Articles by Mashable from June 2016

Want to teach your kids or yourself how to code without gluing yourself to a computer screen? Google's new project Bloks might just be the answer. Bloks is a series of high-tech building blocks that w...

Nine years ago today, Apple launched the very first iPhone. But the foundation for its success had actually been laid a year earlier. Ten years ago, in the summer of 2006, Apple had just successfully ...

Hillary Clinton released her tech platform on Tuesday, outlining her vision for technology and innovation in the United States. The platform is comprehensive, addressing topics such as paten...

Amazon's virtual assistant Alexa is pretty good at answering most questions. But if you ask her if the NSA is monitoring you right now? She turns herself off.The NSA is notorious for tapping into vari...

Your favorite emoji can now have a secret meaning. Mozilla, the company behind the Firefox browser, has created a new game that uses emoji to teach people about encryption. SEE ALSO: Bacon, ...

Good cameras are bulky, mostly due to the large lenses required to take high-quality pictures. The technology needed to digitally process photos has shrunk down quite a bit since the first digital cam...

Good cameras are bulky, mostly due to the large lenses required to take high-quality pictures. The technology needed to digitally process photos has shrunk down quite a bit since the first digital cam...

Facebook announced on Wednesday it was making a significant change to the News Feed, favoring posts shared by friends and family over posts from brands and publishers.That means when you visit Faceboo...

Windows 10 Anniversary Update, the no-brainer update for most Windows 10 adoptees, now has a ship date: Aug. 2.Microsoft announced the delivery schedule on Wednesday in a blog post by Microsoft Corp. ...

Okay, this is weird. We've seen videos in which people destroy iPhones, make fun of Apple or attempt to show what an unreleased iPhone might look like. Now there's a video that does all...

If you're looking for a cheap smartphone, Amazon wants your business. The e-commerce giant is slashing prices on some Android phones, with the cheapest model starting at less than $50.The catches? The...

Turns out, the attitude toward driverless cars varies widely from state to state. Go figure.SEE ALSO: 'Panamera' must be German for 'psychic,' because this Porsche can see the futureAccording to a rec...

Using Google's many services — Search, YouTube, Gmail, Maps, etc — leaves behind a lot of information about your daily activities. In June 2015, Google launched a "My Account" dashboard, w...

On what would have been Eddie Mabo's 80th birthday, Google Australia has featured the Australian indigenous rights campaigner as Wednesday's Google Doodle.Born in the Torres Strait Islands in nor...

Even robots need a day off.Jia Jia, China's most famous humanoid robot, who has the ability to blink and nod, malfunctioned on Sunday after a tedious day of work.According to CCTV News, the lifelike J...

Using Google's many services — Search, YouTube, Gmail, Maps, etc — leaves behind a lot of information about your daily activities. In June 2015, Google launched a "My Account" dashboard, w...

Say what you want about the exterior design of the new second-gen Porsche Panamera that debuted Tuesday afternoon in Berlin, Germany. But there's no denying the all-new luxury sports sedan is smart. L...

Say what you want about the exterior design of the new second-gen Porsche Panamera that debuted Tuesday afternoon in Berlin, Germany. But there's no denying the all-new luxury sports sedan is smart. L...

Google's new virtual reality platform is still being prepared for its debut in the fall, but in the meantime the company is leaking out small samples of what the platform can deliver. The la...

Motorola's Moto G series is one of the best-bang-for-your-buck smartphones if you're on a tight budget.The Lenovo-owned company announced on Tuesday its fourth-generation Moto G will finally launch in...

Samsung is on an unbelievable roll.The Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge are its two best smartphones ever, the Gear S2 received rave reviews after Samsung's previous smartwatches flopped, and the Gear ...

The AiraWear hoodie comes with detachable massagers and posture-correctors, and was funded over 200% on Kickstarter. Read more: https://on.mash.to/295uGvX Read more...More about Massage, Hoodie, ...

The list of things Amazon's Alexa can do for you, from shopping to delivering news information, continues to increase almost every month. The latest addition to its skill set is the ability to order a...

Scientists are using facial recognition technology and 360-degree underwater photos to examine the effects of coral bleaching in a speedy and innovative way. New software building on the two can ...

Windows 10 is one the smartest, most consistent and well-thought-out Windows updates in a decade and it pains me to see people rejecting an operating system that would likely improve their digital liv...

Pinterest announced a collection of new tools on Tuesday that aim to make shopping on the site easier, including a visual search tech that lets you shop online for products you discovered offline with...

Pinterest announced a collection of new tools on Tuesday that aim to make shopping on the site easier, including the addition of visual search tech that lets you shop online for products you discovere...

This spring, text messages got a lot more private. In April, the world’s most popular messaging service, WhatsApp, announced it would use end-to-end encryption by default for all users, making i...

The original mission of Amazon's Kindle to make reading e-books as easy as reading print books just took another major step forward with the introduction of a new feature called Page FlipSEE ALSO: Che...

Attention technology lovers: you can finally enjoy your favorite emoji while swimming.Emoji pool floats have arrived to fill the hole in our hearts that appears whenever we have to put down our phones...

Wireless earbuds are having a bit of a moment. Everyone from Samsung to Jaybird to Apollo are coming out with earbuds you pop in your ears, no wires required. But the new Here One earbuds from Do...

Amazon Dash Buttons are finally tackling the most important human needs: toys.The online retailer has added 50 new brands to its press-to-order Amazon Prime program. The latest Dash Buttons include do...

The Spectre, HP's latest luxe laptop, is a beauty to behold. It's also the thinnest laptop we've ever seen, with a thickness of just 0.41 inches. That's thinner than all of Apple's laptops, inclu...

LONDON — Holding my phone high in the air, I tilt my head to one side and channel my best Kylie Jenner pout. Naturally, it'd be remiss not to add a filter, so I tap and hold before choosing one....

Googling for song lyrics has become a tiny bit easier, as Google has partnered with lyric licensing service LyricFind to display lyrics of popular songs on top of the search results. LyricFind an...

While we've been hearing a lot about 3D-printed structures, this two-storey villa located in Beijing, China, is impressive if it lives up to its claims.The 400-square-metre house, with walls as thick ...

It looks like an eyeball on three legs, and it is now yours to own.On Tuesday, Samsung launched its new camera, Samsung Gear 360, in Australia. The device, which is able to capture 360-degre...

Increasing its dedication to early learning through technology, Google has announced Project Bloks, a tool designed to get children started on the path to programming and making cool gadgets.SEE ALSO:...

Sometimes vehicles will be too big and heavy to make them ideal candidates for full electrification. That doesn't mean, though, they can't be powered solely by electricity.Proving that point, Sweden &...

Google is mining photos from a satellite launched in 2013 to create a better, cloud-free image of Earth from above.The newest mosaic is an updated version of one produced in 2013. The new version was ...

When "dieselgate" first broke late last year, Volkswagen set aside roughly $7.3 billion to pay for the scandal worldwide. Turns out, it might cost the automaker more than double that figure to settle ...

Uber and Pandora are teaming up to put a little music in your ride.The streaming radio app announced Monday that it will now be integrated directly into the Uber app, with no ads and no subscription n...

SINGAPORE — Starting Tuesday local time, most Android users in Singapore will be able to link their credit cards to their phones and tap to pay at retail outlets on the island.This makes Singapo...

Sharing photos and videos has always been an essential part of Facebook — being able to see your friends and family is a lot more appealing than reading about them.SEE ALSO: Geneva: The story of...

Increasing its dedication to early learning through technology, Google has announced Project Bloks, a tool designed to get children started on the path to programming and making cool gadgets.SEE ALSO:...

Sometimes vehicles will be too big and heavy to make them ideal candidates for full electrification. That doesn't mean, though, they can't be powered solely by electricity.Proving that point, Sweden &...

Google is mining photos from a satellite launched in 2013 to create a better, cloud-free image of Earth from above.The newest mosaic is an updated version of one produced in 2013. The new version was ...

When "dieselgate" first broke late last year, Volkswagen set aside roughly $7.3 billion to pay for the scandal worldwide. Turns out, it might cost the automaker more than double that figure to settle ...

Samsung bet correctly on virtual reality with the Gear VR and now the headset has become the best way to get a mobile VR experience.But what's next? There's no guarantee that any rising tech trend wil...

Twitter is introducing #Stickers, a new feature that lets you add tiny drawings or symbols — including silly hats and emoji — to the photos you tweet.SEE ALSO: Catch up on Twitter's top tw...

Cozmo is busy celebrating. It’s bouncing on its tank-like treads, demonstrating that this little robot is the least gracious of winners.It’s also incredibly cute and, in my brief experienc...

Twitter is introducing #Stickers, a new feature that lets you add tiny drawings or symbols — including silly hats and emoji — to the photos you tweet.SEE ALSO: Catch up on Twitter's top tw...

A lot has changed since 2013.Three years ago, it was hard to image the tech and tech-habits that are now normal today. These innovations have become intrinsic parts of our lives today and have changed...

Since 2010, Google has showcased the stock Android experience with its line of Nexus phones and tablets, the latest of which are the Nexus 5X and the Nexus 6P. But those phones aren't actually ma...

A hacker group has briefly overtaken the Quora account of Google CEO Sundar Pichai, which also enabled them to post on his Twitter. "We are just testing your security," the hackers tweeted from P...

If you've always wanted to brew your own beer, today is a good day. BrewArt is an Australian personal brewing system that aims to get first-timers making their own brewery quality beer, as N...

A lot has changed since 2013.Three years ago, it was hard to image the tech and tech-habits that are now normal today. These innovations have become intrinsic parts of our lives today and have changed...

I've seen pocket printers that print your smartphone photos out onto digital ink-less paper, but I had no idea there were ones that printed your digital photos onto instant film.Riding the wave o...

Just over a week ago, the Ford GT won its class at the 24 Hour of Le Mans race in France.This impressive achievement came 50 years after the Ford GT40 Mark II, the predecessor to the 2017 GT, took the...

Although X-Men leader Cyclops doesn't get much screen time in the movies, he has one of the coolest mutant powers: force beams from his eyes, held in check by a special ruby visorOne particularly adve...

Going beyond recording the now-standard aspects of what we’ve come to expect from a smart scale — weight and body mass index — Withings's latest smart scale, the $179 Body Cardio,
...

I've seen pocket printers that print your smartphone photos out onto digital ink-less paper, but I had no idea there were ones that printed your digital photos onto instant film.Riding the wave o...

As Tim Cook and others from Apple prepared to join in Sunday's annual Pride parade in San Francisco, the company gave employees a special, limited-edition rainbow-colored watch band to commemorate the...

You would think when you do a "factory reset" and agree to erase everything on your Android device that all of your data would be wiped out for good. But you'd be wrong.As many researchers have discov...

Take a moment to look at your emoji keyboard. Scroll through the angry face, ghost, stiletto, doughnut, flashlight and cigarette until you reach the hearts. There it is: love. Amid the munda...

Smartphones can be dangerous. Not because they may potentially cause cancer (that's a valid concern), but because people are so glued to them and often not looking at what they're walking into on...

Chances are, if something sounds too good to be true, it probably is.That seemed to be the case for the Freedom 251, the world's cheapest smartphone, announced in February. Ringing Bells, the Indian c...

Fingerprint scanners are an excellent way to secure your smartphone from hackers (or prying partners). But as we've seen before, if someone really wanted to break into your device and steal your data,...

With the House of Representatives sit-in blowing up social media and Instagram introducing new video channels, you may have missed some of this week's latest app news.SEE ALSO: Here's what the 'i...

The iPhone 7 (or whatever it will be called) will be boring. Based on leaks from the shadiest tech blogs to well-known publications like the Wall Street Journal, the general consensus is that thi...

There are two things your iPhone will run out of quickly: battery life and storage. Getting more power is easy — just get a battery case or a portable battery pack or turn on Low Poer Mode....

I thought big phones were stupid when Samsung introduced the Galaxy Note in 2011 and created this whole phablet (shudder) trend.I still think big phones are ridiculous. But where phablets with 5.5- to...

The iPhone 7 (or whatever it will be called) will be boring. Based on leaks from the shadiest tech blogs to well-known publications like the Wall Street Journal, the general consensus is that thi...

I thought big phones were stupid when Samsung introduced the Galaxy Note in 2011 and created this whole phablet (shudder) trend.I still think big phones are ridiculous. But where phablets with 5.5- to...

Twitter is silently rolling out a new feature for precise locations on tweets, so now some users can see where tweets were tweeted from without opening them up for a detailed view.SEE ALSO: Twitter's ...

President Barack Obama joined Mark Zuckerberg and other entrepreneurs from around the world for a panel presentation on Friday at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Silicon Valley to disc...

Tesla Motors has reportedly signed a non-binding agreement with Chinese government-owned company Jinqiao Group to construct a Tesla production plant in the city of Shanghai.All told, the investment co...

BlackBerry announced its first quarterly earnings on Thursday for fiscal year 2017, and although the results themselves were fairly flat (which was actually better than Wall Street was predicting), it...

KFC India just released a new meal box that refuels you and your phone. However, the Watt a Box is not available for sale. These limited-edition boxes can only be won through a week-lon...

Driverless car tech isn't just for consumers or the trucking industry. The military can benefit, too.SEE ALSO: Kill the pedestrian or the passenger? The complicated ethics of self-driving cars.The Mic...

The nickname of the Nissan GT-R is "Godzilla." Now that Mercedes has its own GT R, this begs the question: What — or who — is the German equivalent of Godzilla? I reckon it's David Ha...

In this episode of MashTalk, Pete, Christina and Lance discuss Mark Zuckerberg's paranoia (1:00) — he might not be THAT paranoid — before diving into how Siri works on macOS Sierra (9:05) ...

You may soon be able to download some of your favorite shows and movies from Netflix if rumors swirling around the streaming service are true.SEE ALSO: Netflix has tons of hidden categories ̵...

When booking a ride with Uber, you know approximately how much you'll pay in the end, but not the exact amount. That's going to change soon: On Thursday, Uber announced it's expanding its upfront fare...

Australian cable company Foxtel and Roadshow Films want sites that allow Australians to pirate films and TV shows blocked, but they'd rather not pay for it.Passed in 2015, the Copyright Amendment (Onl...

Apple is discontinuing its Thunderbolt Display. That means, for now, Apple is no longer in the external monitor business.The 27-inch flat panel computer monitor has been sold by Apple since 2011, when...

If $1,000 in gift cards wasn't enough to satiate irked Volkswagen diesel owners, do you think $7,000 will do the trick?SEE ALSO: Volvo's new S90 and V90 R-Design models are both luxurious and sportyOn...

Windows 10 is unequivocally Microsoft's best operating system release in years. That's not saying much since Windows 8 was a huge mess, and Windows 10 is basically an open admission that jettison...

When Apple unveiled its own version of the stylus in 2015, the Apple Pencil, it wasn't the most exciting development to come from the company. After all, we've all seen styluses before.Now it looks li...

Like the rest of us, Siri is obsessed with Game of Thrones. In the lead-up to the season 6 GoT finale, Siri is offering some fun comments you can enjoy whether you're a denizen of Westeros or som...

What do you get when you combine Escape the Room with a vehicle test drive? It turns out, a lot of fun.If you’re not familiar, Escape the Room is a real-world puzzle game where teams of users ha...

PC makers have been trying to replicate the MacBook Air for years with little success.Alternatives — including 2-in-1 convertibles, transformers and touchscreens — have intrigued cust...

Stanford University researchers are testing software that is meant to help autistic children with social cues. The Google Glass software reads the emotions on people's faces, then tells the user what ...

Warning: Looking at your smartphone while lying in bed at night could wreak havoc on your vision.Two women went temporarily blind from constantly checking their phones in the dark, say doctors who are...

As Democrats began a sit-in Wednesday morning to protest the lack of action on gun control legislation, the House of Representatives went into recess. Recess means no TV cameras allowed in t...

It was history and I was struggling to find a place to see it unfold. The U.S. House of Representative's Democrats were staging a sit-in—the first of its kind in this video-driven digital a...

Imagine this scenario: You’re driving down the road when suddenly, out of nowhere, a lone pedestrian jumps into your path. The road is narrow and walled in by a barrier on either side, so your o...

Instagram wants you to watch more video.The company is adding new topic-based video channels to the "explore" section of the app. The channels, which will be labeled as "picked for you," will surface ...

In this week's episode of Throwback Tech, we take a look at the Swatch Beats watch that never caught on. The Swiss watch company's invention runs on Internet time, but no it wasn't referring to h...

Millennials raised on Star Trek the Next Generation are convinced that all future space travelers communicate via little Federation badges on their chests. They are wrong.Decades before Captain P...

Lenovo had it right from the start — and Samsung wants a piece of the action.For years now, Lenovo's Yoga 2-in-1 laptops have attracted customers with screens that can flipped all...

Starting next month, Instagram will offer users translated versions of posts and bios written in languages other than their own, the company has announced. The translations will work similar to t...

Chinese company Xiaomi is launching an electric-powered folding bicycle for the country's congested city roads. Mi QiCycle Electric Folding Bike hasn't been developed by Xiaomi itself, but b...

Volvo, you're killing me with these new cars. They're stunning.SEE ALSO: Dodge announces end of Viper production on model's 25th anniversaryVolvo Cars revealed two new models Wednesday morning: The V9...

Sites like Pirate Bay are one step closer to being blocked in Australia, just as soon as anyone can figure out the meaning of "online location."In Sydney Thursday, the court heard arguments from Foxte...

Lenovo had it right from the start — and Samsung wants a piece of the action.For years now, Lenovo's Yoga 2-in-1 laptops have attracted customers with screens that can flipped all...

Since buying the virtual reality company Oculus, maker of the Oculus Rift, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has made it very clear that the acquisition wasn't simply an experiment...

Getting a small child to brush their teeth can feel like hosting a nightly WWE wrestling match in your bathroom. But the new icon-based Octopus watch for kids ages 3 to 8 aims to help with this and ot...

Mashable's Senior Tech Correspondent Christina Warren gives you a first look at macOS Sierra, Apple's latest operating system for Mac. It launches fall 2016 as a free download for most users. The publ...

The Chuck Taylor from Converse has always been popular with rock stars. Now, embedded technology has made the sneaker even more useful to musicians. The Converse All Wah literally puts a guitar w...

When Mark Zuckerberg recently posted a photo with his computer in the background, it revealed his paranoia about hackers tapping into not only his webcam, but his microphone, too.SEE ALSO: NFL Twitter...

When Mark Zuckerberg recently posted a photo with his computer in the background, it revealed his paranoia about hackers tapping into not only his webcam, but his microphone, too.SEE ALSO: NFL Twitter...

Yesterday, the Japanese business world was rocked when it was announced that would-be successor to Masayoshi Son, Nikesh Arora, would not be taking over the top spot at Softbank and is instead leaving...

Samsung sure is taking its sweet time to launch its ball-shaped Gear 360 camera in the U.S.The Korean electronics giant launched the 360 camera in South Korea and Singapore in late April and has been ...

Chinese-backed Tesla rival Faraday Future (or FF, as it likes to be called) has reportedly received the green light from California to test driverless cars in the state.SEE ALSO: Tesla just opene...

Dropbox's app just got a lot more useful. As part of a larger update to increase productivity features, the company has added document-scanning capabilities to its iOS app.SEE ALSO: Dropbox ...

If Mark Zuckerberg is covering up his webcam at work, does that mean we should all be following suit and covering up our webcams too?Yes.SEE ALSO: Photo reveals that even Mark Zuckerberg puts tape ove...

Despite what science-fiction wisdom says, talking to your computer is not normal. Sitting in the middle of a modern, open floor-plan office and saying "Hello, Computer," will garner some head-turns an...

This fall, Mac users will have a lot to get excited about in the macOS Sierra update. The latest version of Apple’s desktop operating system has a new name (more on that below) an...

You are looking at a picture of a car, a Bentley Mulsanne to be specific.The gold and black sedan was photographed cruising along the iconic Golden Gate Bridge in California.SEE ALSO: Google's ne...

YouTube suffered a major outage this morning that appeared to affect most of its users worldwide. Although the site was back up again within the hour, it marks the first major outage for the Google-ow...

YouTube suffered a major outage this morning that appeared to affect most of its users worldwide. Although the site was back up again within the hour, it marks the first major outage for the Google-ow...

The white Amazon Kindle e-reader is back.Almost two months after Amazon rocked the e-reader world with a completely rethought Kindle Oasis, the company is, as of Wednesday, offering a considerably mor...

A few months after India banned Facebook's Free Basics platform for violating net neutrality, Indian carrier Idea has launched an "Internet For All" program that gives away one month of free access to...

On Tuesday morning, a drone carrying abortion pills was flown from the Republic of Ireland to Northern Ireland in an act of defiance and solidarity. In both countries obtaining and taking abortio...

YouTube suffered a major outage this morning that appeared to affect most of its users worldwide. Although the site was back up again within the hour, it marks the first major outage for the Google-ow...

Despite what science-fiction wisdom says, talking to your computer is not normal. Sitting in the middle of a modern, open floor-plan office and saying "Hello, Computer," will garner some head-turns an...

It may be best known for the BB-8, but Sphero's robotic toys have uses well beyond Star Wars.Aspect Hunter School in Sydney, Australia is a school for children on the autism spectrum. The sc...

The 2016 Australian election campaign has so far been the political equivalent of chipping off old nail polish. It seems only right it be accompanied by the most banal of content: The badly-shot Faceb...

Seems like just yesterday when 7-speeds in an automatic transmission seemed like too many gears.SEE ALSO: Dodge announces end of Viper production on model's 25th anniversaryFord's desert-racing F-150 ...

Your options are extremely limited if you want a flagship smartphone that's also rugged.There's only one real tough phone to consider: the Samsung Galaxy S7 Active. That's it. Every other rugged smart...

Facebook's live streaming platform is proving to be a significant source of cash for some media companies.  The social network is paying out more than $50 million to publishers and celebrities wh...

Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg has been increasingly willing to share moments from his family and work life.But a photo he posted on Tuesday, intended to promote Instagram's user milest...

The Ninebot by Segway miniPRO is not a hoverboard. Instead, it’s a true descendant of the original revolution in personal transportation, the Segway.Fifteen years ago, dungaree-wearing inventor ...

The passion and fire of Steve Jobs is the gift that keeps on givingUnfortunately for Silicon Valley darlings the Golden State Warriors, the Apple founder's words served as fuel for LeBron James a...

Seems like just yesterday when 7-speeds in an automatic transmission seemed like too many gears.SEE ALSO: Dodge announces end of Viper production on model's 25th anniversaryFord's desert-racing F-150 ...

Your options are extremely limited if you want a flagship smartphone that's also rugged.There's only one real tough phone to consider: the Samsung Galaxy S7 Active. That's it. Every other rugged smart...

Facebook's live streaming platform is proving to be a significant source of cash for some media companies.  The social network is paying out more than $50 million to publishers and celebrities wh...

The Dodge Viper lived fast and will die young. Dodge announced Tuesday morning that it has created five new special-edition Viper models to mark the car's 25th anniversary. It also announced that...

Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg has been increasingly willing to share moments from his family and work life.But a photo he posted on Tuesday, intended to promote Instagram's user milest...

Tesla’s Model S might just help you live out your James Bond fantasies. Even though Tesla's CEO Elon Musk does not recommend it, the car "floats well enough to turn into a boat for sho...

If you thought the clothes at Nordstrom were expensive, just wait until see how much the electric cars are going for.SEE ALSO: BMW plans to turn old i3 EV batteries into home energy storage systemsTes...

SINGAPORE — Getting massaged all day by a jacket you can wear sounds like an insane genius idea.It's just crazy enough to have won Tware, the Singaporean startup behind the AiraWear jacket, more...

The U.S. government just grounded delivery drones.The good news is commercial drone flight in the U.S. has its first set of operational rules, which were released on Tuesday from the Department of Tra...

Live video is coming to Tumblr! However, the social blogging service isn’t bringing out its own live video platform — instead it's partnering with YouNow, YouTube, Kanvas and Upclose ...

Ultimate Ears's UE Boom 2 and UE Megaboom, two of the most popular portable Bluetooth speakers around, are getting an upgrade to make them more like Amazon's Alexa-equipped Tap.A new software update f...

The days of the 30-second restriction for videos on Twitter are over, Twitter announced on Tuesday alongside other coming changes to videos on the platform.SEE ALSO: Twitter's best tweets du...

When your BMW i3's battery finally conks out, you can use it at home as an energy storage system.SEE ALSO: Porsche employee calls Tesla's Ludicrous mode a 'facade,' report saysElectric vehicles' lithi...

Instagram has reached a new milestone. The photo sharing app now counts more than 500 million monthly active users, up from 400 million in September, Instagram announced Tuesday.SEE ALSO: Dear mi...

Toyota's new Prius plug-in hybrid might be eco-friendly, but apparently it's not safety-friendly — at least, not enough for American roadways.SEE ALSO: Acura's all-electric NSX concept is more a...

Two-factor authentication, while basically essential for protecting important aspects of your online life nowadays, can also be annoying, especially if you juggle a lot of accounts. Usually, the ...

The iPhone has one of the best smartphone cameras out there. The only thing holding it back? Its fixed lens.Committed iPhone photographers have long recommended adding an external lens. Olloclip,...

At the beginning of this year, Google launched what it calls "the largest public Wi-Fi project in the world", with the aim of setting up free Wi-Fi networks at 400 train stations in India. Five m...

Australian energy company, AGL, will provide customers who own electric vehicles, such as a Tesla, all-you-can-consume electricity for A$1 per day.The company's CEO Andy Vesey announced the new i...

The end of the line might be near for Apple's legacy, non-Retina MacBook Pro. According to Apple Insider, the device is being pulled from showfloors in multiple stores in the U.S. While not very ...

You can now use Apple Pay to withdraw cash from a number of ATMs offered by Bank of America. It's a major addition to the Apple Pay network as Bank of America is the second largest bank in the U.SSEE ...

An app that claimed to help rescue refugees has been removed from Apple'e App Store following reports that it doesn't actually work the way its creators claimed.The app, called I Sea, said it was brin...

Googling your symptoms may not be such a bad idea after all.The search giant is updating its apps to make it easier to find information about health conditions when you search for specific symptoms.SE...

"Belong Anywhere" — for no fewer than 30 days.A bill just passed by the New York legislature makes it illegal for a person to advertise an entire home on websites like Airbnb for 29 days or less...

Last year, when Pebble announced its Time smartwatch lineup, the company showed off straps with built-in accessories that could interact with the watch body. "Smart Straps," the company called th...

Tesla's Ludicrous mode is a facade? Those, my friends, are fighting words.SEE ALSO: Make your old Tesla Model S look like the new one with this aftermarket fasciaPorsche is working on a Porsche-punchi...

Picture a mural transforming before your eyes. You would assume it must be digital, a projected image, but you look closely and see that it’s not. It’s a painting that is being changed by ...

Nearly everyone assumes the modern teen is internet obsessed.Sure, 92% of teenagers report going online daily — including 24% who say they go online “almost constantly” — accor...

There's a new supercomputer in town, and it has topped every other supercomputer on the planet.The new Chinese supercomputer, dubbed the Sunway TaihuLight, was in the first slot on the Top500...

Buckle up.Hosted by former kid genius, Tahj Mowry, and served up by a partnership between PepsiCo and Mashable Studios, Season 1 of Innovation Download took viewers across the country in search of the...

Bone-conduction headphones essentially work by vibrating sound through your skull and into your inner ear. It's like something out of a sci-fi movie if you've never tried them before.While not new tec...

Following the news that a Tesla Model S owner successfully drove the car through a flooded tunnel in Kazakhstan, Elon Musk revealed on Twitter that the Model S actually floats "well enough to turn it ...

Microsoft has been in the operating system game for decades, but now it's making a move in the web browser wars. Microsoft Edge, the first new browser interface and engine of this decade, comes w...

Earlier this month, Acura announced it was taking three versions of its NSX supercar to the 100th running of the Pikes Peak Hillclimb in Colorado.In that same announcement, the Japanese luxury automak...

Earlier this month, Acura announced it was taking three versions of its NSX supercar to the 100th running of the Pikes Peak Hillclimb in Colorado.In that same announcement, the Japanese luxury automak...

Months after the FBI hacked into the iPhone by cracking Apple's encryption code, India's Delhi Police is trying to get the technology to unlock the company's devices. Indian cops are also in touch wit...

If you were wowed by Intel's recently released 10-core desktop processor, you'll likely appreciate the efforts of a team of researchers at the University of California, who created what they claim to ...

Bone-conduction headphones essentially work by vibrating sound through your skull and into your inner ear. It's like something out of a sci-fi movie if you've never tried them before.While not new tec...

Microsoft has been in the operating system game for decades, but now it's making a move in the web browser wars. Microsoft Edge, the first new browser interface and engine of this decade, comes w...

During last year's NBA Finals, Cavaliers guard J.R. Smith introduced many fans to the hoverboard, a tech flourish that some criticized him for as a potential lack of focus on the game, which they ulti...

With Apple's news-filled WWDC and trying to figure out what to get your dad for Father's Day, you may have missed some of this week's best new apps.SEE ALSO: Can emoji and 'invisible ink' make Apple's...

The MINI Cooper gets a decidedly futuristic new look in a video released this week for a concept vehicle the company calls MINI Vision Next 100What's immediately apparent is that the car is personaliz...

With Apple's news-filled WWDC and trying to figure out what to get your dad for Father's Day, you may have missed some of this week's best new apps.SEE ALSO: Can emoji and 'invisible ink' make Apple's...

You can now ask Siri to search for YouTube videos on your Apple TV. This new feature, which was highlighted onstage at this week's WWDC, was expected to roll out this summer. But it's availa...

How Germany defines automotive performance could be in for a big change.SEE ALSO: Rolls-Royce concept uses an AI assistant and (projected) red carpet to make your commute luxuriousGerman Deputy E...

Wish your old Tesla Model S looked like the new, refreshed one? Well, there's a Tesla tuning company with a replacement fascia to help.SEE ALSO: This driverless car can harness the power of IBM Watson...

The next emoji update will be two characters short of what was originally planned — the result of a "late stage" change, according to the organization overseeing the symbols. Now, a new report s...

Apple is one of the biggest targets when it comes to Chinese smartphone knockoffs — it's not uncommon to hear about a device being sold overseas that looks strikingly similar to the iPhone. ...

Finally, someone on public transit you'll actually enjoy talking to.SEE ALSO: Rolls-Royce concept uses an AI assistant and (projected) red carpet to make your commute luxuriousLocal Motors, creators o...

You can now ask Siri to search for YouTube videos on your Apple TV. This new feature, which was highlighted onstage at this week's WWDC, was expected to roll out this summer. But it's availa...

In this episode of MashTalk, Lance, Pete and I do a deep dive on WWDC and everything Apple announced.SEE ALSO: Apple's 2016 WWDC event in under 90 secondsWe start off offering our take on the keynote ...

Wish your old Tesla Model S looked like the new, refreshed one? Well, there's a Tesla tuning company with a replacement fascia to help.SEE ALSO: This driverless car can harness the power of IBM Watson...

At Google I/O last month, Google announced plans to bring Android apps to select Chromebooks via the Google Play Store. Most consumers won't be able to get Android apps in Chrome OS until th...

The little kid inside you is going to go crazy for the L3D Cube. The light-up device has different settings to fit your mood and even has a function that interacts with music. Read more...More about L...

Apple is one of the biggest targets when it comes to Chinese smartphone knockoffs — it's not uncommon to hear about a device being sold overseas that looks strikingly similar to the iPhone. ...

Two new patents from Apple reveal some potential new features that could land on the Apple Watch in the future: a camera and a couple extra buttons.SEE ALSO: Here's what the 'i' in iPhone meansThe two...

LONDON — I'm sitting in a packed theatre on the opening night of a sellout production. It's a night I've been looking forward to for months, but right now I'm more interested in my phone.SEE ALS...

Beijing authorities have banned the sale of Apple's iPhone 6 and 6 Plus phones because they apparently too closely resemble handsets from a little-known Chinese manufacturer. According to the Wal...

A good dad will tell you the joy of fatherhood is reward enough for them.They’re lying, of course.Dads love Father’s Day, that one-time-a-year when everyone in the family pays attention to...

Google started its Android Security Rewards program in June 2015, awarding money to researchers finding vulnerabilities in Android as well as Nexus phones and tablets. One year later, the company...

Two new patents from Apple reveal some potential new features that could land on the Apple Watch in the future: a camera and a couple extra buttons.SEE ALSO: Here's what the 'i' in iPhone meansThe two...

It was meant to be a bit of high-tech showmanship for Australia's prime minister, but as it turns out, the Internet cares not for Malcolm Turnbull's electoral ambitions.On Friday evening, the leaders ...

SINGAPORE — Another day, another player in the iPhone clip-on lens gameBut one Singaporean startup took more than three years to perfect its premium lens, and it's ready to show us what has take...

Elon Musk isn't afraid to admit when things go wrong. The SpaceX founder tweeted out a video on Thursday of the company's rocket crashing as it attempted to land on a drone ship in the Atlantic O...

If you're over having to launch Chrome to search for argument-winning trivia answers while messaging with friends, Google has you covered.Gboard, its new keyboard purpose-built for the smartphone, com...

Still on the fence when it comes to virtual reality? Sony is looking to entice you into buying its VR headset with an early test drive. PlayStation VR will appear in 30 Best Buy and Gamestop loca...

What might the future of luxury mobility look like? Rolls-Royce just gave us a pretty good idea.SEE ALSO: Mercedes Drive Pilot isn't as precise as Tesla Autopilot, and that's OKIn London, England on T...

The Facebook Messenger app is about to be updated with a new design that also makes its inbox smarter.SEE ALSO: How to play Facebook Messenger's hidden soccer minigameThe new look, which rolls ou...

Another veil of mystery fell away from "mixed reality" company Magic Leap on Thursday as it announced a strategic partnership with Lucasfilm, the company behind the Star Wars franchiseAnd to kick that...

Tomy's Dingbot from the '80s is a battery operated bot that just beeps and bumps into objects like a Roomba, but it's not as cool since it doesn't actually clean your floorsThough this vintage toy is ...

Lego and Ford have teamed up to create an impressively detailed Lego model of Ford's latest GT supercar participating in the 24 Hours of Le Mans race. This year marks the 50th anniversary the Ford GT4...

With one eye on the road and another on a tiny green steering wheel icon emblazoned on the display in front of me, I watched as the all-new 2017 Mercedes-Benz E-Class drifted across the yellow lane ma...

With one eye on the road and another on a tiny green steering wheel icon emblazoned on the display in front of me, I watched as the all-new 2017 Mercedes-Benz E-Class drifted across the yellow lane ma...

If there was any doubt that artificial intelligence is the future of technology, look no further than Google. It's making a major commitment to Machine Learning (perhaps the only form of AI that matte...

When LG announced its new X series of "specialist" smartphones in February, saying each device would focus on precisely one key feature, it wasn't kidding. After launching two such phones in March ...

Apple wasn't kidding: iOS 10 is going to be a huuuge release with a boatload of new useful features.From a revamped Messages experience, to third-party app integration with Siri, to improved Photos, t...

With one eye on the road and another on a tiny green steering wheel icon emblazoned on the display in front of me, I watched as the all-new 2017 Mercedes-Benz E-Class drifted across the yellow lane ma...

If there was any doubt that artificial intelligence is the future of technology, look no further than Google. It's making a major commitment to Machine Learning (perhaps the only form of AI that matte...

In May, Twitter started testing a dedicated Periscope button with a small percentage of Android users (a small group of iOS users got it in early June). On Wednesday, Twitter announced the featur...

The next major version of Android, Android N, still doesn't have a name, but (based on all previous versions' names) we know the "N" will stand for some sort of sweet treat, right?Not so fast. In the ...

Video must be doing well on Facebook, because an executive at the company just predicted that's all Facebook will be in five years.SEE ALSO: Facebook just became a much better place to share 360 photo...

The GoBone is a new kind of dog toy that'll keep your dog very busy, even while you're away. It's a smart bone that moves on wheels. Users can let it roam on its own, or control it with a smartphone. ...

Your Apple Watch is about to get the nearest thing to a brain transplant this fall.Apple’s watchOS 3, (announced on Monday at WWDC 2016) represents a fundamental rethinking of Apple’s only...

Watching Hulu in virtual reality got a lot easier on Wednesday after the company announced its VR app would support the Oculus Rift. SEE ALSO: Who will win the VR console war?After a delayed...

We rely on tech products daily, and expect constant evolution. Without improved effectiveness and user experience, tech innovations quickly become outdated. Imagine if Apple went a year without an iOS...

Apple was granted a patent Tuesday for a device with a curved, wraparound glass display, and it looks a lot like an iPhone.SEE ALSO: Here's what the 'i' in iPhone meansIn the patent, Apple describes h...

New homebuyers today have many things to choose from: wood floors or tile, granite or stainless steel countertops, central air or window units. But later this year, you'll be able to decide if you wan...

What do you call a plug-in hybrid that you don't have to plug in? No, really, I want to know.Mercedes announced on Monday that it "should" have wireless inductive charging ready for the 2017 model yea...

Facebook Messenger has a new hidden game, and it may be even more addicting than the basketball one.In honor of Copa América and Euro 2016, Facebook has updated its Messenger app with a mini socc...

Video must be doing well on Facebook, because an executive at the company just predicted that's all Facebook will be in five years.SEE ALSO: Facebook just became a much better place to share 360 photo...

This would have never happened if Steve Jobs was still alive. I've heard and seen this phrase overused since the Apple co-founder and former CEO passed in 2011. Everything software-related at App...

This would have never happened if Steve Jobs was still alive. I've heard and seen this phrase overused since the Apple co-founder and former CEO passed in 2011. Everything software-related at App...

Around a year ago, we told you about the most uniquely designed smartphone we've seen in ages: The Runcible circular phone from Monohm. On Wednesday, the company announced that this quirky l...

The iPhone's home button could see its biggest change yet on the iPhone 7.The latest rumor suggests the iPhone 7, which won't be a radical departure, could come with a touch-sensitive home button that...

Google Chrome's development team announced in May that the browser will stop showing Flash content without prior user approval, except for a few top sites such as YouTube and Facebook. Now, with ...

At WWDC on Monday, Apple unveiled the next version of tvOS, its operating system for the fourth-generation Apple TVThe latest Apple TV is only eight and a half months old, so the changes coming to the...

At WWDC on Monday, Apple unveiled the next version of tvOS, its operating system for the fourth-generation Apple TVThe latest Apple TV is only eight and a half months old, so the changes coming to the...

In the past two weeks, I’ve crashed two drones, both of them broken beyond repair.Prior to ruining them, my flying record was impeccable. A DJI Inspire 1 and a Parrot Bebop both survived ou...

One of the best-received news coming out of the WWDC was Apple's decision to finally let users uninstall its iOS stock apps. While some crucial apps, such as Messages and Phone, will still be und...

Samsung Pay launched in Australia Wednesday, but it will need a few more banking partners before it replaces my wallet.To begin with, only customers with cards issued by American Express or those with...

More than eight months after Apple Pay launched in Australia, Samsung Pay has arrived and it's trying to make nice with the local banks.The mobile payments service is now available on compatible ...

iMessage will soon be a lot more expressive.Apple's Messages app is slated for a massive overhaul in iOS 10. Among the planned features: stickers, doodles, handwritten messages, "invisible ink," custo...

I live in a constant state of fear that my iPhone will run out of juice. I keep charging cables all over my house, I always scan cafes and airport lounges for available power outlets, and I almost nev...

SAN FRANCISCO — Anyone who was at Apple's 2016 World Wide Developers Conference keynote will tell you it was jam-packed with software platform information. But it was also notable for ...

Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg made a surprise appearance on Facebook Live on Tuesday, opening himself up to random user questions covering a wide range of topics. However, just when the...

Tired of switching back and forth between Facebook Messenger and SMS on your Android? On Tuesday, Facebook announced that the Messenger app now supports SMS messaging. That means Androi...

Like seldom read Terms and Conditions text, App Store guidelines are an important but usually boring read. But Apple just changed all that by turning its App Store review guidelines into an amazingly ...

June is the month of dads and grads, and this year Facebook is ready to help you celebrate Father's Day.Last month, Facebook celebrated Mother's Day with a new purple flower reaction; this month,...

Despite the fascinating experiences offered by virtual reality, it can also be nerve-wracking — especially when you're worried about crashing into real-world objects while twirling around in a v...

Apple's WWDC 2016 keynote was jam-packed. While all of Apple's platforms will receive big updates this fall through software updates, iOS 10 was arguably the most important one, if only because t...

Oh Twitter, will you ever be able to make us happy? In a move that will make narcissists everywhere rejoice, Twitter now allows you to retweet your own tweets, which is great and all, but everyon...

Apple announced big updates to its two major operating systems at WWDC, both coming to customers this fall: iOS 10 and macOS Sierra. If you don't want to wait till then, there's a way you can get in o...

It's always way more fun to root for the underdogs. The little guys with fewer resources. They're the guys who fight the hardest to keep the lights on because it's truly shoot for the moon or go bust....

Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg made a surprise appearance on Facebook Live on Tuesday, opening himself up to random user questions covering a wide range of topics. However, just when the...

MALTA — Thanks to a newly launched app, people all over the world can give a crucial contribution to charities and NGOs involved in the rescue of refugees in the Mediterranean Sea. I Sea is...

In this week's episode of Plugged In, Mashable Tech Correspondent Ray Wong gives you the low down on the Apollo 7 earbuds. They don't come with any fancy features on other wireless earbuds; Bragi's Da...

Like seldom read Terms and Conditions text, App Store guidelines are an important but usually boring read. But Apple just changed all that by turning its App Store review guidelines into an amazingly ...

The auditory Turing test has been defeated.When MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab researchers showed videos of a drumstick hitting and brushing through various objects, subjects wer...

From Siri, to Sierra, to emoji, Apple rolled out a ton of updates at the Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday. If you missed the event, catch all the updates from the Cupertino-based company abov...

With iOS 10, your phone will suggest which phrase or address you might want to use next in a message. Your Maps app will show you restaurants nearby you'd probably want to visit, and the Photos a...

When the Fender Electric Instrument Manufacturing Company launched in 1946 in a sleepy suburb of Fullerton, California, little did it know how much of an imprint Fender the brand would ...

Apple's WWDC 2016 keynote was jam-packed. While all of Apple's platforms will receive big updates this fall through software updates, iOS 10 was arguably the most important one, if only because t...

Apple announced big updates to its two major operating systems at WWDC, both coming to customers this fall: iOS 10 and macOS Sierra. If you don't want to wait till then, there's a way you can get in o...

A newspaper ad in India has leaked the closely-guarded price of Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus' new flagship smartphone, the OnePlus 3, before its global launch event. The phone will be priced at Rs...

Apple unveiled the next version of iOS, called iOS 10, at WWDC on Monday. Tim Cook took to the stage to call it "the mother of all releases."The mobile operating system adds new features to Mess...

A newspaper ad in India has leaked the closely-guarded price of Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus' new flagship smartphone, the OnePlus 3, before its global launch event. The phone will be priced at Rs...

It was probably the most exciting bit of Apple news that Apple didn't trumpet at its WWDC keynote Monday: As of the launch of iOS 10 this fall, you will finally be able to delete most of the company's...

SAN FRANCISCO — Was Siri the secret star of the World Wide Developer's Conference Keynote?At first blush, I'd say no. There was no moment where Apple CEO Tim Cook declared it the most important ...

You've all seen the Apple Watch's app screen before. Even though the device has only been out for a year, the Apple Watch's app cloud has become iconic — the face of the smartwatch — ...

Apple is finally fixing one of the most annoying features of iOS.The next version of iOS will allow you to delete the vast majority of pre-installed stock apps from your iPhone and iPad. SEE ALSO...

Apple ended the 2016 WWDC with an inspiring boost directed toward those looking to becoming coders by introducing Swift Playgrounds, a free tool designed to make it easier for people to learn cod...

Apple announced a lot of news at the 2016 Worldwide Developers Conference keynote on Monday. Here's a summary of all the big news.macOS SierraApple announced a big update to OS X, which is now rebrand...

Apple is making it easier to manage HomeKit devices.The company introduced a new app, called Home, that will allow people to manage their HomeKit-enabled devices from their iPhone, iPad and Apple TV.&...

Apple is making it easier to manage HomeKit devices.The company introduced a new app, called Home, that will allow people to manage their HomeKit-enabled devices from their iPhone, iPad and Apple TV.&...

The Messages app is getting a ton of new features in iOS 10.At WWDC, Apple senior vice president of Software Engineering Craig Federighi showed a number of new additions to the Messages app including ...

Despite months of varying complaints about Apple Music, the service has nevertheless garnered a healthy following, well over 15 million paid subscribers according to Apple. On Monday, Apple announced...

The next version of iOS has arrived.Apple revealed iOS 10, which brings huge improvements to Siri and the iPhone's lock screen, during its World Wide Developer Conference in San Francisco Monday. ...

The next version of iOS has arrived.Apple revealed iOS 10, which brings huge improvements to Siri, iMessage and the iPhone's lock screen, during its World Wide Developer Conference in San Francisco Mo...

Apple on Monday announced that Siri, the iPhone's digital voice assistant, is coming to the Mac.SEE ALSO: Why it's so important Apple takes Siri to the next levelSiri will be part of the upcoming vers...

Apple on Monday announced major updates to its Siri digital voice assistant. Not only is Siri coming to the Mac, but Apple is also introducing a software development kit (SDK) for Siri, so developers ...

OS X is dead. Long live macOS.At its annual Worldwide Developer Conference on Monday, Apple announced macOS Sierra, the next version of its computer operating system for Macs shipping this fall as a f...

OS X is dead. Long live macOS.At its annual Worldwide Developer Conference on Monday, Apple announced macOS Sierra, the next version of its computer operating system for Macs shipping this fall as a f...

Apple didn't forget about the Apple TV.The company announced tvOS 2 is coming to fourth-generation Apple TV media streaming boxes at WWDC 2016.SEE ALSO: Welcome back, Apple TV. It's been a while.There...

Apple didn't forget about the Apple TV.The company announced tvOS 2 is coming to fourth-generation Apple TV media streaming boxes at WWDC 2016. Among other new features, Apple TV will no longer be a h...

Apple dived right into the 2016 WWDC by taking the wraps off watchOS 3, the operating system that drives the Apple Watch.SEE ALSO: Live from Apple's WWDC 2016 keynoteFirst they demonstrated how much f...

Apple announced that the App Store now has more than 2 million apps available to download.The stats were highlighted at the company's WWDC on Monday.Since the App Store launched 8 years ago, people ha...

Before talking about any of the products lined up for debut, Apple CEO Tim Cook kicked off the 2016 WWDC with a moment of silence for the victims of the attack in Orlando on Sunday nightOffering Apple...

Mercedes is poised to become way greener than Tesla.SEE ALSO: Regulators looking into claims Tesla silenced safety complaintsHistorically, in the green energy-powered vehicle hierarchy, there have bee...

Apparently the one-click order, popularized by Amazon to allow consumers to skip the shopping cart and payment-input process during online shopping, wasn't easy enough for Domino's. On Thursday, the p...

Add this to the long list of iPhone 7 rumors: Apple may replace the Space Gray color with a dark blue (navy) model.The rumor is from Japanese Apple fan blog Macotara, which has a semi-accurate history...

Apple is kicking off its 2016 Worldwide Developers Conference Monday at 10 a.m. PT (1 p.m. ET) where it will be announcing news and updates around its products, likely including Siri, Apple Music and ...

Among the thousands of developers attending Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), Anvitha Vijay holds the distinction of being the youngest attendee. The nine-year-old from Melbourne ...

Once upon a time, BlackBerry devices were prized by government officials for their security features, but those days are long gone. Today, the once mighty device has fallen so far out of favor that ev...

Welcome to the Software Show.Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference is the Cupertino tech giant’s once-a-year paean to its vast network of third-party developers who, for the most part, b...

With Lenovo surprising the world with bendable gadgets and fake Apple employees stealing iPhones from Apple Stores, you may have missed some of this week's best new apps.SEE ALSO: Facebook just b...

The solar-powered Solar Impulse 2 airplane made it to New York City in the wee hours of Saturday morning, concluding the last leg of its United States trip in a bid to fly around the world.The experim...

No, the app business isn't dying.Newly published research suggests that app downloads are dramatically slowing both in the United States and abroad, causing some to suggest the App Store gold rush may...

The ends of sentences today are often lacking in periods, purposefully left open to appendage, response or silence. We avoid hitting the period key whenever possible, because periods don't just end se...

Major changes are coming to the App Store. Later this fall, developers will be able to buy search ads for keywords in the App Store (similar to what Google already does).But the biggest news is that a...

Did Google manipulate search for presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton? Is this a conspiracy?!Not likely. And no.We're asking these questions because online viral video site SourceFed be...

When a high-profile Twitter account gets hacked, people take notice. When a whole bunch of them get hacked in the span of a few days, and one of the users is known to have used "dadada" as his passwor...

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If you believe there is an apocalypse a-brewin', you're going to want Mercedes' G550 4x4² as your chariot of choice. Trust me on this.Mercedes-Benz announced Thursday that it will be bringing the...

In this week's episode of MashTalk, Lance, Christina and Pete discuss what we expect to see at WWDC (and what we don't expect), the changes happening at Nest and offer up a PSA for using a good Twitte...

Apple can't get much respect from the government lately.Months after the company fought a tense legal battle with the FBI over iPhone security, the Democratic leader in the U.S. House of Representativ...

In the race to build the ultimate personal voice assistant, Apple had a running start. But instead of running hard for the past five years, Apple slowed into a steady trot, seemingly unconcerned about...

In this week's episode of MashTalk, Lance, Christina and Pete discuss what we expect to see at WWDC (and what we don't expect), the changes happening at Nest and offer up a PSA for using a good Twitte...

After breaking up over four years ago, I recently began Snapchatting my ex-boyfriend, Matt.Despite living mere subway stops apart for the past year, I hadn’t seen him in almost three years; that...

In the race to build the ultimate personal voice assistant, Apple had a running start. But instead of running hard for the past five years, Apple slowed into a steady trot, seemingly unconcerned about...

The world will have to wait for a while to see India's cities and landscapes on Google Street View. The Indian government has rejected Google's plans to include India in its 360-degreesstreet-mapping ...

The recently leaked database containing nearly 33 million Twitter login credentials, including passwords in plain text, is definitely the real deal.In a blog post Friday, Twitter confirmed it started ...

YouTube has introduce a new 'Smart Offline' feature in India to make downloading videos more convenient and cost-effective. Users can now schedule video downloads at night, when mobile data is at...

Finally, a non-gold color might enter the iPhone world. According to Japan's Macotakara, which quotes sources from China's supply chain, the iPhone 7 will come in blue, while the Space Gray color...

It's finally here.More than two years after Google first showed us a concept of what a 3D-sensing smartphone could look like, Lenovo has revealed the first consumer smartphone that takes full advantag...

A couple weeks before Lenovo Tech World, Motorola caused a stir when it teased the event with a video celebrating the Razr —leading to much speculation the company was planning to revive the fli...

Philips announced a new Sonicare electric toothbrush called the FlexCare Platinum Connected, which connects to your smartphone. It's a smart toothbrush, and it claims to help you make sure you're brus...

A man dressed like an Apple store employee waltzed into the company's New York City SoHo location and used the disguise to make off with 19 iPhones, worth over $16,000.SEE ALSO: Apple's retail chief r...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is reviewing customer complaints over faulty suspension on the Tesla Model S.SEE ALSO: Acura is going racing with its all-electric, all-wheel dr...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is reviewing customer complaints over faulty suspension on the Tesla Model S.SEE ALSO: Acura is going racing with its all-electric, all-wheel dr...

Space tourism isn't affordable yet, but that doesn't mean you can't catch a glimpse of what it's like to be aboard the International Space Station (ISS).SEE ALSO: An astronaut and cosmonaut float...

At the debut of Panorama — Goldenvoices's music, art and technology festival on Randall's Island in New York that's being dubbed "Coachella of the East" — festivalgoers will be dazzled by ...

Turns out, the Acura NSX has a few other tricks up its sleeve.SEE ALSO: LAPD selects BMW i3 — not Tesla Model S — as its EV of choiceAcura revealed Thursday morning that it is going racing...

The Tesla Model S just got slightly less expensive.Tesla revealed two new variants of the Model S on Thursday morning, the 60 and the 60D. The rear-wheel-drive 60 starts at $66,000, while the all-whee...

The Tesla Model S just got slightly less expensive.Tesla revealed two new variants of the Model S on Thursday morning, the 60 and the 60D. The rear-wheel-drive 60 starts at $66,000, while the all-whee...

Motorola is making its unique mark on the smartphone market with the Moto Z and Moto Z Force, which will be available in the U.S. this summer and globally in September. The new phones were announced a...

Motorola is making its unique mark on the smartphone market with the Moto Z and Moto Z Force, which will be available in the U.S. this summer and globally in September. The new phones were announced a...

Money can't buy everything, but when you're super rich, it can sure get you a lot.Sure, you can your millions or billions of dollars and invest in gold, diamonds or other shiny things, or can we ...

The first smartphone equipped with Google's novel 3D-scanning technology is finally here.Lenovo unveiled the Phab2 Pro, the first flagship Project Tango smartphone, on Thursday at the company's Tech W...

Instead of putting your smartphone away in your pocket, Lenovo wants you to bend your phone around your wrist.SEE ALSO: This foldable screen could make smartphones exciting againYouTube personality Me...

Instead of putting your smartphone away in your pocket, Lenovo wants you to bend your phone around your wrist.SEE ALSO: This foldable screen could make smartphones exciting againYouTube personality Me...

At the debut of Panorama — Goldenvoices's music, art and technology festival on Randall's Island in New York that's being dubbed "Coachella of the East" — festivalgoers will be dazzled by ...

Facebook wants you to take a look around.As it announced in May, Facebook is now rolling out support for 360 photos in the News Feed, allowing users to view as well as upload pictures taken with 360-d...

The Tesla Model S just got slightly less expensive.Tesla revealed two new variants of the Model S on Thursday morning, the 60 and the 60D. The rear-wheel-drive 60 starts at $66,000, while the all-whee...

Even though it feels like we've always been able to shoot video on our phones, that wasn't always the case. Back in 2009, the Kodak Zi8 was the best option for handheld video. This device had both an ...

Money can't buy everything, but when you're super rich, it can sure get you a lot.Sure, you can your millions or billions of dollars and invest in gold, diamonds or other shiny things, or can we ...

We’re just a few days away from Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference, better known as WWDC. Each year, Apple packs developers (and the press) into a crowded theater to show off i...

The first smartphone equipped with Google's novel 3D-scanning technology is finally here.Lenovo unveiled the Phab2 Pro, the first flagship Project Tango smartphone, on Thursday at the company's Tech W...

Instead of putting your smartphone away in your pocket, Lenovo wants you to bend your phone around your wrist.SEE ALSO: This foldable screen could make smartphones exciting againYouTube personality Me...

An omnipresent science-fiction trope of the 20th century, the flying car has never really taken off, and if you ask a nerd these days, she or he is more likely to tell you that self-driving cars, not...

We may be nearing peak Uber.Uber, the ride hailing company, will now be able to help prop up all of those on-demand "Uber for x" startups.SEE ALSO: Uber for failure: How on-demand startups crash and b...

Elon Musk is Iron Man. OK, we don't really know that, but among all the multi-billionaires young enough to fly around in a high-tech metal suit, he's the most likely candidate. And now he's dropped ye...

Twitter's account hacking woes aren't about to end any time soon. Days after a number of prominent Twitter accounts got hacked — including those belonging to musicians Katy Perry ...

Despite the hype, drones may be only one small part of the future of post.Speaking Wednesday at the Drones For Good panel held during Sydney's Vivid festival, Dirk van Lammeren, general manager of sma...

After penning a deal with Google, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) is reportedly in talks with Uber, too.SEE ALSO: 21 million driverless cars could be on the road by 2035, report saysFCA is exploring a...

Driverless car technology could take hold faster than expected.SEE ALSO: Bosch's driverless parking system handles complex parking with easeAnalyst organization IHS Automotive increased its estimate o...

LONDON — Cycling in London can be a pretty scary experience. Sometimes, it can prove a fatal one.SEE ALSO: Rev up your ride with this electric-powered front wheelIn fact, 432 cyclists were serio...

Southern California law enforcement just got a bit greener.SEE ALSO: Bosch's driverless parking system handles complex parking with easeThe Los Angeles Police Department awarded BMW with the contract ...

A Hackintosh is what you get when you "hack" a non-Mac computer to run Mac OS X. It's not too difficult to figure out if you want to do it yourself, but if you want to run Android on your iPhone, you'...

Ford fans might want to look away for this.SEE ALSO: Michael Bay tweets picture of new 'Transformers' BumblebeeChevrolet released a strength comparison test Wednesday morning of its Silverado pickup v...

The dream of Americans flying inside a drone just moved one step closer.Ehang 184, the eponymous giant, 500-pound drone first introduced at CES 2016 in Las Vegas, is returning to Nevada for potential ...

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Star Trek franchise and to celebrate, an interactive mobile museum documenting the science fiction property's legacy is set to debut in New YorkSEE ALSO: HP...

Everyone knows about the hoverboards that roll around on the ground, but what about real, flying hoverboards? The Flyboard by Zapata Racing recorded the longest ever flight with a flying hoverboard. F...

Ahead of WWDC 2016, Apple is changing how the App Store works, introducing new paid-subscription options for apps as well as paid search ads.First up, Apple says it's committed to improving its app re...

Twitter is under attack. To be fair, so is virtually every other online service. However, the number of hacked high-profile Twitter accounts is reaching epidemic proportions, with mischief-makers hija...

Live long and play basketball.It's not exactly what Star Trek's pointy-eared Vulcan had in mind when he raised his hand in the now-familiar Vulcan salute, but surely he'd appreciate the sentiment...

SINGAPORE — Often, what separates the pros from amateurs when photographing under challenging situations is having the technical knowhow to get the shot.Astrophotography pretty much ranks up the...

Uber rides in Mumbai are about to get a lot more entertaining. Passengers can now listen to songs on the Spotify-like Indian music streaming app Gaana by connecting their phones to the cab's speakers ...

The French government has released a mobile app that will alert the public in case of a suspected terrorist attack.SEE ALSO: French national arrested in Ukraine 'planned Euro 2016 attacks'The app, nam...

Forget insect-repelling sprays, lotions, coils and machines. South Korean electronics company LG has launched a new TV in India, which claims to drive pesky mosquitoes away without any sound or odour....

SpaceX first managed to successfully land the first stage of its Falcon 9 rocket back on dry land in 2015, and in 2016, the company repeated the feat three times in much tougher conditions, landing th...

Carlo Ratti is not a fan of the term "smart city."For the director of MIT's SENSEable City Lab, who was in Sydney, Australia, for the Media Architecture Biennale, the term favours technology...

Carlo Ratti is not a fan of the term "smart city."The director of MIT's SENSEable City Lab believes the term favours technology over people. In his view, the emphasis should be on using new digit...

Your app doesn't need to look R-rated to get thrown out of the App Store. That's the lesson learned by the creators of La Petite Mort, an app that describes itself as an "abstract erotic mus...

So much mystery has cloaked the heavily funded startup known as Magic Leap that nearly any tidbit of information sets off a new round of speculationThe latest morsel slipping from behind the company's...

Remember Apple's Live Photos, the GIF-like images that capture a bit of motion in addition to your still image? Well, they are about to get a whole lot better,Google just introduced a new app that not...

Don’t be me. When I look at my beautiful daughter, I see a face – or rather I don’t see it – hidden behind a small rectangular screen. The iPhone is her constant companion and ...

Don’t be me. When I look at my beautiful daughter, I see a face – or rather I don’t see it – hidden behind a small rectangular screen. The iPhone is her constant companion and ...

If you love the McLaren 675LT Spider but wish it were constructed entirely from carbon fiber, you're in luck. Well, at least you would be, if you already agreed to buy one.SEE ALSO: Nissan topped...

Bosch's new automated driverless car system called "Home zone park assist" will let you use your smartphone to park your car. The new technology will guide your car to parking spaces up to 100 meters ...

Following up on the debut of the Daydream virtual reality platform unveiled at Google I/O last month, Google posted on Tuesday two new examples of what it's cooking up at its Daydream LabsSEE ALSO: An...

BioLite’s BaseLantern is an energy-efficient light that can operate in places with very low, or nonexistent, energy sources. The inventors of the product have started a Kickstarter campaign to h...

If this Chinese roadster is the future of EV sports cars, sign me up.SEE ALSO: Tesla says Model X did not crash itself with Autopilot, despite owners' claimsChinese electric vehicle startup Qiantu Mot...

Who are you going to believe, a computer log or a shaken owner?SEE ALSO: Bosch's driverless parking system handles complex parking with easeMonday morning, Electrek broke the story of a Model X owner ...

Snapchat is making it easier to follow the publishers it features in its Discover section.Snapchat rolled out its new look for Discover on Tuesday, bringing a more magazine-like layout to its publishe...

Many high-profile Twitter accounts have been hacked in recent days. The most recent hacks include the official account of the NFL and musician Drake.SEE ALSO: Here are the best tweets f...

The partnership of AT&T and the Chernin Group, collectively known as Otter Media, is set to launch a video subscription service offering anime, gaming and sports content, according to a new report...

Foursquare is once again reviving a feature from its old check-in app and bringing it to Swarm. Swarm introduced a new feature Tuesday called Perks, which offers users discounts and other deals a...

Bosch's new automated driverless car system called "Home zone park assist" will let you use your smartphone to park your car. The new technology will guide your car to parking spaces up to 100 meters ...

Back in 2013, Alan Tisch, the CEO of the shopping app Spring, thought he was a little late to the mobile party."Isn't this a little late to be starting this? Hasn't mobile blown up?" he asked his now ...

India looks all set to retain its title as the world's fastest-growing smartphone market. By 2021, India is expected to have 810 smartphone subscriptions, a four-old increase from its subscriber base ...

The partnership of AT&T and the Chernin Group, collectively known as Otter Media, is set to launch a video subscription service offering anime, gaming and sports content, according to a new report...

Back in 2013, Alan Tisch, the CEO of the shopping app Spring, thought he was a little late to the mobile party."Isn't this a little late to be starting this? Hasn't mobile blown up?" he asked his now ...

A security flaw in Facebook's Messenger, discovered by online security company Check Point Software Technologies, allowed a malicious user to alter the messages in a Facebook chat after they were sent...

Samsung has been toying with the idea of bendable (or is it foldable? who knows) phones since 2008, when it showed a prototype device sporting a folding OLED display at the Society for Information Dis...

In September last year, Microsoft launched Planner, a project management/team collaboration app, as a part of its Office 365 suite of applications. Originally available only to select customers, Plann...

In September last year, Microsoft launched Planner, a project management/team collaboration app, as a part of its Office 365 suite of applications. Originally available only to select customers, Plann...

As a DJ, Björk is a stunning virtual reality experience.The iconic producer of lush music and complex visual worlds premiered her new virtual reality exhibition, Björk Digital, at ...

Borrowing some of the science fiction cool from the Star Trek franchise, Hewlett Packard Enterprise has unveiled a new commercial that weaves future concept technologies into the imaginary world of St...

When Apple launched Apple Music this time last year, it spent a good deal of time and energy recruiting major music tastemakers likely to encourage users to adopt the productNow Apple is continui...

Facebook Live is definitely the hottest live streaming platform out there for bloggers, brands and moms who love Chewbacca. Though live streaming your life may seem like an easy task, we've come up wi...

In the near future, your car will handle the complex parking — even without you in it.SEE ALSO: Nissan topped 300 donuts with 2,800 pounds of sprinkles using a sports carAuto-parts-maker Bosch d...

Kim Kardashian is not a fan of free-to-play video games that push in-game purchases to the point that they get in the way of having a good time. In other words, she agrees with rational criticism...

As a DJ, Björk is a stunning virtual reality experience.The iconic producer of lush music and complex visual worlds premiered her new virtual reality exhibition, Björk Digital, at ...

"I think we’re almost there in making the doors useful," Tesla CEO Elon Musk said of the Model X SUV at the company's Annual Shareholder Meeting on June 1.I am sure Musk is having a bit of a dep...

T-Mobile customers are getting a chunk of the company today along with some other goodies as the phone carrier launches its #GetThanked campaign.#GetThanked was announced Monday by president and CEO J...

There may actually be something to always-listening devices, after all.Apple's Siri voice assistant is being credited with helping to save the life of an Australian toddler who unexpectedly stopped br...

When Facebook first started pushing its users to use Messenger, the responses weren't very positive. Many people weren't a fan of needing to use two apps instead of one to use all the features of Face...

Facebook Live is definitely the hottest live streaming platform out there for bloggers, brands and moms who love Chewbacca. Though live streaming your life may seem like an easy task, we've come up wi...

LiquidText is the go-to iPad app for reading and taking notes on documents, whether they're Word docs, PDFs or PowerPoint presentations. You can pull out sections of documents for reference and take n...

In the last week or so, several high-profile social networking accounts have been hijacked by hackers, including those belonging to Katy Perry, Mark Zuckerberg and Keith Richards.And even though ...

Ladies and gentlemen, you're now looking at the smartest wagon in the world.SEE ALSO: Nissan topped 300 donuts with 2,800 pounds of sprinkles using a sports carMercedes-Benz revealed Monday morning th...

Samsung's toughest smartphone just got even tougher.The Galaxy S7 Active is a ruggedized version of Samsung's flagship Galaxy S7. The phone has the same 5.1-inch Quad HD display as the S7 with one maj...

LONDON — Twitter has a brand new emoji, but it's not what you think. The deadline for registering to vote in the EU referendum is nigh, and Twitter has launched a new emoji to make sur...

An Uber driver has been removed from the rideshare service after he was recorded hurling homophobic comments at an Australian couple on Saturday.Lucy Thomas, the CEO of anti-bullying organisation PROJ...

By October, Meow-Ludo Meow Meow hopes to leave his wallet at home — maybe forever.The near field communication (NFC) chip he has implanted in the back of his thumb could soon let him make contac...

An Uber driver has been removed from the rideshare service after he was recorded hurling homophobic comments at an Australian couple over the weekend.Lucy Thomas, the CEO of anti-bullying organisation...

Researchers at the U.S. Navy are creating a diving helmet for the future.The Iron Man esque helmet — called "DAVD" (Divers Augmented Vision Display) —  is described as "a hi...

Bose has done a good job in recent years of keeping its venerable brand current with tech-savvy products like Spotify-integrated speakers, a whole-house audio system, and noise-cancelling earphon...

Researchers at the U.S. Navy are creating a diving helmet for the future.The Iron Man esque helmet — called "DAVD" (Divers Augmented Vision Display) —  is described as "a hi...

Bose has done a good job in recent years of keeping its venerable brand current with tech-savvy products like Spotify-integrated speakers, a whole-house audio system, and noise-cancelling earphon...

Australians were left without their typical means of entertainment during a gloomy afternoon on the east coast thanks to an outage at Amazon Web Services (AWS).A number of Australian websites, in...

Australians were left without their typical means of entertainment during a gloomy evening on the east coast thanks to problems at Amazon Web Services (AWS).A number of Australian websites, inclu...

One of Massachusetts' native sons, Matt Damon, returned on Friday to deliver the commencement address to MIT's graduating class and the university's choice of speaker couldn't have been more appropria...

With Instagram rolling out its new algorithm-based feed and Elon Musk's new comments about AI, you may have missed some of this week's best new apps.SEE ALSO: Dear millennials: Instagram doesn't owe y...

Real hipsters don’t just hunt for vintage beer, they make their own, and that just got a lot easier with the debut of the Beer BarSEE ALSO: Budweiser beer is now named America, because we live i...

It used to be fun to see an online leak for an unreleased gadget like the next iPhone or Samsung Galaxy or new MacBook."Sh*t, a new shiny thing is coming!" we'd think to ourselves, eyes-bulging, mouth...

It used to be fun to see an online leak for an unreleased gadget like the next iPhone or Samsung Galaxy or new MacBook."Sh*t, a new shiny thing is coming!" we'd think to ourselves, eyes-bulging, mouth...

It's time to stop freaking out about your Instagram feed. Yes, Instagram has started rolling out its new algorithmic-based feed, which may make posts appear "out of order." Yes, it's a big change...

Fact: The Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge is a sexy phone. New fact: The Batman-themed Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Injustice Edition is even sexier. The bundle includes a special S7 Edge with Batman logo and g...

Zenta is not just a fitness tracker. This wearable keeps track of your emotions in an effort to help promote overall well-being, not just physical fitness. The product is currently seeking funding on ...

Tony Fadell is leaving Nest. The former Apple executive, who co-founded the company in 2010, announced his departure on the Nest blog. Fadell will continue to serve in an advisory role to Alphabet CEO...

Fact: The Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge is a sexy phone. New fact: The Batman-themed Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Injustice Edition is even sexier. The bundle includes a special S7 Edge with Batman logo and g...

Perhaps you've noticed that the posts in your Facebook timeline appear slightly off. In fact, it turns out that Facebook is testing a new font for some desktop users. And if you're a typeface ner...

Instagram is officially giving its feed the Facebook treatment.The photo app is finally rolling out its new algorithmic timeline, which orders your feed based on "what you care about" rather than chro...

Zenta is not just a fitness tracker. This wearable keeps track of your emotions in an effort to help promote overall well-being, not just physical fitness. The product is currently seeking funding on ...

Tony Fadell is leaving Nest. The former Apple executive, who co-founded the company in 2010, announced his departure on the Nest blog. Fadell will continue to serve in an advisory role to Alphabet CEO...

Helvetica has been Facebook's font of choice for a long time, but some keen-eyed users noticed a slight change while browsing their news feeds Friday. Facebook is testing out a new, thinner font ...

Elon Musk thinks we might be living in a simulation. Now, whether that's true or just quality trolling, that's something we had to discuss on this week's MashTalk. SEE ALSO: Elon Musk: There's a ...

That rumor about Apple redesigning the MacBook Pro might come true after all.Corroborating a previous report from KGI Securities analyst Ming Chi-Kuo, Cult of Mac claims to have obtained photos o...

Perhaps you've noticed that the posts in your Facebook timeline appear slightly off. In fact, it turns out that Facebook is testing a new font for some desktop users. And if you're a typeface ner...

Chances are some of your favorite photos from this summer's Olympics will be captured with the help of robots.Getty Images, one of the largest wire services, and the official photo agency of the Inter...

LinkedIn is making it easier for its users — especially businesses — to take a closer look at what's going on inside the companies they follow, including their competitors.The company is r...

Instagram is officially giving its feed the Facebook treatment.The photo app is finally rolling out its new algorithmic timeline, which orders your feed based on "what you care about" rather than chro...

YouTuber Inspire to Make just became the king of DIY. He built a drill-powered electronic skateboard with just a few parts, and it looks like a totally rad ride. Read more...More about Gadgets, Techno...

Are you an impulse buyer, or do you carefully weigh every feature and detail before purchasing a new smartphone? If you fall in the first category, and feel a little adventurous, you might be interest...

Helvetica has been Facebook's font of choice for a long time, but some keen-eyed users noticed a slight change while browsing their news feeds Friday. Facebook is testing out a new, thinner font ...

Elon Musk thinks we might be living in a simulation. Now, whether that's true or just quality trolling, that's something we had to discuss on this week's MashTalk. SEE ALSO: Elon Musk: There's a ...

That rumor about Apple redesigning the MacBook Pro might come true after all.Corroborating a previous report from KGI Securities analyst Ming Chi-Kuo, Cult of Mac claims to have obtained photos o...

If you know a better way to sprinkle donuts, I'd like to hear it.SEE ALSO: Mercedes' new G-Wagen is so rugged, it has a wood floorIn honor of National Donut Day on Friday, June 3, Nissan employed ...

Helvetica has been Facebook's font of choice for a long time, but some keen-eyed users noticed a slight change while browsing their news feeds Friday. Facebook is testing out a new, thinner font ...

Imagine this situation. You're stuck in traffic, and some nervous douchebag behind you keeps on honking, even though you have nowhere to go. You turn around, and to your horror realize the car behind ...

The king of the tech-centric Teutonic coupes is back.SEE ALSO: BMW refocuses i brand on driverless cars instead of EVs, report saysAudi pulled the covers off both its all-new A5 and S5 Coupé on T...

Mashable's Ray Wong gives you a first look at Samsung's Gear IconX, a pair of fitness-based earbuds that are truly wireless. You might lose them easily, but they sure are fabulous.More details from Ra...

Mashable's Ray Wong gives you a first look at Samsung's Gear Fit 2, an advanced activity tracker that is less smartwatch, more fitness bandFor more details: https://on.mash.to/1ZgOEoq Read more...More...

In the beginning was the AI. And the AI created lots of little people who were also AIs, sort of. Or maybe they were brains in jars, or they were actual people who didn't know they were actually ...

If you're having problems accessing the App Store, Find My iPhone and many of Apple's other cloud services, you're not alone.Since at least 3:45 p.m. ET, a number of Apple services have been inaccessi...

When Samsung takes its time to iterate on a product, wonderful things happen.Samsung's new Gear Fit 2 is an improvement on the original Gear Fit in every way. But it's not just better specs, the Gear ...

It was only a matter of time before Samsung made its own pair of wire-free wireless earbuds.As previously leaked, the Gear IconX are a pair of fitness-based earbuds. And again, they have no wires.SEE ...

Tinder is attempting to get more in step with the transgender community.Speaking at the Code Conference on Thursday, Tinder CEO Sean Rad revealed that the company is about to roll out new features in ...

Twitter has started testing out a new Periscope button on some mobile users, allowing you to easily start a live Periscope broadcast and tweet it out right from the Twitter app.SEE ALSO: Here's how Tw...

Snapchat is getting ready to redesign a big section of its app.The company will soon roll out a redesigned version of its Discover page, according to multiple reports. The new design will reportedly d...

Although Apple hasn't admitted it's working on a car, Tesla CEO Elon Musk sees the company as bigger competition in the automotive market than Google.SEE ALSO: For Volvo, driverless cars won't mean th...

Who would have ever thought BMW, the "Ultimate Driving Machine" brand, would someday view autonomous tech as paramount to electrified vehicles?SEE ALSO: For Volvo, driverless cars won't mean the end o...

Remember eBay? It's no longer just the auction site or a destination for other people's used stuff. It's a commerce destination with more than 100 million users that, according to eBay CEO Devin Wenig...

It was only a matter of time before Samsung made its own pair of wire-free wireless earbuds.As previously leaked, the Gear IconX are a pair of fitness-based earbuds. And again, they have no wires.SEE ...

Apple announced on Thursday its latest Back-to-School promotion. Similar to last year's deal, students and teachers can get a free pair of Beats Solo 2 Wireless headphones with the purchase of an elig...

When innovators develop new ways to tackle global inequality and crisis, even the world's biggest problems can become slightly more manageable.These "a-ha" moments happen every day, whether it's a low...

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Just about half a year ago, HTC realised that its yet-to-be-launched Vive VR product was going to hit the market without an experience good enough to convince consumers to try v...

When Facebook’s Safety Check feature was pushed out earlier this year following the terrorist attacks in Paris, it received criticism for not activating the tool for bombings in Beirut and other...

When Facebook's Safety Check feature was pushed out late last year following the terrorist attacks in Paris, it received criticism for also not activating the tool for bombings in Beirut and othe...

Xiaomi, China's electronics manufacturer known for solid products with extremely low price tags, has launched a successor to its popular Mi Band fitness tracker: the Mi Band 2. The device is a pr...

There's never been a better time to get a ChromebookIt's not Google's fault Chromebooks have taken half a decade to be considered worthy replacements for regular full-fledged laptops running OS X and ...

The Theremin is the spookiest synthesizer you'll ever see. This classic electronic musical instrument was invented in 1919 and the best part is that you can play it without using your hands. The close...

The fact that you can't afford a Tesla? It doesn't really matter, because we're all probably living in a simulated reality. That's according to Elon Musk, who answered a question about the possib...

Australians will soon be able to buy some Bitcoin along with the newspaper and a pack of gum.Launching Thursday, a new initiative will help people buy Bitcoin with cash at around 1,200 newsagents nati...

RANCHOS PALOS VERDES, California — Are you ready to interface with your digital self at neural level? Elon Musk wants you to. In fact, he thinks it's the only way we can prevent becoming our a...

RANCHOS PALOS VERDES, California — Elon Musk is starting to narrow down his Mars mission plan.Speaking at the annual Code Conference, the SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk said he plans on starti...

RANCHOS PALOS VERDES, California — Elon Musk is starting to narrow down his Mars mission plan.Speaking at the annual Code Conference, the SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk said he plans on starti...

RANCHOS PALOS VERDES, California —Bill Gates is apparently balancing his fear of "super intelligence" with an almost unbridled enthusiasm for the future of artificial intelligence."No doubt in a...

Just because Volvo wants to champion driverless cars doesn't mean it wants to kill manual driving either.SEE ALSO: How driverless cars will change car ownership forever“We have no ambition to ha...

Facebook is using its latest AI project to get a lot smarter at understanding text. In fact, the social network says DeepText, its new "text understanding engine," is so good, it can interpret "severa...

In between fits of rage-joy at the success of the Warriors (see GIF below), Apple exec Eddie Cue may want to channel his NBA fervor in another, more productive direction — the new NBA Fit app.Th...

RANCHOS PALOS VERDES, California —As Ferguson, Missouri was erupting in protest in 2014, two men with little seemingly in common were drawn to the St. Louis suburb to see the action for themselv...

Sometimes you just want a Mercedes you can mistreat in the mud.SEE ALSO: Ferrari just built a one-off supercar for a very lucky (and rich) British buyerThe boxy Mercedes-Benz G-Class — known aro...

Sometimes you just want a Mercedes you can mistreat in the mud.SEE ALSO: Ferrari just built a one-off supercar for a very lucky (and rich) British buyerThe boxy Mercedes-Benz G-Class — known aro...

RANCHOS PALOS VERDES, California — The future of artificial intelligence may impact virtually every part of our lives.“If it’s digital, it’ll be cognitive,” explained IBM...

Promoted by Qualcomm® Snapdragon™With a Snapdragon LTE Modem in your phone, you'll experience epically fast LTE downloads, fewer dropped calls, and long battery life.Futuristic as it sounds...

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Microsoft's vision of "natural computing" will be a significant departure from the keyboard-and-mouse combination we're all familiar with today — but several moving parts ...

What exactly does it look like when you hook up your HD console or PC to an old black and white TV? Not that bad, actually. YouTuber Lazy Game Reviews rigged up a system to hook up his high-end gaming...

A 1971 New York measure requires drivers to keep at least one hand on the steering wheel — and some state lawmakers are trying to change that.It makes sense. It's awful hard to let your car...

RANCHOS PALOS VERDES, California — Billionaire investor Peter Thiel never consulted or talked to Facebook about funding former pro wrestler Hulk Hogan's court battle against Gawker — and t...

RANCHOS PALOS VERDES, California — Billionaire investor Peter Thiel never consulted or talked to Facebook about funding former pro wrestler Hulk Hogan's court battle against Gawker — and t...

One of the benefits of being a current Tesla owner is free access to the company’s network of Superchargers. Turns out, though, the Model 3 won’t be granted such access — at least, n...

RANCHOS PALOS VERDES, California — Echoing the theme of this year's Code Conference, Google CEO Sundar Pichai pointed to the company's work in machine learning and AI as a possible solution to p...

Fresh off debuting its virtual reality app, 3D-model platform Sketchfab has launched another tool that lets you harness the power of VR, this time by integrating InstagramSEE ALSO: Creating graffiti i...

Facebook is seriously upping its emoji game.The company updated Messenger on Wednesday with more than 100 new emoji characters "to better reflect gender and skin tones," Facebook also updated its exis...

Apple has sent out press invites to its WWDC keynote taking place June 13Mashable will be there live.SEE ALSO: Apple will open Siri to developers and launch Amazon Echo-like smart speaker, report says...

As the world keeps pushing for ever-thinner devices, the hardware industry keeps shrinking parts down beyond the minisculeSamsung announced on Tuesday it will be launching a 512GB solid-state dri...

Drones are the new hotness in the gadget world and no one makes better drones than DJI. But while DJI's Phantom 4 is both super smart and easy to control, it's nowhere near as easy to carry around as ...

Six months ago, Segway glided back onto the world stage at CES 2016 with the new hoverboard competitor which, at various times, has been called "Segway" "Ninebot," and the "Ninebot mini." But it'...

The 360-degree video craze has led to a flood of new 360-degree-video-capable cameras. The video they produce is immersive, interesting and also a little static. Double Robotics’ new 360 Camera ...

The new flagship phone from Chinese manufacturer OnePlus, the OnePlus 3, will be unveiled on June 15 in China. Since the time of launch is 10 a.m. Chinese time, the phone will actually be launched at ...

A few months after rejecting Facebook's Free Basics program, India is trying to define net neutrality. The country's telecom regulator has issued a pre-consultation report that aims to debate the conc...

Chinese smartphone giant Xiaomi has announced it will purchase 1,500 of Microsoft's patents, many of those related to mobile software, as it marks the next step in its pursuit of Western expansion. Th...

If you think your cool new 5GB-per-month mobile data plan will be enough to last for a couple of years, you might be in for an unpleasant surprise. According to Ericsson's latest Mobility Report,...

A website registered in North Korea appeared on the Internet Friday. It was a social network that looked almost exactly like Facebook: a blue and white color scheme, a newsfeed, the ability to add fri...

It's early days for virtual reality, but that isn't stopping the tech giants (except for Apple) from tripping over themselves to be the leader in the budding space. You can now add to that list Micros...

RANCHOS PALOS VERDES, California — Like the forester planting trees in a decimated timberland, Amazon is now seriously considering expanding its brick and mortar bookstore experiment.During a le...

RANCHOS PALOS VERDES, California — If you're excited about artificial intelligence and machine learning now, just wait until you see what's coming around the bend.Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bez...

RANCHOS PALOS VERDES, California — Ford wants to innovate, but not at the expense of its customers and core business. That's the core takeaway from Ford CEO Mark Fields' sit down on Tuesday with...

For the average pedestrian, it's immensely hard to look up from an Instagram scroll when you need to, say, cross a four-lane freeway.That's why the New South Wales state government is looking to trial...

One of the confounding things about the latest swath of Apple rumors is that most of the information leaking out isn't even about the 2016 iPhone — the iPhone 7 — but about the o...

Facebook Messenger may follow WhatsApp in implementing stronger encryption, according to a new report. The social network could add end-to-end encryption to its Messenger app later this year, eve...

Turns out, Ferrari will make you a one-of-one car, if you ask nicely — and pay dearly, I presume.SEE ALSO: Maserati's Ghibli S Q4 sparkles, bellows and dazzles. But is it any good?Ferrari just u...

TAIPEI, Taiwan — If there was any doubt that the tech industry sees VR as the next big thing, this year's Computex trade show killed it.Annually held in Taipei, the show is typically where mostl...

The Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge costs less than $800. The new Solarin Android smartphone costs £9,500, which is about $14,000.SEE ALSO: Android Nougat? Android Nachos? Google wants you to name An...

The latest trend in Internet security is selling login credentials from years-old hacks. MySpace and Tumblr have recently joined LinkedIn on the list of websites that had millions of login credentials...

One of the popular messaging apps in Iran, Telegram, will soon be forced to hand over user data to local government authorities, according to reportsThe rule, initiated by Iran's Supreme Council of Cy...

Dell has officially gone too far. At Computex in Taipei, Taiwan, Dell announced a whole bunch of new laptops in various screen sizes, most of which are hardware refreshes. But the biggest "Oh god...

Businesses will soon be able to find a new home on Instagram.The photo sharing app previewed new profiles and tools for businesses Tuesday, which will be available to people in the U.S., New Zealand a...

One of the rumored features headed to the iPhone 7 is wireless charging. But if you have an iPhone 6/6S or iPhone 6 Plus/6S Plus, you don’t have to wait, thanks to a new charging case from Mophi...

Samsung announced a new souped-up, Batman-themed Galaxy S7 Edge and it looks like something Bruce Wayne would bring along in his late-night jaunts for justice. It's called the Injustice Edition and is...

On his recent visit to India, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella met the Indian Prime Minister, entrepreneurs and various government officials. Yet, it was an eight-year-old Indian gaming developer who wowed...

The BBC micro:bit, a small, Raspberry Pi-like computer that was sent to 1 million year 7 students in British schools over the last two months, can now be bought by everyone. The computer, which s...

Katy Perry's Twitter account — the largest on the social network, with a whopping 89 million followers — got hacked Monday. The hacker, identified only by Twitter handle @sw4ylol, use...

The BBC micro:bit, a small, Raspberry Pi-like computer that was sent to 1 million year 7 students in British schools over the last two months, can now be bought by everyone. The computer, which s...

Throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, processor manufacturers raced to offer processors with ever-increasing clock speeds, which more or less equaled performance.Then, when clock speeds hit a wall at ...

Throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, processor manufacturers raced to offer processors with ever-increasing clock speeds, which more or less equaled performance.Then, when clock speeds hit a wall at ...