEE ALSO: Apple may finally be bringing Siri to the...

Tesla just had an amazing 24 hours — both ahead of and following the unveiling of its mass-market Model 3.However, the upstart EV automaker has not brought in as much cash as the company co-foun...

Jan. 17, 1964The Amphicar is used as a fishing boat by its owner at the start of the salmon fishing season on the River Tay, Scotland.Image: Fox Photos/Getty ImagesA vehicle that promised to revolutio...

T-Mobile wants its users to be able to binge on content at all times — no matter what else is going on.The "un-carrier" launched its new Binge On Up headset on Friday, April 1. The pro...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk introduced prototype versions of the car Thursday night at the company's Los Angeles design studio. Tesla Motors says buyers reserved more than 115,000 Model 3 sedans on Thursday, ...

Depending on who you are, April Fools' Day is either the best day of the year or one of the worst. Every year, brands and companies fall all over themselves to see which can out-do one another.It's en...

Mashable Chief Correspondent Lance Ulanoff traveled to San Francisco, California, to try out the new Microsoft HoloLens Developers Edition. But don't get excited quite yet, because for now, it is only...

Are you carrying your Mii in your pocket yet?Nintendo's first mobile app — the game/social network hybrid Miitomo — came out Thursday. It's weird and quirky, and definitely on-brand for th...

SAN FRANCISCO — HoloLens, Microsoft’s self-contained holographic computer, arrives in developers' hands around the world today, but when they open those exquisitely designed black boxes, t...

The Internet is now officially considered a necessary component of American society after a landmark move by the Federal Communications Commission to provide subsidies for broadband access for low-inc...

It's no joke — today, April 1, is Apple's 40th anniversary. Founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne on April 1, 1976, Apple has transformed from scrappy upstart to one of the most ...

Of all days, LG chose April 1 to launch its video commercial for its upcoming flagship phone, the LG G5. That wouldn't be a problem if the ad wasn't all sorts of weird. It features Jason Statham ...

Here's an April Fools' joke we actually want to be real: Royal Caribbean UK has announced it's building a spaceship called "Orbiter of the Galaxy," which should be taking passengers on space cruises b...

North Korea has officially announced it is blocking Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and South Korean websites in a move underscoring its concern with the spread of online information.The Ministry of Posts ...

Do you want to be as strong as the Mountain? Forget it, it won't happen. No, seriously, there's just no chance whatsoever.But you can get a little stronger than you currently are with HeavyBubbles, a ...

The destruction at the ancient city of Palmyra symbolizes the suffering of the Syrian people at the hands of the terrorist group known as Islamic State (ISIS). Palmyra was a largely Roman city locate...

The destruction at the ancient city of Palmyra symbolizes the suffering of the Syrian people at the hands of the terrorist group known as Islamic State (ISIS). Palmyra was a largely Roman city locate...

LONDON — The thousands of visitors who flock to Abbey Road each year don't get to make it past the front gates, but if you own a Google Cardboard you can now hear and see what happens inside the...

Wireless charging, once a must-have feature for a smartphone, has fallen out of style largely due to slow charging times and competing wireless charging standards.LG Innotek, a division within LG Corp...

Most smartphones are beautiful, smooth and shiny, but that can be a problem when they slip from your hand and shatter into a zillion expensive pieces. Now, OnePlus, known for its sandstoned, text...

For the first time ever, you can visit Pornhub.com during work and not worry about being spotted by your boss. That's because the site is currently called Cornhub, and its front page features not...

Google is a pretty important company, offering pretty important services to a lot of people. So, messing with core functionality of one of their key services, Gmail, just for an April Fools' laugh is ...

What's missing from 360-degree videos? Only one thing. Snoop Dogg. Think about it: Wouldn't you want that friendly face next to you every time you turn around in your virtual reality headset? Now...

Always wanted to hang out with Heston in his restaurant? Or take centre stage on a LGBT Mardi Gras float? Your time has come, you lucky thing.On Friday, amid the dirty swamp of April Fools' Day jokes,...

Instagram was down this morning, and it wasn't very funny.The service was not only unresponsive on mobile: the Instagram website at one point consisted only of a "5xx Server Error" message. Howev...

OK, we admit it: Wearing only gray t-shirts and blue jeans can get a bit tedious. On the other hand, you never have to worry about choosing the right outfit again!That's what H&M's new "Mark Zucke...

OK, we admit it: Wearing only gray t-shirts and blue jeans can get a bit tedious. On the other hand, you never have to worry about choosing the right outfit again!That's what H&M's new "Mark Zucke...

Lexus makes some very fast cars, and let's face it: regular seats just can't keep up with all that speed. So the geniuses at Lexus figured out a way to create a firmer connection between the car ...

Virtual reality headsets are nice, but they have one fatal flaw: They just add another barrier between you and the world. Now, to achieve full immersion, Google has launched a new headset: Google...

HAWTHORNE, California — I've had a terrible flu all week. My body aches, my head is pounding, and my throat feels like it might fall out of my neck.Right now, though, I'm riding in the Tesla Mod...

What good is an electric car if you can't charge it?It's not, which is why Tesla Motors has invested heavily in its superchargers — a network of electric filling stations in various countries th...

Tesla customers have reserved at least 134,000 of its much-anticipated Model 3 electric cars within the first 24 hours of pre-orders.The majority of those orders occurred before the car was even ...

HAWTHORNE, California — The Tesla Model 3, the company's "affordable" mass-market electric vehicle, is finally here.In keeping with virtually every Tesla unveiling to date, Elon Musk took to the...

Tesla is unveiling the much-anticipated Model 3 today at 8:30 p.m. PT (11:30 p.m. ET) at the Tesla Motors design studio in California. If you aren't able to get there tonight, don't worry, Tesla will ...

By now, we all know that Google doesn't mess around on April Fools' Day — especially when it comes to some of its most loved services.This year the company has outfitted Pegman, the orange stick...

While we're still several years away from truly autonomous cars, that doesn't mean your car can't be a little smarter about how you get from point A to point B.BMW debuted Connected, its new app for c...

SAN FRANCISCO — I really didn’t get comfortable with the most recent version of the HoloLens until I got comfortable.I’d traveled to San Francisco, California, ostensibly for the Mic...

A trick to get more storage space on your iPhone has been circulating around the Internet today — but you have to have less than a gig of available space left on your phone to make it work.SEE A...

Just a few hours before Tesla unveils its long-awaited Model 3, the upstart EV automaker's CEO and co-founder, Elon Musk, tweeted several major updates about the online ordering process.Not only has h...

On Thursday, a report from ZDNet claimed Microsoft was planning to build ad blocking right into its new Microsoft Edge web browser. We hate to be the bearer of bad news, but t...

Writers who work on children’s books or are looking for a unique challenge might be intrigued by Cleartext, a barebones text editor for Macs that doesn’t allow you to use anything other th...

Mac users will soon be able to do a lot more with Microsoft Office.Add-ins, extensions that allow third-party apps to run inside Office, will soon roll out to Mac versions of the Office suite. Support...

Apple released iOS 9.3.1 on Thursday with a fix for a bug that was causing iPhones to freeze when users clicked on links within apps.Users started reporting their iPhones were locking up when clicking...

LOS ANGELES — Kevin Hart and Lionsgate want you to LOL.The Santa Monica-based studio announced Thursday that it has partnered up with the comedian and his company, Hartbeat Digital, to laun...

When Apple launched ResearchKit more than a year ago, the promise was to allow people from all over the world to participate in studies for medical research via iPhones and other Apple devices. At the...

SAN FRANCISCO — Smart devices like Amazon Echo and Nest thermostats are only as intelligent as the data behind them. Otherwise, they're just dumb household gadgets. You can put a computer brain ...

Tesla will unveil its mass-market Model 3 to the world Thusday night. Mashable will be front and center when company co-founder and CEO Elon Musk takes the stage at roughly 8:30 p.m. Pacific Time...

Microsoft hasn't given up on Windows Phone just yet, but you wouldn't know it from its Build 2016 developer conferenceEach year, the company welcomes thousands of developers to Build to talk about the...

Wi-Fi passwords aren't only a nuisance; in many cases, they're not even enough to actually protect the network from intruders. But new research from MIT’s Computer Science and Artifici...

After being revealed at Microsoft Build 2016 Mashable Chief Correspondent Lance Ulanoff took time to unbox the brand new Microsoft HoloLens Development Edition. Seeing the package for the first time, ...

The Codeybot dances, plays music, changes colors and even shoots laser beams — all to entice little tykes to start programming.The coding toy from Shenzhen-based startup Makeblock is just t...

In the coming weeks and months, you're going to hear LG boast about all the features that make its new flagship G5 Android phone better than its competitorsThe G5 has a premium aluminum design, Qualco...

In 2001, this wrist camera cost as much as a smartphone does today, but it wasn't really that smart. The Casio WQV-10 was very James-Bond-esque back then. It could tell you the time and take really ti...

You've tried out Google Cardboard or Samsung Gear VR, you've seen those nifty virtual reality experiences, and now you want to create your own and put it on your website. Well, Google just made t...

India's Olacabs is now offering its riders an auto-connect Wi-Fi service that will let them automatically connect to Wi-Fi in a cab after a one-time authentication.See also: Uber gets a taste of its o...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The FBI agreed Wednesday to help an Arkansas prosecutor unlock an iPhone and iPod belonging to two teenagers accused of killing a couple, just days after the federal agency a...

It seems there is no limit to humankind's selfie obsession. After all, this week brought us the British chap who took what he called a selfie with the person who had just hijacked his plane.So of cour...

I'm sorry but, "Robots, start your motors" just doesn't have the same ring to it.Never mind. What the all-autonomous Roborace lacks in human personas and engine noise, its cars easily make up for...

Safe to say, people are *excited* about the Oculus Rift, and that includes taking it apart.It's a slick-looking device, but there are plenty of intricate bits to check out inside. In this teardown, co...

Microsoft officially unveiled the augmented reality headset packaging on Tuesday during the opening keynote for its Build 2016 developers conference. I got a special opportunity to unbox one of the ea...