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11:39 pm GMT - Sat, July 30, 2016
Mashable How to watch Netflix together without being in the same room
Just because you and your friends have moved to different corners of the globe doesn’t mean you have to stop watching shows and movies together.Trying to all hit play at the same moment ...
09:15 pm GMT - Sat, July 30, 2016
Mashable Pokémon Go smart sneaker concept lets you play using your feet
If you thought you'd seen every Pokémon Go accessory possible, think again. We present to you: Pokémon Go-enabled sneakers! SEE ALSO: A beginner's guide: How to play 'Pokémon Go'Th...
07:41 pm GMT - Sat, July 30, 2016
Mashable Video shows possible Apple iPhone 7 EarPods working via Lightning port
A number of rumors have surfaced about Apple doing away with the headphone jack on the iPhone 7. Now, we have a peek at what that might actually look like. SEE ALSO: Video shows possible new iPho...
06:58 pm GMT - Sat, July 30, 2016
Mashable Mars TV series mixes Elon Musk with sci-fi for mission to the red planet
Traveling to Mars and setting up a human settlement is not yet a reality, but a new television series promises to give us the closest view yet of how it might actually happen. SEE ALSO: NASA's Cu...
06:37 pm GMT - Sat, July 30, 2016
Mashable Kanye comes for Apple, demands Tim Cook cut Tidal deal with Jay Z
Yes, it's that time again: Kanye West is using Twitter to talk to tech moguls and, like before, he's pretty amped. But this time, he's taking aim at the real king of tech: Tim Cook. SEE ALSO: Is ...
05:23 pm GMT - Sat, July 30, 2016
Mashable Report: New Samsung Gear S3 smartwatch will be unveiled very soon
If you're in the market for a new smartwatch, you might want to put your wallet away and wait just a little longer.Samsung is reportedly planning to announce the Gear S3, the successor to the Gear S2 ...
01:13 pm GMT - Sat, July 30, 2016
Mashable Why is the selfie camera still second-rate on our phones?
It took forever, but the main camera (that's the one on the back, FYI) on Android phones finally caught up to the iPhone this year.The Samsung Galaxy S7, LG G5, Moto Z, Xiaomi Mi 5 — just about ...
12:22 pm GMT - Sat, July 30, 2016
Mashable Samsung's Gear 360 is the VR video camera for the masses
Samsung's Gear 360 gets all the basics right for a consumer 360 camera.It's small, easy to use (for capturing and editing), the video quality is good (for a first-generation model) and it's affordably...
11:03 am GMT - Sat, July 30, 2016
Mashable 4 ways you can help curb the tech industry's child labor problem
The device you're using to read this story may have its roots in child labor.In a society infatuated with tech, we rarely stop to think about how that tech is made. But many of the little parts that m...
11:58 pm GMT - Fri, July 29, 2016
Mashable 9 in 10 iPhone users won't buy iPhone 7 without redesign, survey finds
A new survey by Quartz reveals that if Apple doesn't dramatically alter the iPhone 7 from the iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus, nearly 90 percent of iPhone users will not upgrade. It's probably not the ...
11:19 pm GMT - Fri, July 29, 2016
Mashable New Apple patent suggests future iPhones could have a Digital Crown
This year's iPhone is expected to bore everyone's brains out.Now, next year's iPhone...that's supposed to be the one with the sweeping changes. For the 10th anniversary of the iPhone, Apple surely has...
10:26 pm GMT - Fri, July 29, 2016
Mashable Instagram is making it easier to hide comments
Instagram is readying a new feature that will let users combat harassment or inappropriate content in their comment feeds. According to The Washington Post, Instagram will soon roll out a feature...
09:06 pm GMT - Fri, July 29, 2016
Mashable Amazing STEM heroes of #BlackWomenDidThat
Twitter woke up this morning to a wonderful appreciation of #Blackgirlmagic, cataloguing centuries of achievements by black women with the hashtag #BlackWomenDidThatCurrently, only 1 in 10 science or ...
09:00 pm GMT - Fri, July 29, 2016
Mashable Home-brewing isn't just for beer lovers anymore: It's cider time
This new home gadget is going to make cider drinkers very happy. The "Alchema" lets you make cider out of pretty much any fruit and is seeking funding on Kickstarter. The company hopes the product wil...
07:21 pm GMT - Fri, July 29, 2016
Mashable Apple Watch 2 could be thinner or have a larger battery
Apple's design philosophy is simple: Launch a beautiful product and then refine, refine, refine with every model after.The Apple Watch is over a year old and rumors about what Apple will do to improve...
07:15 pm GMT - Fri, July 29, 2016
Mashable Did Yahoo ever have a chance?
On this week’s episode of MashTalk, Lance, Pete and I discuss everything happening in the world of tech. After a brief update on Pokémon Go tactics (1:02), we discuss Apple (3:30) and ...
05:40 pm GMT - Fri, July 29, 2016
Mashable This could be the dumb headphone jack dongle for the iPhone 7
Can I just say what we all really want to say but are too afraid to? F*ck dongles. All of them. There, much better. I feel so much better getting that off my chest for the umpteenth time.SEE ALSO...
05:08 pm GMT - Fri, July 29, 2016
Mashable Your WhatsApp messages are not being deleted from you iPhone
Your WhatsApp conversations may not be as private as you believed.iOS researcher Jonathan Zdziarski wrote in a blog post Thursday that he has discovered the messenger program is retaining traces of yo...
05:08 pm GMT - Fri, July 29, 2016
Mashable Your WhatsApp messages are not being deleted from your iPhone
Your WhatsApp conversations may not be as private as you believed.iOS researcher Jonathan Zdziarski wrote in a blog post Thursday that he has discovered the messenger program is retaining traces of yo...
03:12 pm GMT - Fri, July 29, 2016
Mashable Democrats' House campaign committee confirms it was also hacked
The Democratic hacks just keep coming.Following on from the high-profile hack of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) has confirmed it has al...
02:13 pm GMT - Fri, July 29, 2016
Mashable Samsung phones unsurprisingly win Samsung's big battery test
Samsung's Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge both have great battery life, but are they the best out there? Well, if you trust Samsung Deutschland's battery test video, in which the company compared five ot...
01:30 pm GMT - Fri, July 29, 2016
Mashable 11 useful things you didn't know your Amazon Echo could do
When the Amazon Echo debuted, it could only only play music, tell you the weather, set alarms and timers, read news flashes, tell corny jokes, add things to your Amazon shopping list, tell y...
11:34 am GMT - Fri, July 29, 2016
Mashable Now Lenovo has a 13-inch 'Air' laptop, too
A new trend seems to be rising among Chinese manufacturers, and it's an odd one at that. While rumors chalk off Apple's MacBook Air as dead (the reasoning being that it's been all but replaced by the ...
12:27 am GMT - Fri, July 29, 2016
Mashable How to play 'Pokémon Go' if you live in the suburbs
When it comes to Pokémon Go, not all locations are created equal.If you don't live in a heavily populated area, then everything from catching Pokémon to locating Gyms can be much more challe...
12:15 am GMT - Fri, July 29, 2016
Mashable This levitating phone charger doesn't require a magic trick
Do you really need a phone charger that levitates? Tech startup OvRcharge thinks you do. OvRcharge uses magnetic force to keep your phone suspended in the air and stops charging it when the batte...
11:04 pm GMT - Thu, July 28, 2016
Mashable Why Yahoo's big app push wasn't enough to save it
Throughout her tenure as CEO, Marissa Mayer insisted that Yahoo would be able to win by playing to its strengths. By focusing on a few of its “core” areas, like email and news, the thinkin...
10:30 pm GMT - Thu, July 28, 2016
Mashable Hipsters rejoice, Apple's first Brooklyn store is finally here
WILLIAMSBURG, NY — Brooklynites will no longer have to travel into Manhattan to visit the Genius Bar. On Saturday, July 30, Apple's first retail store in Brooklyn opens in Williamsburg.Located a...
09:51 pm GMT - Thu, July 28, 2016
Mashable Is this what GoPro's Karma drone looks like?
It's no secret GoPro is developing a drone called "Karma" for release later this year. But what it looks like, nobody outside of GoPro really knows.Last month, GoPro posted a teaser video for the anim...
07:40 pm GMT - Thu, July 28, 2016
Mashable Google Play Family Library: What you need to know
Two years after Apple came out with its Family Sharing feature, Google announced a similar feature called Google Play Family Library, which allows sharing of TV, app, movie and book purchases on up to...
05:43 pm GMT - Thu, July 28, 2016
Mashable The new gold standard: 3 trends driving the future of enterprise IT
In the past half-century, IT has gone from suit to t-shirt — both literally and figuratively.    Much like technology as a whole, the world of IT has seen an incredible wave of de...
05:18 pm GMT - Thu, July 28, 2016
Mashable Amazon's Alexa can lock your front door if you own this smart lock
The future really is here.You can now lock command any Alexa-powered device like Amazon's Echo or Fire TV to lock your front door if you have an August Smart Lock installed.August Home Inc. announced ...
03:00 pm GMT - Thu, July 28, 2016
Mashable Facebook's new video feature will help you relive the best parts of your birthday
Facebook is giving users a new way to look back on their birthdays. The company is starting to roll out a new video tool that automatically creates a video the day after your birthday to highligh...
02:22 pm GMT - Thu, July 28, 2016
Mashable 'Pokémon Go' player cheats his way to the highest level possible
By now just about everyone has played Pokémon Go. Like all Pokémon games, catching 'em all, completing your Pokédex and leveling up your trainer is a painful grind.Reddit user "problemz...
01:05 pm GMT - Thu, July 28, 2016
Mashable First Samsung Galaxy Note 7 ad hints at water resistance
Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 won't be officially unveiled until August 2, but that didn't stop Samsung Korea from releasing the first ad for the device. The ad never really shows what the phone looks ...
08:40 am GMT - Thu, July 28, 2016
Mashable Donald Trump does his Reddit AMA in the most Donald Trump way possible
Republican Party nominee for president of the U.S., Donald J. Trump, made good on his promise and held a Reddit AMA (ask me anything) session late Wednesday.And while many thought this would be a disa...
01:17 am GMT - Thu, July 28, 2016
Mashable Elon Musk takes press inside the Gigafactory for the first time
Tesla let the press into its giant new battery-producing plant, called the Gigafactory, for the first time Friday. Experts told Wired the factory will be necessary to power Musk's dream fleet of ...
09:39 pm GMT - Wed, July 27, 2016
Mashable Meet Spider, the tiny robot doctor for blimps
From Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works team — the same folks that brought you the strategic recon aircrafts U-2 Dragon Lady and SR-71 Blackbird as well as the stealth fighter jet F-117 Nighthawk ...
09:23 pm GMT - Wed, July 27, 2016
Mashable Apple sells its billionth iPhone
Apple on Wednesday announced that it has sold its billionth iPhone. The original iPhone went on sale on June 29, 2007.SEE ALSO: U.S. Army switching to iPhones because Androids freeze upThe news, which...
06:59 pm GMT - Wed, July 27, 2016
Mashable How not to get hacked by Russians (or anyone else)
There's been a lot of talk about Russian hackers infiltrating the Democratic National Committee's servers and then leaking sensitive emails via WikiLeaks. The breach, which happened in June but w...
05:51 pm GMT - Wed, July 27, 2016
Mashable Amazon launches Kickstarter section
3-D pens! The Veronica Mars movie! This weird speaker thing! Kickstarter has brought so much joy into our lives since it founded in 2009. Now, however, products from the site will be even easier to ho...
03:56 pm GMT - Wed, July 27, 2016
Mashable There's going to be a 'soft gold' version of the OnePlus 3. Is that a thing?
The popular OnePlus 3 smartphone is, like pretty much every handset these days, going gold. However, the Android upstart is hoping to outflank its competition with a different shade: a "soft gold" col...
02:10 pm GMT - Wed, July 27, 2016
Mashable Chevy found a way to make the Corvette even better
Growing up, my mother told me Corvettes were for men with severe emotional deficiencies who couldn't afford a Ferrari. And since I (mostly) took Mom's word as gospel, this jaded automotive insight col...
01:35 pm GMT - Wed, July 27, 2016
Mashable Dyson's 360 Eye robot vacuum is an able Roomba competitor, despite its blunders
Fifteen years is a long time to work on any product and it’s like a century when it comes to technology. Which is why I find it a little surprising that Dyson seems comfortable characterizing th...
01:32 pm GMT - Wed, July 27, 2016
Mashable Sarah Silverman's Twitter account hacked by Anonymous
Comedian Sarah Silverman's Twitter account has been hacked by a group purporting to be Anonymous.On Tuesday morning, a video called "A Message for Hillary Clinton" was posted on her timeline. The vide...
01:05 pm GMT - Wed, July 27, 2016
Mashable Microsoft Pix makes your iPhone pics pop and move
What makes a good picture? Is it color? Composition? If you ask Microsoft, they might say pixels.It’s certainly the approach evident in their new iPhone photo app, Microsoft Pix, which takes 10 ...
01:00 pm GMT - Wed, July 27, 2016
Mashable Relive '90s mood rings with these 3D-printed crystals
A nod to '90s nostalgia, STONEDALONE is a jewelry collection of 3D-printed mystical talismans. Brooklyn-based artist Wynn Mustin began this project not only to marry the past and present, but also to ...
12:00 pm GMT - Wed, July 27, 2016
Mashable How to master your drone skills with a balloon obstacle course
In episode two of How to Race Drones, Mashable Creative Producer Sam Sheffer continues to prepare for the Liberty Cup drone race. This week, Sheffer gets his hands on a new micro drone to get the...
11:58 am GMT - Wed, July 27, 2016
Mashable Sorry, Trainers: The Pokémon Go Plus wristband will arrive in September, not July
Uh-oh, Nintendo. The Pokémon Go Plus accessory — a wristband that will alert you to the presence of the little pesky creatures, among other things — will be out two months later than ...
09:16 am GMT - Wed, July 27, 2016
Mashable Xiaomi's MacBook Air clone is called, wait for it, Mi Notebook Air
Xiaomi never shied away from acknowledging Apple as its role model. The company puts emphasis on design, has a line of smartphones called the Mi Phone and, at events, regularly compares its gadgets to...
08:34 am GMT - Wed, July 27, 2016
Mashable Xiaomi's budget Redmi Pro phone has dual camera, 10-core processor
Remember when budget phones had middling specs? It makes sense: To keep the price low, the manufacturer had to include a cheaper part or three. But nowadays, those cheap parts might mean a tiny perfor...
01:00 am GMT - Wed, July 27, 2016
Mashable Most Americans aren't ready to evolve into 'transhumans,' study says
Despite the mainstreaming of science and technology-powered fitness and health initiatives in recent years, a new survey indicates there's a limit to what we'll accept in the race to become "superhuma...
09:35 pm GMT - Tue, July 26, 2016
Mashable How your Android phone could save you in an emergency
For some Android users, calling for help is about to get upgraded.Dialing an emergency number the UK and Estonia will now instantly send information about your location if you're calling from an Andro...
07:21 pm GMT - Tue, July 26, 2016
Mashable Watch out Samsung! China's LeEco is coming for you with Vizio buyout.
If you've never heard of LeEco, now is a good time to become familiar with it. The Chinese company that has been called the "Netflix of China" has a foothold in multiple industries such as video ...
07:00 pm GMT - Tue, July 26, 2016
Mashable Tesla driver killed in Autopilot crash was speeding, report says
Joshua Brown, the Tesla driver who on May 7 died in a crash in Florida while the car's Autopilot was engaged was speeding, according to a National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) ...
06:37 pm GMT - Tue, July 26, 2016
Mashable Twitter's Android app gets an eye-saving night mode
Attention night owls: Twitter is making it easier for you to use its app in the dark.The company just updated its Android app and added a dark-themed mode for nighttime viewing. The feature should mak...
04:37 pm GMT - Tue, July 26, 2016
Mashable BlackBerry unveils the DTEK50, its thinnest device ever
BlackBerry is not done with handsets, yet.On Tuesday, the once-dominant cellphone manufacturer delivered its thinnest BlackBerry device to date, the DTEK50.The name is significant, since DTEK also app...
04:30 pm GMT - Tue, July 26, 2016
Mashable Twitter awards $10,080 to hacker for discovering security flaw in Vine
Twitter has awarded an Indian white-hat hacker $10,080 (Rs 6,80,000) for discovering a security flaw in Vine, its short-form video platform. The hacker, Avinash Singh, was able to use the exploit to a...
03:57 pm GMT - Tue, July 26, 2016
Mashable Apple Music videos no longer use up your data, if you're on T-Mobile
T-Mobile's Binge On service, which excludes certain video services from counting toward a user's monthly data plan, now includes music videos from Apple Music.In a blog post on Tuesday, T-Mobile CEO a...
03:45 pm GMT - Tue, July 26, 2016
Mashable Venmo's in-app purchases are now available to everyone
You'll soon be able to use Venmo for much more than just paying friends.Nearly six months after taking its first steps to expand beyond person-to-person payments, Paypal-owned Venmo is now opening up ...
03:33 pm GMT - Tue, July 26, 2016
Mashable Millennials, rejoice: Your dog can now take and text you selfies
Saying goodbye to your pet when you leave for work is always hard, but what if your best bud could send you selfies while you're gone? The makers of too much time on their hands the cloud communi...
02:58 pm GMT - Tue, July 26, 2016
Mashable Apple may have big plans for its Pencil stylus and Macs, new patent reveals
Times have most definitely changed.Steve Jobs famously said: "If you see a stylus, they blew it."With the release of the iPad Pro and Apple Pencil last year, Apple walked back on its stance on the sty...
02:54 pm GMT - Tue, July 26, 2016
Mashable How to teach your dog to take selfies... and text them to you
When life gives you technology and a very cute puppy... you teach your furry friend how to text selfies to you, of course. The makers of cloud communications company Twilio created a box, powered...
02:37 pm -04 - Tue, July 26, 2016
Mashable Twitter's Android app gets an eye-saving night mode
Attention night owls: Twitter is making it easier for you to use its app in the dark.The company just updated its Android app and added a dark-themed mode for nighttime viewing. The feature should mak...
01:52 pm GMT - Tue, July 26, 2016
Mashable Google's Nexus phones will now warn you about spam calls
Remember how bad spam was before the advent of Gmail? Google's free webmail service and its filters reduced spam emails from a menace to a mild nuisance; now, spammy calls might soon also be a thing o...
01:00 pm GMT - Tue, July 26, 2016
Mashable Microsoft Word update will help you write better research papers
Microsoft is giving students a new tool that may make the coming school year a little easier. The company just introduced a new feature for Word that could make writing research papers a little l...
12:30 pm -04 - Tue, July 26, 2016
Mashable Twitter awards $10,080 to hacker for discovering security flaw in Vine
Twitter has awarded an Indian white-hat hacker $10,080 (Rs 6,80,000) for discovering a security flaw in Vine, its short-form video platform. The hacker, Avinash Singh, was able to use the exploit to a...
12:04 pm GMT - Tue, July 26, 2016
Mashable The changing face of the Yahoo! homepage, 1996-2006
1996Image: web.archive.orgVerizon’s $4.83 billion acquisition of Yahoo’s core business, announced today, marks the end of Yahoo’s 22-year run as an independent company.In January 199...
12:00 pm GMT - Tue, July 26, 2016
Mashable 7 things you didn't know you agreed to in the terms of service
When you download or sign up for any sort of program or service, you have to agree to their terms of service: The wall of text that describes everything you can and cannot do on or with that software....
11:45 am -04 - Tue, July 26, 2016
Mashable Venmo's in-app purchases are now available to everyone
You'll soon be able to use Venmo for much more than just paying friends.Nearly six months after taking its first steps to expand beyond person-to-person payments, Paypal-owned Venmo is now opening up ...
09:57 am GMT - Tue, July 26, 2016
Mashable Google cleans up Maps, paints interesting spots orange
Google has made several changes to its Maps app on iOS, Android and in the browser, including a new, cleaner look, a slightly different color scheme and a new feature that highlights the most interest...
03:03 am GMT - Tue, July 26, 2016
Mashable Gaming CEO slams Singapore government over 'Pokémon Go' comments
SINGAPORE — Another day, another Pokémon Go-related drama.On Sunday, Singapore's minister for communications and information, Yaacob Ibrahim, told reporters that he had serious concerns abo...
02:32 am GMT - Tue, July 26, 2016
Mashable How Google Street View lets people reconnect with lost loved ones
Technology is changing the way we connect with our family and friends, so it only makes sense that it would also change how we remember them — something Google Street View is facilitating in sur...
12:19 am GMT - Tue, July 26, 2016
Mashable Solar-powered Solar Impulse plane completes its trip around the world
After more than 24,000 miles, a solar-powered plane just completed the final leg of its flight around the world. Solar Impulse 2 — the experimental solar plane which first set out on its ci...
09:48 pm GMT - Mon, July 25, 2016
Mashable Chief iPad engineer is now heading Apple's car efforts, report says
If you love the iPad, MacBook Air or iMac, you're probably going to love the Apple Car.Senior Apple executive Bob Mansfield, the man who led the engineering development for those wildly popular produc...
09:08 pm GMT - Mon, July 25, 2016
Mashable Stunning timelapse shows solar-powered plane make its way across the world
It has been 16 months since Solar Impulse 2 took off from Abu Dhabi and started its ambitious around-the-world voyage. Now, it's on the verge of completing the circle. With just one leg left from...
08:00 pm GMT - Mon, July 25, 2016
Mashable UberEats launches in Sydney and you'll never have to leave your desk for lunch again
Making Sydney second to Melbourne — an act some might say is unforgivable — UberEats has just launched in the harbour city.Beginning operations in Sydney on Tuesday, the food delivery serv...
06:41 pm GMT - Mon, July 25, 2016
Mashable Hackers have found a way to turn WikiLeaks into a weapon
Remember when hackers just wanted your money? Now they’re power-brokers.Like a perfectly executed back somersault, Russian hackers allegedly broke into the Democratic National Committee servers,...
05:08 pm -04 - Mon, July 25, 2016
Mashable Stunning timelapse shows solar-powered plane make its way across the world
It has been 16 months since Solar Impulse 2 took off from Abu Dhabi and started its ambitious around-the-world voyage. Now, it's on the verge of completing the circle. With just one leg left from...
03:38 pm GMT - Mon, July 25, 2016
Mashable This new quick charging technology will make your smartphone more powerful than ever
If you've worked a full day at the office before, you know what 3 p.m. feels like. 3 p.m. is when your hands fall slack off your keyboard and you mope to the nearest coffeemaker or soda machine, ...
02:41 pm -04 - Mon, July 25, 2016
Mashable Hackers have found a way to turn WikiLeaks into a weapon
Remember when hackers just wanted your money? Now they’re power-brokers.Like a perfectly executed back somersault, Russian hackers allegedly broke into the Democratic National Committee servers,...
01:34 pm GMT - Mon, July 25, 2016
Mashable Floppy discs boot up to cover The White Stripes' 'Seven Nation Army'
YouTube's favorite nerdy orchestra has returned to cover The White Stripes' hit song, "Seven Nation Army."With the help of some other random household items like a dryer, a shower curtain, a microwave...
08:44 am GMT - Mon, July 25, 2016
Mashable A peek into a travel photographer's camera bag
Swee Ong is a Singaporean travel photographer who has had his work published in National Geographic.As a self-funded photographer, Ong backpacks around the world, documenting his travels via photograp...
08:34 am GMT - Mon, July 25, 2016
Mashable Prisma on Android is now available for everyone
After a short, invite-only beta period, the artistic photo-filter app Prisma is now freely available to everyone on Google's Play store. The app, which lets you choose from a surprisingly large n...
06:32 am GMT - Mon, July 25, 2016
Mashable Sound Scouts is the tablet game designed to test kids' hearing at home
If a child's hearing issues go undiagnosed, they can often struggle at school and fall behind.The startup Sounds Scouts hopes to make hearing tests more accessible through an interactive tablet game k...
04:44 am -04 - Mon, July 25, 2016
Mashable A peek into a travel photographer's camera bag
Swee Ong is a Singaporean travel photographer who has had his work published in National Geographic.As a self-funded photographer, Ong backpacks around the world, documenting his travels via photograp...
03:18 am GMT - Mon, July 25, 2016
Mashable Hillary Clinton launches game-style app for election
Despite the inner-DNC turmoil of the past few days, the Democratic National Convention opens in Philadelphia on Monday and the Hillary Clinton campaign is moving full-steam ahead, including the launch...
01:12 am GMT - Mon, July 25, 2016
Mashable Magic Leap demo in China shows augmented reality shopping
The incredibly secretive augmented reality startup Magic Leap showed off another demonstration of its technology this week, this time using Chinese apps. During a discussion with Alibaba CMO Chri...
03:00 pm GMT - Sun, July 24, 2016
Mashable 10 things we miss about Netflix's DVD-by-mail service
I just want to Netflix and Chill like it's 1999.Netflix has become a staple of entertainment. It's assumed that everyone you know has an account, and if they don't, they're using someone else's. ...
02:45 pm GMT - Sun, July 24, 2016
Mashable Cortana awakens: The evolution of Microsoft's smart assistant
It’s fun to imagine all the other names Microsoft’s voice assistant, Cortana, could have had: “Bill,” “Explorer,” “Pathfinder.” None of these were consi...
02:33 pm GMT - Sun, July 24, 2016
Mashable Facebook CSO responds to claim Wikileaks links to DNC emails were blocked
The day after Wikileaks dumped more than 19,000 leaked emails from the Democratic National Committee, the organization claimed on Twitter that Facebook was censoring links to the material.The Wikileak...
02:00 pm GMT - Sun, July 24, 2016
Mashable This solar-powered home security cam is truly wireless and 100% green
"The raccoons are back," I frustratingly said to my wife the night after installing the Ring Stick Up Cam in our backyard. You see, last summer we had a mommy raccoon and her three babies coming ...
11:03 am GMT - Sun, July 24, 2016
Mashable One nonprofit's surprising journey to teach girls how to code in Afghanistan
Inside a hot-pink classroom glowing with sunlight, 20 teen girls sit at refurbished desktop computers, tapping at their keyboards with laser focus. They're all coding — and it's a rare scen...
02:41 am GMT - Sun, July 24, 2016
Mashable 7 can't-miss apps: Candid, Swiftmoji, Tinycards and more
With Pokémon Go still setting records and new leaked images of what may be the next iPhone, you may have missed some of this week's best new apps.Each weekend, we round up a few of our favorite n...
09:32 pm GMT - Sat, July 23, 2016
Mashable Report: Apple Watch sales have fallen 55% since launch, but don't panic
The Apple Watch is flopping big time, according to the latest report from market research and analysis firm IDC.The firm's latest findings indicate Apple Watch sales were down 55 percent in Q2 of this...
07:13 pm GMT - Sat, July 23, 2016
Mashable Leaked video reveals lightning fast Samsung Galaxy Note 7 eye scanner
So much for secrets.Ahead of Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 announcement event on Aug. 2, we now have our first look at how the smartphone's iris scanner will work.In a video posted to YouTube (and originall...
04:47 pm GMT - Sat, July 23, 2016
Mashable 3D printers are never going to be a thing
I blame Pokémon Go for the frustration that took a good chunk of my work week. Well, Pokémon Go and 3D printers. Let me back up. On Monday, my colleague Raymond Wong posted a story...
03:39 pm GMT - Sat, July 23, 2016
Mashable This 3D-printed iPhone case will increase your Pokémon-catching rate
Pokémon Go is easy enough for anyone to pick up, but if you want to catch 'em all, you'll need to master the art of throwing Poké Balls.For the most part, catching a Pokémon in the game...
02:52 pm GMT - Sat, July 23, 2016
Mashable Prolific phone leaker reveals when Apple might announce the iPhone 7
Evan Blass, better known as @evleaks on Twitter, is notorious for posting leaks and details on new Android phones and iPhones in advance of their official reveals.In a tweet sent out on Friday, Blass ...
02:46 pm GMT - Sat, July 23, 2016
Mashable Alcatel Idol 4S:come for the hot affordable phone, stay for VR
It's no longer enough to just sell a premium smartphone — even for a lot less than Apple and Samsung — with excellent performance and decent enough cameras.People are demanding more. They ...
01:12 pm GMT - Sat, July 23, 2016
Mashable Phones without headphone jacks are here... and they're annoying AF
"Wah wah wah. Get over it Ray." That's the response I expect to hear from all the apologists who think that smartphones without headphone jacks are NBD.I'll agree to disagree. The headphone jack ...
01:05 am GMT - Sat, July 23, 2016
Mashable Google is giving away free gas between LA and Vegas
Good news for California and Nevada drivers this weekend: Google is offering up free gas for two days between LA and Las Vegas.Yes, really, free gas. The giveaway is part of a promotion around it...
07:51 pm GMT - Fri, July 22, 2016
Mashable A beginner's guide: How to play 'Pokémon Go'
If you're starting out in the colorful world of Pokémon Go and you're keen to catch them all/be the best like no one ever was/etc., there are a few key things you need to get to grips with first....
07:38 pm GMT - Fri, July 22, 2016
Mashable Mark Zukerberg's AI is already making him toast
Mark Zuckerberg's personal artificial intelligence is already toast...ing his bread.Since January, the Facebook founder and CEO has been working on an AI to help him at home and with work. "You can th...
07:38 pm GMT - Fri, July 22, 2016
Mashable Mark Zuckerberg's AI is already making him toast
Mark Zuckerberg's personal artificial intelligence is already toast...ing his bread.Since January, the Facebook founder and CEO has been working on an AI to help him at home and with work. "You can th...
05:29 pm GMT - Fri, July 22, 2016
Mashable 360-degree video tour of North Korea gets you inside its isolated capital
North Korea is a bizarre place, cut off from the rest of the world under its dictatorship. Only about 2,500 foreigners reportedly visit the country every year. Heck, most people don't want to vis...
04:20 pm GMT - Fri, July 22, 2016
Mashable $99 Superdock turns Android phones into laptops — but why?
Stop me if you've heard this idea before: Imagine turning your smartphone into a laptop just by plugging it into a laptop "shell."Yeah... it's not a new idea and yet Superbook, a product that promises...
03:29 pm GMT - Fri, July 22, 2016
Mashable How can Twitter solve its troll problem?
On this week's slightly truncated (but super high-energy!) episode of MashTalk, Lance, Pete and I tackle the latest news happening in the world of tech.First up, we share our individual progress in Po...
02:59 pm GMT - Fri, July 22, 2016
Mashable Watch this delivery through the eyes of a self-driving robot
Soon we might be sharing our sidewalks with these self-driving delivery robots, zipping around the streets to bring us takeout and packages.Ahti Heinla, chief executive of Starship Technologies, takes...
02:45 pm GMT - Fri, July 22, 2016
Mashable The Force is strong with these hand-painted, laser-shooting 'Star Wars' drones
More Star Wars drones are coming.Air Hogs's Millennium Falcon drone was pretty sweet, but undeniably... uh... foamy. (It is designed to be kid safe after all). At Star Wars Celebration in London ...
01:49 pm GMT - Fri, July 22, 2016
Mashable This photo of various iPhone 7 models looks eerily real
It's common to see leaks and rumors in the weeks leading up to a big Apple event, but the number of photo and video leaks related to the upcoming iPhone 7 must be setting some kind of record. We'...
01:49 pm GMT - Fri, July 22, 2016
Mashable This photo of various iPhone 7 models looks very convincing
It's common to see leaks and rumors in the weeks leading up to a big Apple event, but the number of photo and video leaks related to the upcoming iPhone 7 must be setting some kind of record. We'...
01:05 pm GMT - Fri, July 22, 2016
Mashable See the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 in all its glory
Though Samsung's upcoming stylus-equipped flagship, the Galaxy Note 7, will officially be unveiled on Aug. 2, we can already see exactly what it looks like thanks to a full set of press photos that ma...
12:00 pm GMT - Fri, July 22, 2016
Mashable Before accepting a sketchy job offer, check for a dental plan first
James Veitch saves one of his best email exchanges for the last episode of Season 1 of Scamalot. When an offer of a prestigious position as the regional manager of China Jewelry Corpora...
09:48 am GMT - Fri, July 22, 2016
Mashable South Korea to launch 'Pororo Go,' which is basically 'Pokémon Go' for kids
Well, that didn't take long.Quick to ride on the Pokémon Go craze is South Korean startup SocialNetwork Co., who is already creating a similar augmented reality game to the Niantic version.Accord...
08:53 am GMT - Fri, July 22, 2016
Mashable Indian lawmaker in trouble for recording Facebook Live video inside the Parliament
An Indian politician is in the midst of a controversy for shooting a Facebook Live video that shows him entering the country's Parliament in New Delhi, revealing the security measures in place.SEE ALS...
07:53 am GMT - Fri, July 22, 2016
Mashable Apple has 14 cool new Olympic-themed Watch bands, but you can only get them in Rio
Apple Watch enthusiasts who are also into sports, here's a chance to justify a trip to Brazil: Besides watching athletes compete in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games in person, you'll also be able to buy Wat...
07:45 am -07 - Fri, July 22, 2016
Mashable The Force is strong with these hand-painted, laser-shooting 'Star Wars' drones
More Star Wars drones are coming.Air Hogs's Millennium Falcon drone was pretty sweet, but undeniably... uh... foamy. (It is designed to be kid safe after all). At Star Wars Celebration in London ...
06:16 am GMT - Fri, July 22, 2016
Mashable New Yorker catches all 142 Pokémon available in the U.S.
A New Yorker has become the U.S.'s first Pokémon Go master after he caught all the monsters listed in the country's Pokédex.On Thursday, Reddit user ftb_hodor posted a screen cap of his phon...
12:24 am GMT - Fri, July 22, 2016
Mashable A 3D printed finger might unlock a phone and solve a murder mystery
Staff and students at Michigan State University are using an unlikely technique to try and help police solve a murder case: a 3D printed finger.The team, lead by Department of Computer Science & E...
12:24 am GMT - Fri, July 22, 2016
Mashable A 3D-printed finger might unlock a phone and solve a murder mystery
Staff and students at Michigan State University are using an unlikely technique to try and help police solve a murder case: a 3D-printed finger.The team, lead by Department of Computer Science & E...
11:01 pm GMT - Thu, July 21, 2016
Mashable Facebook experiment suggests it's trying to copy Snapchat again
Facebook appears to be working on yet another Snapchat-like experience. New screenshots of what look to be one of the social network's many experiments show the company is working on a new featur...
09:15 pm GMT - Thu, July 21, 2016
Mashable Leslie Jones makes triumphant return to Twitter after vanquishing racist trolls
After leaving the platform in the face of racist trolls, Ghostbusters star Leslie Jones has returned to Twitter.On Monday, Jones left the platform after a scores of users bombarded the Saturday Night ...
08:19 pm GMT - Thu, July 21, 2016
Mashable Facebook's massive solar-powered drone takes its first flight
Facebook has flown its full-sized solar-powered airplane for the first time, after years of anticipation.The large drone — named Aquila — had a successful test flight and ended up remainin...
07:11 pm GMT - Thu, July 21, 2016
Mashable Saudi Arabia says it didn't ban 'Pokémon Go'
Officials in Saudi Arabia are denying reports they banned Pokémon Go in the country. The country's Council of Senior Religious Scholars, which issued a fatwa against the Pokémon card ga...
06:22 pm GMT - Thu, July 21, 2016
Mashable Edward Snowden's phone case will tell you if you're being tracked
Edward Snowden stepped into the world of product design Thursday as he unveiled a concept for a new phone case that can detect when the device's radio is transmitting.He presented the design for the c...
05:53 pm GMT - Thu, July 21, 2016
Mashable 'Final Fantasy' maker is developing a role-playing game just for Apple Watch
The Apple Watch is many things — a fitness tracker, a smart home controller, a notifications device, etc. — to many people. And soon it could become a more robust platform for games.Let th...
05:52 pm GMT - Thu, July 21, 2016
Mashable Twitter, it's time to take down the trolls with tech
I hate Twitter trolls. Reading some of the vitriol aimed at comedienne and Ghostbusters star Leslie Jones made my blood boil.Outraged, my head pounded with the same questions we've all been asking for...
04:07 pm GMT - Thu, July 21, 2016
Mashable Usain Bolt now has his own emoji just in time for the Olympics
The 2016 Rio Olympics is two weeks away, and sports brand Puma is backing its ambassador Usain Bolt with the launch of "Boltmoji.""Boltmoji" is an emoji keyboard featuring the Jamaican sprinter, who's...
03:09 pm GMT - Thu, July 21, 2016
Mashable iPhone will soon start warning when its Lightning port gets wet
None of Apple's iOS devices are waterproof, which has become more obvious as competitors such as Sony and Samsung launch fully waterproof phones. But a new iOS feature, spotted in the beta 3 vers...
03:00 pm GMT - Thu, July 21, 2016
Mashable Twitter's Periscope videos will now play inside embedded tweets
Twitter's Periscope videos will now play outside of the main app and website. The videos will now play inside tweets that are embedded on other websites, Twitter announced Thursday.SEE ALSO: Twit...
02:55 pm GMT - Thu, July 21, 2016
Mashable Elon Musk sees a future where everyone can own a Tesla
A quote attributed to writer William Gibson posits that "the future is already here, it's just not very evenly distributed."Well, Tesla co-founder and CEO Elon Musk just told us when that will change ...
02:33 pm GMT - Thu, July 21, 2016
Mashable RIP analog video: Last VCR maker will stop production
I was going to say let's pour one out for the VCR and VHS, but you probably did so a long time ago.Funai Electric, the last remaining producer of VCRs, will throw in the towel by the end of July. Desp...
01:18 pm GMT - Thu, July 21, 2016
Mashable Tinder's new feature may shake up your social life a little too much
LONDON — When it comes to hanging out with friends, Tinder's probably the last place you'd think to look. SEE ALSO: Tinder Social: What the new group dating feature is really likeBut now, t...
01:00 pm GMT - Thu, July 21, 2016
Mashable Motorola's Moto Z and Z Force are modular phones done right
"Where do we go from here?" That's the question phone makers and gadget reviewers like me ask whenever a new smartphone launches and it's just another great smartphone in a sea of great smartphones.As...
09:08 am GMT - Thu, July 21, 2016
Mashable Japan launches detailed 'Pokémon Go' safety plan before game drops
Following the recent criminal activities and unfortunate incidents that occured since Pokémon Go launched in several countries, Japan is taking measures to ensure the safety of its people.Rumours...
07:48 am GMT - Thu, July 21, 2016
Mashable Now you can draw your own Snapchat facial filters
Love Snapchat but need more selfie filters? Now you can draw your own.The app's latest update, which includes Bitmoji integration, also comes with a filter it calls a Face Paint Lens that allows you t...
06:44 am GMT - Thu, July 21, 2016
Mashable Line will launch animated Singapore sticker set to celebrate the country's 51st birthday
SINGAPORE — Japanese messaging app Line has kicked off celebrations for the island nation's 51st birthday with a brand new animated sticker set coming.Singapore's National Day falls on Aug. 9 an...
03:13 am GMT - Thu, July 21, 2016
Mashable The evolution of the Air Jordan will give you all the nostalgia
In May, Mashable stopped by Nike's Oregon headquarters for a sneak peek of the new Air Jordan XXXI that launched on Wednesday. One of the Jordan brand product line managers, Atienza, walked us do...
03:10 am GMT - Thu, July 21, 2016
Mashable Iconic and innovative, the Air Jordan XXXI continues the Nike legacy
Before launching the line on Wednesday, Nike invited Mashable to Oregon for a behind-the-scenes first look at the new Air Jordan XXXI. More details: https://on.mash.to/29Wah9x Read more...More ab...
01:57 am GMT - Thu, July 21, 2016
Mashable 'Graham' is the interactive face of road trauma - and it's not pretty
Though staying safe on the road is a universal concern, it took a distinct contemporary artist from Australia to bring the issue to life so literally.Meet Graham. He's a little different. With a bulbo...
01:42 am GMT - Thu, July 21, 2016
Mashable Elon Musk reveals his new master plan for Tesla
Elon Musk revealed the second part of the so-called "Secret Tesla Motors Master Plan" on Wednesday night, which the company is calling "Master Plan, Part Deux."Musk began by laying out why Tesla seeks...
01:36 am GMT - Thu, July 21, 2016
Mashable Interactive chatbot lets you speak in real-time with a World War I soldier
The rise of the bot has been one of the dominant tech trends of 2016, but apart from ordering you flowers or an Uber, the automated systems could also deliver a history lesson.News Corp Australia has ...
01:15 am GMT - Thu, July 21, 2016
Mashable How the Air Jordan XXXI became a high-tech basketball sneaker
BEAVERTON, Ore. — In the spring of 1977, a kid named Michael Jordan was finishing eighth grade in Wilmington, North Carolina. He hadn't yet been cut from his high school varsity squad. He hadn't...
11:30 pm GMT - Wed, July 20, 2016
Mashable Facebook's live videos can now be twice as long
Facebook is making more improvements to its live broadcasts.The company's livestreaming platform, Facebook Live, will now support fullscreen broadcasts as well as a new "video-only" mode that hides co...
10:51 pm GMT - Wed, July 20, 2016
Mashable U.S. transportation head to carmakers: Focus on safety, not coolness, with autonomous tech
It seems like something that didn't need to be said. That is, until two Tesla vehicles crashed — and one driver died — with the semi-autonomous driving system engaged.SEE ALSO: German lawm...
09:59 pm GMT - Wed, July 20, 2016
Mashable Why did Twitter take so long to finally ban one of its biggest trolls?
Twitter on Tuesday night permanently banned conservative pundit and Breitbart Tech editor Milo Yiannopoulos from its platform. Yiannopoulos was banned for his role in the online harassment of Gho...
09:53 pm GMT - Wed, July 20, 2016
Mashable Airbnb hires former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to address host discrimination
Short-term rental company Airbnb has hired former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder in an effort to address allegations of racial bias on the platform.  Holder will work with noted civil rights a...
09:18 pm GMT - Wed, July 20, 2016
Mashable Corning says next Gorilla Glass will be extra drop resistant
Your next smartphone could be a little less likely to break when you drop it.Corning, makers of the Gorilla Glass used in many smartphone displays, introduced the next generation of the material Wedne...
08:42 pm GMT - Wed, July 20, 2016
Mashable 6 signs you're a tech douchebag
The tech world moves fast. Really fast. Yesterday's hot new hype is today's utter obnoxiousness.There are no tech etiquette rules written in stone, but if you are any bit of a sane human being, you'll...
07:02 pm GMT - Wed, July 20, 2016
Mashable Twitter test redesigns how you compose new tweets
Twitter is experimenting with a new look for the tweet composer in its iOS app.The test, which users first began to notice Wednesday, moves the app's tweet composer to the top of users' timelines. Pre...
06:30 pm GMT - Wed, July 20, 2016
Mashable Writers rejoice: Scrivener for iPad and iPhone is finally here
For authors and would-be authors, the long wait is over. The beloved writing app Scrivener has finally released an iOS version — and fans in the writing community are stoked. When Scrivener...
06:09 pm GMT - Wed, July 20, 2016
Mashable Sony wants to 'bring the real world into your living room' with Z series TVs
LOS ANGELES — Sony Electronics is stepping up its television game.The tech giant announced the launch of its Z Series of TVs, a line of 4K HDR Ultra HD models, at an event on Wednesday.SEE ALSO:...
04:25 pm GMT - Wed, July 20, 2016
Mashable Teenager designs world's fastest consumer drone
There's a new consumer drone in town and it's got a real need for speed.With an average top speed of around 70 miles per hour (the drone can reportedly fly at up to 85 mph in the right conditions), th...
03:00 pm GMT - Wed, July 20, 2016
Mashable Facebook Messenger joins the 1 billion user club
Facebook's efforts to push people to Messenger is working.The messaging app marked a new milestone Wednesday, announcing that it now counts more than a billion monthly active users. That's up from the...
01:21 pm GMT - Wed, July 20, 2016
Mashable Google rewards Indian teenager for service that helps local fishermen navigate
A 14-year-old Indian student has won Google's Community Impact Award for a GPS-powered app that aims at keeping local fishermen safe and enhancing their productivity. The award, which got him $10,000,...
12:00 pm GMT - Wed, July 20, 2016
Mashable Desperate man offers to read books in exchange for cash
Only a completely desperate scammer would be willing to offer book reviews for a cash transfer. In episode five of Scamalot, comedian James Veitch receives an email from his friend...
11:00 am GMT - Wed, July 20, 2016
Mashable Drone racing tips to get every beginner in gear
Our new vlog series, How to Race Drones, features Mashable Creative Producer Sam Sheffer diving into the growing world of drone racing as he prepares to compete in the Liberty Cup drone race on July 3...
10:55 am GMT - Wed, July 20, 2016
Mashable Google's Arts & Culture app lets you browse artworks from more than 1,000 museums
You probably didn't know you needed yet another Google app on your smartphone, but if you're an art lover, you'll want to make space for this one. The Google Arts & Culture app, launched Tues...
09:29 am GMT - Wed, July 20, 2016
Mashable Google in legal trouble in India for including PM Modi in top criminals search results
An Indian court has issued a notice to Google, its CEO and India head for listing Prime Minister Narendra Modi among the world's top ten criminals in its image search results and registered a criminal...
08:36 am GMT - Wed, July 20, 2016
Mashable Australia creates new world record for most kids coding at one time
On Wednesday, 9,782 kids logged on in homes and schools across Australia and started coding, creating a new world record in the process.The coding event, Moonhack, was organised by an after-school cod...
06:31 am GMT - Wed, July 20, 2016
Mashable Canva's new app will help you create pro designs straight from your phone
Ever wondered how fitness bloggers make those inspirational Instagram posts with just the right filter and a fake Marilyn Monroe quote in Comic Sans? It's probably not thanks to their incredible Photo...
03:06 am GMT - Wed, July 20, 2016
Mashable Twitter permanently bans conservative pundit Milo Yiannopoulos
In the wake of the harassment of Ghostbusters star Leslie Jones, Twitter has permanently suspended conservative pundit and Breitbart Tech editor Milo Yiannopoulos.Yiannopoulos, who tweeted under the h...
02:38 am GMT - Wed, July 20, 2016
Mashable Video game to help orangutans compose their own music
A group of adorable Orangutans at Melbourne Zoo have proved they're legit video game fanatics, with researchers using Xbox Ones to engage the primates in an interactive enrichment program.And as if th...
01:03 am GMT - Wed, July 20, 2016
Mashable 'Mr. Robot' to debut VR short film on iOS, Oculus, HTC Vive
The USA Network cult hit Mr. Robot has already blazed new trails by taking underground hacker culture mainstream, and now the producers are pushing the tech envelope further by diving into the world o...
12:18 am GMT - Wed, July 20, 2016
Mashable WhatsApp is back in Brazil after yet another ban
WhatsApp is back online in Brazil following a court ruling that suspended the service for several hours Tuesday, marking the third time in less than a year the Facebook-owned app has been banned and t...
10:36 pm GMT - Tue, July 19, 2016
Mashable There may soon be a rainbow flag emoji
Your devices could soon be getting an extra emoji added to their keyboards. Unicode Consortium, the organization tasked with overseeing the creation of new emoji characters, may soon add support ...
08:58 pm GMT - Tue, July 19, 2016
Mashable Amazon patent shows how delivery drones could dock on street lights
Another detail of Amazon's plan to use drones to deliver packages has been revealed thanks to a patent filing that surfaced this week. SEE ALSO: Amazon reveals Prime Air drone flight footage with...
08:57 pm GMT - Tue, July 19, 2016
Mashable First Prisma app music video is short and mind-blowing
I just saw the future of music videos. And it came in the form of an Instagram post transformed by the Prisma app. SEE ALSO: 10 amazing Prisma app images that started as simple selfiesPosted by m...
07:42 pm GMT - Tue, July 19, 2016
Mashable U.S. Army switching to iPhones because Androids freeze up
The U.S. Army's Special Operations Commands has had enough with using Android phones that constantly freeze up and is switching to iPhones.Apple's latest iPhone 6S, which will be integrated into a soo...
07:15 pm GMT - Tue, July 19, 2016
Mashable Twitter just made it a lot easier to get verified
It will soon be a lot easier to get that coveted blue checkmark next to your name on Twitter.The company will soon have an official way for users to request a verified account via an online applicatio...
07:13 pm GMT - Tue, July 19, 2016
Mashable Kia offers free Apple CarPlay and Android Auto updates for 8 models
Did you fear you'd missed the Apple CarPlay and Android Auto boat when you purchased your new Kia? Worry no more; the Korean carmaker is offering free updates that will bring the popular smartphone in...
07:03 pm GMT - Tue, July 19, 2016
Mashable Startup funding is still hard to come by unless you're Uber or Snapchat
While it looks as if funding for startups moved slightly higher in the last four months, there’s a big catch.According to a new report from KPMG International and CB Insights, global deal activi...
06:33 pm GMT - Tue, July 19, 2016
Mashable China halts highway testing of autonomous cars, report says
Chinese officials have told carmakers to cease testing autonomous cars on the country's highways until legislation is in place.The head of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, She Weiz...
04:01 pm GMT - Tue, July 19, 2016
Mashable This reversible Micro USB cable is impossible to plug in wrong
I have never nerded out so hard over a USB cable the way I am over Winnergear's MicFlip reversible Micro USB-to-USB Type-A cable.Charging cables suck. I know it. You know it. They friggin' suck, espec...
03:25 pm GMT - Tue, July 19, 2016
Mashable These self-driving pods might be the future of public transportation
Uber arch-rival Careem, which operates in Pakistan and across the Middle East and North Africa, has inked a deal to use self-driving electric pods, reports Gulf Business.The pods, made by Italy-based ...
03:12 pm GMT - Tue, July 19, 2016
Mashable Prisma is coming to Android, but there's a way to get it sooner
Prisma, the mobile app that can turn your mundane photos into beautiful pieces of art, is poised to launch an Android version, and an invite-only beta is already available. Originally launched on...
02:59 pm GMT - Tue, July 19, 2016
Mashable You can now use Bitmoji inside Snapchat
Snapchat on Tuesday announced that users can now use Bitmoji inside the service. Back in March, reports surfaced that Snapchat purchased Bitstrips — maker of Bitmoji — for $100 million.Tod...
02:34 pm GMT - Tue, July 19, 2016
Mashable Apple might announce 3 different iPhone 7 models this year
Well, well, well, what do we have here?New images leaked by the Apple sleuths at Nowherelse.fr (via China's Weibo as always) suggest Apple could release not two, but three iPhone 7 models this fall.&#...
10:34 am -04 - Tue, July 19, 2016
Mashable Apple might announce 3 different iPhone 7 models this year
Well, well, well, what do we have here?New images leaked by the Apple sleuths at Nowherelse.fr (via China's Weibo as always) suggest Apple could release not two, but three iPhone 7 models this fall.&#...
09:19 am GMT - Tue, July 19, 2016
Mashable ZTE Zmax Pro offers a fingerprint sensor and 13-megapixel camera for $99
Smartphone pricing has become oddly disjointed: You still have to dish out more than $700 for a flagship coming from a top brand, such as Apple and Samsung, but you can also buy a Chinese phone with s...
06:36 am GMT - Tue, July 19, 2016
Mashable 25 years: How technology transformed the music of Bollywood duo Salim-Sulaiman
Earlier this month, Indian music composers Salim-Sulaiman collaborated with Pakistani singer Abida Parveen and a Canadian music choir to release the song "Noor-e-Ilahi" for the festival of Eid. The so...
06:28 am GMT - Tue, July 19, 2016
Mashable Tesla is bringing its more affordable Model X to Australia
If you were hankering after an electric SUV with some fancy falcon-wing doors, Tesla has announced the Australian pricing for its more affordable Model X electric SUV.The all-wheel drive Model X 60D w...
03:51 am GMT - Tue, July 19, 2016
Mashable 'Pokémon Go'-starved student in Singapore draws her own game on Snapchat
SINGAPORE — The lack of Pokémon Go in Asia (save for Indonesia) is driving people mad, including one very talented Singaporean student.While trainer-wannabes continue to wait for the augmen...
02:36 am -04 - Tue, July 19, 2016
Mashable 25 years: How technology transformed the music of Bollywood duo Salim-Sulaiman
Earlier this month, Indian music composers Salim-Sulaiman collaborated with Pakistani singer Abida Parveen and a Canadian music choir to release the song "Noor-e-Ilahi" for the festival of Eid. The so...
02:28 am -04 - Tue, July 19, 2016
Mashable Tesla is bringing its more affordable Model X to Australia
If you were hankering after an electric SUV with some fancy falcon-wing doors, Tesla has announced the Australian pricing for its more affordable Model X electric SUV.The all-wheel drive Model X 60D w...
01:58 am GMT - Tue, July 19, 2016
Mashable Pokémon-tracking apps rise to the top of App Store
Pokémon Go isn't the only Pokémon app at the top of the App Store.Nintendo's game has sat at the No. 1 spot in Apple's App Store since it launched earlier this month but now two other Pok...
01:42 am GMT - Tue, July 19, 2016
Mashable Cyclotron is the 'Tron' light cycle you peddle
The dream of riding one of the light cycles from the movie Tron just got a lot closer to becoming a reality.SEE ALSO: Ray J reveals the inside story of his bid to launch a tech startupComposed of ligh...
11:51 pm -04 - Mon, July 18, 2016
Mashable 'Pokémon Go'-starved student in Singapore draws her own game on Snapchat
SINGAPORE — The lack of Pokémon Go in Asia (save for Indonesia) is driving people mad, including one very talented Singaporean student.While trainer-wannabes continue to wait for the augmen...
11:41 pm GMT - Mon, July 18, 2016
Mashable Apple Music will no longer add DRM to songs you upload to the cloud
Good news Apple Music subscribers: Apple is updating the way its “match” feature works.Not only is the matching algorithm now better (matching from audio fingerprints instead of metadata),...
11:04 pm GMT - Mon, July 18, 2016
Mashable Mercedes' autonomous Future Bus just drove through Amsterdam
Autonomy isn't just for cars; Mercedes-Benz has created a self-driving city bus, too.Mercedes-Benz revealed its latest creation on Monday morning. Called the Future Bus, it's the first city bus that c...
09:58 pm -04 - Mon, July 18, 2016
Mashable Pokémon-tracking apps rise to the top of App Store
Pokémon Go isn't the only Pokémon app at the top of the App Store.Nintendo's game has sat at the No. 1 spot in Apple's App Store since it launched earlier this month but now two other Pok...
09:48 pm GMT - Mon, July 18, 2016
Mashable This start-up creates customized voices for people unable to speak
American company VocaliD is creating customized voices for people who can't speak. The new technology produces realistic voices by synthesizing and mixing recordings made before a person loses th...
07:40 pm GMT - Mon, July 18, 2016
Mashable 3D-printed Pokédex for playing 'Pokémon Go' has built-in battery
You wish you were playing Pokémon Go like a real Pokémon trainer using this 3D-printed Pokédex.Recently, Sparkfun user Npoole printed this Pokédex case for his Samsung Galaxy S4 an...
06:53 pm GMT - Mon, July 18, 2016
Mashable Atom-sized storage could change the face of data and memory
The secret to our data storage woes could be an atom or, more precisely, a grid of them.Atoms, the smallest building blocks in nature, have their appeal as a storage medium. We certainly need a new st...
05:26 pm GMT - Mon, July 18, 2016
Mashable Microsoft won't have 1 billion Windows devices by 2018 after all
At its Build conference back in 2015, Microsoft set for itself a particularly ambitious goal: Have 1 billion devices running Windows 10 by mid–2018.But now that we’re more than halfway thr...
04:04 pm -07 - Mon, July 18, 2016
Mashable Mercedes' autonomous Future Bus just drove through Amsterdam
Autonomy isn't just for cars; Mercedes-Benz has created a self-driving city bus, too.Mercedes-Benz revealed its latest creation on Monday morning. Called the Future Bus, it's the first city bus that c...
03:00 pm GMT - Mon, July 18, 2016
Mashable Mastercard unveils next-level Masterpass features and a company-wide rebranding, all in one fell swoop
July 14 was a big day for Mastercard.   The company held an event to unveil two significant developments for its future: An enhanced version of the innovative Masterpass global digital payme...
02:54 pm GMT - Mon, July 18, 2016
Mashable HP's new Windows 10 phone arrives in August, won't play 'Pokémon Go'
HP's one of the few companies keeping up the good fight for Microsoft's all-but-dead Windows 10 Mobile platform.The Elite x3 phablet that I called "the hero Windows 10 Mobile needs" when it was announ...
02:21 pm GMT - Mon, July 18, 2016
Mashable Smaller, 4K-ready Xbox One S finally has a launch date
Microsoft's new smaller and sleeker Xbox One S finally has a release date: Aug. 2.Announced at E3 in June, the Xbox One S is Microsoft's most compact Xbox game console yet. Starting at $299 with a 500...
01:30 pm GMT - Mon, July 18, 2016
Mashable Why walk the golf course when you can use Bubba Watson's insane jetpack instead?
Bubba Watson, the fifth-ranked golf player in the world, just can’t seem to get around a golf course like regular pros. Three years ago, he boarded a hovercraft and glided over fairways, bunkers...
12:40 pm -07 - Mon, July 18, 2016
Mashable 3D-printed Pokédex for playing 'Pokémon Go' has built-in battery
You wish you were playing Pokémon Go like a real Pokémon trainer using this 3D-printed Pokédex.Recently, Sparkfun user Npoole printed this Pokédex case for his Samsung Galaxy S4 an...
12:00 pm GMT - Mon, July 18, 2016
Mashable Man brilliantly trolls email scammer who wants to split a trunk of money
Trolls are usually the worst kinds of humans, but not when they're up against an email scammer. In episode 4 of Scamalot, comedian James Veitch  gives this scammer, "Mary Gary...
10:37 am GMT - Mon, July 18, 2016
Mashable You can now buy Samsung's Galaxy S7 Edge Olympic Edition for $850
Good guy Samsung has gifted 12,500 Olympic athletes, competing in the Olympic Summer Games in Brazil this year, a special "Olympic Games" variant of the Galaxy S7 Edge. But what about the rest of us?W...
09:30 am -04 - Mon, July 18, 2016
Mashable Why walk the golf course when you can use Bubba Watson’s insane jetpack instead?
Bubba Watson, the fifth-ranked golf player in the world, just can’t seem to get around a golf course like regular pros. Three years ago, he boarded a hovercraft and glided over fairways, bunkers...
08:26 am GMT - Mon, July 18, 2016
Mashable 'Pokémon Go' somehow works in Indonesia, and businesses are already exploiting the blessing
Although Pokémon Go hasn't been officially launched in Asia yet, players in parts of Indonesia appear to have been able to access the game ahead of its neighbours.The augmented reality game was l...
06:37 am -04 - Mon, July 18, 2016
Mashable You can now buy Samsung's Galaxy S7 Edge Olympic Edition for $850
Good guy Samsung has gifted 12,500 Olympic athletes, competing in the Olympic Summer Games in Brazil this year, a special "Olympic Games" variant of the Galaxy S7 Edge. But what about the rest of us?W...
10:24 pm GMT - Sun, July 17, 2016
Mashable Video shows possible new iPhone 7 without headphone jack
The rumors surrounding the next version of Apple's iPhone have, as usual, spanned a wide range of possibilities. Now, however, we may have something a bit more concrete. On Sunday, a video surfac...
05:40 pm +02 - Sun, July 17, 2016
Mashable The German scooter-car that made a SmartCar look like a tank
Image: Spitta/ullstein bild via Getty ImagesIn 1952, German aircraft engineer Fritz Fend presented a design for a Kabinenroller, or Cabin Scooter, to the Messerschmitt aircraft corporation, which had ...
03:40 pm GMT - Sun, July 17, 2016
Mashable The German scooter-car that made a SmartCar look like a tank
Image: Spitta/ullstein bild via Getty ImagesIn 1952, German aircraft engineer Fritz Fend presented a design for a Kabinenroller, or Cabin Scooter, to the Messerschmitt aircraft corporation, which had ...
07:19 pm GMT - Sat, July 16, 2016
Mashable 7 can't-miss apps: Vevo, Polaroid Swing, Darby and more
With new emoji rolling out left and right (thank you, Google and Twitter) you may have missed some of this week's best new apps.Each weekend, we round up a few of our favorite new and updated apps. Th...
05:24 pm +02 - Sat, July 16, 2016
Mashable I thought the Tesla crash might derail self-driving cars. Then I took a ride in one
WASHINGTON, D.C. — I'm sitting in the passenger seat of a modified Audi A7 going about 50 mph on a Washington freeway when the driver — an Audi engineer — takes his hands off the whe...
04:45 pm +02 - Sat, July 16, 2016
Mashable 6 ways to save battery life in 'Pokémon Go' so you can keep playing
It's been a week since Pokémon Go launched and people still can't stop playing it. Two men even fell off a cliff because they were too focused on catching Pokémon and not watching where they...
04:00 pm +02 - Sat, July 16, 2016
Mashable You shouldn't be ashamed of playing 'Pokemon Go' and loving it
Hi! My name is Raymond Wong and I just turned 28 a few months ago. I love Pokémon Go and I'm not ashamed of everyone knowing. And neither should you, however old you are.Pokémon Go has taken...
03:24 pm GMT - Sat, July 16, 2016
Mashable I thought the Tesla crash might derail self-driving cars. Then I took a ride in one
WASHINGTON, D.C. — I'm sitting in the passenger seat of a modified Audi A7 going about 50 mph on a Washington freeway when the driver — an Audi engineer — takes his hands off the whe...
03:00 pm +02 - Sat, July 16, 2016
Mashable The Twitter army attacking Facebook gun sales
In the past month, John Sibley has been responsible for the takedown of more than 1,000 Facebook groups selling guns. He and others are part of a ragtag social media militia of sorts they say are tryi...
02:45 pm GMT - Sat, July 16, 2016
Mashable 6 ways to save battery life in 'Pokémon Go' so you can keep playing
It's been a week since Pokémon Go launched and people still can't stop playing it. Two men even fell off a cliff because they were too focused on catching Pokémon and not watching where they...
02:00 pm GMT - Sat, July 16, 2016
Mashable You shouldn't be ashamed of playing 'Pokemon Go' and loving it
Hi! My name is Raymond Wong and I just turned 28 a few months ago. I love Pokémon Go and I'm not ashamed of everyone knowing. And neither should you, however old you are.Pokémon Go has taken...
01:00 pm GMT - Sat, July 16, 2016
Mashable The Twitter army attacking Facebook gun sales
In the past month, John Sibley has been responsible for the takedown of more than 1,000 Facebook groups selling guns. He and others are part of a ragtag social media militia of sorts they say are tryi...
01:00 pm +02 - Sat, July 16, 2016
Mashable Devialet's Phantom Gold wireless speaker literally blew us away
I've heard incredible things about Devialet's Phantom wireless speaker, but I was not prepared to experience the even more powerful Phantom Gold.The 25-pound speaker that's made in France looks like a...
11:57 am +02 - Sat, July 16, 2016
Mashable Withdrawing cash with iPhone's Touch ID coming to 70,000 ATMs in the U.S.
The days of inserting your debit or credit card into an ATM, entering your PIN and worrying about whether there's a card skimmer stealing your information will soon become a thing of the past.FIS and ...
11:00 am GMT - Sat, July 16, 2016
Mashable Devialet's Phantom Gold wireless speaker literally blew us away
I've heard incredible things about Devialet's Phantom wireless speaker, but I was not prepared to experience the even more powerful Phantom Gold.The 25-pound speaker that's made in France looks like a...
09:57 am GMT - Sat, July 16, 2016
Mashable Withdrawing cash with iPhone's Touch ID coming to 70,000 ATMs in the U.S.
The days of inserting your debit or credit card into an ATM, entering your PIN and worrying about whether there's a card skimmer stealing your information will soon become a thing of the past.FIS and ...
06:52 pm +02 - Fri, July 15, 2016
Mashable We're obsessed with 'Pokémon Go'
On this week’s episode of MashTalk, Lance, Pete and I tackle the phenomenon that is Pokémon Go (00:50). In a wide-ranging chat, we talk about everything from the growing Pokemon Go economy ...
05:09 pm +02 - Fri, July 15, 2016
Mashable Sprint unleashes 'Pokémon Go' lures at its retail stores to attract players
Sprint, the fourth largest wireless carrier in the U.S., is capitalizing on the Pokémon Go craze.Following T-Mobile's announcement that its U.S. customers will be able to play Pokémon Go for...
04:52 pm GMT - Fri, July 15, 2016
Mashable We're obsessed with 'Pokémon Go'
On this week’s episode of MashTalk, Lance, Pete and I tackle the phenomenon that is Pokémon Go (00:50). In a wide-ranging chat, we talk about everything from the growing Pokemon Go economy ...
03:09 pm GMT - Fri, July 15, 2016
Mashable Sprint unleashes 'Pokémon Go' lures at its retail stores to attract players
Sprint, the fourth largest wireless carrier in the U.S., is capitalizing on the Pokémon Go craze.Following T-Mobile's announcement that its U.S. customers will be able to play Pokémon Go for...
01:22 pm GMT - Fri, July 15, 2016
Mashable 'Pokémon Go' on Microsoft HoloLens looks freakin' incredible
If you've played Pokémon Go at all (and at this point, who hasn't?), you know that one of its most compelling features is its use of augmented reality (AR). That is, when you try to snatch one of...
11:00 am GMT - Fri, July 15, 2016
Mashable 8 ways to conquer 'Pokémon Go'
You have spent the past week playing Pokémon Go, but do you really know what you're doing? We have compiled a list of eight foolproof ways to conquer the game, covering everything from batte...
07:00 am -04 - Fri, July 15, 2016
Mashable 8 ways to conquer 'Pokémon Go'
You have spent the past week playing Pokémon Go, but do you really know what you're doing? We have compiled a list of eight foolproof ways to conquer the game, covering everything from batte...
04:13 am GMT - Fri, July 15, 2016
Mashable Autopilot was not engaged in Model X rollover crash, Tesla says
Tesla has one fewer crash to worry about now — at least according to Elon Musk.Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted Thursday that the Model X that rolled over on a freeway in Pennsylvania on July 1 did n...
03:36 am GMT - Fri, July 15, 2016
Mashable Google makes phone calls free to France in the aftermath of Nice attacks
Google has announced that it will make calls to France free in the wake of the Nice attack. Users will be able to dial into France without charge via Hangouts, Google Voice and Project Fi from an...
12:42 am GMT - Fri, July 15, 2016
Mashable Dozens of new emoji will finally show women being awesome
If you are tired of having to choose from the same predictable female emoji characters (yes, I mean you, princess), now is the time to rejoice.On Thursday, Google announced that the emoji subcommittee...
11:06 pm GMT - Thu, July 14, 2016
Mashable You can already use the new emoji on Twitter
Twitter just gave its users an emoji-filled present.The company updated its site Thursday with support for the 72 new emoji characters part of the Unicode 9.0 update that rolled out in June.  SEE...
10:31 pm GMT - Thu, July 14, 2016
Mashable T-mobile will give customers unlimited data for playing 'Pokémon Go'
If you're a T-Mobile customer you will soon be able to play all the Pokémon Go you want and not a single megabyte used to do so will count towards your monthly data plan.Starting on July 19, T-Mo...
07:55 pm GMT - Thu, July 14, 2016
Mashable Transform your studio into a one bedroom with this furniture app
The Ori system is transforming studio apartments into one-bedroom sanctuaries. Based off an idea developed at MIT, the furniture app is transforming tiny spaces from bedrooms to living rooms and offic...
07:48 pm GMT - Thu, July 14, 2016
Mashable Facebook's Instant Articles are now on Messenger
Facebook is expanding its Instant Articles format.The feature, previously limited to the main Facebook app, is now compatible with the Android version of Messenger and will be on iOS soon. SEE AL...
07:02 pm GMT - Thu, July 14, 2016
Mashable Instagram may be making it easier to binge on a person's photos
Just when you're finally accepting the controversial new Instagram icon and the flatter black and white design, Instagram may be shaking things up once again.Mashable has discovered Instagram may remo...
05:31 pm GMT - Thu, July 14, 2016
Mashable Your passion for 'Pokémon Go' can help fund your favorite charity
Are you spending all your waking hours playing Pokémon Go? Of course you are — and now you can play for a good cause.Social good app Charity Miles, which raises money for charity by trackin...
04:17 pm GMT - Thu, July 14, 2016
Mashable Swift Playgrounds aims to teach kids code in a highly engaging way
One of the nice surprise introductions at WWDC was Swift Playgrounds, a new app coming to the iPad and iOS 10 that will help teach kids (or anyone, really) how to code with Swift. Apple introduce...
04:06 pm GMT - Thu, July 14, 2016
Mashable Consumer Reports calls for Tesla to disable and rename Autopilot
The number of consumer-advocacy organizations calling for Tesla to do something about its much-criticized Autopilot system is growing.Consumer Reports called for Tesla to "disable hands-free operation...
02:33 pm GMT - Thu, July 14, 2016
Mashable Automated furniture app transforms tiny apartments into mini mansions
Most people don't live in tiny Fifth Element style apartments. But since some of the most popular cities are beginning to feel the squeeze, an idea born in the MIT Media Lab is delivering a much-neede...
01:00 pm GMT - Thu, July 14, 2016
Mashable Your favorite Disney characters are now emoji
It's been a good week for app-inspired nostalgia. On top of last week's Pokémon craze, Disney also has a new app that will provide some throwback joy.The company just launched its new emoji app, ...
12:05 pm GMT - Thu, July 14, 2016
Mashable Nissan's self-driving minivan will go on sale in Japan in August
Nissan's big push to offer 10 autonomous models in dealerships by 2020 has officially begun.SEE ALSO: Report: Tesla Autopilot implicated in another crashNissan announced that it will sell its first ca...
12:05 pm GMT - Thu, July 14, 2016
Mashable Nissan's autonomous minivan will go on sale in Japan in August
Nissan's big push to offer 10 autonomous models in dealerships by 2020 has officially begun.SEE ALSO: Report: Tesla Autopilot implicated in another crashNissan announced that it will sell its first ca...
11:00 am GMT - Thu, July 14, 2016
Mashable #TBT: The '90s Nintendo Game Boy was the O.G. 'Pokémon Go'
Thought you caught 'em all in the '90s? Well, guess who's back? Back again. (Actually don't guess, unless you've been living under a rock.) With the rise of Pokémon Go, this week we take you...
09:52 am GMT - Thu, July 14, 2016
Mashable There’s finally a Nest Cam for outdoors
The rumors about Nest Labs were true. No, no, not the rumors about Alphabet selling the company; the ones about it delivering a Nest Cam designed for the great outdoors.The Nest Cam Outdoor is real an...
08:05 am -04 - Thu, July 14, 2016
Mashable Nissan's autonomous minivan will go on sale in Japan in August
Nissan's big push to offer 10 autonomous models in dealerships by 2020 has officially begun.SEE ALSO: Report: Tesla Autopilot implicated in another crashNissan announced that it will sell its first ca...
07:38 am GMT - Thu, July 14, 2016
Mashable Sick of Pokémon Go? Block it in Chrome with these extensions
If the very mention of Pokémon Go — the augmented reality game that's become the biggest U.S. mobile game ever in a matter of days — makes you cringe, burying your computer behind the...
01:44 am GMT - Thu, July 14, 2016
Mashable Senator pummels Mark Zuckerberg with questions about gun sales on Facebook
Facebook is facing new questions over how it deals with guns on its network after reports that the Dallas police shooter previously arranged to buy an AK-47 on Facebook.Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey se...
01:07 am GMT - Thu, July 14, 2016
Mashable Android Pay launches in Australia with ANZ and American Express on board
Following on the heels of Apple Pay and Samsung Pay, Google's own mobile payments platform Android Pay launched in Australia Thursday.It kicked things off with ANZ as its major banking partn...
10:53 pm GMT - Wed, July 13, 2016
Mashable 'Pokémon Go' drone concept would let you catch creatures pretty much anywhere
Because as of last week everything must somehow be related to Pokémon Go, a company in the Netherlands called TRNDlabs posted a video of something called the Pokédrone. SEE ALSO: Man pl...
10:08 pm GMT - Wed, July 13, 2016
Mashable 'Game of Thrones' theme covered by an army of floppy disks
Yikes, if winter is coming, someone make sure to get this intricate computer hardware orchestra somewhere dry.YouTube user Paweł Zadrożniak, who had previously used his technologic symphony ...
09:23 pm GMT - Wed, July 13, 2016
Mashable People are spending more time in 'Pokèmon Go' than Facebook and Snapchat
Nintendo's seemingly unstoppable mobile hit has reached a new milestone.iPhone users may be spending more time playing Pokèmon Go than they do browsing Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter or Instagram, a...
09:00 pm GMT - Wed, July 13, 2016
Mashable Look out, Samsung: Alcatel's Idol 4S is respectable, affordable and all about VR
As if Xiaomi and Huawei eating Samsung's lunch in the smartphone market wasn't already enough trouble, now the Korean electronics giant has to worry about Alcatel.Announced at Mobile World Congress in...
08:14 pm GMT - Wed, July 13, 2016
Mashable Sunscreenr will show you exactly where you forgot to put sunblock
Skin cancer is serious business and yet we take an incredibly haphazard approach to sun protection. Even when we think we're covered, we're not, but who can tell? Most of the sunblock we use is invisi...
07:39 pm GMT - Wed, July 13, 2016
Mashable Amazon boasts Prime Day sales were 'biggest' in history of the company
Chock up another "W" for Amazon. On Wednesday, the Seattle-based retailer announced that its second annual Prime Day was the "biggest day in the history of Amazon."The event was a huge success last ye...
07:08 pm GMT - Wed, July 13, 2016
Mashable 11 jobs that you wouldn't think pay $100k
Your childhood dream of being a pilot just became appealing again. Employment review site Glassdoor has released a list of 11 unexpected jobs that pay $100,000 or more. Career paths highligh...
04:00 pm GMT - Wed, July 13, 2016
Mashable Inside the data center where Facebook trains and tests its apps
PRINEVILLE, Oregon — Tucked deep in a Facebook data center, amid hundreds of humming server racks, nearly 2,000 smartphones are running some some version of a Facebook app.Some are scrolling thr...
03:44 pm GMT - Wed, July 13, 2016
Mashable Don't get hooked on the joy of playing 'Pokémon Go.' It won't last.
Are we allowed to feel joy anymore? A level of cynicism will eventually infect the joy of playing Pokémon Go, until we can no longer experience the happiness of finding a Squirtle on a park ...
02:40 pm GMT - Wed, July 13, 2016
Mashable The best tech for living your freest life
Freedom is crucial to happiness. We live our best lives when we feel like we’re untethered, that we can do what we want and what’s best for us without a ton of obstacles standing in the wa...
02:34 pm GMT - Wed, July 13, 2016
Mashable Tesla launches cheaper version of Model X for $74,000
Saving for a Tesla Model X, and you're just about $9,000 short? Good news: You can buy yourself an ultra-fast, falcon-winged, electric SUV right now, as Tesla has just launched a new, cheaper model.&#...
01:35 pm GMT - Wed, July 13, 2016
Mashable An Indian city is getting futuristic pod taxis to beat traffic blues
Gurgaon, a suburb of New Delhi and home to India headquarters of MNC's like Google, Microsoft and Apple, is about to get driverless electric pods to alleviate the traffic woes faced by thousands of pe...
11:44 am -04 - Wed, July 13, 2016
Mashable Don't get hooked on the joy of playing 'Pokémon Go.' It won't last.
Are we allowed to feel joy anymore? A level of cynicism will eventually infect the joy of playing Pokémon Go, until we can no longer experience the happiness of finding a Squirtle on a park ...
10:34 am -04 - Wed, July 13, 2016
Mashable Tesla launches cheaper version of Model X for $74,000
Saving for a Tesla Model X, and you're just about $9,000 short? Good news: You can buy yourself an ultra-fast, falcon-winged, electric SUV right now, as Tesla has just launched a new, cheaper model.&#...
08:54 am GMT - Wed, July 13, 2016
Mashable 2 years after iOS, Google Hangouts on Android gets video messaging
Google has updated its Hangouts app for Android with the ability to record and send videos to other users. The video is limited to one minute in duration, and you can either record the video dire...
05:19 am GMT - Wed, July 13, 2016
Mashable The SwagBot is an all-terrain robot that will soon be running the farm
Sorry, Lassie. Your days as a farmer's best friend may be numbered.Salah Sukkarieh, a professor of robotics at Sydney University, is the project lead for agricultural robotics at the Australian C...
10:51 pm GMT - Tue, July 12, 2016
Mashable First 'Pokémon Go' update blocks full access to your Google account data
A day after it was discovered the hit game Pokémon Go was requesting full access permission to a user's Google account data, developer Niantic has released a software update that resolves the sec...
10:18 pm GMT - Tue, July 12, 2016
Mashable Ousted Hyperloop One cofounder sues, claims company 'rife with nepotism'
Brogan BamBrogan has not quietly stepped back from his chief technology officer duties at Hyperloop One.Instead, he filed a wrongful termination lawsuit alleging nepotism and waste along with four oth...
09:38 pm GMT - Tue, July 12, 2016
Mashable The Avis Now app could end our car rental nigthmare
Avis is trying, with a simple app, to end our long, national car-rental nightmare.If you’ve done any traveling, you know what I mean. After sitting trapped on an airplane for hours, you are forc...
09:31 pm GMT - Tue, July 12, 2016
Mashable Report: Tesla Autopilot implicated in another crash
Autopilot, Tesla's semi-autonomous driving system, has crashed again.A Tesla Model X crashed in Montana Saturday morning while in Autopilot mode, according to CNNMoney.The driver, identified only by h...
09:01 pm GMT - Tue, July 12, 2016
Mashable Samsung will unveil its highly anticipated Galaxy Note 7 in August
Samsung will give us all the juicy details on the Galaxy Note 7 on Aug. 2.The Korean electronics company will once again hold an "Unpacked" event to announce the Android smartphone.SEE ALSO: Leak reve...
06:54 pm GMT - Tue, July 12, 2016
Mashable Snapchat rolls out super easy way to add celebs like Jimmy Fallon
Adding celebrities on Snapchat just got a whole lot easier.Mashable has discovered Snapchat has rolled out a new feature that makes following celebrity accounts (a.k.a Official Story accounts a.k.a ve...
06:51 pm -04 - Tue, July 12, 2016
Mashable First 'Pokémon Go' update blocks full access to your Google account data
A day after it was discovered the hit game Pokémon Go was requesting full access permission to a user's Google account data, developer Niantic has released a software update that resolves the sec...
06:37 pm GMT - Tue, July 12, 2016
Mashable New images hint at a dark mode hidden within macOS Sierra
Upon the release of OS X Yosemite, Apple introduced a feature called Dark Mode that offered a, well, darker look to the dock and menu bar. Now it seems that an expansion of the feature could be c...
06:23 pm GMT - Tue, July 12, 2016
Mashable It's true, Pokémon Go is becoming a fitness craze
It turns out that there's an amazing side effect to joining the ranks of the millions now addicted to Pokémon Go: better health. SEE ALSO: 8 'Pokémon Go' tricks that'll help you become ...
06:23 pm GMT - Tue, July 12, 2016
Mashable It's true, 'Pokémon Go' is becoming a fitness craze
It turns out that there's an amazing side effect to joining the ranks of the millions now addicted to Pokémon Go: better health. SEE ALSO: 8 'Pokémon Go' tricks that'll help you become ...
04:57 pm GMT - Tue, July 12, 2016
Mashable Sanders and Clinton make it Snapchat official
Bernie Sanders has endorsed his Democratic presidential rival Hillary Clinton — and the newly united pair have featured in a Snapchat geofilter to mark the moment. The MS-Paint style graphi...
03:12 pm GMT - Tue, July 12, 2016
Mashable Turn your home into a smart home with these Amazon Prime Day deals
If you've been waiting to dip your toe into the smart home waters, now — at this very moment — may be the best time to get started.SEE ALSO: The best deals from Amazon Prime DayAmazon has ...
02:36 pm GMT - Tue, July 12, 2016
Mashable The best TV deals for Amazon Prime Day
One of the biggest shopping myths is that Black Friday is the best day to score a sweet deal on a big TV. That's actually not true anymore. Thanks to online discounts all year round, you can bag ...
01:36 pm GMT - Tue, July 12, 2016
Mashable HTC 10 drops to $599 through the end of July
HTC's flagship smartphone, the HTC 10, will be available for $599 — down from the full price of $699 — through the end of July, the company has announced. The discount is valid for un...
08:22 am GMT - Tue, July 12, 2016
Mashable Asus ZenFone 3 Deluxe's specs will put your phone to shame
Asus may not be the first name on your mind when you think of "smartphone manufacturer," but the company has been consistently producing solid, beautiful phones that are often on par, specs-wise, with...
08:03 am GMT - Tue, July 12, 2016
Mashable Twitter increases GIF size limit to 15MB, but only for the web
You don't know rage unless you've tried to post a cute puppy GIF to Twitter and couldn't, because it was just slightly over the 5MB limit. Well, those days are over now, as Twitter has increased the G...
07:44 am GMT - Tue, July 12, 2016
Mashable How an iPhone is helping a blind athlete prepare for the Rio Games
Katie Kelly's life has always revolved around sport, and living with a disability has not slowed her down.In her twenties, Kelly was diagnosed with Usher syndrome, a degenerative eye sight and he...
03:29 am GMT - Tue, July 12, 2016
Mashable Budget Moto G4 phones are winners, but the G4 Plus has the better camera
Motorola's Moto G series smartphones have always been about offering as much value as possible for a fraction of what iPhones and Samsung's Galaxy phones cost.For the fourth year in a row, Motorola is...
02:45 am GMT - Tue, July 12, 2016
Mashable Prisma's stunning art effects are coming to VR and video
What's better than an app that turns selfies into instant art? An app that does the same thing for video and virtual reality. That's what Prisma, the app that has already captured the imagination...
01:57 am GMT - Tue, July 12, 2016
Mashable Google to change app permissions for 'Pokémon Go' after security concerns
Pokémon Go players won't have to worry about sketchy app permissions for much longer.The developer of the game has acknowledged that it "erroneously" requested full access permission to users' Go...
01:00 am GMT - Tue, July 12, 2016
Mashable The best deals from Amazon Prime Day
Amazon Prime Day is less than 12 hours away. This year, Amazon’s big savings event for Prime members will be bigger than ever, with more than 100,000 deals—which will come as frequently as...
10:02 pm GMT - Mon, July 11, 2016
Mashable Sorry, astronauts: You can't play 'Pokémon Go' in space
While the whole world seems to be totally obsessed with Pokémon Go, at least six people aren't going to have the chance to try out the augmented reality gaming sensation anytime soon. Accord...
09:15 pm GMT - Mon, July 11, 2016
Mashable Craigslist missed connections are now basically PokéStops
Thanks to the new addictive app Pokémon Go, millennial missed connections are on the rise.A slew of Pokémon Go trainers posted missed connection ads on Craigslist for people they interacted ...
08:24 pm GMT - Mon, July 11, 2016
Mashable 8 'Pokémon Go' tricks that'll help you become a Pokémon master
So you're going crazy for Pokémon Go, aren't you? You can't stop thinking about it, tweeting about it and playing the darn game that's taken the entire world by storm.You want to become a Pok...
05:23 pm GMT - Mon, July 11, 2016
Mashable Amazon is basically paying you to pick up a Dash button
Ahead of Prime Day (which kicks off at 3 a.m. EDT on July 12), Amazon has a VERY good deal on its Dash buttons. Dash buttons are normally priced at $4.99, and they come with a $4.99 credit on the...
02:44 pm GMT - Mon, July 11, 2016
Mashable iPhone 7 with a huge ugly camera bump looking very likely
The iPhone 6 and 6S's most hated feature (aside from starting with 16GB of internal storage and the ugly antenna lines) is the protruding camera lens bump.Fans hoping for Apple to flatten it down so t...
01:43 pm GMT - Mon, July 11, 2016
Mashable Pokémon Go on Android: Already bigger than Tinder, may soon be as big as Twitter
Five days after the launch, Pokémon Go — an augmented reality game in which you hunt virtual Pokémon on your phone in real-life locations — is huge.It's so big, actually, that it...
12:37 pm GMT - Mon, July 11, 2016
Mashable Mind-controlled LUKE prosthetic arm is finally coming to market
Nearly two years after receiving Food and Drug Administration approval, DEKA's innovative prosthesis has a manufacturer and could start changing the lives of amputees in 2016.SEE ALSO: 3D-printed 'Spo...
08:49 am GMT - Mon, July 11, 2016
Mashable All new mobile phones sold in India will have panic buttons from 2017
To provide emergency assistance to women, the Indian government had recently announced that all mobile phones sold in India from 2017 would require a panic button to let users make emergency calls....
08:27 am GMT - Mon, July 11, 2016
Mashable Elon Musk is working on a top secret Tesla masterplan
As if he didn't have enough on his plate, Elon Musk — Tesla co-founder and CEO, Solarcity co-founder and chairman, SpaceX founder, CEO and CTO, Martian hopeful, Pentagon advisor, philosopher and...
03:45 am GMT - Mon, July 11, 2016
Mashable How the gurus behind Google Earth created 'Pokémon Go'
If you spotted dozens of people silently congregating in parks and train stations over the weekend, they were probably just busy trying to catch a Pidgeotto. Niantic's Pokémon Go, the augmen...
11:34 pm GMT - Sun, July 10, 2016
Mashable 10 amazing Prisma app images that started as simple selfies
The Prisma app, which transforms normal photos into amazing images that attempt to replicate the human artistic touch, is officially a hit. First released back in June in the Apple App Store, the...
02:18 pm GMT - Sun, July 10, 2016
Mashable The 15 best features in iOS 10, in GIFs
The latest version of iOS is upon us.Apple just released the public beta for iOS 10, which is due out this fall.SEE ALSO: Hands-on with Apple's iOS 10There's a ton of new stuff in iOS 10, especia...
12:03 pm GMT - Sun, July 10, 2016
Mashable This blind Apple engineer is transforming the tech world at only 22
Apple engineer Jordyn Castor has never been one for limitationsShe was born 15 weeks early, weighing just under two pounds. Her grandfather could hold her in the palm of his hand, and could even slide...
07:05 pm GMT - Sat, July 9, 2016
Mashable 7 can't-miss apps: Prisma, Folioscape, 'Mindvision' and more
With Snapchat pushing out its biggest update yet and Pokemon Go finally hitting the App Store, you may have missed some of this week's best new apps.Each weekend, we round up a few of our favorite new...
04:25 pm GMT - Sat, July 9, 2016
Mashable Jack Dorsey's Twitter account hacked, report says
Jack got hacked. But not just any Jack, Jack Dorsey, the co-founder and current CEO of Twitter. SEE ALSO: Hacker takes over Twitter account of Oculus CEO, has a good laughDorsey had his Twit...
02:53 pm GMT - Sat, July 9, 2016
Mashable Tesla is the only carmaker beta testing 'autopilot' tech, and that's a problem
The recent news of the first-known fatality involving Tesla's semi-autonomous Autopilot system is undeniably tragic. However, it also highlights one distinct difference between the upstart carmaker an...
02:00 pm GMT - Sat, July 9, 2016
Mashable This battery pack is the perfect buddy for your laptop
Battery packs are incredibly useful for keeping your gadgets charged when they're running low on juice.But what about your laptop? MacBook users can pick up the HyperJuice, but it requires a little bi...
02:00 pm GMT - Sat, July 9, 2016
Mashable 18 photos that will make your IT person want to cry
Maybe we shouldn't allow everyone to have access to technology. Most people like to think they have a pretty good grasp on all things tech. But just because you can turn a device on and navigate ...
01:32 pm GMT - Sat, July 9, 2016
Mashable Dear Apple, please don't make the best iPhone 7 features 'Plus only'
The wait for the iPhone 7 is killing me. My bruised, worn and cracked iPhone 6 is barely hanging on and I'm not dumb enough to buy a new iPhone when I know the next model is right around the corner.Th...
08:27 pm GMT - Fri, July 8, 2016
Mashable Snapchat Memories is the most significant change in the platform's history
On this week’s MashTalk, Lance, Christina and Pete are back talking about all the stuff happening in work this week.We start out with a “hella good” discussion about Microsoft’...
07:40 pm GMT - Fri, July 8, 2016
Mashable Robotic bartender is the cocktail wizard every kitchen needs
Sonabar takes mixology to the next level by putting the power in your fingertips. After you infuse bitters and choose the strength of your drink through Sonabar's smartphone app, this robotic bar...
06:35 pm GMT - Fri, July 8, 2016
Mashable How to use Snapchat Memories
Snapchat is rolling out its biggest change yet: Memories, a feature that allows users to easily save and share old photos with the app for the first time.It not only promises to overhaul the way many ...
04:59 pm GMT - Fri, July 8, 2016
Mashable The great tablet gold rush is over
Last week, Dell announced it will no longer sell Android tablets and will focus on developing Windows-powered 2-in-1 machines — a category that includes the Microsoft Surface and Lenovo Yoga ...
03:06 pm GMT - Fri, July 8, 2016
Mashable VR porn festival turned away hundreds of people from trying out digital sex
VR porn is taking the world by storm. Well, at least Japan, which seems to be embracing the new form of intercourse simulation.Japan's first VR porn festival — Adult VR Fest, held in Tokyo's Aki...
02:55 pm GMT - Fri, July 8, 2016
Mashable Facebook is testing encrypted, secret, self-destructing Messenger chats
Need more security in your Facebook messaging, but not willing to switch to a security-oriented service such as Telegram? We've got good news: Facebook is testing a far more secure type of Messenger c...
02:40 pm GMT - Fri, July 8, 2016
Mashable Robot cheerleaders demonstrate today's advanced car technology
SINGAPORE — They're cute and cheery, but are also packed with some of the advanced auto technology we may not be aware of.This team of 10 robot cheerleaders from Japanese electronics maker Murat...
02:17 pm GMT - Fri, July 8, 2016
Mashable Electric mountain bike eats hills for breakfast
Chris Nolte of Propel Bikes let us try out Haibike Xduro's electric mountain bike around Prospect Park in Brooklyn. It was an aggressive, muddy adventure.In the above video, Mashable Producer Jon Lynn...
02:00 pm GMT - Fri, July 8, 2016
Mashable Man replies to scam emails — and hilarity ensues
Ever wondered what would happen if you replied to a scam email, giving Barrister John Lateef or Sir Morrison or whomever a chance to explain why they have a jaw-dropping inheritance waiting for you?&#...
12:00 pm GMT - Fri, July 8, 2016
Mashable This is what happens when you look for love in spam mail
If you're a person with an an email address, you’ve no doubt been on the receiving end of the old "scammer poses as a friend in trouble who needs cash quick" email. A common (and probably wise) ...
10:04 am GMT - Fri, July 8, 2016
Mashable Google is already fighting hackers from the future with post-quantum cryptography
For years, experts have warned users to use secure browser communications whenever possible. If you visit a site and the URL in your browser's address bar starts with "https://", you know the communic...
10:00 am GMT - Fri, July 8, 2016
Mashable Email scammer becomes hilariously enraged when recipient demands a free toaster
In the latest episode of "Scamalot," we witness a high-stakes email conversation between comedian James Veitch and a self-proclaimed "army intelligent" looking to transport a bunch of diamonds. Sounds...
02:45 am GMT - Fri, July 8, 2016
Mashable The Crab Nebula dazzles in a new close-up photo taken by Hubble
The Crab Nebula doesn't just have an appetizing name — it also provides a visual feast. NASA released a stunning close-up of the nebula on Thursday taken by the Hubble telescope. Locat...
02:45 am GMT - Fri, July 8, 2016
Mashable The Crab Nebula dazzles in a new photo taken by Hubble
The Crab Nebula doesn't just have an appetizing name — it also provides a visual feast. NASA released a stunning close-up of the nebula on Thursday taken by the Hubble telescope. Locat...
11:36 pm GMT - Thu, July 7, 2016
Mashable Facebook confronts the grisly reality of live video with the shooting of Philando Castile
Facebook is facing new questions about its policies for live video after footage showing the aftermath of a police shooting in Minnesota was briefly removed.The video was recorded in the minutes immed...
10:10 pm GMT - Thu, July 7, 2016
Mashable Can technology protect soft targets against mass shootings and terrorist attacks?
Sandy Hook, Charlie Hebdo, San Bernardino, the Paris Attacks, Brussels, Istanbul. Virtually all of these terrorist attacks and mass shootings occurred in what are known as "soft target" locations: big...
09:39 pm GMT - Thu, July 7, 2016
Mashable Samsung's new 256GB microSD card is so fast no devices support it yet
It's incredible how much storage now fits into a fingernail-sized microSD memory card.Last year, SanDisk crammed 200GB into a microSD card and now Samsung's gone and made a 256GB microSD with the worl...
08:12 pm GMT - Thu, July 7, 2016
Mashable Android's new translation feature is a great reason to switch from iPhone
There's a nifty feature in Android 6.0 Marshmallow called "Now on Tap" that not a lot of people know about or use. When you press and hold down on the home button (the circle icon), Now on T...
06:37 pm GMT - Thu, July 7, 2016
Mashable #TBT: The cassette player is a Spotify lovers' bittersweet nightmare
Not even the most hipster millennial can bring back the cassette player. This pre-iPod technology made music portable and played both tapes and radio. In this week's episode of Throwback Tech, we...
06:06 pm GMT - Thu, July 7, 2016
Mashable Researchers stored an OK Go music video on strands of DNA
Researchers just figured out how to squeeze 200 MB of data onto some strands of DNA.That's right, the same stuff that's inside all of us, the blueprints for our eye color, ear shape, height and more &...
04:20 pm GMT - Thu, July 7, 2016
Mashable Yuneec Typhoon H drone is full of awesome power and frustrating complexity
Flying a drone is tricky business. The prosumer models are powerful, fast and can get into trouble in a hurry if you don’t know what you’re doing. That’s why smart, logical design an...
03:47 pm GMT - Thu, July 7, 2016
Mashable macOS Sierra public beta will be available today
Mac users will be able to install the first public beta of macOS Sierra on Thursday.The release comes two days after Apple released its second developer preview of macOS Sierra.SEE ALSO: What it'...
03:33 pm GMT - Thu, July 7, 2016
Mashable iOS 10 public beta is available now
If you’ve wanted to try out all the new stuff in iOS 10, you can do it now.Apple on Thursday released the first public beta for iOS 10. This beta comes two days after Apple seeded iOS 10 beta 2 ...
03:33 pm GMT - Thu, July 7, 2016
Mashable Now you, too, can get the iOS 10 beta
If you’ve wanted to try out all the new stuff in iOS 10, you can do it now.Apple on Thursday released the first public beta for iOS 10. This beta comes two days after Apple seeded iOS 10 beta 2 ...
02:35 pm GMT - Thu, July 7, 2016
Mashable Alibaba's new internet-connected car can pay for gas and control your home appliances
Alibaba has been working on an internet-connected car for the past year, and just unveiled the project's first model.The internet giant on Wednesday showed off its new SUV, the Roewe RX5, that it buil...
01:17 pm GMT - Thu, July 7, 2016
Mashable Spending a day on 'Pokémon Go' is not good for your phone's battery life
It's fair to say Pokémon Go has sent people wild again for the 20-year-old gaming franchise.The augmented reality mobile game became available for Australians and New Zealanders on Wednesday morn...
12:18 pm GMT - Thu, July 7, 2016
Mashable These are the apps refugees are using to find their way in Europe
BERLIN — Mojahed Akil is 26 years old and he’s already running a successful tech startup: the first app he launched has been downloaded over 40,000 times on Android alone. He’s also ...
11:36 am GMT - Thu, July 7, 2016
Mashable Microsoft's 'Hey bae intern' email is the embarrassing dad of emails
Here's a piece of advice: Whether you're an individual or a multibillion dollar company, never start any sort of event invite with the words "Hey Bae."Especially if you're unsure what "bae" means....
11:13 am GMT - Thu, July 7, 2016
Mashable Facebook is testing an offline video feature in India
Facebook has made it clear that it sees video as the future. It is now following YouTube by offering an offline feature that will enable users to download some videos and watch them later. The fe...
07:53 am GMT - Thu, July 7, 2016
Mashable Facebook lays down foundations for easier, cheaper net access
Ever since it started closing in on the coveted milestone of 1 billion users (it now has more than 1.65 billion), Facebook began to put some serious thought into providing internet access to remote ar...
05:00 am GMT - Thu, July 7, 2016
Mashable Fujifilm's new weather-sealed mirrorless camera shoots 4K video
If you want a mirrorless camera with retro styling, the only two brands that offer them are Olympus and Fujifilm.The latter company announced the X-T2 on Thursday, which will be available in the U.S. ...
12:21 am GMT - Thu, July 7, 2016
Mashable Snapchat may be outgrowing its disappearing photos
Snapchat is taking its biggest step back yet from the disappearing messages that made it famous — and it may not be a bad thing.Snapchat revealed a new feature Wednesday called Memories, which w...
10:08 pm GMT - Wed, July 6, 2016
Mashable Regulators open second Tesla probe following Model X crash, report says
Safety regulators are leaving no stone unturned at Tesla since the first known fatality involving the company's semi-autonomous driving system, Autopilot, was reported last week.SEE ALSO: Aston Martin...
09:29 pm GMT - Wed, July 6, 2016
Mashable Elon Musk squabbles with reporters over Autopilot safety stats
Elon Musk and some reporters have been engaging in a Twitter tiff this week.SEE ALSO: What the fatal Tesla Autopilot crash means for driverless carsMusk, the CEO of Tesla, aired his grievances on Twit...
08:27 pm GMT - Wed, July 6, 2016
Mashable Volkswagen and LG team to create connected car platform
Carmakers are looking to tech companies to achieve their connected mobility goals.SEE ALSO: BMW, Intel and MobilEye to bring fully autonomous car to the roads by 2021Volkswagen announced Wednesday mor...
08:21 pm -04 - Wed, July 6, 2016
Mashable Snapchat may be outgrowing its disappearing photos
Snapchat is taking its biggest step back yet from the disappearing messages that made it famous — and it may not be a bad thing.Snapchat revealed a new feature Wednesday called Memories, which w...
07:21 pm GMT - Wed, July 6, 2016
Mashable Penalty shootout decides robot soccer World Cup final
RoboCup 2016 might not have been too exciting for the robots — they don't have feelings, after all — but their programmers must have been thrilled. The robot soccer tournament has been run...
04:54 pm GMT - Wed, July 6, 2016
Mashable Snapchat introduces Memories so you can save and share old photos
Snapchat is changing up the way users share photos in a major way.The app is introducing a new feature called memories, which allows you to save photos you take in the app and share them again later.&...
04:43 pm GMT - Wed, July 6, 2016
Mashable Hoverboard danger still lurks despite recall, CPSC says
On Wednesday, following the widespread recall of hoverboards in the U.S., the head of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Elliot F. Kaye, issued a stern warning to the public: The hoverboar...
04:29 pm GMT - Wed, July 6, 2016
Mashable I wrote this while on a hoverboard
Under my feet is 24 pounds of fun. Two wheels, a platform and a pair of motors that responds as much to my thoughts as they do physical gesture. Or at least it seems that way.SEE ALSO: The rise and fa...
04:02 pm GMT - Wed, July 6, 2016
Mashable Hey, 32GB iPhone 7, I already hate you
The base-price iPhone 7, according to a recent report by The Wall Street Journal, will have an amount of storage that will make it usable. Not great, not amazing, not best in class, but usable. How ex...
03:45 pm GMT - Wed, July 6, 2016
Mashable Twitter is testing its new live sports setup with Wimbledon tennis
Twitter on Wednesday rolled out a new live video product that shows tweets alongside live video.From what we can tell, the feature is first being used by the official Wimbledon account. As noted by Tw...
03:45 pm GMT - Wed, July 6, 2016
Mashable Twitter is testing its new live sports setup at Wimbledon
Twitter on Wednesday rolled out a new live video product that shows tweets alongside live video.From what we can tell, the feature is first being used by the official Wimbledon account. As noted by Tw...
03:23 pm GMT - Wed, July 6, 2016
Mashable People around the world waited in line for 13 hours to buy this new phone
It's approaching midnight when the last customer finally scurries out of the door and into the crisp London night. The shop doesn't normally keep such late hours, but tonight is a special occasion.The...
02:29 pm GMT - Wed, July 6, 2016
Mashable Blu Energy XL phone promises 3 days of battery life for $299
Miami-based smartphone maker Blu, known — like so many companies these days — for producing cheap phones with solid specs, has a new phone out, and it promises something that all smartphon...
01:00 pm GMT - Wed, July 6, 2016
Mashable What it's like to be an UberRush bike messenger for a day
I always wanted to try bicycle courier work in NYC, then I found out Uber had a service called Rush where you could do just that.Here's a look at my first (and only) day as an UberRush bike messenger....
12:00 pm GMT - Wed, July 6, 2016
Mashable Exclusive: 500,000 hoverboards officially recalled
After many months of safety warnings and reports of fires caused by hoverboards, 10 manufacturers, distributors and retailers have finally issued an official recall of 501,000 hoverboards in the U.S. ...
12:00 pm GMT - Wed, July 6, 2016
Mashable U.S. government leads recall of 500,000 hoverboards
After many months of safety warnings and reports of fires caused by hoverboards, 10 manufacturers, distributors and retailers have finally issued an official recall of 501,000 hoverboards in the U.S. ...
11:38 am GMT - Wed, July 6, 2016
Mashable Guy builds enormous computer, uses it to play Tetris
If you need a computer, you could go to a store and buy one from anywhere between $500 and $3,000. Or you could spend around $53,000 in parts and invest a couple of years into building a gigantic, 1,1...
08:47 am GMT - Wed, July 6, 2016
Mashable India's Supreme Court tells Google, Yahoo and Microsoft to stop hosting sex selection ads
India's Supreme Court has reprimanded Google, Microsoft and Yahoo for displaying advertisements related to pre-natal sex selection tests on their search engines, in violation of the country's laws....
07:17 am GMT - Wed, July 6, 2016
Mashable Self-driving robots to start delivering packages in the UK, Germany and Switzerland
Citizens of London in the UK, Hamburg and Düsseldorf in Germany, and Bern in Switzerland will soon be able to order packages, groceries and food and have it delivered by a self-driving robot....
06:56 am +02 - Wed, July 6, 2016
Mashable 'Pokémon Go' is finally out, but only for some
It's finally here.The much-anticipated augmented reality mobile game Pokémon Go has been slyly released, but it appears to only be available for Australians and New Zealanders.SEE ALSO: 'Poké...
04:56 am GMT - Wed, July 6, 2016
Mashable 'Pokémon Go' is finally out, but not for everyone
It's finally here.The much-anticipated augmented reality mobile game Pokémon Go has been slyly released, but it appears to only be available for Australians and New Zealanders.SEE ALSO: 'Poké...
12:10 am GMT - Wed, July 6, 2016
Mashable Yes, your parents are on Snapchat, but that's actually a good thing
In case there were any lingering doubts about Snapchat's appeal, new stats show the app is making real inroads with people who don't hang off Kylie Jenner's every word.The app, once known for its prim...
11:38 pm GMT - Tue, July 5, 2016
Mashable The MacBook Air will likely never get an update
There are tons of rumors about a new MacBook Pro headed to stores sometime this fall. The laptop is rumored to have OLED keycaps (replacing the function keys), numerous USB-C ports and a thinner, more...
11:24 pm GMT - Tue, July 5, 2016
Mashable China discourages sites from using social media to report the news
China's famously strict Internet rules regarding news websites took another odd turn this week: News sites cannot publish stories sourced from social media without official approvalThe Cyberspace Admi...
10:36 pm GMT - Tue, July 5, 2016
Mashable Apple may finally be ditching the most hated iPhone feature
It's about freaking time.Apple may soon be ditching the 16GB iPhone, if recent reports are to be believedThe Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that Cupertino's next iPhone, due out this fall, will ...
09:22 pm GMT - Tue, July 5, 2016
Mashable The BlackBerry Classic is officially dead
Pour one out for the BlackBerry Classic.BlackBerry announced on Tuesday on its Inside BlackBerry blog that it will no longer produce the BlackBerry Classic, officially ending a form-factor era.SE...
08:54 pm GMT - Tue, July 5, 2016
Mashable That's not the Batmobile. It's Ferrari's new, already-sold-out convertible.
Well, I'd wager today just became the unofficial day of the hypercars. First Aston Martin revealed its new hypercar, now Ferrari has pulled the covers — and the roof — off its newest hyper...
06:14 pm GMT - Tue, July 5, 2016
Mashable Aston Martin and Red Bull Racing's hypercar looks extraterrestrial
When a racing team funded by an energy drink maker and one of the world's most premier luxury performance carmakers come together on a project, the result can be pretty stunning.SEE ALSO: Ford gave it...
06:03 pm GMT - Tue, July 5, 2016
Mashable These two modern dairy farmers defy stereotypes
Paid content by Dairy GoodIn today's day and age, dairy farming is far from a black and white affair.Firstly, the farm itself has evolved to catch up with modern times and technologies. Then ther...
03:58 pm GMT - Tue, July 5, 2016
Mashable With iOS 10, you'll be able to sign up as an organ donor on your iPhone
Apple's mission to use the power of its mobile devices to ease many common tasks just took an interesting new turn: signing up for organ donation.On Tuesday, the company announced that, when ...
03:30 pm GMT - Tue, July 5, 2016
Mashable This magical gadget can scan text and tell you what the font is
Font nerds, rejoice! There's now a magical gadget that can scan fonts and colors, figure out exactly what they are, and even transfer them for use in Adobe's InDesign desktop publishing software.The S...
03:28 pm GMT - Tue, July 5, 2016
Mashable How the Apple Watch wants to be the first fitness tracker for people in wheelchairs
It’s nearly impossible to count all of the fitness trackers on the market; there are ones tailored for hard-core runners, stylish designs pegged for women, even ones that alert you when you've b...
03:03 pm GMT - Tue, July 5, 2016
Mashable 6 tech gadgets that will improve your daily life
Life is hard. Luckily, humans are pretty smart and invent some great ways to deal with the complexities of life.When we decided hanging clothes didn't dry them fast enough, we invented the dryer. When...
02:53 pm GMT - Tue, July 5, 2016
Mashable TFW your internet goes down and takes your smart home with it
I woke up last Tuesday to the sound of light rain patters on my window and walked over to my bedroom desk and turned my MacBook on.As my Chrome browser bounced in the app dock and tried to reload my l...
02:33 pm GMT - Tue, July 5, 2016
Mashable This magic mirror uses AR to bring tigers to life in your living room
Not only does the Miraffe, developed by Xiaoxi Technology, use object recognition to teach your kids new words, but it also uses augmented reality to bring their favorite animals to life, without...
02:21 pm GMT - Tue, July 5, 2016
Mashable Leak reveals Samsung Galaxy Note 7 in all of its glory
Another day, another leak. Will there even be any surprises left for Samsung when it comes time to unveil the Galaxy Note 7?We sure hope so because phone leaker Evan Blass, better known as @evleaks, i...
01:58 pm GMT - Tue, July 5, 2016
Mashable Swagtron is almost good enough to revive the hoverboard craze
Is it possible to reignite a fad, especially one as fully crushed as the hoverboard? Swagway is counting on it.The company started shipping its redesigned and completely rebranded Swagtron late last m...
12:30 pm GMT - Tue, July 5, 2016
Mashable LG G5's slow sales don't bode well for modular smartphones
You can't blame LG for not trying something new. This spring, the company strayed away from the beaten path of monolithic smartphones, and launched a modular phone — the LG G5 — with a siz...
12:26 pm GMT - Tue, July 5, 2016
Mashable Sony Xperia X Performance doesn't live up to its name
Sony's mobile strategy is a total mess right now. In the U.S., the company's Xperia-branded smartphones don't even register as a blip on most people's radars when it comes to buying time.The company's...
10:58 am -05 - Tue, July 5, 2016
Mashable With iOS 10, you'll be able to sign up as an organ donor on your iPhone
Apple's mission to use the power of its mobile devices to ease many common tasks just took an interesting new turn: signing up for organ donation.On Tuesday, the company announced that, when ...
04:52 am GMT - Tue, July 5, 2016
Mashable Google Doodle celebrates Juno's trip to Jupiter with cute, jumping emoji
After NASA's Juno spacecraft successfully reached the planet Jupiter Monday, Google celebrated in the best way it knew how: With a cute cartoon Google Doodle.After a stressful five-year journey t...
12:26 am GMT - Tue, July 5, 2016
Mashable Google is building casting features right into Chrome
Google Chrome is about to learn a new trick.The browser is set to be updated with a new feature that allows you to take advantage of Google Cast without the need for a separate browser extension. ...
12:06 am GMT - Tue, July 5, 2016
Mashable 6 apps to help you win summer
Summer is already in high gear and that means it's time for grilling, traveling and playing in the sun.Even though the days are longer, you may still need a little help to maximize your time so you ca...
07:39 am GMT - Mon, July 4, 2016
Mashable Hands on with Nura headphones that adapt to your unique hearing profile
Just as with vision, no two people have the same hearing, so why should headphones be one size fits all?Off the back of a successful Kickstarter that has so far earned A$1.2 million ($875,395), Melbou...
01:57 am GMT - Mon, July 4, 2016
Mashable This company plans to grow armies of drones in giant tubs of chemicals
Happy almost Independence Day, America, now prepare to witness the impending doom stalking humanity in the form of drones that are "grown" from chemical compounds. Yes, reallySEE ALSO: The FAA's new r...
10:24 pm GMT - Sun, July 3, 2016
Mashable Apple releases 4 new emoji sticker packs for iOS 10 beta users
Apple recently revealed that its upcoming iOS 10 update holds some good news for emoji lovers: The iPhone's pictograph palette will soon be more extensive than ever.The Cupertino company gave a cleare...
05:02 am GMT - Sun, July 3, 2016
Mashable 7 can't-miss apps: Sportle, Cutesy, Dungeon Tiles and more
With Facebook changing its news feed again and Google's new feature that lets you see your entire Google life, you may have missed this week's app news.Each weekend, we round up a few of our favo...
01:45 am GMT - Sun, July 3, 2016
Mashable Meet 'Pillo,' the robot that aims to be your personal pharmacy
This precious robot is the pharmacist of the future. "Pillo" can monitor health data, give nutrition information and even distribute medication. Read more...More about Medicine, Tech, Robot, Pillo, an...
12:55 am GMT - Sat, July 2, 2016
Mashable Kickstarting a Windows 10 phone is a terrible idea, yet someone is doing just that
Who out there is excited for a new Windows 10 Mobile phone? Did your eyes just light up and your heart skip a beat? You're in the very small minority that cares about Windows 10 Mobile then.For some r...
10:47 pm GMT - Fri, July 1, 2016
Mashable Apple buying Tidal would be great for Tidal
I’ll be honest, my gut reaction – when hearing the reports that Apple is in exploratory talks to acquire Tidal, was "well, that would be great for Tidal."After all, the music service owned...
10:45 pm GMT - Fri, July 1, 2016
Mashable Apple fires back at Spotify over app update dispute
Apple has fired back after Spotify took the company to task for rejecting an app update.In a letter sent by Apple's top lawyer, the Cupertino company accuses the music streaming platform of asking for...
10:27 pm GMT - Fri, July 1, 2016
Mashable BMW, Intel and MobilEye to bring fully autonomous car to the roads by 2021
BMW, Intel and MobilEye have teamed up to make fully autonomous cars a reality by 2021.The companies are combining forces and know-how to build a 'future-proofed' platform for automated driving vehicl...
09:22 pm GMT - Fri, July 1, 2016
Mashable Tesla Autopilot victim may have been watching 'Harry Potter' during crash
Florida Highway Patrol found a portable DVD player inside the Tesla Model S that collided with a tractor trailer on Wednesday, according to reports. The driver was killed when both he and the Autopilo...
08:42 pm GMT - Fri, July 1, 2016
Mashable Tesla crash victim once praised Autopilot for saving his life
In a bizarre twist of fate, the first known fatality involved with a Tesla Model S with Autopilot engaged was the same man who posted a video to YouTube back in early April showing what he described a...
08:23 pm GMT - Fri, July 1, 2016
Mashable The Huawei MateBook is no Surface Pro
Huawei's MateBook will draw the inevitable copycat comments from fans of both the Microsoft Surface Pro and the iPad Pro.But really, who copied who? Everyone copied Microsoft. The original Surface, as...
07:37 pm GMT - Fri, July 1, 2016
Mashable Facebook Messenger has more than 11,000 bots
Facebook just moved one step closer toward making its bot ambitions a reality.Just months after introducing the first bots for Facebook Messenger at F8, the social network now counts more than 11,000 ...
06:41 pm GMT - Fri, July 1, 2016
Mashable This salamander robot can walk, crawl and swim
A Swiss research company has developed this robotic salamander to help scientists learn more about the spinal cord. So while it may be a little creepy, it's also very educational.  Read more...Mo...
06:15 pm GMT - Fri, July 1, 2016
Mashable What the fatal Tesla Autopilot crash means for driverless cars
The fact that a driver was killed in a crash inside his Tesla on Wednesday while the semi-autonomous Autopilot system was engaged is tragic. However, the collision will have ripple effects across Tesl...
05:03 pm GMT - Fri, July 1, 2016
Mashable Snapchat went down for an hour, and the millennials panicked
Snapchat selfie sharing came to dramatic halt on Friday, and not surprisingly, its core user base was not happy.The popular photo-swapping network experienced at outage this morning, as users were una...
04:58 pm GMT - Fri, July 1, 2016
Mashable Facebook's News Feed changes are kind of scary
On this week’s episode of MashTalk, Lance, Pete and I talk about the changes happening with the Facebook News Feed (05:00) and how they will impact regular users, brands and news publishers....
04:41 pm GMT - Fri, July 1, 2016
Mashable Hyperloop One cofounder steps down from CTO role
The future of sub-supersonic transportation just took a hit.Brogan BamBrogan, who launched Hyperloop One (then just Hyperloop) in his garage in 2015 and served as Chief Technology Officer, is stepping...
04:30 pm GMT - Fri, July 1, 2016
Mashable Brilliant 10-year-old roboticist is youngest ever recipient of the Paris Innovation Fellowship
While most fifth graders are naturally focused on straight chillin', one is already on track to change the world.Ten-year-old roboticist Eva is the youngest person to receive Five by Five's Paris Summ...
04:28 pm GMT - Fri, July 1, 2016
Mashable Amazon's Alexa now accepts voice commands to buy stuff for you
If there was any doubt that Amazon's Alexa voice assistant is a Trojan horse designed to get people to buy more things from Amazon, let those doubts be dispelled.The online retail giant announced on F...
04:00 pm GMT - Fri, July 1, 2016
Mashable Facebook can now translate your posts into other languages
You don't need to be bilingual to post in other languages on Facebook.The social network is testing a new AI-powered tool that allows people to simultaneously post updates in multiple languages. Faceb...
03:37 pm -04 - Fri, July 1, 2016
Mashable Facebook Messenger has more than 11,000 bots
Facebook just moved one step closer toward making its bot ambitions a reality.Just months after introducing the first bots for Facebook Messenger at F8, the social network now counts more than 11,000 ...
02:59 pm GMT - Fri, July 1, 2016
Mashable Who needs a 4K display? Surfing the web in VR is where we're all going.
One day soon we'll all be surfing the internet in virtual reality just like how graphic designers envisioned it would look like in the '90s.According to Google's François Beaufort, the Chromium t...
02:15 pm -04 - Fri, July 1, 2016
Mashable What the fatal Tesla Autopilot crash means for driverless cars
The fact that a driver was killed in a crash inside his Tesla on Wednesday while the semi-autonomous Autopilot system was engaged is tragic. However, the collision will have ripple effects across Tesl...
01:41 pm GMT - Fri, July 1, 2016
Mashable The 12 most impressive social good innovations from June
We are all full of good ideas — and sometimes those good ideas can change the world.Whether it's an innovative take on an existing invention or a brand-new way to tackle a tough problem, invento...
12:58 pm -04 - Fri, July 1, 2016
Mashable Facebook's News Feed changes are kind of scary
On this week’s episode of MashTalk, Lance, Pete and I talk about the changes happening with the Facebook News Feed (05:00) and how they will impact regular users, brands and news publishers....
12:52 pm GMT - Fri, July 1, 2016
Mashable You can now browse through 427 million stolen MySpace passwords
An anonymous hacker managed to obtain an enormous number of user credentials in June 2013 from fallen social networking giant MySpace — some 427 million passwords, belonging to approx. 360 milli...
08:32 am GMT - Fri, July 1, 2016
Mashable Facebook gives up on Paper
The words "Facebook Paper" might only be vaguely familiar to you. This is because Facebook's iPhone-only news app, launched in 2014, never got much traction.Facebook never shared any usage number...
02:37 am GMT - Fri, July 1, 2016
Mashable How Change.org became a legitimate force in Australian politics
Until recently, politicians could safely ignore clicktivism.Hundreds of online petitions could fill their inboxes and they could look the other way, but that's changing. Now campaigns started on Chang...
12:34 am GMT - Fri, July 1, 2016
Mashable Spire smart pebble watches your breathing and mental health
I don’t like to think about breathing. It’s a job for my subconscious mind, and the more I’m conscious of it, the more I become concerned that I will stop breathing entirely. (I have...
11:05 pm GMT - Thu, June 30, 2016
Mashable Fujifilm's latest pocket printer is one of the best ways to print your phone pics
I'm an instant film fanatic. I've tried just about every instant camera that prints on instant film, instant cameras that print digital sticker prints and pocket printers that print digital photos fro...
09:47 pm GMT - Thu, June 30, 2016
Mashable Apple rejects Spotify's app update, Spotify calls approval process a 'weapon'
Apple has rejected an update to Spotify's iOS iPhone app, and Spotify is crying foul. In a letter sent to Apple's top lawyer on June 26 and obtained by Recode, Spotify general counsel Horacio Gut...
09:13 pm GMT - Thu, June 30, 2016
Mashable Tesla driver killed when Autopilot fails to avoid collision, sparking investigation
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) opened a preliminary investigation into the Tesla Model S on Thursday after it was reported a Tesla driver died while the semi-autonomous Aut...
08:36 pm GMT - Thu, June 30, 2016
Mashable The remote controlled Segway miniPRO that will not catch fire
Fifteen years after the self-balancing Segway was introduced, Ninebot has introduced the Segway miniPRO, or "miniPRO" for shortMashable's Chief Correspondent Lance Ulanoff took the miniPRO for a ...
08:29 pm GMT - Thu, June 30, 2016
Mashable Is Toyota planning flying cars? They just patented an 'aero car' fuselage
Will the next Toyota Sienna be a flying minivan? Probably not. Still, it seems Toyota is thinking about cars that can take to the sky.A patent filed by Toyota in December, 2014 but published on June 2...
07:16 pm GMT - Thu, June 30, 2016
Mashable Turkey's internet censorship after the Istanbul attack is nothing new
Turkey's practice of censoring the Internet and the social media channels it facilitates is an ongoing issue in the country, one that came to a head once again on Tuesday in the wake of the terrorist ...
06:36 pm GMT - Thu, June 30, 2016
Mashable Drive one of these 7 Hondas or Acuras? Stop now. Seriously, stop.
The Takata airbag recall just became deadly serious.The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released new laboratory testing results Thursday morning that show the Takata airbags in ...
06:00 pm GMT - Thu, June 30, 2016
Mashable Lyft update will finally let you change your location after you request a ride
Lyft is updating its app with a feature that will make pickups a lot easier.The ridesharing app will now allow riders to move their pickup pins after a ride has been requested. Previously, pins were l...
05:55 pm GMT - Thu, June 30, 2016
Mashable Samsung Galaxy Note 7 leak suggests it will have a curved screen and eye scanner
How do you raise the bar on the Galaxy Note 5, a phone that's already considered to be one of the best there is?For years, Samsung's solution was to throw gimmick after gimmick into a new device ...
05:17 pm GMT - Thu, June 30, 2016
Mashable Amazon Prime Day returns July 12
Prime Day is back!Amazon has announced that its faux holiday, Prime Day, will return on July 12, 2016.This means that for one day, Amazon Prime members can save money on products across cate...
05:16 pm GMT - Thu, June 30, 2016
Mashable This Google cardboard VR app takes you on a night out with deadmau5
Deadmau5 (a.k.a. Joel Zimmerman) teamed up with Absolut Labs — the vodka brand’s experimental marketing arm — to create a unique Google Cardboard VR experience. Mashable Cr...
05:14 pm GMT - Thu, June 30, 2016
Mashable New Pacific undersea cable can beam 60 terabits of a data per second
There's a lot of water between the continental U.S. and Japan, which makes sending data back and forth a little bit difficult.SEE ALSO: Microsoft and Facebook to build a high-speed underwater cable co...
05:14 pm GMT - Thu, June 30, 2016
Mashable New Apple patent could block iPhone recording at concerts
Taking videos at concerts is already annoying, but if a certain Apple patent ever makes its way into a product, it also could be impossible.The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) granted Apple&#...
05:00 pm GMT - Thu, June 30, 2016
Mashable Facebook's latest feature helps you raise money for your favorite charity
Facebook just made it a lot easier for users to raise money for the causes they care about.Several months after the social network launched a new "fundraiser" feature for nonprofits to collect donatio...
02:38 pm GMT - Thu, June 30, 2016
Mashable Furby is back, more Internet-connected than ever and too cute to resist
Just when you thought Furby couldn't get any cuter and smarter, it has.Roughly four years after Furby underwent a modern reinvention to re-emerge with LED eyes and app-connectivity — and a cuddl...
02:34 pm GMT - Thu, June 30, 2016
Mashable Make a 'bucket list' for your upcoming trip with the Soon app
Ominous name, interesting app. Soon, an app to keep track of all the cool things you plan on doing eventually, has launched a city-list functionality, enabling people to plan trips through the ap...
02:11 pm GMT - Thu, June 30, 2016
Mashable Unlocked Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge are now available in the U.S.
Not a fan of those two-year carrier contracts? Samsung's got a fix for that: The company will soon start offering unlocked versions of the Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge in the U.S. The phones wil...
02:00 pm GMT - Thu, June 30, 2016
Mashable #TBT: The $300 PalmPilot was the only semi-smart device of the '90s
Before the iPad, there was the technologically challenged PalmPilot. Though this handheld computer was pretty rad in the 90s, it wasn't really that smart. It couldn't connect to the Internet...
01:55 pm -04 - Thu, June 30, 2016
Mashable Samsung Galaxy Note 7 leak suggests it will have a curved screen and eye scanner
How do you raise the bar on the Galaxy Note 5, a phone that's already considered to be one of the best there is?For years, Samsung's solution was to throw gimmick after gimmick into a new device ...
01:43 pm GMT - Thu, June 30, 2016
Mashable Goodbye productivity: Google Calendar and Hangouts are down
Google Calendar and Google Hangouts, the staples of Internet socializing and scheduling, are currently down for many users.It appears to be a server error, though the cause is unknown. It's unclear ho...
01:43 pm GMT - Thu, June 30, 2016
Mashable Google Calendar experienced a widespread outage
Google Calendar, the staple of Internet scheduling, was down for over two hours for many users Thursday morning.Representatives for Google told Mashable they were looking into reports of an issue with...
01:00 pm GMT - Thu, June 30, 2016
Mashable Google Maps now lets you add multiple stops to your trip
Remember the times when Google Maps' navigation mode could not compete with fully fledged GPS apps? Those times are pretty much over. Google Maps' navigation feature has been steadily upgraded ov...
11:00 am -07 - Thu, June 30, 2016
Mashable Lyft update will finally let you change your location after you request a ride
Lyft is updating its app with a feature that will make pickups a lot easier.The ridesharing app will now allow riders to move their pickup pins after a ride has been requested. Previously, pins were l...
10:55 am -07 - Thu, June 30, 2016
Mashable Samsung Galaxy Note 7 leak suggests it will have a curved screen and eye scanner
How do you raise the bar on the Galaxy Note 5, a phone that's already considered to be one of the best there is?For years, Samsung's solution was to throw gimmick after gimmick into a new device ...
10:17 am -07 - Thu, June 30, 2016
Mashable Amazon Prime Day returns July 12
Prime Day is back!Amazon has announced that its faux holiday, Prime Day, will return on July 12, 2016.This means that for one day, Amazon Prime members can save money on products across cate...
09:20 am -07 - Thu, June 30, 2016
Mashable Android N is now Android Nougat
Google has officially announced the name of the next version of Android. Android N will be officially be called Android Nougat.The news comes six weeks after Google put the name to the public.And in t...
09:08 am GMT - Thu, June 30, 2016
Mashable We've tried out the new deadmau5 VR Cardboard app
Deadmau5 (a.k.a. Joel Zimmerman) teamed up with Absolut Labs — the vodka brand’s experimental marketing arm — to create a very unique Google Cardboard 360-degree VR experience.Afdhel...
07:58 am GMT - Thu, June 30, 2016
Mashable Hacker takes over Twitter account of Oculus CEO, has a good laugh
Another day, another high-profile Twitter account hacked. This time it's the account of Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe, whose Twitter account is apparently still under the control of an unknown hacker,...
07:45 am GMT - Thu, June 30, 2016
Mashable First Tesla flagship store launches in Sydney's centre, for lunchtime cruises
Tesla is powering into the Australian market with its first retail store in the country.The iconic American electric car brand, created by Elon Musk, is making its mark locally, moving into an iconic ...
02:48 am GMT - Thu, June 30, 2016
Mashable This 1952 Buick land-speed record holder can be yours for $195,000
This 1952 Buick raw steel-finished beauty has a lot of titles, from its formal model name — the Super Riviera — to six-time land-speed world record holder. You can just call her "Bombshell...
02:27 am GMT - Thu, June 30, 2016
Mashable Still don't know which Australian party to vote for? This tool can help.
If you're unsure which political party to vote for Saturday in the Australian election, never fear: There are a multitude of online tools that can help.There are the questionnaires created by news out...
01:23 am GMT - Thu, June 30, 2016
Mashable Chevrolet cuts 4G LTE data plan pricing for its vehicles in half
Chevrolet was the first automaker to add 4G LTE connectivity to every model in its lineup. And now, just in time for the Fourth of July, the American automaker is cutting its data plan pricing virtual...
12:51 am GMT - Thu, June 30, 2016
Mashable The app that matches surplus food with the hungry
Plenty of businesses throw a ridiculous amount of catering into the garbage every day, often as people go hungry on the streets outside their office buildings. What if there was a push-button way...