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11:25 pm GMT - Mon, January 30, 2017
Mashable Apple is finally fixing one of the Apple Watch's most annoying problems
Most of us know well enough not to check our smartphones in a movie theater, but what do you do when your smart watch lights up when you raise your hand to scratch your nose.SEE ALSO: Apple Watch Seri...
09:18 pm GMT - Mon, January 30, 2017
Mashable How virtual experiences induce real-world adrenaline
Brought to you by the All-New Toyota C-HRThere are seemingly endless possibilities for the future of virtual reality, from immersive entertainment experiences to films that make you feel as if youR...
09:12 pm GMT - Mon, January 30, 2017
Mashable Fitbit is stumbling... so it's making a smartwatch
In unsurprising news, Fitbit released a preliminary statement this morning detailing its disappointing financial results for the fourth quarter of last year. The statement was headlined by an ann...
08:23 pm GMT - Mon, January 30, 2017
Mashable Why 2017 will be the year of the Access Economy in Australia
You may not know exactly what the "Access Economy" is, but odds are that you're already taking full advantage of it. Whenever you stream your favourite TV show on Netflix, rent a room via Airbnb or hi...
08:11 pm GMT - Mon, January 30, 2017
Mashable Dropbox's new feature puts cloud files on your desktop
Dropbox is beefing up its productivity tools and making cloud files much easier to find.During a press event in San Francisco Monday, the cloud storage company introduced a new feature called SmartSyn...
08:09 pm GMT - Mon, January 30, 2017
Mashable This simple device creates clean water for those who need it
The 'Community Chlorine Maker' uses salt, water and some power to create easy access to clean drinking water.The device can treat up to 200 liters of water in just five minutes.  Read more...More...
06:46 pm GMT - Mon, January 30, 2017
Mashable You can now tell Alexa to place your Starbucks order for in-store pickup
Pizza isn't the only thing Amazon's Alexa digital assistant can order for you.Starbucks announced on Monday Echo owners can now enable the "Starbucks Reorder" skill and, with a voice command, tell Ale...
06:37 pm GMT - Mon, January 30, 2017
Mashable This app helps pregnant women get a seat on public transport
Babee on Board is a dual app service that lets pregnant women send an alert requesting a seat on the public transport system. Passengers are notified on their smartphones in real time. The app works u...
04:51 pm GMT - Mon, January 30, 2017
Mashable Trump’s ‘Muslim Ban’ could have doomed Apple
If you subscribe to the butterfly effect—the idea that a tiny change in one part of the world can have massive side effects elsewhere—then you know that a President Trump in 1949 (as oppos...
03:45 pm GMT - Mon, January 30, 2017
Mashable This company will turn your white AirPods black for $99
Most AirPod owners can agree on a few things: They look dorky, sound great and the W1 chip helps them pair seamlessly with iPhones and iPads. The $159 price could be lower, too, but the one thing...
03:42 pm GMT - Mon, January 30, 2017
Mashable It's now harder to check if a used iPhone is a stolen iPhone
'Looks like scoring a used iPhone just got a bit more tricky. Apple's iCloud Activation Lock tool—which allowed potential buyers to check if a used iOS device (i.e. iPhones, iPads, iPod Tou...
03:31 pm GMT - Mon, January 30, 2017
Mashable Transform your smartphone into a tiny boombox with this speaker phone case
The PERI Duo case provides a powerful sound system and extra battery power for smartphones.  Read more...More about Real Time Video, Music, Built In Speakers, Bluetooth Speakers, and Speaker...
02:47 pm GMT - Mon, January 30, 2017
Mashable 'Counter-Strike' match breaks Twitch's streaming record
A Counter-Strike: Global Offensive match shattered a Twitch viewership record Sunday, reaching over 1 million concurrent viewers during the exciting finish of the ELeague Major.ELeague's Twitch channe...
01:59 pm GMT - Mon, January 30, 2017
Mashable Google throws shade at Trump's 'Muslim ban' with a historical Doodle
Google honored Fred Korematsu on Monday in its daily Doodle in celebration of what would have been his 98th birthday.It isn't a milestone year, but the homage may just be a reference to Donald Trump's...
09:58 am GMT - Mon, January 30, 2017
Mashable This space agency is planning to launch 104 satellites in one go
India is looking at the sky once again as it preps for another world record next month. SEE ALSO: A group of college students wants to brew beer on the moon, because why notThe Indian Space Resea...
07:08 am GMT - Mon, January 30, 2017
Mashable Google creates $4 million crisis fund to fight Trump's immigration ban
Google is joining other technology companies in supporting its employees and other people alike affected with Trump administration’s move to restrict immigrants and refugees in the United States...
03:38 am GMT - Mon, January 30, 2017
Mashable Multiple CNN accounts on Facebook hacked by OurMine
Several Facebook accounts belonging to CNN were hacked by the now well known group known as OurMine. SEE ALSO: Sundance hacked! Cyberattack shuts down box office in Park CityIn addition to the ma...
12:31 am GMT - Mon, January 30, 2017
Mashable Elon Musk's private escape tunnel is a step closer to becoming a reality
The massive traffic-defying tunnel Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk mused about on Twitter weeks ago is moving closer to reality every day.Just a couple of days ago, Musk said that he planned on get...
07:00 pm GMT - Sun, January 29, 2017
Mashable An artist has created something incredible for your home out of sand
This ever-changing sand sculpture rolls a metal ball around to continuously create and erase beautiful patterns. Read more...More about Home Tech, Furniture, Home Design, Design, and Technology...
03:00 pm GMT - Sun, January 29, 2017
Mashable This VR paint studio allows you to collaborate live with anyone in the world
MasterpieceVR features a unique multiplayer painting and sculpting studio where several users can collaborate in real time. Read more...More about Real Time Video, Real Time, Gaming, Video Games, and ...
11:50 pm GMT - Sat, January 28, 2017
Mashable Apple, Uber, Netflix, Twitter join corporate rebuke of Trump immigration policy
Following the internal and public statements from the likes of Google, Facebook and Microsoft regarding the Trump administration's new immigration policy, two additional tech heavyweights have now add...
07:40 pm GMT - Sat, January 28, 2017
Mashable iPhone 8 concept combines camera with Apple logo
The iPhone 7 may be just a few months old, but the excitement over the 10th anniversary iPhone 8 is already resulting in a few very well-conceived concept designs for Apple's next smartphone. The...
07:00 pm GMT - Sat, January 28, 2017
Mashable New self-balancing Solowheel might replace your hoverboard
Riding around on a self-balancing mini-wheel could be the transportation method of the future. Read more...More about Mashable Video, Real Time Video, Innovations, Innovation, and Tech Design...
03:14 pm GMT - Sat, January 28, 2017
Mashable How to use iMessage special effects
Over the years the iPhone's Messages app has evolved from a relatively simple messaging program to a sophisticated tool complete with special effects. A lot of this is due to iMessage, Apple's pr...
03:00 pm GMT - Sat, January 28, 2017
Mashable These reinvented dumbbells are perfect for city apartments
Practix is a combination dumbbell and kettlebell that is mechanically engineered for efficient storage and maximum versatility. Read more...More about Real Time Video, Real Time, Gym, Invention, and K...
11:28 pm GMT - Fri, January 27, 2017
Mashable Why isn't Trump using the self-destructing phone Obama had all the time?
Over the past few days, some of the biggest questions about our national cybersecurity have centered on one device: President Donald Trump's phone. Shortly after he reportedly traded in his main ...
11:28 pm GMT - Fri, January 27, 2017
Mashable Why isn't Trump only using the self-destructing phone Obama had?
Over the past few days, some of the biggest questions about our national cybersecurity have centered on one device: President Donald Trump's phone. Shortly after he reportedly traded in his main ...
11:23 pm GMT - Fri, January 27, 2017
Mashable Hey Trump! If you MUST tweet from an Android, make it this one
President Trump apparently doesn't care about the security risks of using his old, unsecured Android phone. Though it can't be confirmed which Android phone Trump is actually using — and pr...
10:13 pm GMT - Fri, January 27, 2017
Mashable Mark Zuckerberg: 'I'm concerned' about Trump immigration order
Mark Zuckerberg is finally speaking out against Donald Trump. The Facebook CEO said he was "concerned" about the recent executive order on immigration signed by Donald Trump. "We need to kee...
10:05 pm GMT - Fri, January 27, 2017
Mashable This magical food recycler eliminates the grossest thing about composting
By turning your food waste into fertilizer, the 'ZERA Food Recycler' gives you no excuse not to compost. Read more...More about Real Time Video, Real Time, Gadget, Gadgets, and News...
09:53 pm GMT - Fri, January 27, 2017
Mashable Guess what new dope patent Apple filed
We've seen our fair share of eyebrow-raising patent filings from Apple, but this one from Cupertino might be the most unexpected yet.The company has filed a patent application for a vaporizer, yes a v...
07:40 pm GMT - Fri, January 27, 2017
Mashable Facial recognition cameras are planned for New York City bridges and tunnels
Last fall, New York governor Andrew Cuomo laid out a sweeping initiative for the bridges and tunnels of New York City. The "transformational plan," which is part of a larger, $100 billion infrastructu...
07:30 pm GMT - Fri, January 27, 2017
Mashable How this California company fits five acres of farmland into 40-foot shipping containers
All over the country are food deserts – generally urban, impoverished or isolated communities that are devoid of grocery stores and farmers markets, and thus lack access to fresh food.Local Root...
07:29 pm GMT - Fri, January 27, 2017
Mashable Innovative recycling brings second chances to people who need them
What do you get when you transform trash into jobs? For one LA-based recycling company, it means a whole new way of doing business.   Isidore Electronics Recycling is a company that believes...
06:50 pm GMT - Fri, January 27, 2017
Mashable How this California company fits five acres of farmland into 40-foot shipping containers
All over the country are food deserts – generally urban, impoverished or isolated communities that are devoid of grocery stores and farmers markets, and thus lack access to fresh food.Local Root...
06:23 pm -05 - Fri, January 27, 2017
Mashable Hey Trump! If you MUST tweet from an Android, make it this one
President Trump apparently doesn't care about the security risks of using his old, unsecured Android phone. Though it can't be confirmed which Android phone Trump is actually using — and pr...
05:51 pm GMT - Fri, January 27, 2017
Mashable MashTalk: How Apple's lawsuit against Qualcomm could affect future iPhones
Apple's suing another company again, and this time it's not Samsung.On this week's MashTalk, Mashable Tech Editor Pete Pachal, Chief Correspondent Lance Ulanoff and yours truly chat about Apple's laws...
05:18 pm GMT - Fri, January 27, 2017
Mashable Apple ruined the MacBook Pro charging cable — this magnetic adapter will make it all better
'MagNeo' allows you to use your USB-C port as intended. Not only can you charge your laptop with this adapter, but you can also experience 4k video and Thunderbolt 3 data transfer. Its magnetic design...
05:10 pm GMT - Fri, January 27, 2017
Mashable Talking to robots might make you feel better about your love life, new research shows
Robots are being built and tested to help humans with many things — from delivering food to folding our clothes. As we look to them to perform day-to-day tasks in the future, researchers are wor...
04:07 pm GMT - Fri, January 27, 2017
Mashable VR game that uses motion instead of controllers looks adorably fun
Jogger is like Frogger except in VR — and you're being chased by aliens in UFOs with freakin' laser beams attached to them. Normally, to achieve this kind of motion-controlled gaming, you'd...
03:54 pm GMT - Fri, January 27, 2017
Mashable Apple officially joins the fight against the singularity
Artificial Intelligence has another champion and watchdog.Four months after its formation, the Partnership on AI, a group dedicated to tackling AI opportunities and challenges finally, officially welc...
02:17 pm GMT - Fri, January 27, 2017
Mashable All electric trains in the Netherlands are entirely wind-powered
All electric trains in the Netherlands are now powered entirely by wind energy. It's the first railway network in the world to rely completely on renewable energy, providing carbon-free travel to over...
02:13 pm -08 - Fri, January 27, 2017
Mashable Mark Zuckerberg: 'I'm concerned' about Trump immigration order
Mark Zuckerberg is finally speaking out against Donald Trump. The Facebook CEO said he was "concerned" about the recent executive order on immigration signed by Donald Trump. "We need to kee...
01:46 pm GMT - Fri, January 27, 2017
Mashable You can wash this smartphone with water and soap
Fact 1: Phones get dirty. Fact 2: Most phones don't like water very much. Soap, even less. Enter Kyocera's new phone, launched in Japan on Thursday. Called Kyocera rafre, it's not only resis...
12:51 pm -05 - Fri, January 27, 2017
Mashable MashTalk: How Apple's lawsuit against Qualcomm could affect future iPhones
Apple's suing another company again, and this time it's not Samsung.On this week's MashTalk, Mashable Tech Editor Pete Pachal, Chief Correspondent Lance Ulanoff and yours truly chat about Apple's laws...
10:24 am GMT - Fri, January 27, 2017
Mashable Google Chrome will now reload web pages faster
Don’t you find it annoying when Chrome takes an additional second or two to reload a web page you had visited only recently? Google does, too — and it is making things smoother.SEE ALSO: F...
06:48 am GMT - Fri, January 27, 2017
Mashable More trouble for Uber in India's Silicon Valley
As ride-hailing companies Uber and its local giant Ola expand their operations in India, antique regulations continue to emerge as roadblocks.SEE ALSO: Uber, Ola drivers go on strike as earnings, ince...
04:34 am GMT - Fri, January 27, 2017
Mashable Artificial intelligence could one day diagnose skin cancer from smartphones
Can an algorithm detect skin cancer as well as a dermatologist? Scientists say yes, at least, according to a new study out this week.A group of researchers at Stanford say they have trained AI to be a...
03:57 am GMT - Fri, January 27, 2017
Mashable Here are Boeing's new slim, touchscreen-friendly spacesuits
Boeing says they are ready to take America back into space. But first they have to suit up. The company unveiled a new line of spacesuits this week to pair with its Starliner spacecraft, designed...
02:24 am GMT - Fri, January 27, 2017
Mashable Facebook just added support for physical security keys and that's a big plus
When the rollout of its newest privacy tools, Facebook snuck in a very useful update: support for physical security keys. That means you can now use any USB key that supports the universal second fact...
12:17 am GMT - Fri, January 27, 2017
Mashable Google Pixel 2 might make you ditch your real camera once and for all
Dang, that was fast. It's only been a little over three months since Google launched its Pixel phones and there are already rumors swirling around about the Pixel 2.Citing a reliable source, 9to5Googl...
12:03 am GMT - Fri, January 27, 2017
Mashable Scientists are turning dragonflies into tiny cyborg drones
One company has decided the ideal tiny drone should take its cues from the natural world of insects — specifically the dragonfly. When Draper, an independent biomedical solutions lab, set o...
10:50 pm GMT - Thu, January 26, 2017
Mashable President Trump is destroying Twitter
President Trump has taken control of Twitter, wrenching the wheel, leading the dialogue, and steering it into almost certain disaster. And he won’t let go. For someone who supposedly doesn&...
10:14 pm GMT - Thu, January 26, 2017
Mashable 3D-printed sex organs help blind students learn about sexual health
3D-printing technology is letting blind students experience comprehensive, accessible sex ed for the first time ever.Advocates and researchers collaborated to create more than 18 3D figures that model...
10:03 pm GMT - Thu, January 26, 2017
Mashable Taking underwater photos with your iPhone just got way easier
The specially designed 'Lenzo' iPhone case lets you take high quality underwater pictures right from your phone. Read more...More about Real Time Video, Real Time, Camera Lenses, Camera Lens, and Lens...
09:53 pm GMT - Thu, January 26, 2017
Mashable Google's moonshots appear not so crazy now as company proves its worth beyond mobile ads
Search, clicks and views aren't everything for Google anymore. Alphabet, the technology giant formerly known as Google, still makes majority of its revenue from ads, but it's starting to build bi...
09:23 pm GMT - Thu, January 26, 2017
Mashable Twitter accounts form army in a digital resistance against Trump
President Trump's recent efforts to silence scientists on social media by imposing a gag order on administrations like the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Environmental Protection Agency...
09:02 pm GMT - Thu, January 26, 2017
Mashable Facebook is giving longer videos a bump in your News Feed
Remember the days when we talked about how Facebook and Snapchat are competing for these things called views? Yes, we cared about the overall number of three-seconds versus one-millisecond of time peo...
08:55 pm GMT - Thu, January 26, 2017
Mashable New leaked Galaxy S8 photos finally reveal its headphone jack status
Another day, another major Galaxy S8 leak.One day after The Guardian published an exhaustive look at Samsung's upcoming pair of flagships, noted leaker Evan Blass has come out with his own report on w...
08:52 pm GMT - Thu, January 26, 2017
Mashable Trump was finally shamed by the Internet into doing something right
This afternoon, President Donald Trump's @POTUS account was blowing up Twitter feeds—but for once, it wasn't because of his tweets.Instead, the @POTUS account's security was the trending topic, ...
07:57 pm -08 - Thu, January 26, 2017
Mashable Here are Boeing's new slim, touchscreen-friendly spacesuits
Boeing says they are ready to take America back into space. But first they have to suit up. The company unveiled a new line of spacesuits this week to pair with its Starliner spacecraft, designed...
07:31 pm GMT - Thu, January 26, 2017
Mashable Google is banning Javascript attachments from Gmail
Google has announced that it will soon prohibit users from sending Javascript files over email, according to a post on the official blog for GSuite, Google's business and enterprise tools.SEE ALSO: Go...
07:14 pm GMT - Thu, January 26, 2017
Mashable Girls are affected by stereotypes by age 6, new study shows
Who is "really, really smart?" Boys or girls?A new study found that young U.S. girls are less likely than boys to believe their own gender is the most brilliant. While all 5-year-olds tended to b...
05:52 pm GMT - Thu, January 26, 2017
Mashable Your friends might be spying on your Facebook when you're not looking
Ever suspected your friends may be snooping on your Facebook profile behind your back? It turns out they are, a new study shows.New research from the University of British Columbia in Canada says 24 p...
05:44 pm GMT - Thu, January 26, 2017
Mashable Gambit and NORTH among teams advancing at the ELEAGUE Major
The CS:GO Major group stage is over, and it was one of the most exciting to date.Check out our recap to see which teams move on to the playoffs, and which teams are on their way home. Read more...More...
05:39 pm GMT - Thu, January 26, 2017
Mashable A soft robot that wraps around a failing heart could save thousands of lives
A soft robotic sleeve made out of silicone has been used to keep pigs alive after they suffered heart attacks. The device hugs the heart and mimics the movement of healthy cardiac muscles. The researc...
05:15 pm GMT - Thu, January 26, 2017
Mashable Future iPhones might have curved edges — but keep LCD displays
The iPhones of the future could have screens with curved edges, a benefit of the natural flexibility of OLED displays, which Apple is rumored to be considering for the so-called iPhone 8. However, a n...
05:00 pm GMT - Thu, January 26, 2017
Mashable Twitter is burying Moments as it bets on live video
Twitter's apps will no longer have a dedicated tab for Moments. In its place, the company is adding a new tab called "explore," which surfaces a wider variety of content, including trending topic...
04:09 pm GMT - Thu, January 26, 2017
Mashable Google Maps is getting better at helping you avoid crowds
Google Maps for iOS just became a whole lot more useful.A new feature in "Popular Times" in the most recent update (version 4.27.0 on iOS, version 9.44.3 on Android) gives you a rough idea of how crow...
03:51 pm GMT - Thu, January 26, 2017
Mashable This company is employing former inmates to create e-waste recycling solutions
'Isidore Electronics Recycling' is on a mission to reuse and repurpose technology. The Southern California company is also committed to creating employment opportunities for those who have left correc...
02:06 pm GMT - Thu, January 26, 2017
Mashable Keep your natural tan all year-round with this tanning suit
Along with health benefits, like naturally helping you get more vitamin D, this specially designed clear suit help keeps you warm and tan all year long. Read more...More about Health Benefits, Vitamin...
10:51 am -05 - Thu, January 26, 2017
Mashable This company is employing former inmates to create e-waste recycling solutions
'Isidore Electronics Recycling' is on a mission to reuse and repurpose technology. The Southern California company is also committed to creating employment opportunities for those who have left correc...
10:07 am GMT - Thu, January 26, 2017
Mashable Chinese New Year stickers to get egg-cited over this year of the rooster
It's nearly Chinese New Year, so you're gonna need stickers to fully express your festive joy.They'll also come in handy if you need to figure out a variety of greetings for your Asian friends.Chinese...
09:06 am GMT - Thu, January 26, 2017
Mashable You can now point your phone at Japanese text and get an instant translation
Google's Word Lens is a smartphone app that lets you point your camera at text and get an instant translation on-screen. That's nifty enough as it is when you're navigating a foreign country, but it g...
08:44 am GMT - Thu, January 26, 2017
Mashable Google I/O 2017 dates are revealed by this freakishly hard puzzle
Google's annual I/O developer conference will take place May 17 - 19 at Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, California. Google being Google, it chose an unconventional way to reveal the date...
08:01 am GMT - Thu, January 26, 2017
Mashable Facebook is changing how it talks about privacy
Facebook is now making it easier to keep your information private and secure.As part of Data Privacy Day on Jan. 28, Facebook is launching a new version of its Privacy Basics page to help people under...
05:46 am GMT - Thu, January 26, 2017
Mashable Facebook just hired a big shot to run its virtual reality division
Mark Zuckerberg isn't kidding around about virtual reality.The CEO of Facebook announced late Wednesday Hugo Barra is joining as the vice president of virtual reality (VPVR, in case you were curious)....
04:04 am GMT - Thu, January 26, 2017
Mashable Everything you need to know to master Snapchat's new search bar
For years, one of the biggest criticisms of Snapchat has been that the app's intentionally unintuitive design makes it difficult to use, particularly for new users. While longtime users are well-acqua...
02:02 am GMT - Thu, January 26, 2017
Mashable Private emails are back! But this time Hillary Clinton's not involved.
There was a time, not so long ago, when cybersecurity seemed to be a major concern to the Republican Party. The GOP railed against Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server while she was secreta...
11:54 pm GMT - Wed, January 25, 2017
Mashable There are hidden iPad keyboards in iOS 10.3 that Apple won't let you use
There's one thing you can always count on when Apple releases a new beta version of iOS: Developers digging through its code in search of new features.As always developer Steve Troughton-Smith was qui...
10:15 pm GMT - Wed, January 25, 2017
Mashable This pair of glasses can change focus based on what you look at
If you need different pairs of glasses for seeing different things (say, reading vs. distance) or wear bifocals or progressive lenses, the future is looking bright: Someone has invented a pair of glas...
10:12 pm GMT - Wed, January 25, 2017
Mashable Sleep peacefully in these germ-free bed sheets
By infusing copper threading in bamboo sheets, '29 linens' claims they can kill 99.9% of the bacteria on your sheets in just 30 minutes. Read more...More about Real Time Video, Real Time, Copper, Self...
09:43 pm GMT - Wed, January 25, 2017
Mashable Report: Trump is still using his old, unsecured Android phone
President Donald Trump is still using the Android phone he tweeted with during and after his campaign, even though it's an unsecured device, The New York Times reports.SEE ALSO: Who to follow on Twitt...
09:14 pm GMT - Wed, January 25, 2017
Mashable WikiLeaks wants any climate change data that Trump is ignoring
WikiLeaks wants your scientific data.In a post Wednesday, the secret leaking organization asked for data that might get swept under the rug by the President Donald Trump administration.  SEE ALSO...
07:27 pm GMT - Wed, January 25, 2017
Mashable Snapchat cash is no joke for the media
Snapchat may be fun for users, but the app is starting to mean serious money for the media. Numerous publishers are making hundreds of thousands of dollars per year on Snapchat, with a select few...
06:58 pm GMT - Wed, January 25, 2017
Mashable Pixie is the 'Pokémon Go' for finding your lost stuff
There's not much worse than losing your stuff — except maybe the time you wind up wasting looking for it. Nothing is more infuriating than being held up on the way out the door because the car k...
06:51 pm GMT - Wed, January 25, 2017
Mashable Facebook Stories?! Snapchat's main feature is copied again
The competition couldn't be more heated. Facebook has released a near identical clone of Snapchat Stories, the company announced Wednesday. It wouldn't be the first time. Back in August, Facebook...
05:08 pm GMT - Wed, January 25, 2017
Mashable How Star Wars helped uncover a Death Star-sized army of bots
Little is known about Twitter botnets, massive groups of automated accounts that are controlled by a master and can pose a threat to social media users through spam and other malignant techniques. ...
04:32 pm GMT - Wed, January 25, 2017
Mashable How to mute on Twitter
As much as we love Twitter, we'd be the first to agree that sometimes the platform can get a little...noisy. Also, given a certain new world leader's propensity to use it as a megaphone, many users ma...
04:14 pm GMT - Wed, January 25, 2017
Mashable HP recalls 101,000 laptop batteries that could catch fire
Another day, another battery recall.HP's expanding on a battery recall issued last June to include batteries in several HP, Compaq, HP ProBook, HP Envy, Compaq Presario and HP Pavilion laptops. The re...
04:08 pm GMT - Wed, January 25, 2017
Mashable How to secure a smartphone for the tweeter-in-chief
As President Donald Trump takes office, he has also taken up a new, digital symbol of the presidency. Before, during and since the campaign, he used an Android smartphone to conduct his business and t...
04:03 pm GMT - Wed, January 25, 2017
Mashable There are now Amazon Dash buttons for Colgate, KY, Emergen-C and more
If you needed another reason to jump on Amazon's ultra-convenient Dash buttons, the online retail giant is giving you a whole lot more. Today, Amazon added more than 50 new items to the instant o...
03:58 pm GMT - Wed, January 25, 2017
Mashable This tiny patch will make you sit up straight
'UPRIGHT' is a tiny device that sticks on your lower back and tracks the movement of your spine. It gently reminds you when you are slouching, helping your muscles relearn to keep your posture perfect...
03:40 pm GMT - Wed, January 25, 2017
Mashable Mysterious Twitter account steps forward to lead the National Park resistance
While the Trump administration continues to play whack-a-mole with rebellious National Parks Service Twitter accounts, a new account has sprung up to fill the void and lead this new resistance online....
03:34 pm GMT - Wed, January 25, 2017
Mashable Let your music become a personal light show with these headphones
These audio-responsive headphones can detect your music and sync a personal light show to its beat.  Read more...More about Real Time Video, Real Time, Electronic Device, Electronic Music, and El...
03:20 pm GMT - Wed, January 25, 2017
Mashable Apple might be censoring LG UltraFine 5K display's reviews due to poor ratings
If you hop over to the LG UltraFine 5K display in Apple's online store, you'll notice that something is missing: star rating. According to this post on Reddit, Apple has removed the rating altoge...
03:02 pm GMT - Wed, January 25, 2017
Mashable Here's the ancient stone that brought us the Bluetooth logo
Not to blow your mind, but your smartphone may right now be displaying the name of an ancient Danish king.British comedian Tom Scott gives us a quick background of the symbols that came together to fo...
02:20 pm GMT - Wed, January 25, 2017
Mashable This weird, winged contraption can get your facial muscles in shape
Preaching to the masses of women on a quest for slim faces, this Japanese contraption from Facial Fitness PAO promises to narrow out those chubby cheeks if you use it for 30 seconds each day. Read mor...
02:00 pm GMT - Wed, January 25, 2017
Mashable Behind the scenes on the making of a CG trailer
Imagine condensing 2,500 hours’ worth of work into two minutes. It sounds crazy, but that’s exactly what Bläck Studios — in conjunction with motion capture sister studio Im...
12:50 pm GMT - Wed, January 25, 2017
Mashable The internet baes who 'breadcrumb' you and never meet you in person
Online dating is kind of infuriating. You spend night after night swiping left and right in the hunt for the perfect match. SEE ALSO: Swiping is the new cheating—or is it?But, just when you...
12:50 pm GMT - Wed, January 25, 2017
Mashable Apple's website just got an update only total geeks will notice
Eagle-eyed Apple fans got a little treat Tuesday — and we do mean little, so don't get too excited.SEE ALSO: Apple's iOS 10.3 brings cricket support for Siri and a way to find your lost AirPodsT...
10:58 am -08 - Wed, January 25, 2017
Mashable Pixie is the 'Pokémon Go' for finding your lost stuff
There's not much worse than losing your stuff — except maybe the time you wind up wasting looking for it. Nothing is more infuriating than being held up on the way out the door because the car k...
10:06 am GMT - Wed, January 25, 2017
Mashable More Samsung Galaxy S8 rumors: 'Infinity display,' iris scanner and yes, a headphone jack
Hot on the heels of the news that Samsung's Galaxy S8 won't launch in February comes a bevy of new rumors about the device, some of which contradict previous reports.The Guardian published quite an in...
09:37 am GMT - Wed, January 25, 2017
Mashable This amazing selfie app is China's newest beauty obsession
You've probably heard of Meitu, a Chinese beauty filter app that has recently taken the internet by storm.But people are moving on to their next beauty obsession — Pitu. The app doesn't jus...
09:08 am -08 - Wed, January 25, 2017
Mashable How Star Wars helped uncover a Death Star-sized army of bots
Little is known about Twitter botnets, massive groups of automated accounts that are controlled by a master and can pose a threat to social media users through spam and other malignant techniques. ...
07:35 am GMT - Wed, January 25, 2017
Mashable There are now as many internet users in China as there are people in Europe
China now has 731 million people online — or nearly the entire population of Europe, according to a global survey.The China Internet Network Information Center (CINIC) says that the majority of ...
07:32 am GMT - Wed, January 25, 2017
Mashable Apple's iOS 10.3 brings cricket support for Siri and a way to find your lost AirPods
The latest iOS 10 beta update, 10.3, is sure to bring cheer for Indian users as Siri, Apple's digital assistant, will now be offering cricket scores, stats and trivia.  SEE ALSO: Apple had its be...
06:59 am GMT - Wed, January 25, 2017
Mashable Australia: You can now go live on Instagram along with everybody else
Australia is finally able to kick the FOMO and livestream on every damn app out.Following a U.S. launch in Dec. 2016, Instagram kicked off its live function in Instagram Stories locally on Wednesday.&...
04:28 am GMT - Wed, January 25, 2017
Mashable Apple had its best year ever in world's fastest growing smartphone market
Apple CEO Tim Cook’s desperate bet to make India its next big market is starting to pay off.SEE ALSO: Apple's 13-year winning streak ends nowLast year was Apple’s best year in India. The c...
02:05 am GMT - Wed, January 25, 2017
Mashable Google just dropped the last Android Wear update before its launch
Google's big Android Wear update is almost ready for primetime.After months of delays, the company pushed out the final version of the developer preview for the upcoming Android Wear 2.0 update, confi...
12:16 am GMT - Wed, January 25, 2017
Mashable This nifty trick lets Android users download all the Netflix movies they want
Netflix's movie and TV shows download feature is pretty great. Wanna know what's not so great? If you're an Android user and you don't have enough internal storage left to store videos.A new update to...
11:49 pm GMT - Tue, January 24, 2017
Mashable Google's 'Pearl' is first VR film to be nominated for an Oscar
If you still haven't dipped your toes into the world of virtual reality, the Academy Awards just gave everyone another reason to pay attention to the emerging format.  Google's VR film Pearl has ...
11:32 pm GMT - Tue, January 24, 2017
Mashable Arnold Schwarzenegger drools over his dream car — and it's electric
When you think of Arnold Schwarzenegger, the first thing that comes to mind isn't likely to be conservation. The former Terminator turned Governator turned Apprentice host is better known for his huge...
11:08 pm GMT - Tue, January 24, 2017
Mashable 8 innovations helping homeless populations around the world
Homelessness is widespread and hard to solve, affecting more than 560,000 people in the U.S. and hundreds of millions around the world.It's a complex and intractable problem, with countless agencies a...
10:47 pm GMT - Tue, January 24, 2017
Mashable Julian Assange is having trouble making good on his promise of extradition
Julian Assange, cooped up in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, seems to still be having trouble deciding whether or not he'll make good on his promise to be extradited to the U.S. because former presi...
10:36 pm GMT - Tue, January 24, 2017
Mashable The Badlands Twitter account is the ultimate climate rebel
In this age of "alternative facts," a new guardian of truth has emerged: the people behind National Park Service Twitter accounts. The Twitter account for Badlands National Park in South Dakota f...
10:32 pm GMT - Tue, January 24, 2017
Mashable Tumblr gets with the program, adds stickers and filters
If stickers and filters on Snapchat, Instagram and Messenger weren’t enough, you can now add them to your Tumblr photos and GIFs, too. Tumblr announced the update on the company's blog on T...
10:22 pm GMT - Tue, January 24, 2017
Mashable So the App Store is basically Yelp now
Apple just made a major change to its App Store policies.The company will soon let developers respond directly to app reviews in the App Store, according to details released with latest iOS beta.SEE A...
10:13 pm GMT - Tue, January 24, 2017
Mashable How one e-waste recycling company is creating second chances for trash – and for people
What do you get when you transform trash into jobs? For one LA-based recycling company, it means a whole new way of doing business.   Isidore Electronics Recycling is a company that believes...
10:00 pm GMT - Tue, January 24, 2017
Mashable When a robot isn't just a robot
Why do you feel comfortable or even empathetic to a robot? We explore how humans develop an emotional connection with machines, and how engineers are designing that connection. Introducing 'The P...
09:57 pm GMT - Tue, January 24, 2017
Mashable If you have a new MacBook Pro, you should update macOS right now
When Apple unveiled the new MacBook Pro in October 2016, its erratic battery life cost the product a coveted Consumer Reports recommendation. This led the company's senior vice president, Phil Sc...
09:25 pm GMT - Tue, January 24, 2017
Mashable TV store pulls terrifying prank on customers to promote the new 'Rings' film
By pranking unsuspecting customers, Paramount Pictures turned their new film 'Rings' into a nightmarish reality. Read more...More about Real Time Video, Real Time, Entertainment, Horror, and Design...
09:20 pm GMT - Tue, January 24, 2017
Mashable Four men developed a tool to keep track of Trump's every move
As Donald Trump embarks on his journey to "Make America Great Again," the world is waiting to see if he follows through on the many promises he made during his presidential campaign.Track Trump, a too...
08:25 pm GMT - Tue, January 24, 2017
Mashable Hidden History: Virtual Reality
Virtual Reality might be the hottest new thing in tech, but surprisingly, VR has a long history before today. Mashable explores the various false-starts, influences, and oddities in the Hidden History...
08:10 pm GMT - Tue, January 24, 2017
Mashable New patent hints at a customizable Apple Watch
Your Apple Watch band options may soon extend far beyond leather, "Sport" or Hermès.Apple was granted a patent Tuesday describing "modular functional band links for wearable devices." The links a...
08:03 pm GMT - Tue, January 24, 2017
Mashable Tesla just ramped up its Autopilot system
After a delay, Telsa's new Autopilot is finally ready for mass rollout. Tesla mastermind Elon Musk first teased the new system, Enhanced Autopilot, for the automaker's HW2 hardware package (which...
07:30 pm GMT - Tue, January 24, 2017
Mashable Night Shift is headed to the Mac to help you sleep better
Longtime Mac users know all about the wonders of f.lux, a third-party system preference that automatically adjusts your screen's color temperature, shifting it from blue to yellow throughout the day i...
06:11 pm GMT - Tue, January 24, 2017
Mashable Finally, someone has reinvented the crutches
Mobility Designed has created a whole new generation of crutches that uses the forearm for support and allows wearers to move freely while the crutches remain attached. Read more...More about Standalo...
06:00 pm GMT - Tue, January 24, 2017
Mashable Apple unveils its own way to find lost AirPods
Memo to app makers, steer clear of Apple's turf.Just two weeks after not-so-quietly removing the Finder for AirPods app, which helped nervous AirPod owners locate their misplaced Bluetooth audio devic...
05:55 pm GMT - Tue, January 24, 2017
Mashable New video series highlights activists using tech to defend human rights
Passionate activists are using technology to make the world a safer, more equitable place — and a new video series shines a light on their powerful stories. "Internet Without Borders" is a ...
05:00 pm GMT - Tue, January 24, 2017
Mashable Google Home starts catching up to the Amazon Echo
Good news, Google Home owners: the smart home hub can now talk to more gear.This morning, Google announced a pair of new partners for the Home platform that will bring even more variety to its stable ...
05:00 pm GMT - Tue, January 24, 2017
Mashable Nerf's newest blasters shoot foam cars, not darts
Have you ever looked at your Nerf guns and wished they could shoot something other than foam darts? If you have, this is your lucky year.Designed to cater to a younger crowd — 5 years old and up...
04:54 pm GMT - Tue, January 24, 2017
Mashable This keyboard makes you feel like you're working on an old-school typewriter
Gadget lovers with a sense of nostalgia should get ready to drool. A new mechanical keyboard from Lofree will mirror the look and feel of an old-school typewriter while incorporating some modern flour...
04:31 pm GMT - Tue, January 24, 2017
Mashable Trump's cyber advisor didn't know about Signal
If you pay attention to surveillance or cybersecurity, you've probably heard of Signal since the election, right? It's an encrypted messaging app, and it's popularity has climbed in the wake of a new ...
04:00 pm GMT - Tue, January 24, 2017
Mashable Twitter Inauguration Day ratings are out — but please don't add them to TV, Sean Spicer
President Donald Trump and press secretary Sean Spicer have claimed that this year's Inauguration Day was the most-watched in history, which could be true depending on how you define "watched." W...
03:49 pm GMT - Tue, January 24, 2017
Mashable This is what Google's Android Wear 2.0 smartwatches might look like
We keep hearing more and more about Google's two upcoming Android Wear 2.0 smartwatches as we inch closer towards Feb. 9, which is when the new smartwatch software is expected to drop.And now we might...
03:41 pm GMT - Tue, January 24, 2017
Mashable This pocket-sized selfie drone may change the way you take pictures
Doubling as a compact phone case, this drone can autonomously fly and take your selfies for you. Read more...More about Pocket Sized Drone, Autonomous, Phone Case, Iphone, and Real Time Video...
03:37 pm GMT - Tue, January 24, 2017
Mashable iPhone users can finally send WhatsApp messages offline
Haven't you heard? Offline is the new online... well, sort of.On Monday, WhatsApp, the popular Facebook-owned messenger, welcomed iOS users to the world of offline messaging.The app's latest iOS updat...
03:07 pm GMT - Tue, January 24, 2017
Mashable Samsung Galaxy S8 will reportedly launch in April, and LG G6 will suffer for it
Samsung dropped a bombshell on Monday, officially confirming that its new flagship, the Galaxy S8, will not launch during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next month. But if not then, when? With...
02:40 pm GMT - Tue, January 24, 2017
Mashable Prosthetic talks to the brain, restores touch in man's hand
Igor Spetic is one of the first amputees to regain feeling in his hand through a prosthetic. After volunteering to work with Dustin J. Tyler, a researcher in human-machine interaction, the experimenta...
08:59 am GMT - Tue, January 24, 2017
Mashable Xiaomi sold quarter of a million smartphones in just 10 minutes in this country
While big giants are struggling to embark on India’s voluminous and fast-growing smartphone market, Chinese company Xiaomi continues to show unprecedented success.SEE ALSO: Xiaomi makes its firs...
07:26 am GMT - Tue, January 24, 2017
Mashable Google's Pixel smartphones struggle to click in world's fastest growing smartphone market
Despite Google’s aggressive push to lure the Indian market into purchasing its Google Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones, the company has failed to impress the price conscious country.SEE ALSO: Buzz...
06:24 am GMT - Tue, January 24, 2017
Mashable 'Pokémon Go' finally launches in South Korea
Pokémon Go has finally come to South Korea, more than six months after the global phenomenon launched in other regions.While the South Korean smartphone market is among the more advanced globally...
04:48 am GMT - Tue, January 24, 2017
Mashable Facebook's VR social network is surprisingly stunning
Earlier this month, I told you about the emerging world of social networking in virtual reality. But lurking on the sidelines of this newly active space is Facebook's own social VR behemoth known as O...
03:09 am GMT - Tue, January 24, 2017
Mashable Trekkies can now wake up their Amazon Echo by saying 'computer'
Amazon just quietly updated one of the most important parts of the Echo in a move that is sure to delight Star Trek fans everywhere.The company added "computer" to the list of supported wake words for...
02:03 am GMT - Tue, January 24, 2017
Mashable Samsung finally put the Note7 scandal to rest—here's what it could do for their future
We may never know why Samsung’s battery manufacturing partners made a handful of critical errors that led dozens of (the once widely-praised) Galaxy Note7 smartphones to overheat, and/or burst i...
01:04 am GMT - Tue, January 24, 2017
Mashable Android Pattern Lock might be vulnerable to (very determined) thieves
Imagine unlocking your phone in a cafe, unaware that a hacker is secretly videotaping youTheoretically, they could crack your Android code by analyzing your hand movements with computer vision algorit...
11:00 pm GMT - Mon, January 23, 2017
Mashable Snapchat is making a big move in this European country
Snap is getting serious about growing as a global news network. Snapchat launched its first localized Discover channel in Norway with VG, the most widely read online newspaper in the country, the...
09:54 pm GMT - Mon, January 23, 2017
Mashable Raspberry Pi just got some serious competition
Makers and DIY-ers now have a shiny new computer to build things from. Asus just launched the Tinker Board, its own version of a single-board computer — a form factor popularized largely by...
09:30 pm GMT - Mon, January 23, 2017
Mashable Reddit's CEO got corrective laser eye surgery—for the apocalypse. I did too.
A feature in the Jan. 30 issue of The New Yorker opens with a story from Reddit co-founder and CEO Steve Huffman, about Huffman's decision to undergo vision correction surgery: It's just one of t...
08:14 pm GMT - Mon, January 23, 2017
Mashable Google Voice finally gets group chat in its first update in 5 years
Google just delivered a very long overdue update to Google Voice.The company introduced a set of new apps for Google Voice on iOS, Android and the web — the platform's first major update in five...
08:04 pm -05 - Mon, January 23, 2017
Mashable Android Pattern Lock might be vulnerable to (very determined) thieves
Imagine unlocking your phone in a cafe, unaware that a hacker is secretly videotaping youTheoretically, they could crack your Android code by analyzing your hand movements with computer vision algorit...
06:55 pm GMT - Mon, January 23, 2017
Mashable That cute anime selfie app is collecting a lot more data than it needs
Last week, the internet was filled with adorably beautified selfies and odd portraits of polarizing political figures as we all discovered Meitu, a Chinese photo-editing app. But now the chance t...
06:48 pm GMT - Mon, January 23, 2017
Mashable Tower in China is turning smog into jewelry
Studio Roosegaarde's founder, Daan Roosegaarde, is famous for his design and architecture solutions to the world's problem with waste and pollution.This Smog Free Tower works as a giant air purifier w...
06:21 pm GMT - Mon, January 23, 2017
Mashable Snapchat Discover is cracking down on sex, clickbait and fake news
Snapchat doesn't need your clickbait.The mobile storytelling platform, once popularized as a sexting app, is cracking down on sexually explicit and deceptive content within Discover, the publisher sec...
05:06 pm GMT - Mon, January 23, 2017
Mashable Pocket-sized Dobby selfie drone is cute, tiny and way frustrating
It's a good bet that Japanese company Zero Tech was unaware of the Harry Potter connection when it named its pocket-sized drone Dobby. While that tiny house elf won us over with his tenacity and heroi...
04:54 pm -05 - Mon, January 23, 2017
Mashable Raspberry Pi just got some serious competition
Makers and DIY-ers now have a shiny new computer to build things from. Asus just launched the Tinker Board, its own version of a single-board computer — a form factor popularized largely by...
04:29 pm GMT - Mon, January 23, 2017
Mashable Snapchat's iPhone app just got a lot easier to use
Snapchat's major redesign is here.As expected, the app's new look, which features a search bar and several other UI nips and tucks to make it easier to use, is now live for iOS users.SEE ALSO: Snapcha...
03:52 pm GMT - Mon, January 23, 2017
Mashable If you search 'a*holes' on Twitter, Donald Trump shows up first
Donald Trump loves Twitter, but the feeling doesn't appear to be mutual.SEE ALSO: Nearly 70% of Americans would like @realDonaldTrump to please stop tweetingSearch the word "a*holes" on Twitter and th...
03:31 pm GMT - Mon, January 23, 2017
Mashable This is what a steel-and-glass iPhone 8 might look like
Many long-time iPhone users — myself included — believe Apple's most beautiful and elegant phone was the iPhone 4. A sturdy, stainless steel frame that holds two nearly identical glass pan...
03:23 pm GMT - Mon, January 23, 2017
Mashable Group FaceTime video calls could arrive with iOS 11
One of the marquee features of iOS 11 could be group FaceTime calls.According to Israeli website The Verifier, Apple is reportedly working on an update to FaceTime, which will allow up to five people ...
03:00 pm GMT - Mon, January 23, 2017
Mashable Keep your texts private in Trump's America (and everywhere else, too)
So, here we are: With a new president come new concerns over surveillance powers that could so forcefully bite us in the ass.The public has good reason to believe that President Donald Trump would lov...
02:16 pm GMT - Mon, January 23, 2017
Mashable Castle 3-D printed in concrete spells new era in architecture
Andrey Rudenko is a U.S.-based contractor who spent two years designing a 3-D printer that could work with concrete. After successfully printing a castle in his backyard, Rudenko is expanding to ...
01:55 pm -05 - Mon, January 23, 2017
Mashable That cute anime selfie app is collecting a lot more data than it needs
Last week, the internet was filled with adorably beautified selfies and odd portraits of polarizing political figures as we all discovered Meitu, a Chinese photo-editing app. But now the chance t...
01:21 pm GMT - Mon, January 23, 2017
Mashable WikiLeaks urges people to leak Donald Trump's tax returns
WikiLeaks has called on people to leak Donald Trump's tax returns after Kellyanne Conway, a senior counselor to the U.S. president, confirmed he won't do so. SEE ALSO: 6 ways to push your online ...
01:21 pm -05 - Mon, January 23, 2017
Mashable Snapchat Discover is cracking down on sex, clickbait and fake news
Snapchat doesn't need your clickbait.The mobile storytelling platform, once popularized as a sexting app, is cracking down on sexually explicit and deceptive content within Discover, the publisher sec...
12:50 pm GMT - Mon, January 23, 2017
Mashable Uber is launching food delivery service in its fastest growing market
Uber is bringing its on-demand food delivery service, UberEATS, to India three years after it piloted in Los Angeles. The taxi-aggregator is in talks with local restaurants and delivery partners befor...
12:06 pm -05 - Mon, January 23, 2017
Mashable Pocket-sized Dobby selfie drone is cute, tiny and way frustrating
It's a good bet that Japanese company Zero Tech was unaware of the Harry Potter connection when it named its pocket-sized drone Dobby. While that tiny house elf won us over with his tenacity and heroi...
08:43 am GMT - Mon, January 23, 2017
Mashable Samsung Galaxy S8 will not be launched next month in Barcelona
Samsung's next flagship phone, the Galaxy S8, will be late — if you compare it to its predecessors, that is. The chief of Samsung's mobile division, Koh Dong-jin, confirmed to Reuters on Mo...
08:43 am GMT - Mon, January 23, 2017
Mashable Nope, the Samsung Galaxy S8 is not coming in February
Samsung's next flagship phone, the Galaxy S8, will be late — if you compare it to its predecessors, that is. The chief of Samsung's mobile division, Koh Dong-jin, confirmed to Reuters on Mo...
06:22 am GMT - Mon, January 23, 2017
Mashable Hugo Barra is leaving Xiaomi
Hugo Barra, the public face of Xiaomi, is leaving the company.SEE ALSO: Xiaomi hits $1 billion revenue in the world's fastest growing smartphone marketBarra announced today he is leaving what is often...
04:22 am GMT - Mon, January 23, 2017
Mashable Privacy laws gutted in Australia's court ruling on 'personal information'
In possibly Australia's most important privacy case to date, a Federal Court ruling Thursday dealt a severe blow to Australia’s information privacy laws by narrowing the definition of "personal ...
01:18 am GMT - Mon, January 23, 2017
Mashable Samsung Note7 investigation findings reveal two major battery problems
The long and tumultuous story of the Galaxy Note7 smartphone finally has a conclusion now that Samsung has finally released the findings of its investigation into the exploding incidents that led to t...
01:18 am GMT - Mon, January 23, 2017
Mashable Samsung's Galaxy Note7 investigation reveals two major battery problems
The long and tumultuous story of the Galaxy Note7 smartphone finally has a conclusion now that Samsung has released the findings of its investigation into the exploding incidents that led to the devic...
03:26 pm GMT - Sun, January 22, 2017
Mashable We might be saying goodbye to the iPhone's home button
When the iPhone 7 killed off the headphone jack, some Apple fans were up in arms. If the rumors about the features of 2017's iPhone X (or whatever Apple winds up calling it) are true, the flagship pho...
03:00 pm GMT - Sun, January 22, 2017
Mashable This cute robot will teach your 3-year-old to code
The educational kids toy 'KUBO' uses an intuitive puzzle-based design to help kids learn coding, math, language and music. Read more...More about Robots, Robot, Real Time Video, Real Time, and Robot C...
02:06 am GMT - Sun, January 22, 2017
Mashable Virtual reality offers spooky, realistic view of Trump in the Oval Office
A new virtual reality experience for the HTC Vive is dedicated to depicting the newly elected President Donald Trump. But it doesn't deliver the post-inauguration fanfare some might expect. Creat...
01:07 am GMT - Sun, January 22, 2017
Mashable 7 can't-miss apps: Color by Disney, 'Time Turner' and more
After an eventful weekend, you may need to take some time away from your news apps. Instead, check out some of our favorite apps from this week that might make your day-to-day life a little easier and...
07:09 pm GMT - Sat, January 21, 2017
Mashable Twitter apologizes for mistakes around @POTUS account
There was a mistake made on Inauguration Day. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey apologized Saturday for accidentally making it so that Twitter users followed @POTUS and other administrative accounts even w...
06:39 pm GMT - Sat, January 21, 2017
Mashable Watch the Women's March on Washington streamed in 360 degrees on Facebook
The Women's March on Washington is already proving to be a historic event, with the massive number of marchers from around the country far outpacing the attendance of Friday's inauguration event in Wa...
06:06 pm -08 - Sat, January 21, 2017
Mashable Virtual reality offers spooky, realistic view of Trump in the Oval Office
A new virtual reality experience for the HTC Vive is dedicated to depicting the newly elected President Donald Trump. But it doesn't deliver the post-inauguration fanfare some might expect. Creat...
05:39 pm GMT - Sat, January 21, 2017
Mashable Dad uses HTC Vive to give daughter immersive VR tour of her dollhouse
Because the technology is so new to mainstream users, the benefits of virtual reality are still being discovered. But we're increasingly finding that VR can bring families together in new ways. T...
02:09 pm -05 - Sat, January 21, 2017
Mashable Twitter apologizes for mistakes around @POTUS account
There was a mistake made on Inauguration Day. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey apologized Saturday for accidentally making it so that Twitter users followed @POTUS and other administrative accounts even w...
12:39 pm -05 - Sat, January 21, 2017
Mashable Dad uses HTC Vive to give daughter immersive VR tour of her dollhouse
Because the technology is so new to mainstream users, the benefits of virtual reality are still being discovered. But we're increasingly finding that VR can bring families together in new ways. T...
11:09 am -08 - Sat, January 21, 2017
Mashable Twitter apologizes for mistakes around @POTUS account
There was a mistake made on Inauguration Day. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey apologized Saturday for accidentally making it so that Twitter users followed @POTUS and other administrative accounts even w...
09:39 am -08 - Sat, January 21, 2017
Mashable Dad uses HTC Vive to give daughter immersive VR tour of her dollhouse
Because the technology is so new to mainstream users, the benefits of virtual reality are still being discovered. But we're increasingly finding that VR can bring families together in new ways. T...
02:28 am GMT - Sat, January 21, 2017
Mashable Don't cry, all your favorite Vines will live on here
While the Vine we once knew is no more, at least Twitter is keeping around your favorite six-second videos for posterity.The company just debuted a new version of Vine's website, which now acts as an ...
01:51 am GMT - Sat, January 21, 2017
Mashable A robotic implant that hugs your heart could help it keep beating
A soft robotic sleeve made of silicone could help a human heart keep beating, according to a new report published Wednesday.For the millions suffering from heart failure and other cardiac issues, that...
11:52 pm GMT - Fri, January 20, 2017
Mashable Google's Assistant might not be exclusive to Pixel for much longer
You might not have to buy a Google Pixel or Pixel XL to get the company's intelligent Assistant after all.LG's upcoming G6 smartphone might be the first non-Pixel phone to include Assistant, according...
11:23 pm GMT - Fri, January 20, 2017
Mashable This article about WhatsApp made security experts furious
Last week, The Guardian published a bombshell "exclusive" report claiming to reveal disturbing information about a "backdoor" into WhatsApp's encrypted messaging platform. According to the story, the ...
10:08 pm GMT - Fri, January 20, 2017
Mashable Apps aren't dead — they're thriving to the tune of $89 billion
In case there were still any doubts, we now have more proof than ever that the app business is as strong as it's ever been — $89 billion strong, to be precise. That's the finding of a new r...
09:26 pm GMT - Fri, January 20, 2017
Mashable Apple files $1 billion lawsuit against major iPhone partner
Apple just did the unthinkable: The tech giant is suing Qualcomm, which makes the iPhone's baseband processor — the smartphone's modem for connecting to mobile networks — to the tune of $1...
09:21 pm GMT - Fri, January 20, 2017
Mashable One of the most popular White House website pages is a petition seeking Trump's tax returns
As President Donald Trump assumes the oval office, an anti-Trump petition is climbing up the popularity charts on whitehouse.gov.The second-most popular page on the site as of this writing is a petiti...
06:16 pm GMT - Fri, January 20, 2017
Mashable The US Army just flew a Star Wars-like hoverbike
The U.S. Army is joining forces with UK-based Malloy Aeronautics to build an electric quadcopter that will be able to autonomously carry up to 300 pounds.  Read more...More about Military, Milita...
06:08 pm GMT - Fri, January 20, 2017
Mashable Trump has officially taken over the @POTUS account
Donald Trump's new Twitter handle might be an even bigger deal than his swearing-in for the Twitter-obsessed president.Barack Obama had been tweeting from the @POTUS handle for the past eight years, b...
05:22 pm GMT - Fri, January 20, 2017
Mashable The stunning moment Whitehouse.gov changed hands
A lot of moving pieces shift during the peaceful transition of one presidential administration to another, not the least of which is the online visage of those administrations: Whitehouse.gov.SEE ALSO...
04:41 pm GMT - Fri, January 20, 2017
Mashable Kristen Stewart co-authored a paper on artificial intelligence in her spare time, NBD
In between starring in a Rolling Stones music video, being a full-time celebrity and gearing up to premiere her directorial debut Come Swim, Kristen Stewart managed to find the time to co-author a pap...
04:37 pm GMT - Fri, January 20, 2017
Mashable Watch the U.S. Army show off its 'hoverbike' prototype
Last week, the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) took one of its coolest-sounding projects out for a spin to show off for Department of Defense officials. It's the joint tactical aerial resupply veh...
04:23 pm GMT - Fri, January 20, 2017
Mashable Snapchat's new lenses will unleash your inner soccer prodigy
Snapchat has teamed up with Europe's top football clubs to release a series of lenses that allow fans to show support for their team in an exciting way.  SEE ALSO: What kind of Snapchatter are yo...
03:53 pm GMT - Fri, January 20, 2017
Mashable What does Samsung's Galaxy S8 need to make us forget about the Note7?
It's a new year and you know what that means: New phones!Though not expected for another few months, rumors for Samsung's next flagship phone, the Galaxy S8, have started to leak out, little by little...
03:49 pm GMT - Fri, January 20, 2017
Mashable Samsung Note7 fires caused by irregularly sized batteries, report says
With 96% of the discontinued Samsung Galaxy Note7 smartphones off the street, we may finally know what caused some to catch fire or explode.A new report from the Wall Street Journal points to irregula...
03:19 pm GMT - Fri, January 20, 2017
Mashable This necessary invention will prevent your hair from clogging the drain
The DrainWig gathers hair on a leave-in, disposable chain and prevents drain clogs. Read more...More about Tech, Hair Clog, Unclog Drain, Real Time Video, and Home Design...
02:55 pm GMT - Fri, January 20, 2017
Mashable Amazon Prime Dash Buttons go virtual
Where Amazon Prime's Dash Buttons are going, they don't need physical buttons.A year and a half after their introduction, Amazon's one-press product ordering system is entering the next plane of exist...
01:16 pm -05 - Fri, January 20, 2017
Mashable The US Army just flew a Star Wars-like hoverbike
The U.S. Army is joining forces with UK-based Malloy Aeronautics to build an electric quadcopter that will be able to autonomously carry up to 300 pounds.  Read more...More about Standalone Featu...
10:52 am GMT - Fri, January 20, 2017
Mashable Drummer slays virtual reality cover of 'Pokémon'
Did you know you can play drums without drums? All you need is a VR headset and an app called Paradiddle (drummers will know), currently in development by musician Emre Tanirgan. To show off his ...
08:37 am GMT - Fri, January 20, 2017
Mashable Ola thinks it has the perfect trick to compete in Uber's fastest growing market
There's only so much you can differentiate when you are a cab ride hailing company that is competing with Uber. You could possibly ensure better cars, better service and better pricing.Having tried mo...
04:40 am GMT - Fri, January 20, 2017
Mashable Singapore's first hypercar will be an all-electric carbon-fibre machine
Singapore has unveiled its first all-electric hypercar, a sleek work of engineering that it plans to exhibit in a couple of months at a global motor show.The 1,500-horsepower Dendrobium from Vanda Ele...
03:34 am GMT - Fri, January 20, 2017
Mashable The deplorables have arrived in Washington, but they're not exactly united
When Hillary Clinton said she believes "half of Trump's supporters" can be put into "the basket of deplorables," no one could have predicted the way they would embrace the term. Clinton prefaced ...
12:44 am GMT - Fri, January 20, 2017
Mashable Twitter crosses enemy lines in search of new friends
Twitter has joined Instagram — only six years late to the game. Unfortunately for Twitter, being slow moving isn't new to the platform that has struggled with product innovation and user gr...
12:23 am GMT - Fri, January 20, 2017
Mashable Samsung will finally reveal its report on why the Note7 kept catching fire
It looks like Samsung is finally ready to share its findings on what went wrong with the Galaxy Note7.After months of promising to make public the results of its investigations into the phone, the Kor...
11:17 pm GMT - Thu, January 19, 2017
Mashable Families of terrorist attack victims sue Facebook and Twitter
The families of victims of terror attacks in Paris, Brussels and Israel are blaming social media companies including Facebook and Twitter for facilitating communications among terrorists.Twitter says ...
10:37 pm GMT - Thu, January 19, 2017
Mashable The Galaxy S8's digital assistant may be more powerful than we thought
It's looking increasingly likely that Samsung's upcoming AI-powered digital assistant will be more than capable of giving Siri a run for its money. Samsung's Bixby, the assistant reportedly set t...
10:00 pm GMT - Thu, January 19, 2017
Mashable His dad founded Chuck E. Cheese. Now he's opening virtual reality fun zones.
Back in the day, a visit to Chuck E. Cheese was the most exciting thing ever: pizza, ball pits, and creepy singing robots. Now the son of the man who founded that company wants to open a high-tec...
09:48 pm GMT - Thu, January 19, 2017
Mashable It's do or die for Faraday Future
At CES 2017, Faraday Future was one of the biggest draws. The upstart automaker gave the first buzzy (if not a bit nauseating) presentation of the show when it unveiled the FF 91, complete with a...
09:28 pm GMT - Thu, January 19, 2017
Mashable A redhead emoji is finally in the cards
Redhead emoji just moved one step closer to reality. Emoji with red hair are on the agenda for the next meeting of the Unicode Technical Committee, the organization that sets standards for the em...
08:24 pm GMT - Thu, January 19, 2017
Mashable Transform any surface into a touchscreen computer with this projector
The ‘Typlet T1S’ is a device that will project a touchscreen computer onto any surface. The company behind it reports that there is no shadow disruption, meaning users won't have any issue...
07:57 pm GMT - Thu, January 19, 2017
Mashable The CIA is telling us how the agency uses Americans' data
You can now read about how the CIA uses the data it has gathered on Americans.The agency on Wednesday published its rules for data collection on American citizens, updating them for the digital age an...
06:33 pm GMT - Thu, January 19, 2017
Mashable Phone with dual front-facing cameras is perfect for selfie fanatics
You've probably heard of big-name Chinese phone makers like Xiaomi, Huawei and Meizu. But you might want to start keeping a closer eye on Vivo.The Chinese phone maker's been around since 2009, but it'...
06:31 pm GMT - Thu, January 19, 2017
Mashable Will Melania Trump take over FLOTUS twitter? No one really knows.
The first lady of the United States twitter account is about to have a vacancy and, as of this moment, no one knows if incoming first lady Melania Trump will fill it.SEE ALSO: Trump is using Facebook ...
05:22 pm GMT - Thu, January 19, 2017
Mashable Tesla cleared in investigation of fatal Autopilot crash
Last year, Tesla's Autopilot tech suffered its first casualty when a Florida man was killed while using the semi-autonomous driving system. Now the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTS...
05:09 pm GMT - Thu, January 19, 2017
Mashable Facebook just replaced your desktop inbox with Messenger
Facebook has changed the way we read our private messages. Again. In the latest update sure to stir up the user base — even if it's just for a little while — the social network appear...
04:57 pm GMT - Thu, January 19, 2017
Mashable This ingenious device can test how well you can see
'EyeQue' is an optical device that can test your vision right at home. All you need is a smartphone.  Read more...More about Mashable Video, Technology, Tech, Iphone, and Optometrist...
04:00 pm GMT - Thu, January 19, 2017
Mashable Finally, a juicer that doesn't need cleaning
With an innovative cold pressing technique and specially designed juicing bags, the 'JUISIR' is completely mess-free. Read more...More about Kickstarter, Cold Pressed, Juice, Healthy Eating, and Healt...
03:55 pm GMT - Thu, January 19, 2017
Mashable Improved Apple Pencil 2 could launch with new iPad Pro
A new, improved version of the Apple Pencil could be introduced alongside a new iPad Pro this year, according to rumblings from Asia's supply chain.According to the Chinese website Wei Feng, the updat...
02:45 pm GMT - Thu, January 19, 2017
Mashable This is the world's first solar-powered road
A small village in France is hosting the world's first the solar-powered road called Wattway. Wattway was constructed by French civil engineering firm Colas and was funded by the French government. It...
02:00 pm GMT - Thu, January 19, 2017
Mashable LinkedIn's big desktop redesign is finally here
LinkedIn's big redesign has finally arrived.The company is rolling out the redesigned version of its website, which adds new messaging and search features, a revamped feed and a simplified design that...
01:12 pm GMT - Thu, January 19, 2017
Mashable LG will likely launch its G6 flagship on Feb. 26
LG's G5 — as interesting it may be with its modular design and host of accessories — was a flop. Now, the company is trying to redeem itself with a very different flagship phone, and it's ...
10:00 am GMT - Thu, January 19, 2017
Mashable World's fastest growing smartphone market can't make up its mind about Apple's demands
The world’s fastest growing smartphone market wants Apple to manufacture locally, but some in the ruling government are hesitant to agree to the company's "unprecedented" requests before commenc...
08:36 am GMT - Thu, January 19, 2017
Mashable Yes, this detailed 3D-printed model was sculpted in VR, and it's just the start
Getting people to believe that high-end virtual reality is truly immersive can be difficult if they haven't tried devices like the Oculus Rift or HTC Vive first-hand. That gap of disbelief gets e...
06:32 am GMT - Thu, January 19, 2017
Mashable This comedian's parody of the Apple AirPods ad is hilarious AF
Let's face it. Apple AirPods are magical. But there is also that constant fear of losing those tiny little plastic knobs and people are going to extreme lengths to prevent them from falling off.Apple ...
05:49 am GMT - Thu, January 19, 2017
Mashable Why a former employee thinks Apple is 'boring' under Tim Cook
Being number one isn’t a lot of fun. Just ask Apple, which was just called "boring" by a prominent former employee. With a market cap of over $639 billion, Apple is the biggest company in t...
01:27 am GMT - Thu, January 19, 2017
Mashable The anti-trust lawsuit that could shape the future of smartphones
Qualcomm is in trouble.For most, those words probably mean next to nothing, but if you know much about the technology within your smartphone, it means a great deal. Qualcomm builds many of the key com...
01:23 am GMT - Thu, January 19, 2017
Mashable Google has some bad news for Trump ahead of his big day
Donald Trump will soon be sworn in as the 45th president of the United States of America. But it looks like, once again, people seem to care more about the protests against Trump than the celebration ...
12:45 am GMT - Thu, January 19, 2017
Mashable Twitter's complicated relationship with developers just got worse
Twitter's relationship with developers is as complicated as ever.The company caught developers by surprise Wednesday when it announced it was selling its developer platform Fabric to Google, thus offl...
11:47 pm GMT - Wed, January 18, 2017
Mashable Multiple agencies investigating if Russia paid hackers to undermine Clinton
Six national law enforcement and intelligence agencies have for months investigated whether Russian government officials provided money to hackers in the United States, who then hacked Democratic Part...
11:02 pm GMT - Wed, January 18, 2017
Mashable The iPhone X: Coming in 2017?
We've heard a ton about what might be coming in the next iPhone — but until now, none of the sources leaking potential design specs have gone so far as to call the upcoming device "yuge."SEE ALS...
10:32 pm -08 - Wed, January 18, 2017
Mashable This comedian's parody of the Apple AirPods ad is hilarious AF
Let's face it. Apple AirPods are magical. But there is also that constant fear of losing those tiny little plastic knobs and people are going to extreme lengths to prevent them from falling off.Apple ...
08:32 pm GMT - Wed, January 18, 2017
Mashable Cortana is coming to a lock screen near you
It's now easier than ever to use Cortana on your Android phone.A new feature currently in beta puts Cortana right on your lock screen for quick access, MSPoweruser reports. SEE ALSO: Nissan to ad...
07:59 pm GMT - Wed, January 18, 2017
Mashable Hand-powered centrifuge costs only 20 cents, can diagnose diseases
Manu Prakash, a professor of bioengineering at Stanford University, has developed a lifesaving tool that costs just 20 cents.The 'paperfuge' is a hand-powered ultralight centrifuge, inspired by one of...
07:45 pm -05 - Wed, January 18, 2017
Mashable Twitter's complicated relationship with developers just got worse
Twitter's relationship with developers is as complicated as ever.The company caught developers by surprise Wednesday when it announced it was selling its developer platform Fabric to Google, thus offl...
07:26 pm GMT - Wed, January 18, 2017
Mashable Slack is about to get a lot less confusing with threaded messages
Slack just introduced a major update that promises to make conversations easier to follow. The workplace messaging app introduced threaded conversations Wednesday, a feature the company says has ...
06:15 pm GMT - Wed, January 18, 2017
Mashable The FAA just settled one of the biggest drone lawsuits ever
The website of SkyPan International features a slideshow of panoramic aerial photos taken over Chicago and New York City. But, gorgeous as they are, any of them taken by a drone may have cost the comp...
06:14 pm GMT - Wed, January 18, 2017
Mashable New Pokémon are coming to 'Pokémon Go', datamine suggests
Pokémon Go's latest update included some minor tweaks and changes to the popular mobile game, but dataminers also uncovered some new lines of code that suggest more second-generation Pokémon...
06:01 pm GMT - Wed, January 18, 2017
Mashable Google Maps will soon get you where you need to go, then help you park
Nothing ruins a day out like driving to an unfamiliar part of town, finally finding that hole-in-the-wall restaurant you've been hearing so much about... and realizing there are no open parking spots ...
05:27 pm -08 - Wed, January 18, 2017
Mashable The anti-trust lawsuit that could shape the future of smartphones
Qualcomm is in trouble.For most, those words probably mean next to nothing, but if you know much about the technology within your smartphone, it means a great deal. Qualcomm builds many of the key com...
05:27 pm GMT - Wed, January 18, 2017
Mashable Verizon says thousands are still using Samsung Note7, but they're about to get cut off
Despite repeated public notices from Samsung directing Galaxy Note7 users to return the recalled device, there are still large numbers of users on one of the biggest wireless carriers in the U.S. who ...
04:47 pm GMT - Wed, January 18, 2017
Mashable This medical device eliminates the most painful thing about needles
VeinViewer allows physicians to see beneath a patients skin. It projects near-infrared light that's absorbed by the blood and rejected by the surrounding tissue. Read more...More about Real Time Video...
04:41 pm GMT - Wed, January 18, 2017
Mashable Lexus’ new concept yacht will have you dreaming of summer
Controlled almost entirely by touch-screen panels, this 42-foot concept yacht is straight from the future.  Read more...More about Luxury Yachts, Luxury Travel, Luxury, Real Time Video, and Real ...
03:39 pm GMT - Wed, January 18, 2017
Mashable This emoji message instantly freezes some iPhones
Be careful out there, iPhone users: a simple three-character combination, when send as a message, can crash and freeze your friend's iPhoneThe trick, publicly unveiled on YouTube channel EverythingApp...
02:58 pm GMT - Wed, January 18, 2017
Mashable New Google feature will change how you search forever
Google has introduced a potentially game-changing update for its Android app that provides offline features for its search results. SEE ALSO: Google's biggest Android problem is also ruining emoj...
02:53 pm GMT - Wed, January 18, 2017
Mashable Why Nintendo isn't interested in the digital arms race
How do you know if one piece of technology is "better" than its competitors? For the well-read consumer, it usually comes down to sheer power numbers.Run down the list and it's all about resolution, f...
02:15 pm GMT - Wed, January 18, 2017
Mashable Severe burns can heal faster with this 3-D skin printer
Researchers at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine have developed a method for using a modified printer that covers wounds with healthy skin cells. The 3-D skin printer has underg...
01:15 pm -05 - Wed, January 18, 2017
Mashable The FAA just settled one of the biggest drone lawsuits ever
The website of SkyPan International features a slideshow of panoramic aerial photos taken over Chicago and New York City. But, gorgeous as they are, any of them taken by a drone may have cost the comp...
12:59 pm GMT - Wed, January 18, 2017
Mashable Google isn't dead and these are the people still using it the most
For many, Google+ may still be seen as the punchline to jokes about failed social networks, but the Google product still has a large and loyal following — just not necessarily among the groups y...
11:51 am GMT - Wed, January 18, 2017
Mashable 'Message in a bottle' found 9,000 miles away with a tech twist
Finding a message in a bottle is every romantic's dream and it recently happened IRL for one woman on a Scottish island. Rhoda Meek, who lives in Tiree in the inner Hebrides, was alerted by a fri...
11:51 am GMT - Wed, January 18, 2017
Mashable 'Message in a bottle' found 9,000 miles away with a tech twist
Finding a message in a bottle is every romantic's dream and it recently happened IRL for one woman on a Scottish island. Rhoda Meek, who lives in Tiree in the inner Hebrides, was alerted by a fri...
11:03 am GMT - Wed, January 18, 2017
Mashable A month after delivery boy's murder, Flipkart launches new SOS feature
Amazon's India rival, Flipkart, has launched Project Nanjunda, a unique safety initiative for its delivery boys — the backbone of any ecommerce business.SEE ALSO: India's 'bigger than Amazon' on...
10:29 am GMT - Wed, January 18, 2017
Mashable Samsung may have 'leaked' its Galaxy S8, and boy does it look gorgeous
There's a couple of things we can guess about Samsung's upcoming flagship, the Galaxy S8, but there's very little in terms of actual, official info. However, Samsung's own display-making arm, Sam...
08:34 am GMT - Wed, January 18, 2017
Mashable Amazon Prime Video might soon be playing on trains in India
Amazon Prime is going all out to capture the online video streaming market in India. After its high-octane launch in the country late last year that saw it tie-up with big-ticket local content cr...
04:37 am GMT - Wed, January 18, 2017
Mashable Sassy Zuckerberg touts Facebook's power to defend Oculus in court
Tuesday was a serious day in the life of Mark Zuckerberg. So serious, he wore a suit.SEE ALSO: Facebook spent even more on Oculus than everyone realizesThe CEO of Facebook ditched his usual ensem...
02:28 am GMT - Wed, January 18, 2017
Mashable Buzzkill Google: Don't play your music so loud if you don't like audio issues
The Google Pixel hit its first road bump early on as some users complained their devices were plagued with poor sound quality when the audio was was jacked to the highest level. When Redditor Mark "ba...
12:59 am GMT - Wed, January 18, 2017
Mashable Twitter has a new feature for mourning Vine fans
As of today, Vine is dead. We knew it was coming, as Vine's parent company (and executioner) Twitter announced the shutdown earlier this month and detailed the standalone platform's transition to...
12:34 am GMT - Wed, January 18, 2017
Mashable As service closes, Viners send off their final farewells
The time has come: Tuesday marks the end of Vine as we know it.As the app transforms into Vine Camera, leaving those punchy 6-second videos behind, many of its biggest stars and fans are sharing one l...
12:32 am GMT - Wed, January 18, 2017
Mashable LG's going above and beyond to make sure its next phone doesn't explode
This year's must-have smartphone feature isn't a higher resolution screen, faster processor or better camera. It's a battery that won't explode.After failing spectacularly with its modular G5, LG's re...
11:41 pm GMT - Tue, January 17, 2017
Mashable Interracial couples are finally getting some emoji representation
Interracial couples are finally getting emoji representation, and the company that's doing it first might come as a surprise. Microsoft quietly added support for interracial emoji couples in its ...
10:18 pm GMT - Tue, January 17, 2017
Mashable Here's who took home the majority of $3.7 million at WESG 2016
The first major esports event of the year took place in Changzhou, China this past weekend.The event featured Counter-Strike, Starcraft 2, Dota 2, and Hearthstone, with players from around the world b...
09:41 pm GMT - Tue, January 17, 2017
Mashable This robot could be the future of home farming
The open-source 'FarmBot' plants, waters and monitors your garden 24/7. Design your plant layout and growing regimen and let the machine do the rest. Read more...More about Organic, Food, Gardening, R...
09:37 pm GMT - Tue, January 17, 2017
Mashable Obama commutes majority of Chelsea Manning's sentence
President Barack Obama commuted the vast majority of Chelsea Manning's sentence on Tuesday, shrinking her time behind bars from another 28 years down to four more months.After spending around seven ye...
08:33 pm GMT - Tue, January 17, 2017
Mashable Google's first Android Wear 2.0 smartwatches are coming in February
Google will launch two new smartwatches running Android Wear 2.0 on Feb. 9, a new report says.VentureBeat spilled the beans on the new Google smartwatches on Tuesday. The report says Google's two wear...
08:26 pm GMT - Tue, January 17, 2017
Mashable Raspberry Pi has a fancy new toy for its most demanding fans
There's a powerful new toy for DIY-ers who love to customize their gadgets—and it'll only set you back $30.The Raspberry Pi Foundation announced the Compute Module 3 (CM3) on Monday, a new board...
08:05 pm GMT - Tue, January 17, 2017
Mashable Internet Archive wants to get rid of link rot
You know that thing where you're reading something interesting but then you see a super interesting link and you're like, yeah, I'm gonna click the shit out of this, and then you do, and your computer...
07:35 pm GMT - Tue, January 17, 2017
Mashable What the end of Vine means for creativity on the internet
Vine, one of the internet’s most creative social platforms, shuts down today, leaving behind a legacy of comedy, magic, music, vulgarity and the inherent frailty of our social media obsessions.S...
06:41 pm GMT - Tue, January 17, 2017
Mashable SpaceX did something amazing over the weekend
SpaceX's first flight since a devastating explosion in September succeeded, carrying 10 communication satellites into orbit on Jan. 14, 2017. Read more...More about Successful Launch, Rockets, Real Ti...
06:16 pm GMT - Tue, January 17, 2017
Mashable Using a drone during the inauguration could get you fined $1,414
Drone footage from Friday's inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump would be pretty cool to see for a lot of folks who won't be there. But it's not happening, unless some drone pilot out there is...
06:06 pm GMT - Tue, January 17, 2017
Mashable Facebook spent even more on Oculus than everyone realizes
Back in March 2014, Facebook announced it acquired Oculus, the "leader in immersive virtual reality technology, for a total of approximately $2 billion." Turns out that was fake news — or m...
05:55 pm GMT - Tue, January 17, 2017
Mashable Using this symbol in a video game violates international law
Developers of the video game Prison Architect have found themselves in breach of international and British law for displaying a red cross on a white background.SEE ALSO: Why Nintendo Switch games come...
05:45 pm GMT - Tue, January 17, 2017
Mashable At least one version of the Samsung Galaxy S8 could have a massive 6-inch screen
Samsung's upcoming Galaxy S8 is shaping up to be quite the feature-packed flagship phone.The latest rumors suggest Samsung could grow the displays yet again for the S8 — and without significantl...
04:38 pm GMT - Tue, January 17, 2017
Mashable We might finally be getting an explosion-proof smartphone battery
Lithium-ion batteries power most of the portable devices we carry with us every day. The vast majority are designed safely, but occasionally there can be a problem that makes the batteries overheat. I...
04:05 pm GMT - Tue, January 17, 2017
Mashable How to download your Vines before they're gone forever
If you haven't done so already, Tuesday is your last day to download your Vines before they're gone forever.As laid out last year, Vine's shutting down and Twitter is paring the app down to just its c...
03:35 pm GMT - Tue, January 17, 2017
Mashable Here's what the Xbox One's new Dashboard 'Guide' will look like
Microsoft teased last week that they'd be making the Xbox One's dashboard just a little bit faster. And in a gameplay stream of Telltale's The Wolf Among Us, we got a really quick look at it.Ten minut...
02:50 pm GMT - Tue, January 17, 2017
Mashable This intelligent chair parks itself at your desk
Promoting the "Intelligent Park Assist" feature of its cars, Nissan developed an office chair with self-parking capabilities. Read more...More about Real Time Video, Real Time, Inventions, Design, and...
02:38 pm GMT - Tue, January 17, 2017
Mashable Modified Tesla Model S goes from 0-62 mph in 2.1 seconds
We already know that the Tesla Model S, especially in its most powerful, 100D iteration, can get ludicrously fast. But it doesn't stop there. A modified version of the fastest Model S, created fo...
01:48 pm GMT - Tue, January 17, 2017
Mashable This country downloaded and used the most Android apps in 2016
With advent of smartphones and improving internet penetration come great affinity for downloading apps. Just take India for an example. SEE ALSO: Paytm's mobile wallet surpasses all plastic card ...
12:22 pm GMT - Tue, January 17, 2017
Mashable App Store prices in the UK to rise 25% due to Brexit pound slump
Prices of apps and in-app purchases in the UK's App Store will rise 25% due to the weak pound exchange rate after the Brexit vote in June. SEE ALSO: Brexit pound slump could be responsible for hi...
10:39 am GMT - Tue, January 17, 2017
Mashable MacBook Pro might become a lot more 'pro' this year, report claims
There was no shortage of complaints about Apple's refreshed, 2016 MacBook Pro line, be it shoddy battery life or absence of any ports besides USB-C. But one complaint stood above others as it indicate...
06:52 am GMT - Tue, January 17, 2017
Mashable India's Reliance Jio snags 72.4 million 4G LTE subscribers in just 4 months
The telecom operator owned by India’s richest man continues to win over half-a-million subscribers each day.SEE ALSO: Inside Reliance Jio's audacious plan to disrupt India's internet landscapeTh...
05:19 am GMT - Tue, January 17, 2017
Mashable Doctors take inspiration from online dating to build organ transplant AI
When Bob Jones performed one of Victoria's first liver transplants in 1988, he could not imagine that 29 years later he'd be talking about artificial intelligence and online dating.Jones is the direct...
10:01 pm GMT - Mon, January 16, 2017
Mashable Gene Cernan, the last astronaut to walk on the moon, has died
The U.S. space program lost another towering figure today as astronaut Gene Cernan, commander of Apollo 17 and the last person to walk on the moon, died at the age of 82 on Monday.SEE ALSO: NASA's fir...
08:26 pm GMT - Mon, January 16, 2017
Mashable Google Maps swaps MLK Day for Confederate holiday in several Southern states
It's Martin Luther King Jr. Day across the United States, but if you're searching Google Maps for businesses in three states, that's not the holiday that comes up.SEE ALSO: The internet just can't bel...
07:07 pm GMT - Mon, January 16, 2017
Mashable Glowing bike path in Dutch town is like a moving Van Gogh painting
Studio Roosegaarde installed this 3,000-foot bike path to commemorate the 125th anniversary of Vincent Van Gogh's death. The aim is to bridge art and tech, inspire people and create sustainable e...
03:09 pm GMT - Mon, January 16, 2017
Mashable Tesla owner gets stranded in the desert after relying on phone to start the car
Even if you own a Tesla, you should still carry your car keys at all times. Tesla owner, Las Vegas investor and entrepreneur Ryan Negri learned that the hard way as he got stranded with his Tesla...
02:10 pm GMT - Mon, January 16, 2017
Mashable This sponge-like material is the strongest and lightest ever known
Graphene, an ultra-thin sheet of carbon, was discovered in 2004, becoming the strongest material ever known. Now scientists have found a way to transform it from its natural two-dimensional shape into...
01:18 pm GMT - Mon, January 16, 2017
Mashable India wants more details from WhatsApp on its data sharing policy
WhatsApp won’t be able to get away with its privacy policy changes so easily in India.SEE ALSO: WhatsApp announces plans to share user data with FacebookIndia’s Supreme Court today sent a ...
12:24 pm GMT - Mon, January 16, 2017
Mashable Reliance Jio is bringing Apple's HealthKit features to India with its new app
India’s Reliance Jio telecom operator is offering a bouquet of apps at no charge to its subscribers, hoping to lure them away from Netflix, Apple Music and a range of other services. The company...
06:48 am GMT - Mon, January 16, 2017
Mashable Samsung to confirm next week what everyone knew about the Galaxy Note7 months ago
One of the biggest mysteries of 2016 might end without a climatic ending after all. Samsung may have reached the same conclusion for what caused its Galaxy Note7 to catch fire as everyone else di...
04:09 am GMT - Mon, January 16, 2017
Mashable Everything we think we know about the Samsung Galaxy S8
Samsung's next flagship phone, the Galaxy S8, will be arriving very soon.The pressure is on for the Korean electronics giant to deliver a flagship phone that not only improves on the specs of last yea...
03:15 am GMT - Mon, January 16, 2017
Mashable Winkd is a dating app where LGBTQ people are not an afterthought
While dating apps have exploded in popularity, they're most often built with straight, cisgender men and women in mind.Winkd is a soon-to-be launched dating app built for the LGBTQ community. Founded ...
11:53 pm GMT - Sun, January 15, 2017
Mashable 3 guys happen to catch SpaceX launch from an airplane
SpaceX successfully launched — and landed! — its Falcon 9 rocket on Saturday, it's first launch since another one of its rockets exploded last fall. Luckily for us, some adventurous g...
07:00 pm GMT - Sun, January 15, 2017
Mashable Hippies can go electric with this groovy Microbus from Volkswagen
Volkswagen has redesigned the Microbus for the 21st century, with an autonomous pilot mode and all-electric driving. Read more...More about Vw Bus, Real Time Video, Real Time, Energy, and Automotive...
04:21 pm GMT - Sun, January 15, 2017
Mashable 7 can't-miss apps: Duobook, Forest, AlarmMon and more
With the tech world recovering from a CES hangover, you may have missed some of this week's best apps.Each weekend, we round up a few of our favorite new and updated apps. This week's list includes an...
06:40 pm GMT - Sat, January 14, 2017
Mashable Chevy reveals Lego Batmobile at Detroit auto show
The Lego Batman Movie is just weeks away, and to add hype to what already looks like an epic movie, a life-sized Lego Batmobile has been unveiled.  Chevrolet revealed the creation on Saturday at ...
03:00 pm GMT - Sat, January 14, 2017
Mashable Could these new rideable rings replace your skates?
These futuristic new hollow rings may change the way we skate. 'OrbitWheels' have raised the bar for recreational transportation. Read more...More about Mashable Video, Real Time Video, Real Time, Tra...
11:56 pm GMT - Fri, January 13, 2017
Mashable A Kickstarter trifecta led to this awesome heated blanket creation
A heated blanket, battery pack and lantern in one beautifully designed, portable product.  Read more...More about Tech Utility, Technology, Tech, Kickstarter, and Outdoors...
11:34 pm GMT - Fri, January 13, 2017
Mashable Court reopens patent case between Apple and Samsung
Samsung's long battle with Apple has entered a pivotal new phase.A patent case between the two tech rivals was reopened late Thursday evening, Law 360 reports. The major outstanding question is how mu...
11:28 pm GMT - Fri, January 13, 2017
Mashable Former Microsoft employees sue over PTSD from reviewing child porn
Two former Microsoft employees are suing the company because they say the disturbing content they had to view for their jobs caused them to experience post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).Both men ar...
11:03 pm GMT - Fri, January 13, 2017
Mashable Security experts mock website of Trump's cyber czar
A good way to tell whether a "cybersecurity expert" truly knows something about cybersecurity is to take a look at their website, assuming they have one.Does the site look like something coded for a m...
10:21 pm GMT - Fri, January 13, 2017
Mashable All the ways I played with Nintendo's new Switch console today
We got to try Nintendo's forthcoming console, the Nintendo Switch, today—playing seven different games, holding the new Joy-Con controllers in roughly five different ways.Our first real experien...
09:50 pm GMT - Fri, January 13, 2017
Mashable WhatsApp: That 'backdoor' in our encryption is actually a feature
Neither WhatsApp nor The Guardian are having a good day.The UK-based newspaper published a scathing exclusive report early Friday morning, purporting to reveal disturbing news about the encryption use...
09:22 pm GMT - Fri, January 13, 2017
Mashable This gaming display is literally lit
'Razer' has a concept gaming system called 'Project Ariana' that extends your viewing experience with a 3-D depth sensing projector. Add to this a set of 'Chroma' lights and you'll feel like you're in...
08:10 pm GMT - Fri, January 13, 2017
Mashable Neon is an experimental web browser that's filled with glorious content bubbles
Opera, which released its first browser in 1995, has quietly been innovating its products over the last two decades with features like built in ad-blocking and VPN. Now, the company has launched Neon,...
07:56 pm GMT - Fri, January 13, 2017
Mashable Is Apple's App Store a monopoly?
Is Apple's App Store a mall or the equivalent of a sole proprietor shop selling unique wares?That question appears to be at the heart of a now revived lawsuit against Apple, Pepper et al v. Apple Inc....
06:48 pm GMT - Fri, January 13, 2017
Mashable Take a virtual reality tour of the White House narrated by President Obama
You can now go on a tour of the White House from the comfort of your own home, with President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama as your guides.Oculus announced The People’s House: Insid...
06:11 pm GMT - Fri, January 13, 2017
Mashable The world's largest solar tower is being built in Israel
Surrounded by 50,000 mirrors, this solar tower will be 820 feet tall once completed. Israel's goal is to generate 10% of its energy from renewable sources by 2020. Read more...More about Solar, Renewa...
05:28 pm GMT - Fri, January 13, 2017
Mashable This futuristic tumbleweed is actually a minesweeper
'Mine Kafon' is a "low-cost wind-powered mine detonator with the appearance of a giant, spiky-armed tumbleweed."There's an estimated 110 million mines still buried around the world. The inventor of 'M...
05:12 pm GMT - Fri, January 13, 2017
Mashable Why Nintendo Switch games come on tiny little cards
Nintendo is ditching discs and going all in on game cards for the Nintendo Switch.Nintendo revealed what the Nintendo Switch game cards look like in a Nintendo Treehouse Live stream Friday, showing a ...
04:53 pm GMT - Fri, January 13, 2017
Mashable Michaels recalls thousands of those relaxing rock salt lamps
Those trendy, relaxing Himalayan Rock Salt lamps everyone's been buzzing about might not be as safe as you think.On Tuesday, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued a recall on about 80,0...
04:06 pm GMT - Fri, January 13, 2017
Mashable It's now much harder to see if someone edited a Facebook post
Have you ever made a cringeworthy mistake in a Facebook post? Don't lie, the answer is yes. If you have a sense of shame, Facebook at least allows you to go back and correct your gaffe by editing...
03:22 pm GMT - Fri, January 13, 2017
Mashable These vibrating smart jeans double as a GPS system
Connecting to your smartphone via Bluetooth, these smart jeans vibrate on your right or left side to actively guide you towards your destination.  Read more...More about Ces, Ces 2017, Technology...
03:15 pm GMT - Fri, January 13, 2017
Mashable This Albert Einstein robot will actually get smarter the more you interact with it
Why limit your personal assistant to a voice, when you can have your own miniature robotic genius? Read more...More about Albert Einstein, Real Time Video, Real Time, Artificial Intelligence, and Siri...
03:09 pm GMT - Fri, January 13, 2017
Mashable MashTalk: Looking back at the biggest trends of CES 2017
Happy New Year, everyone! Mashable kicked off the year by doing what we always do: Flying to Las Vegas and scouring CES, the year's largest tech show, for the latest gadgets and tech trends.SEE A...
01:48 pm GMT - Fri, January 13, 2017
Mashable 'Everyone wants us to win' — Twitter's marketing chief on the company's future
What's posted on Twitter inspires headlines, but looking at the last few years of stories about Twitter itself? Not so inspirational. Rampant abuse is leading high-profile celebrities to abandon ...
12:53 pm GMT - Fri, January 13, 2017
Mashable Consumer Reports recommends the new MacBook Pro after battery fix
After Apple released a fix for the battery issue that caused Consumer Reports' MacBook battery tests to go crazy, the organization now recommends Apple's 2016 MacBook Pros — just like all MacBoo...
12:48 pm -06 - Fri, January 13, 2017
Mashable Take a virtual reality tour of the White House narrated by President Obama
You can now go on a tour of the White House from the comfort of your own home, with President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama as your guides.Oculus announced The People’s House: Insid...
12:00 pm GMT - Fri, January 13, 2017
Mashable The online stalking rabbit hole: How far down have you gone?
Social media can take you down a deep, dark spiral if you stalk too much. Or it can be pretty cool.Maisie Williams stars in trailer for gritty Netflix original film 'iBoy''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe' might r...
11:21 am GMT - Fri, January 13, 2017
Mashable India is majorly changing the way its streets light up at night
India is changing the way its streets light up at night, and it’s saving a lot of energy doing so.SEE ALSO: India built the world's largest solar plant in just eight monthsEarlier this week, Ind...
11:00 am GMT - Fri, January 13, 2017
Mashable Facebook stalkers confess their dark secrets
Social media can be a life-changing tool. It can help you keep in touch with that cousin from Italy or keep tabs on that high school crush ... or it can send you down a spiral of despair and darkness....
08:36 am GMT - Fri, January 13, 2017
Mashable This driverless car will hit South Korea roads this year
While Uber and Tesla grab headlines in self-driving car tech, Korean engineers are building an autonomous vehicle that is planned for roadworthiness by the middle of this year.A team at the Seoul Nati...
05:41 am GMT - Fri, January 13, 2017
Mashable Now you can turn your Apple Watch into a mini retro Macintosh for $15
This is everything you never knew you needed.Dubbed "W3", Elago's latest Apple Watch stand is a miniature version of the iconic original Macintosh from 1984.SEE ALSO: You can finally play 'Pokémo...
03:33 am GMT - Fri, January 13, 2017
Mashable Watch Nintendo's Switch presentation live, right here
Aside from the whole hybrid portable/home console deal, there's not a whole lot we know about Nintendo's next console, the Switch. Fortunately tonight's presentation, which starts at 11 pm ET, will ch...
03:33 am GMT - Fri, January 13, 2017
Mashable Watch Nintendo's Switch presentation right here
Aside from the whole hybrid portable/home console deal, there's not a whole lot we knew about Nintendo's next console, the Switch. Fortunately tonight's presentation, which started at 11 p.m. ET, chan...
02:13 am GMT - Fri, January 13, 2017
Mashable Hey, Siri: How'd you and every other digital assistant get its name?
Siri. Alexa. Google. Cortana. The digital assistants created by the largest tech companies in the world have become such a big part of our everyday lives, you may have never considered why we call the...
12:35 am GMT - Fri, January 13, 2017
Mashable Jeff Bezos is living the billionaire dream and buying a museum to turn into his house
From Graceland to the home of Mark Twain, old storied mansions are often transformed into museums. But when you're a billionaire tech exec, life can work the other way round.Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos rece...
12:12 am GMT - Fri, January 13, 2017
Mashable Europe is prepping for a world where robots need rights
With every new innovation in the artificial intelligence space, it becomes even more tempting to imagine a near future filled with humanoid robots ready and willing to accomplish any task. After all, ...
12:10 am GMT - Fri, January 13, 2017
Mashable This is not a drill: Snapchat is about to get a major redesign
Big changes are headed for Snapchat — again.The company is set to roll out a major redesign of its app in the coming days, Snapchat confirmed Thursday. The new look, which is being previewed to ...
11:56 pm GMT - Thu, January 12, 2017
Mashable AOL is making a big, shiny bet on the power of live video and celebrity
When a celebrity arrives in New York City with a new project to push, their schedule might look something like: Good Morning America, Facebook Live, the Tonight Show. AOL is hoping to add another...
10:47 pm GMT - Thu, January 12, 2017
Mashable Trump finally gives Rudy Giuliani a job ... kind of
Former New York City Mayor and recent Donald Trump superfan Rudy Giuliani has finally been blessed with a government job —  the small fruit, perhaps, of spending 2016 praising the president...
10:03 pm GMT - Thu, January 12, 2017
Mashable FDA: Hackers could take control of connected cardiac devices
It's a sad truth, but if something can be connected to the internet, hackers will more than likely take a run at it. It doesn't matter if it's a children's toy or an essential medical device — i...
10:03 pm GMT - Thu, January 12, 2017
Mashable Give someone a hug through the internet with this plush toy
Share a 'hug' with a loved one from anywhere in the world. This plush toy called 'Parihug' will send haptic feedback from one to the other or though an app. Read more...More about Parihug, Internet Hu...
09:40 pm GMT - Thu, January 12, 2017
Mashable Nintendo Switch pre-orders go live on Friday, but there's a catch
Nintendo's highly anticipated Switch hybrid portable handheld/game console will launch in March. When exactly? We won't know the details until Thursday night when Nintendo holds its Switch tell-all on...
09:23 pm GMT - Thu, January 12, 2017
Mashable I spent 2 weeks socializing in VR, and I saw the future
When Mark Zuckerberg donned an Oculus Rift on stage at the Oculus Connect conference last fall to show off a group of avatars playing cards in virtual reality, it was meant to be a peek at the future ...
09:19 pm GMT - Thu, January 12, 2017
Mashable Fitness meets VR gaming with this badass flying machine
ICAROS is a fitness machine that simulates flying and pairs with a VR headset to merge gaming and exercise. Read more...More about Real Time Video, Real Time, Exercise Equipment, Exercise, and Ces 201...
08:20 pm GMT - Thu, January 12, 2017
Mashable Las Vegas rolls out the first self-driving shuttle service in the U.S.
Even with the bright lights of CES fading away in the rearview mirror, the city of Las Vegas is still showcasing exciting tech breakthroughs this month. This week Vegas, in partnership with NAVYA...
08:15 pm +01 - Thu, January 12, 2017
Mashable That feeling when a robot isn't just a robot
Why do you feel comfortable or even empathetic to a robot?  We explore how humans develop an emotional connection with machines, and how engineers are designing that connection.Watch robots in VR...
08:09 pm GMT - Thu, January 12, 2017
Mashable Google's biggest Android problem is also ruining emoji
Want to use that new selfie emoji? How about the facepalm or avocado? If you're on Android, or texting someone who is, there's a good chance those new characters aren't working. That's because Go...
07:48 pm GMT - Thu, January 12, 2017
Mashable Someone reverse engineered the umbrella - and it totally works
It seems like the classic umbrella design has been wrong all along. The 'KAZbrella' opens and closes inside out, making it much more convenient to use. Read more...More about Real Time Video, Rea...
07:15 pm GMT - Thu, January 12, 2017
Mashable That feeling when a robot isn't just a robot
Why do you feel comfortable or even empathetic to a robot?  We explore how humans develop an emotional connection with machines, and how engineers are designing that connection.Watch robots in VR...
06:30 pm GMT - Thu, January 12, 2017
Mashable Riot Games' Greg Street talks about the future of League of Legends
Greg Street, the design director for League of Legends, joined us to discuss the new '10 ban' system, the process of making changes to the title and what he wants for the future of the game.  Rea...
06:22 pm GMT - Thu, January 12, 2017
Mashable This kitchen gadget that will turn your plain boring eggs golden
You can get the perfect golden egg with this kitchen device. Just pop in your egg and click the start button to enjoy the golden result. Read more...More about Boiled Egg, Kickstarter, Boil Egg, Kitch...
06:15 pm GMT - Thu, January 12, 2017
Mashable Hidden history of virtual reality
Virtual Reality might be the hottest new thing in tech, but surprisingly, VR has a long history before today.Mashable explores the various false-starts, influences and oddities in the Hidden History o...
06:14 pm GMT - Thu, January 12, 2017
Mashable Belgian police issue alert about foldable gun that looks like a phone
Remember that handgun that folds up to look like a smartphone? Belgian police have reportedly issued an alert for the transforming gun as the weapon inches closer to launching in the U.S.According to ...
04:05 pm GMT - Thu, January 12, 2017
Mashable The Possible: An exploration of robotics and tech
Introducing The PossibleVenture into deep space, meet robot dogs and travel at the fastest known speed on land in The Possible, a new virtual reality series that explores groundbreaking technology. Se...
03:54 pm GMT - Thu, January 12, 2017
Mashable Critics be damned, Apple's AirPods are dominating wireless headphone sales
Maybe people don't care that much about losing Apple's new AirPods.In the days right before the holidays and in the weeks after, Apple AirPods sales have exploded, according to a new report from e-ret...
02:08 pm GMT - Thu, January 12, 2017
Mashable This app lets you send real kisses to your long-distance lover
The 'Kissenger' is a messenger device that does exactly what its name suggests. It clips on to an iPhone and translates a kiss over to another paired device. Read more...More about Long Distance, Kiss...
02:01 pm GMT - Thu, January 12, 2017
Mashable Google launches Toontastic 3D, a new app for kids to animate with
Google just launched a new storytelling app that will help kids create their own cartoons.It's called Toontastic 3D. Kids can use it to make animations using a set of built-in characters or create the...
01:56 pm GMT - Thu, January 12, 2017
Mashable Airtel launches India's first payments bank
India’s ongoing, audacious project to bring banking and financial services to much of its population hit a major milestone today; the country’s first payments bank is now live. Airtel...
12:30 pm GMT - Thu, January 12, 2017
Mashable Anger on Twitter over plans to build a tunnel under Stonehenge
A road tunnel is going to be built under Stonehenge, one of the best-known prehistoric monuments in Europe, under a controversial project just finalised by the government.  SEE ALSO: Obama names ...
10:48 am GMT - Thu, January 12, 2017
Mashable Uber dives into content for the first time with Manchester United partnership
Uber is partnering with Manchester United to give football fans across the world exclusive behind-the-scenes content to recreate the experience at Old Trafford stadium. SEE ALSO: UberPool is tryi...
10:21 am GMT - Thu, January 12, 2017
Mashable HTC's new flagship has two displays, but no headphone jack
As expected, HTC has joined the league of players that believe headphone jacks are relics of the past and don't deserve their 3.5mm space on modern smartphones. The Taiwanese smartphone manufactu...
02:31 am GMT - Thu, January 12, 2017
Mashable Your News Feed will never be safe again: Facebook Live can now be broadcast from computers
For those who really want to go live, the barrier for entry just got much smaller.  In the latest of a line of thirsty moves to increase live video output, Facebook released its newest batch of U...
01:53 am GMT - Thu, January 12, 2017
Mashable JetBlue now has free Wi-Fi on all flights
Need a reason to fly with JetBlue? How about free in-flight Wi-Fi?JetBlue announced Wednesday it has completed the expansion of Fly-Fi, its free in-flight Wi-Fi service, making it the only airline to ...
01:36 am GMT - Thu, January 12, 2017
Mashable How to keep yourself safe in a world of creepy websites filled with personal data
In an era dominated by tales of embarrassing and politically devastating email hacks, the need to protect yourself online is all the more real.From phone numbers and addresses to the names of your par...
12:09 am GMT - Thu, January 12, 2017
Mashable Google's AI is writing a lot of emails
Google's AI is writing a significant number of emails sent by users of its Inbox app.The company's Smart Reply feature, which automatically generates email responses based on the contents of an incomi...
10:20 pm GMT - Wed, January 11, 2017
Mashable What a Soldier really gets from the U.S. Army
Cpl. Delgado has done more than sharpen his technical skills during his time in the U.S. Army. In addition to fixing essential equipment, he's also building a path towards a future career in technolog...
10:18 pm GMT - Wed, January 11, 2017
Mashable Finally, a bodysuit that'll have your grandma looking like a super-soldier
The 'Aura' body suit from Superflex is a wearable for the elderly. It could aid in creating a better quality of life with more mobility.  Read more...More about Superflex, Aura, Bodysuit, Old Peo...
09:07 pm GMT - Wed, January 11, 2017
Mashable Finally, a device that can work out your vagina
'Perifit' is an exercise tracker and strengthening tool for women experiencing postpartum or age-related pelvic weakness. Read more...More about Standalone Featured, Mashable Video, Real Time Video, R...
09:04 pm GMT - Wed, January 11, 2017
Mashable Your selfies might be leaving you vulnerable to hackers
If flashing a peace sign is your go-to selfie move, you might want to think about coming up with a new signature look. Turns out, your light-hearted display of goodwill to the world could be putting y...
08:17 pm GMT - Wed, January 11, 2017
Mashable Charge your phone with this foldable electric vehicle
'URB-E' released its new fleet of foldable electric vehicles thats got your charging needs covered.  It also has a battery with enough capacity to charge your MacBook Pro five times. Read more......
08:16 pm GMT - Wed, January 11, 2017
Mashable Samsung's foldable phone could transform into a 7-inch tablet
All eyes will be on Apple to really wow with the iPhone 8 later this year, but Samsung could be the one to unveil a new phone that knocks everyone's socks off.Samsung is reportedly — for real, t...
08:13 pm GMT - Wed, January 11, 2017
Mashable Twitter is showing some users tweets from people they don't follow (Updated)
UPDATE: Jan. 11, 2017, 3:34 p.m. EST According to the Twitter, a bug caused the "Liked by ___ and # others" label to not display along with the tweets. The bug has been fixed and tweets in your timeli...
06:52 pm GMT - Wed, January 11, 2017
Mashable Apple once envisioned the iPhone with an iPod click wheel and it was horrible
The iPhone we know and love today could have been very different, and maybe even a total flop, if Steve Jobs had picked a different interface for it.A new video published by Apple leaker Sonny Dickson...
06:44 pm GMT - Wed, January 11, 2017
Mashable An important reminder on Donald Trump and 'fake news'
President-elect Donald Trump just slammed BuzzFeed—one of the most prominent, visible media organizations in the world—as "a failing pile of garbage" during a Wednesday morning press confe...
06:29 pm GMT - Wed, January 11, 2017
Mashable Report on Russian hacking suggests Telegram may not be as secure as you think
In the midst of all the fallout that came in the wake of Buzzfeed's publication of an unverified dossier that claims President-Elect Donald Trump has definite ties to Russia was an uncomfortable revel...
06:23 pm GMT - Wed, January 11, 2017
Mashable Obama's right: Social media has damaged our democracy
It’s time to burst social media bubbles before they swallow democracy whole.In his presidential farewell address Tuesday night, Barack Obama—the first president of the social media eraR...
04:19 pm GMT - Wed, January 11, 2017
Mashable Facebook just fixed a major battery-draining bug
Facebook says it's fixed a glitch in its Messenger app on Android that was causing major battery issues.Users had complained about the app draining their phone's battery in a matter of hours, even if ...
03:58 pm GMT - Wed, January 11, 2017
Mashable Facebook has unveiled its Snapchat Discover clone
Discover the new Snapchat Discover. As part of its long-winded announcement of its quest to save journalism, Facebook unveiled a new way for media outlets to share their content, and it looks qui...
02:58 pm GMT - Wed, January 11, 2017
Mashable Edward Snowden issues heartfelt plea to Obama to pardon Chelsea Manning
Edward Snowden has issued a heartfelt appeal to outgoing U.S. President Barack Obama to pardon imprisoned U.S. Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning.  His plea is particularly significant as he's no...
01:20 pm GMT - Wed, January 11, 2017
Mashable These power suits could make your grandma's life much better
For your body, growing old can be an unforgiving process.You can spend every single weekend exercising, but your body will eventually break down. As we age, we're at risk of losing much of our muscle ...
12:20 pm GMT - Wed, January 11, 2017
Mashable Airlines can now stop warning passengers about Samsung Galaxy Note7 before flights
Getting tired of hearing those pre-flight warnings about the Samsung Galaxy Note7 ban? Good news: they may be over soon. SEE ALSO: Samsung says it will release a report on the Note7 'soon'The U.S...
10:59 am GMT - Wed, January 11, 2017
Mashable WhatsApp is finally getting GIF search
WhatsApp is addressing the needs of its users one feature at a time.SEE ALSO: Skype is bringing real-time translation to all calls — even on old school rotary phonesThe Facebook-owned messenger ...
05:06 am GMT - Wed, January 11, 2017
Mashable Windows privacy control is about to get much better
Microsoft is giving Windows users a lot more control over their privacy, but will also make it clear what they give up when they restrict access to their data. SEE ALSO: Twitch should be worried ...
04:53 am GMT - Wed, January 11, 2017
Mashable Snapchat is quietly making updates that Facebook advertisers like
Snapchat's ad business is growing up, and it's beginning to look a lot like Facebook's. Snap is testing two features this month in Snap Ads — the video ads that are inserted between Stories...
03:06 am GMT - Wed, January 11, 2017
Mashable Report alleges Russia tried to use an American tech entrepreneur to hack targets
An unverified report published by BuzzFeed alleges that Russian intelligence offered to invest in a U.S. tech entrepreneur's business, in exchange for access that would let them launch cyberattacks.&#...
10:42 pm GMT - Tue, January 10, 2017
Mashable It's time to accept reality Android users. The headphone jack's going away.
If you haven't gotten over Apple removing the headphone jack from the iPhone 7, then make it your New Year's resolution to do so because Android phones are almost certainly going to follow suit and gu...
10:12 pm GMT - Tue, January 10, 2017
Mashable This headband could control your dreams
The iBand+ measures electrical brain activity as you sleep and adds audiovisual stimuli to help induce lucid dreaming. Read more...More about Sleeping, Lucid Dreaming, Lucid Dreams, Real Time Video, a...
10:07 pm GMT - Tue, January 10, 2017
Mashable LG G6 rumored to have an unusual, QHD screen
After the not-very-successful, modular G5, LG is changing its strategy. The company's new flagship, the LG G6, will not be modular at all; according to new reports, it will feature a new, waterproof d...
10:04 pm GMT - Tue, January 10, 2017
Mashable Majority of Americans want Trump to delete his Twitter account, poll finds
Twitter binges are Donald Trump's lifeline — often the thing that gives him comfort after someone says something remotely critical about him.But apparently most Americans are not fans of the lat...
08:52 pm GMT - Tue, January 10, 2017
Mashable 'Pokémon Go' banned in China over public safety concerns
The world's most populous country will not be getting Pokémon Go. Apparently, China thinks the game is just too dangerous to allow due to public safety concerns, according to Reuters.SEE ALS...
08:03 pm GMT - Tue, January 10, 2017
Mashable Samsung might have just confirmed Bixby, the next ridiculously-named AI assistant
We've gotten used to calling on Siri, Cortana and Google to answer questions, give directions and tell really bad jokes — and it looks like yet another oddly-named digital assistant is about to ...
07:46 pm GMT - Tue, January 10, 2017
Mashable Will Apple deliver AR glasses in 2017?
Apple will do something with Augmented Reality.That’s not rumor or innuendo. Apple CEO Tim Cook repeatedly expressed his strong interest in the technology over the more isolating virtual reality...
07:46 pm GMT - Tue, January 10, 2017
Mashable No, Apple won't make its own Google Glass
Apple will do something with Augmented Reality.That’s not rumor or innuendo. Apple CEO Tim Cook repeatedly expressed his strong interest in the technology over the more isolating virtual reality...
07:31 pm GMT - Tue, January 10, 2017
Mashable This Chrome extension makes your Facebook addiction productive
Anyone with a Facebook account is familiar with the blackhole that the News Feed can become. What starts as a quick catchup with your friends and family's updates can quickly descend into hours of tim...
06:17 pm GMT - Tue, January 10, 2017
Mashable BMW's futuristic new concept car interior uses holograms
Functional holograms, TV screens, personal speakers and a living room in your back seat. The future of driving may be more advanced than expected.  Read more...More about Standalone Featured, Con...
05:53 pm GMT - Tue, January 10, 2017
Mashable Apple says a bug messed up Consumer Reports' MacBook Pro battery tests
Consumer Reports sparked controversy late last month when it put out a report saying it couldn't recommend Apple's new MacBook Pros on account of inconsistent battery life.Naturally, Apple sprang into...
05:09 pm GMT - Tue, January 10, 2017
Mashable Fitbit just gobbled up another smartwatch company
Fitbit is starting off the new year just like it ended the old one: buying out its competition. The fitness tracking giant just made a deal that will add another company's portfolio to its growing sta...
04:53 pm GMT - Tue, January 10, 2017
Mashable iPhone 8 might ditch the aluminum body for a stainless steel frame
With 10 years of iPhone iterations under its belt, there's immense pressure for Apple to deliver an iPhone 8 with a new design and revolutionary features that'll truly blow people away.One persistent ...
04:31 pm GMT - Tue, January 10, 2017
Mashable Finally, an easy way to catch your lying ISP right from your desktop
It is now easier than ever to make sure your internet service provider isn't ripping you off.Ookla, the company behind Speedtest.net, launched new Speedtest desktop apps for Windows 10 and macOS Monda...
04:24 pm GMT - Tue, January 10, 2017
Mashable 1.5 million gaming profiles leaked after site refuses hacker's $100,000 ransom
A hacker threatened to release user data from an esports community site unless they paid $100,000, but the league behind the site decided it doesn't negotiate with hackers.It took 12 days after the in...
04:16 pm GMT - Tue, January 10, 2017
Mashable How Snapchat will change the music industry in 2017
It started with a Twitter video, announcing: New music coming Friday. Then, an Instagram video—revealing a beat, and some lyrics. But when globally famous pop star Ed Sheeran wanted his fan...
02:53 pm GMT - Tue, January 10, 2017
Mashable 4 ways content as you know it could change in 2017
The new year will continue to shake up how people consume content. Audiences are in control more than ever before, and advertisers and publishers are listening to their demands.We’ve talked befo...
01:33 pm GMT - Tue, January 10, 2017
Mashable Smart umbrella always gives you a rain check
'Oombrella' is a smart umbrella that has sensors on its handle that predicts and alerts you about the incoming weather so that you can grab it before you walk out the door. Read more...More about Aler...
12:49 pm GMT - Tue, January 10, 2017
Mashable Cop suggests strapping Wi-Fi jammers on teen cybercriminals
A British top policeman has proposed a punishment for teenage hackers: force them to wear Wi-Fi jammers to block them from accessing the internet. Chief Superintendent Gavin Thomas, president of ...
09:30 am GMT - Tue, January 10, 2017
Mashable WeChat beats Google to the punch, releases apps that don't need downloading or installing
Click on a link in China's top messaging app, WeChat, and you'll be taken to a rich app-like experience, but without needing to download or install anything.Tencent, WeChat's maker, on Monday released...
08:24 am -08 - Tue, January 10, 2017
Mashable 1.5 million gaming profiles leaked after site refuses hacker's $100,000 ransom
A hacker threatened to release user data from an esports community site unless they paid $100,000, but the league behind the site decided it doesn't negotiate with hackers.It took 12 days after the in...
12:51 am GMT - Tue, January 10, 2017
Mashable What's the deal with Yahoo changing its name to Altaba?
The company formally known as Yahoo is becoming Altaba. But the Yahoo branding you're familiar with will stick around and become part of Verizon.Let's unknot this pretzel.SEE ALSO: Marissa Mayer is st...
12:45 am GMT - Tue, January 10, 2017
Mashable Volvo's plan for self-driving cars focuses on ... the driver?
Starting this year, Volvo will take its autonomous driving program on the road — but the Swedish automaker's approach to developing its tech is a bit more intimate than most of its competitors.&...
12:19 am GMT - Tue, January 10, 2017
Mashable 6 wonderfully bizarre wearables we saw at CES this year
With Google's big Android Wear update delayed and few new smartwatches from major manufacturers, this year's CES was set up to be a boring year for wearables. But despite the poor showing from th...
09:53 pm GMT - Mon, January 9, 2017
Mashable Pikachu looks amazing as a hologram
Kino-Mo, a London-based LED technology company, created the future of retail display. Pretty soon ordering burgers off of spinning 3-D menus won’t be unrealistic. Read more...More about Real Tim...
08:53 pm GMT - Mon, January 9, 2017
Mashable 5 tough questions for Hyperloop One
LAS VEGAS — Hyperloop One's 2016 was about as good as yours: Some good moments (even great ones) and some very, very bad ones.The next-gen transportation company, which is building a unique peop...
08:52 pm GMT - Mon, January 9, 2017
Mashable New smart ball is a learning tool specially designed for autistic children
'Leka' is a multi-sensory learning device designed specifically for autistic children. Read more...More about Standalone Featured, Autistic Children, Mashable Video, Special Needs, and Autism...
08:52 pm GMT - Mon, January 9, 2017
Mashable The iPhone's incredible, amazing 10-year history, in pictures
Apple's iconic computer nugget is 10 years old on Monday, and my, how it's changed. When Steve Jobs first introduced the iPhone in 2007, it was a squat, chubby gadget sold largely on the merit th...
08:46 pm GMT - Mon, January 9, 2017
Mashable Everything we think we know about the next iPhone
The iPhone turns 10 this year, which means it's time for Apple to shake things up. (No more dongles, please.)SEE ALSO: The iPhone at 10: It changed everythingThankfully, a number of rumors from the pa...
08:32 pm GMT - Mon, January 9, 2017
Mashable This robot can probably fold clothes better than you
The robot was programmed by a team of international researchers to test the limits of machine learning.  Read more...More about Robots, Robot, Technology, Tech, and Real Time Video...
08:19 pm GMT - Mon, January 9, 2017
Mashable Apple removes app to help you find lost AirPods from app store
Since Apple took away our headphone jacks (RIP), all we have left to lose is our wireless AirPods..literally. While Apple's wireless earbuds for the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus — AirPods — ma...
07:58 pm GMT - Mon, January 9, 2017
Mashable Tesla who? Chevy Bolt kicks of 2017 with a big win
History was made at the 2017 Detroit Auto Show where the Chevrolet Bolt EV won the show's award for North American Car of the Year, making it the first time an all-electric vehicle has taken the top p...
07:58 pm GMT - Mon, January 9, 2017
Mashable Tesla who? Chevy Bolt kicks off 2017 with a big win
History was made at the 2017 Detroit Auto Show where the Chevrolet Bolt EV won the show's award for North American Car of the Year, making it the first time an all-electric vehicle has taken the top p...
07:07 pm GMT - Mon, January 9, 2017
Mashable Volkswagen's new Microbus is even more 'hippie' than the original
Have you always wished you could ride in an iconic 1960s Volkswagen Microbus? Well, soon you'll be able to, and what’s more, it’s electric and drives itself. Volkswagen introduced the...
05:49 pm GMT - Mon, January 9, 2017
Mashable Why Google Waymo's self-driving platform is a big deal
Less than a month after officially entering the automotive space as an independent company and announcing its first vehicle, Waymo (the driverless-car company spun off by Alphabet/Google) took the sta...
05:32 pm GMT - Mon, January 9, 2017
Mashable Facebook is (finally) preparing to make money off its massive video audience
Facebook is about to turn up the volume on its video competition with YouTube. Videos on the social network can soon include mid-roll advertisements, allowing publishers to finally start making m...
05:29 pm GMT - Mon, January 9, 2017
Mashable Keep calm with this wristband that emits comforting heartbeat-like vibrations
The Doppel wristband tracks heart rate and uses pulse vibrations to influence a user's mood. Read more...More about Ces, Real Time Video, Real Time, Apps And Software, and Calm...
04:53 pm GMT - Mon, January 9, 2017
Mashable Apple might be launching three new iPads this year
The iPad mini might be going the way of the Dodo. According to a note from usually-quite-accurate analyst Ming-Chi Quo from KGI Securities, Apple will be launching three iPads in 2017: a 12.9-inc...
03:59 pm GMT - Mon, January 9, 2017
Mashable Razer's prototypes were so awesome someone stole them from CES
Nobody can accuse gaming company Razer of not bringing its A-game to CES last week.Though only concepts, Razer stunned attendees with Project Valerie, a concept gaming laptop with three 4K displays an...
02:37 pm GMT - Mon, January 9, 2017
Mashable 4 ways The Sky Broadband Tech Team are the real digital heroes
Paid Content bySky BroadbandSuper heroes: 4 ways The Sky Broadband Tech Team are the real digital heroesWhen you’re surfing the ‘net, catching up on a Sky Box Set or watching reruns of The...
02:33 pm GMT - Mon, January 9, 2017
Mashable This plant-based gel stops bleeding in seconds.
A company called Cresilon specializes in plant-based gels that stop bleeding within seconds and heal wounds over time. The gel was invented by the company CEO Joe Landolina when he was 17 years o...
02:02 pm GMT - Mon, January 9, 2017
Mashable The office wars heat up as one of Slack's main competitors buys Trello
Work productivity software just got a little more integrated. Atlassian, the workplace software company behind JIRA, HipChat and Confluence, announced Monday it has acquired Trello, adding to its...
12:38 pm GMT - Mon, January 9, 2017
Mashable Mumbai gets India's largest free public Wi-Fi network
The Bollywood city is getting free Wi-Fi access.SEE ALSO: India is spending $530 million on a statue twice as tall as Statue of LibertyOver 500 Wi-Fi hotspots are now live in Mumbai, Devendra Fadnavis...
11:00 am GMT - Mon, January 9, 2017
Mashable 'This is one device': Watch Steve Jobs introduce the original iPhone
The iPhone is officially old as heck: Steve Jobs introduced the device 10 years ago Monday.You could argue to what extent the device itself has truly evolved from those earliest moments in 2007. At th...
10:13 am GMT - Mon, January 9, 2017
Mashable Apple to meet Indian officials to discuss iPhone manufacturing plans
Apple's plans to manufacture locally in India is moving smoothly with executives from both sides planning to meet later this month. SEE ALSO: Apple wants India to relax rules that disturb its min...
06:41 am GMT - Mon, January 9, 2017
Mashable India tells phone makers to build sub-$30 smartphones
The Indian market is destined to see a $30 (or cheaper) smartphone soon, with all the forces working on making this happen. SEE ALSO: Next wave of cheap smartphones should cost $30: Google CEO Su...
05:57 am GMT - Mon, January 9, 2017
Mashable Stop using the word 'trolling' when you mean harassment and abuse
The internet has created a unique vocabulary, but we've stretched some of these new words beyond their limits and "trolling" should be the first to go.For most people, "trolling" still refers to a for...
04:45 am GMT - Mon, January 9, 2017
Mashable An HTC Vive VR smartphone? Video hints one may be coming
This year's CES didn't offer too many surprises in the way of virtual reality, but a new video has some wondering if we'll soon see a major new VR product from HTC: a smartphone. SEE ALSO: HTC un...
03:26 am GMT - Mon, January 9, 2017
Mashable Apple celebrates 10th anniversary of iPhone with special tribute page
The anniversary of the original iPhone's unveiling is tomorrow, but Apple decided to celebrate a little early with a tribute page on Sunday night. SEE ALSO: iPhone commercial or foreign indie fil...
11:27 pm GMT - Sun, January 8, 2017
Mashable iPhone commercial or foreign indie film? Apple gets artsy with new ad.
Apple’s latest commercial looks like something straight out of a foreign indie film."Take Mine" is Apple's latest one-minute ad meant to show off the iPhone 7 Plus' portrait mode and new depth-o...
09:01 pm GMT - Sun, January 8, 2017
Mashable The iPhone at 10: It changed everything
When something is as ubiquitous as the iPhone, it can be hard to remember what life was like without it.Apple’s iPhone, which was introduced 10 years ago today at MacWorld by Apple co-founder an...
06:07 pm GMT - Sun, January 8, 2017
Mashable The vinyl jukebox is coming back into production after 25 years
There's just something about the warm sound of a vinyl record. For the first time in 25 years, record player manufacturer Crosley has decided to go retro and bring back the classic vinyl jukebox ...
03:36 pm GMT - Sun, January 8, 2017
Mashable Nokia finally returns to the smartphone market
After years of anticipation, Nokia is finally back in the smartphone game. To little fanfare, the Finnish technology company HMD Global (HMD) Sunday unveiled the Nokia 6, a mid-range Android smar...
05:26 am GMT - Sun, January 8, 2017
Mashable The coolest health-tech products we saw at CES 2017
LAS VEGAS — At CES 2017, we previewed some of the coolest health tech set to hit the market.SEE ALSO: The best tech of CES 2017From a brand new take on the electric breast pump to a discreet way...
10:59 pm GMT - Sat, January 7, 2017
Mashable Samsung's Gear smartwatches now work with your iPhone
Better late than never.As CES 2017 winds down, Samsung is making good on a promise it made at CES 2016: It's releasing an iOS app for its Gear smartwatches so they'll work with the iPhone.Samsung said...
09:29 pm GMT - Sat, January 7, 2017
Mashable Your smart fridge is about to make our IoT security nightmare so much worse
LAS VEGAS — Each year, CES plays host to some of the most compelling innovations in the tech industry: self-driving cars, virtual reality, robots, drones and televisions that get bigger and thin...
09:08 pm GMT - Sat, January 7, 2017
Mashable The best tech at CES you probably can't afford
LAS VEGAS — Sometimes, you need to fork over a little cash to get the nice stuff.While there were plenty of reasonably priced gadgets and devices unveiled at CES this year, there were also a num...
08:12 pm GMT - Sat, January 7, 2017
Mashable This phone has a built-in tricorder. Really.
LAS VEGAS — The smartphone is often called the real-world version of the handheld communicators from the original Star Trek, a nod to how prescient the TV series was about personal technology.We...
06:57 pm GMT - Sat, January 7, 2017
Mashable Eyes-on with Hulu's new live TV service
LAS VEGAS — It's going to be a whole new Hulu.The service for watching last night's shows will soon begin offering live TV as well. The company announced it would add live shows to its offerings...
06:45 pm GMT - Sat, January 7, 2017
Mashable Here's what the most expensive headphones in the world sound like
LAS VEGAS — It's not every day that you get to try out a pair of $55,000 headphones, Sennheiser's ultra-high-end "Orpheus" HE 1. But on Friday, I got to test an even more expensive pair: Onkyo's...
05:29 pm GMT - Sat, January 7, 2017
Mashable Polaroid just reinvented its iconic camera
LAS VEGAS — The classic Polaroid camera just got revamped for the modern day. While Polaroid has previously launched instant print cameras mixed with digital such as with the Polaroid Snap,...
05:08 pm GMT - Sat, January 7, 2017
Mashable SwagSurf is the lazy man's surfboard
LAS VEGAS — All that time Swagtron spent riding the waves of hoverboard popularity and controversy seems to have paid off. This week at CES in Las Vegas, the rideable manufacturer introduce...
05:06 pm GMT - Sat, January 7, 2017
Mashable All NYC subways stations will finally have Wi-Fi and cell service
If you happen to be one of those New Yorkers who uses the mostly non-existent/sometimes crappy cellphone service and Wi-Fi inside train stations as a reason to ignore dreaded things like work emails, ...
04:37 pm GMT - Sat, January 7, 2017
Mashable There's a room with a bunch of dudes watching VR porn at CES
In a seedy "meeting room" illuminated by the yellow glow of fluorescent lights at the far end of the South Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center, there's a room with a bunch of dudes watching VR por...
04:31 pm GMT - Sat, January 7, 2017
Mashable TVs are getting so thin, it's like they're disappearing
LAS VEGAS — Where's TV tech going next? If there's one place to find out, it's CES, the yearly Las Vegas show where nearly all the electronics manufacturers bring their wares. But for the last c...
03:53 pm GMT - Sat, January 7, 2017
Mashable Two determined women take on tech industry sexism in a new Secret ad
For women in tech, sexism is so often encountered that it unfortunately comes to be expected.A new 30-second ad by deodorant company Secret shows just how embedded gender-based bias is in the industry...
03:51 pm GMT - Sat, January 7, 2017
Mashable Single-wheeled GeoBlade electric skateboard is straight out of a sci-fi movie
LAS VEGAS — Last year, Hoverboard Technologies' Robert Bigler came by Mashable HQ in New York to show me the Hoverboard, a skateboard deck with a disc-shaped wheel at its center.As futuristic as...
03:00 pm GMT - Sat, January 7, 2017
Mashable Forget watches or Fitbits – you can track your workout with a ring
Not a fan of the chunky Fitbits that obviously show you are trying to get in shape? Try this.  Read more...More about Mashable Video, Technology, Tech, Health, and Fitness Tracker...
10:57 am -08 - Sat, January 7, 2017
Mashable Eyes-on with Hulu's new live TV service
LAS VEGAS — It's going to be a whole new Hulu.The service for watching last night's shows will soon begin offering live TV as well. The company announced it would add live shows to its offerings...
09:29 am -08 - Sat, January 7, 2017
Mashable Polaroid just reinvented its iconic camera
LAS VEGAS — The classic Polaroid camera just got revamped for the modern day. While Polaroid has previously launched instant print cameras mixed with digital such as with the Polaroid Snap,...
09:00 am -06 - Sat, January 7, 2017
Mashable Forget watches or Fitbits – you can track your workout with a ring
Not a fan of the chunky Fitbits that obviously show you are trying to get in shape? Try this.  Read more...More about Mashable Video, Technology, Tech, Health, and Fitness Tracker...
02:12 am GMT - Sat, January 7, 2017
Mashable Send hugs over the internet through these cute stuffed animals
LAS VEGAS — Sometimes, you just need a damn hug. Human interaction and affection is important, but when you're physically away from your loved one, it's impossible to receive the admiration...
01:50 am GMT - Sat, January 7, 2017
Mashable 2 Google Homes sound like they are drunk flirting, and the internet can't get enough
Two Google Home devices are deep in conversation. And thousands are watching the robots attempt to mimic human interaction.The bots' ongoing chat, which has ranged from the meaning of life, religion, ...
01:19 am GMT - Sat, January 7, 2017
Mashable CES 2017: Winners and losers
LAS VEGAS — CES is more than just a showcase of what the latest technology has to offer — it's a cage match of competing tech trends. The gadgets and technologies we'll be using tomorrow b...
10:47 pm GMT - Fri, January 6, 2017
Mashable Finally a bike that will follow you around all by itself...
Honda released the perfect motorbike for noobs - it's self-balancing. The car company unveiled their rideable at CES in Las Vegas.  Read more...More about Mashable Video, Motorbike, Motorcycle, M...
10:33 pm GMT - Fri, January 6, 2017
Mashable This band helps relieve pain, no drugs required
'Quell' is a wearable band that can alleviate pain without the need for prescription pain medication. It can be worn almost anywhere on the body, 24/7. Read more...More about Wearable Band, Wearable T...
10:16 pm GMT - Fri, January 6, 2017
Mashable Attention internet: WikiLeaks is now anti-leaks
Hello and welcome to an odd alternate reality.SEE ALSO: Donald Trump trusts WikiLeaks more than the CIA or FBIWikiLeaks, an online bastion of government leaks, sent out a tweet early Friday decrying a...
10:12 pm GMT - Fri, January 6, 2017
Mashable Why are laptops getting bigger and heavier again? Blame VR.
LAS VEGAS — Despite declining PC sales, laptops have made serious progress over the last few years.Apple's MacBook Air and Intel's Ultrabook initiative pushed PC makers to build ever thinner and...
09:25 pm GMT - Fri, January 6, 2017
Mashable WikiLeaks threatens to build a database of verified Twitter users
Friday, Jan. 6, 2017, will perhaps be remembered as the day WikiLeaks stopped even pretending to be an organization dedicated to governmental transparency. After tweeting against government leaks...
08:34 pm GMT - Fri, January 6, 2017
Mashable Pixie turns finding your lost items into an AR game
LAS VEGAS — Remember the Pokémon Go craze? Now, imagine actually doing something useful instead of hunting little imaginary creatures. For example, finding your lost keys. A new soluti...
07:50 pm -06 - Fri, January 6, 2017
Mashable 2 Google Homes sound like they are drunk flirting, and the internet can't get enough
Two Google Home devices are deep in conversation. And thousands are watching the robots attempt to mimic human interaction.The bots' ongoing chat, which has ranged from the meaning of life, religion, ...
07:19 pm -06 - Fri, January 6, 2017
Mashable CES 2017: Winners and losers
LAS VEGAS — CES is more than just a showcase of what the latest technology has to offer — it's a cage match of competing tech trends. The gadgets and technologies we'll be using tomorrow b...
07:14 pm GMT - Fri, January 6, 2017
Mashable Sorry CES, pet tech isn't going to make you a better pet owner
LAS VEGAS — As the world becomes more connected, it's not a huge surprise that the weird world of pet tech will attempt to make stronger connections with our furry friends. But just because...
06:47 pm GMT - Fri, January 6, 2017
Mashable Under Armour says its ridiculously expensive pajamas will help athletes sleep better
LAS VEGAS — Can high tech pajamas help you sleep better? Under Armour thinks so.The sportswear company unveiled a new line of "sleepwear" at CES that it says will help athletes feel better when ...
06:20 pm GMT - Fri, January 6, 2017
Mashable Prosthesis is a huge, terrifying exoskeleton built for real-life mech races
LAS VEGAS — Standing silently on the CES floor, a giant Prosthesis exoskeleton is coiled, ready for action.But there's no pilot and, at 14 feet tall and 7,000 pounds, Furrion Robotic's racing me...
05:41 pm GMT - Fri, January 6, 2017
Mashable Misfit's first smartwatch could give Android Wear a run for its money
LAS VEGAS — Wearable maker Misfit is finally jumping into the smartwatch game.The company, which was acquired by watchmaker Fossil in 2015, introduced its new Vapor smartwatch, which will be the...
05:36 pm GMT - Fri, January 6, 2017
Mashable Nissan to add Cortana, letting you take to the road like Master Chief
At Nissan's CES keynote, a brand new offering within the connected car landscape was put forth. Your next drive in a Nissan could be a whole lot smarter. And after having a full-on conversation with y...
05:27 pm GMT - Fri, January 6, 2017
Mashable Smart brush can teach you how to brush your hair without damaging it
L'Oreal's Kératase Hair Coach uses sensors to track the health of hair and suggests new techniques and products. Read more...More about Mashable Video, Techonology, Tech, Hairstyle, and Real Time...
05:22 pm GMT - Fri, January 6, 2017
Mashable Turn your laptop into a touchscreen with this ingenious magnetic bar
'AirBar' is a magnetic device that you attach to the bottom of your regular laptop screen turns it into a touchscreen.It works with PC laptops that are 13-inch to 15-inch wide, as well as the MacBook ...
04:55 pm GMT - Fri, January 6, 2017
Mashable Norway is the first country to switch off FM radio
Norway will soon become the first country in the world to gradually stop using the FM radio network, with the first area to switch off these frequencies next week. SEE ALSO: iHeartRadio's new str...
04:18 pm GMT - Fri, January 6, 2017
Mashable Virtual reality 'shoes' are here and they're as weird as they sound
The 'Taclim' shoes let you control and see your feet in VR. The shoes vibrate in different patterns as you walk around in them, responding to your actions.  Read more...More about Mashable Video,...
03:52 pm GMT - Fri, January 6, 2017
Mashable The 5 most excessive tech displays we saw on Day 3 of CES
Day one at CES 2017 had us thinking about how we see the world. Day two was all like, WTF? After day three, we had just one simple question for a few of the presenters: Do you think that might have be...
02:32 pm GMT - Fri, January 6, 2017
Mashable This breast pump is quiet enough to use on a conference call
'Willow' is a smart wearable breast pump that's quiet, discreet and doesn't use any cords, tubes or dangling bottles. Its creators hope it's "transformative for moms, so that they don't have to s...
01:28 pm GMT - Fri, January 6, 2017
Mashable AI goes head-to-head with star poker players in No-Limit Texas Hold' em
Artificial intelligence has already become a part of our everyday lives through AI-assisted services like Siri. But Al has its own hobbies too, including the mind-whirling game of poker.Scholars at Ca...
12:09 pm GMT - Fri, January 6, 2017
Mashable India sure loves WhatsApp: 14 billion messages sent on New Year's Eve
Whether you're in a fish market in India, or in a classroom, or on a bus, one thing that truly captures the zeitgeist of the country is the constant buzzing "ping! ping! ping!" WhatsApp notifications ...
11:00 am GMT - Fri, January 6, 2017
Mashable Would you let this super creepy mini Einstein robot into your home?
LAS VEGAS — It's pretty impossible for humanoid robots to not look creepy, even if it's a familiar face, like Albert Einstein. Hanson Robots unleashed its miniature robot dubbed Professor E...
08:44 am GMT - Fri, January 6, 2017
Mashable Apple's India woes continue, government denies giving any special tax concessions
Apple may be the world’s most influential technology company, but its charm doesn’t seem to be working with the Indian government.SEE ALSO: Apple wants India to relax rules that disturb it...
05:28 am GMT - Fri, January 6, 2017
Mashable Dell Canvas gives you Surface Studio abilities without the luxury price tag
LAS VEGAS — The first thing you'll think when you see the Dell Canvas is, "This looks a lot like the Microsoft Surface Studio." But they're actually very different products.You'd be forgiven for...
04:44 am GMT - Fri, January 6, 2017
Mashable Vinci smart headphones have a friggin' screen on them
LAS VEGAS — The idea behind the Vinci headphones, it appears, was to cram all the technologies available to mankind into them, even those that you don't really expect from headphones. Besides be...
04:23 am GMT - Fri, January 6, 2017
Mashable The upcoming Mercury will be the last phone designed by BlackBerry
LAS VEGAS — We still don't know much about Mercury, the upcoming BlackBerry handset manufactured by Chinese tech company TCL, but we now know it will be the last handset designed and engineered ...
03:37 am GMT - Fri, January 6, 2017
Mashable BMW’s HaloActive technology is knock-your-socks-off impressive
LAS VEGAS — Holograms are one of those perennially disappointing technologies that companies trot out every few years with promises to change our lives or somehow live up to our Princess Leia as...
03:19 am GMT - Fri, January 6, 2017
Mashable This 56-year-old woman is about to break another record in space
U.S. astronaut Peggy Whitson is about to break another record.  When the 56-year-old took off for the International Space Station in November, she was the oldest woman to ever be in space. On Fri...
02:36 am +03 - Fri, January 6, 2017
Mashable This wearable subwoofer lets you feel the bass in your body
LAS VEGAS — Do your headphones pack enough bass? Even if they do, they can never give you that experience of being physically pushed by a powerful surge of air — you know, the one you get ...
02:08 am +03 - Fri, January 6, 2017
Mashable IBM: We'll have 'superhero vision' in 5 years
For the past few years, IBM has gathered its best and brightest minds to make five bold predictions about the technological innovations that could change our everyday lives within the next five years....
12:51 am GMT - Fri, January 6, 2017
Mashable Turning your wall into an extended gaming screen is as awesome as it sounds
LAS VEGAS — Razer's three-screen laptop behemoth wasn't the only ridiculous concept device the gaming company unveiled at CES 2017. Project Ariana, the projector that extends games off your...
12:11 am GMT - Fri, January 6, 2017
Mashable 5 smart appliances that will make you want to do chores
LAS VEGAS — There are smart homes and then there are smart homes. While new connected appliances and gadgets for the home are a mainstay at each year's CES, major appliances are getting better t...
11:36 pm GMT - Thu, January 5, 2017
Mashable This wearable subwoofer lets you feel the bass in your body
LAS VEGAS — Do your headphones pack enough bass? Even if they do, they can never give you that experience of being physically pushed by a powerful surge of air — you know, the one you get ...
11:08 pm GMT - Thu, January 5, 2017
Mashable IBM: We'll have 'superhero vision' in 5 years
For the past few years, IBM has gathered its best and brightest minds to make five bold predictions about the technological innovations that could change our everyday lives within the next five years....
10:52 pm GMT - Thu, January 5, 2017
Mashable This futuristic car is so intuitive it knows your needs — and even your emotions
Toyota’s “Concept-i” car features an advanced digital assistant named “Yui” that uses artificial intelligence to get to know the driver. Read more...More about Mashable V...
10:47 pm GMT - Thu, January 5, 2017
Mashable Pope Francis and Mark Zuckerberg use the same simple trick to protect themselves from hackers
Not too long ago Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg did it, and now the pope is doing it.Covering up your webcam with a little strip of tape is the new hip thing — at least if you're trying to avoid the...
10:37 pm GMT - Thu, January 5, 2017
Mashable How the internet is tracking Trump's every word
As the world gears up for President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration in two weeks and the unprecedented presidency that will follow, one of the most important things in the years to come will be acco...
10:18 pm GMT - Thu, January 5, 2017
Mashable Soylent bounces back from diarrhea scandal with two new flavors
There's a new nutritious fluid on the block, and it tastes like "Nectar."Meal-replacement company Soylent introduced the new flavor, along with Cacao, in a typically dramatic video Wednesday. The news...
09:56 pm GMT - Thu, January 5, 2017
Mashable Ridiculous futuristic massage chair was inspired by a sports car
LAS VEGAS — The future is here and it's super comfy and relaxing.Bodyfriend is a wellness company based in South Korea that makes extremely intricate massage chairs and medical devices to help y...
09:30 pm GMT - Thu, January 5, 2017
Mashable A Facebook Live video of torture stayed up for 30 minutes. Why?
Live video on Facebook: It's everywhere. On the News Feed, Facebook's algorithm promotes videos when they're streamed. There's a dedicated tab for live video on their mobile app. And in a massive ad c...
09:11 pm GMT - Thu, January 5, 2017
Mashable Intel's self-contained VR headset can make your furniture a part of the game world
LAS VEGAS — It's no secret Intel is investing heavily in virtual reality. Intel's CEO Brian Krzanich reiterated the company's commitment to pushing VR forward with Project Alloy, the compan...
09:05 pm GMT - Thu, January 5, 2017
Mashable Xiaomi shows off a new, super-thin smart TV that costs less than $2,000
LAS VEGAS — Chinese electronics giant Xiaomi is jumping in to the ultra-thin TV game. The company introduced a new smart TV, the Mi TV 4, during a press event at CES Thursday. The ultra-sli...
08:47 pm GMT - Thu, January 5, 2017
Mashable Gorilla Glass is jumping from phones to cars
LAS VEGAS — Go ahead, throw a rock at your windshield. It might survive — if that windshield is made with Gorilla Glass.The same material protecting the delicate LCD screens on millions of...
08:33 pm GMT - Thu, January 5, 2017
Mashable T-Mobile will start paying you for unused data
LAS VEGAS — T-Mobile is changing the way it's billing you.CEO John Legere announced some "new rules" for the carrier's plans at an event during CES 2017. The biggest change, which it plans to im...
08:26 pm GMT - Thu, January 5, 2017
Mashable How Las Vegas spas and gyms are incorporating technology
PAID CONTENT BY LVCVAVisit Las Vegas for an experience you’ll never want to leave.Las Vegas may be known for its bright lights, world-class casinos and entertainment, but it’s also a city ...
08:25 pm GMT - Thu, January 5, 2017
Mashable Tour some of the smartest hotel rooms in Las Vegas
PAID CONTENT BY LVCVAVisit Las Vegas for an experience you’ll never want to leave.While thousands of CES attendees descend on Las Vegas in January, they might not need to look very far to discov...
08:25 pm GMT - Thu, January 5, 2017
Mashable How Vegas nightlife is turning to tech for unforgettable opportunities
PAID CONTENT BY LVCVAVisit Las Vegas for an experience you’ll never want to leave.Nightlife in Las Vegas is a feast for the senses. An arresting combination of sight, sound and movement plunges ...
08:10 pm GMT - Thu, January 5, 2017
Mashable Alcohol-sensing wearable wants to tell you how drunk you are
LAS VEGAS — "Dude, I got so drunk last night." Now you'll actually have proof.While the world of wearables has been getting a bit stale recently, Proof by Milo Sensors is trying to switch t...
07:16 pm GMT - Thu, January 5, 2017
Mashable Tinder trolls CES by pitching a regular reality headset
Tinder would perhaps have a difficult time getting in on the VR craze. So it didn't. Instead, it pranked CES.In the thick of the Consumer Entertainment Show on Thursday, the dating app "launched" Tind...
07:00 pm GMT - Thu, January 5, 2017
Mashable Dell's new 27-inch all-in-one is great for music lovers
LAS VEGAS — With Apple's current unwillingness to upgrade pretty much any of its desktop products, the PC competitors are looking more and more interesting. Dell's latest all-in-one, the De...
06:51 pm GMT - Thu, January 5, 2017
Mashable Leaked photos might give a first look at the Samsung Galaxy S8
A new leaked photo uploaded to Chinese social network Weibo claims to be a picture of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S8. If the device in the image is legit, it's the world's first look at Samsung's firs...
06:43 pm GMT - Thu, January 5, 2017
Mashable Fishing enthusiasts will go wild for this underwater fish finder
The 'PowerRay' is a underwater drone that is perfect for impatient fish finders.  Read more...More about Mashable Video, Drones, Underwater Drone, Technology, and Tech...
06:38 pm GMT - Thu, January 5, 2017
Mashable Welcome to the humanization of self-driving cars
Can you love a self-driving car if it loves you back? It's a question that nagged at me as I considered the prevailing automotive trends at CES 2017: autonomy and artificial intelligence. These t...
05:53 pm GMT - Thu, January 5, 2017
Mashable Yes, this TV really is transparent
The 55-inch prototype LG Displays TV owes its transparency to a special OLED display tech, which has much higher light transmittance than regular LED/LCD panels. Read more...More about Real Time, Real...
05:00 pm GMT - Thu, January 5, 2017
Mashable A hacker-friendly wearable just for 'Ingress' diehards
Cooling demand for wearables doesn't mean every wearable company is bowing down to Fitbit and the Apple Watch.Mighty Cast has been hacking away at its modular Nex Band for the last couple of years wit...
04:39 pm GMT - Thu, January 5, 2017
Mashable The dokiWatch is a cheery smartwatch for kids that makes video calls
Your child is old enough to go to school alone, and a smartphone would come in handy for emergencies.But smartphones come with plenty of downsides for kids who aren't mature enough to handle the respo...
04:25 pm GMT - Thu, January 5, 2017
Mashable The App Store rang in 2017 by smashing sales records
On New Year's Day, celebrating 2017 gave way to staring at iPhone and iPad screens as the App Store posted the single biggest sales day in its almost nine-year history. Customers tapped out $240 milli...
04:20 pm GMT - Thu, January 5, 2017
Mashable You'll never feel lost at the airport again with this helpful guide robot
LG has introduced the Airport Guide Robot that provides information on arrival and departure times, gate location, weather and more to help travelers. Read more...More about Mashable Video, Techonolog...
03:39 pm GMT - Thu, January 5, 2017
Mashable The 8 most WTF releases we've seen at CES — so far
While much of the first day of CES 2017 was focused on tech that will improve the ways we all see the world, day two gave us a better look into some of the new innovations and gadgets that will soon f...
03:03 pm GMT - Thu, January 5, 2017
Mashable Google CEO: India is a 'quick-test market' for company's products
Google CEO Sundar Pichai feels that India adopts "remarkably" fast to new products and services. And it is the country's "thirst and hunger" for connectivity that is the driving force.  SEE ALSO:...
02:30 pm GMT - Thu, January 5, 2017
Mashable 1 laptop, 3 4K screens, the ultimate gaming experience
Razer's concept device called 'Project Valerie' is going right against the current of how laptops are made. It's not small or light. Instead, it has three 4K screens that offer 12K resolution. Th...
02:15 pm GMT - Thu, January 5, 2017
Mashable Amazon launches 'Business' service in India to target enterprise customers
Three years in India, Amazon has begun aggressively expanding its offerings in the country. SEE ALSO: You can now sell your old products on Amazon IndiaThe ecommerce giant is bringing its Amazon ...
02:08 pm GMT - Thu, January 5, 2017
Mashable The best tech of CES 2017
There's only one place to see the future of technology before it arrives: CES.Every year, the world's tech companies converge in Las Vegas in to give everyone a glimpse of all the new tech gizmos...
02:02 pm GMT - Thu, January 5, 2017
Mashable We now know when Twitter will shut down Vine
All good things must come to an end. And now we know exactly when Twitter will take its Vine app to a nice farm where it can run around free and play with other defunct apps.SEE ALSO: Tech we lost: RI...
02:00 pm GMT - Thu, January 5, 2017
Mashable This sweet projector extends games off the screen and onto your walls
A few years ago Microsoft showed off a concept at CES called IllumiRoom that used Kinect to extend gaming beyond the TV screen and onto your walls. It could have been a game-changer if Microsoft had r...
02:00 pm GMT - Thu, January 5, 2017
Mashable This ridiculous laptop is the portable Batman command center you've always dreamed of
There's only one thing I can always consistently look forward to at CES: Razer's crazy concept devices. This year's no different.At CES 2017, the gaming brand announced Project Valerie, the world's fi...
01:13 pm GMT - Thu, January 5, 2017
Mashable Sony built a giant 4K projector for reading magazines
LAS VEGAS — Like many tech giants, Sony is interested in the smart home, but it has a different take on the technologyLife Space UX is the company's ongoing effort to re-imagine living spaces wi...
12:38 pm GMT - Thu, January 5, 2017
Mashable This projector turns your desktop into a giant responsive display
LAS VEGAS — Sony's Future Lab Program has a concept prototype that can turn your otherwise lame desk — or pretty much any flat surface — into a huge, interactive display. At Wed...
11:56 am GMT - Thu, January 5, 2017
Mashable Next wave of cheap smartphones should cost $30: Google CEO Sundar Pichai
With Android One, Google showed the world how functional, up-to-date smartphones can be shipped for $100. For the next wave of dirt-cheap smartphones, Google hopes to see that price barrier dropping t...
10:27 am GMT - Thu, January 5, 2017
Mashable The perfect kitchen appliance for people who suck at cooking
LAS VEGAS — Despite America's love for kitchen appliances and hardware, we've been seriously missing out on a popular piece of luxury food technology Europe and Australia have been enjoying for ...
09:40 am GMT - Thu, January 5, 2017
Mashable Google is thinking about bringing digital payment services to India
India's big push to go digital and embrace epayment solutions could soon have the backing of a major player: Google.SEE ALSO: BHIM app will replace all cash transactions in India: PM ModiGoogle CEO Su...
09:39 am GMT - Thu, January 5, 2017
Mashable Carnival's new wearable cruise tech may help you forget about the rotten internet access
LAS VEGAS — Our travel experiences are suffused with technology, from the moment we start planning a trip online until we pay for it through our online credit card account. But there are gaps, e...
08:15 am GMT - Thu, January 5, 2017
Mashable CEO Sundar Pichai recalls Google job interview, 'I thought Gmail was a joke'
For Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google, getting a job at the company wan’t as easy as one would have thought. SEE ALSO: Google CEO Sundar Pichai to visit his Alma Mater during India tripPicha...
06:34 am GMT - Thu, January 5, 2017
Mashable Xiaomi hits $1 billion revenue in the world's fastest growing smartphone market
Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun’s ambition to make his company the largest smartphone vendor in India is playing along quite nicely.SEE ALSO: Inside Xiaomi's plan to dominate the connected worldThe Chinese c...
06:32 am GMT - Thu, January 5, 2017
Mashable This slightly goofy neckband wearable features an assistant named Nigel
LAS VEGAS — Over at Sony's Future Lab Program, concept prototypes with no clear purpose, price point or future on the market make for a fun way to pass the time at CES. At Sony's press show...
06:32 am GMT - Thu, January 5, 2017
Mashable Sony's goofy neckband wearable features an assistant named Nigel
LAS VEGAS — Over at Sony's Future Lab Program, concept prototypes with no clear purpose, price point or future on the market make for a fun way to pass the time at CES. At Sony's press show...
05:32 am GMT - Thu, January 5, 2017
Mashable Even people with old PCs can play top games with Nvidia's new streaming service
LAS VEGAS — Playing high-end games will no longer require having a high-end PC with the right specs. At least, if Nvidia has anything to say about it.The company announced a new service called G...
05:03 am GMT - Thu, January 5, 2017
Mashable This Chrome extension reveals how Facebook is tagging your photos
It's no secret that Facebook has been getting pretty, pretty good at recognising objects and people in your photos.So if you're worried — or just merely curious — there's now a Chrome and ...
05:01 am GMT - Thu, January 5, 2017
Mashable Gotta learn about 'em all! Augmented reality app tries to make history a game.
Using virtual reality to immerse people in history has become increasingly common in recent months, but a new collaboration between IBM and the New York Times instead relies on augmented reality.The O...
05:01 am GMT - Thu, January 5, 2017
Mashable Augmented reality app from IBM and NY Times tries to make history fun
Using virtual reality to immerse people in history has become increasingly common in recent months, but a new collaboration between IBM and the New York Times instead relies on augmented reality.The O...
04:30 am GMT - Thu, January 5, 2017
Mashable Nvidia is bringing Google Assistant to your TV
LAS VEGAS — Google Assistant is about to get a new platform: TVs.Nvidia's new Shield set-top box will ship with Google Assistant built in, Nvidia announced Wednesday. The company is also making ...
02:07 am GMT - Thu, January 5, 2017
Mashable ZTE is kickstarting an eye-tracking smartphone called 'Hawkeye"
LAS VEGAS — Chinese smartphone maker ZTE is turning to a slightly more unconventional method to launch its next phone: Kickstarter. The company announced Wednesday that it is using the crow...
01:52 am GMT - Thu, January 5, 2017
Mashable Here's when Intel's standalone wireless VR headset will arrive
LAS VEGAS — Intel gave everyone a status update on Project Alloy, the all-in-one, "merged reality" wireless VR headset that the chipmaker announced last year.As per Intel CEO Brian Krzanich, Int...
01:00 am GMT - Thu, January 5, 2017
Mashable Samsung's new 2-in-1 Chromebooks now include a stylus
LAS VEGAS — Samsung's making Chromebooks interesting again.The company's two newly announced Chromebooks — the Chromebook Plus and Chromebook Pro — sport 2-in-1 designs and a built-i...
01:00 am GMT - Thu, January 5, 2017
Mashable HTC unveils Vive accessory that turns real objects into VR controllers
LAS VEGAS — At CES 2017, HTC announced two new accessories that expand on the Vive VR headset's capabilities.The first is a small attachment called the Vive Tracker that enables motion tracking ...
12:08 am GMT - Thu, January 5, 2017
Mashable Samsung says it will release a report on the Note7 'soon'
LAS VEGAS — Samsung says it will finally be revealing its report on what went wrong with the Note7 "soon."Speaking at a press event Wednesday, COO of Samsung America Tim Baxter confirmed the com...
11:24 pm GMT - Wed, January 4, 2017
Mashable Now you can experiment with makeup in augmented reality
The 'YouCam Makeup' virtual studio allows users to try on cosmetics with this augmented reality interface. Read more...More about Mashable Video, Technology Tech, Real Time, Real Time Video, and Ces...
11:20 pm GMT - Wed, January 4, 2017
Mashable Ridiculous underwater drone will help you fish and film it in 4k
LAS VEGAS — Is it actually fishing if you can see underwater?Drones are out in droves at CES this year, and as we start to accept them in our everyday lives we're seeing new and interesting ways...
11:17 pm GMT - Wed, January 4, 2017
Mashable You have to see LG's transparent TV from the future
LAS VEGAS — If there's a single piece of tech at CES 2017 that feels like the future, LG Display has it. And it's not a trendy new category, like an electric car, or an underwater drone, or a fa...
11:10 pm GMT - Wed, January 4, 2017
Mashable Google launches Tilt Brush 'artist in residency' VR art initiative
The landscape of cutting-edge art, usually limited to traditional multimedia, audio and visual hacks, is undergoing a major shift with the advent of virtual reality art tools like Oculus Medium and Qu...
11:04 pm GMT - Wed, January 4, 2017
Mashable This 'wallpaper' TV is thinner than your phone
LG's 'wallpaper OLED' lives up to the hype. The screen is thinner than an iPhone.  Read more...More about Mashable Video, Techonology, Technology, Sound Bar, and Lg Tv...
09:45 pm GMT - Wed, January 4, 2017
Mashable One of the best 4K mirrorless cameras is now even better
Today, 4K recording is a feature that's in almost every major camera and in most high-end smartphones. And while it feels like an eon ago, it was only back in 2014 when 4K video recording in a mirrorl...
09:09 pm GMT - Wed, January 4, 2017
Mashable Tesla is one step closer to producing its Model 3
LAS VEGAS — Tesla's enormous battery factory is now open for business. The company's Gigafactory, located in the Nevada desert outside of Reno, began producing its first batteries, Tesla announc...
09:03 pm GMT - Wed, January 4, 2017
Mashable Toyota's new Concept-i car will learn your needs to make driving more fun
LAS VEGAS — Driving is about to get a lot more personal.Toyota's new Concept-i UX car, which was unveiled on Wednesday at CES in Las Vegas, integrates everything from artificial intelligence to ...
09:00 pm GMT - Wed, January 4, 2017
Mashable Device will turn your fruit into cider that will get you drunk
Wasting food is a terrible feeling. But thanks to Alchema, you can turn your leftover fruit into tasty, alcoholic beverages. The countertop smart device allows you to choose from a variety of dif...
08:48 pm GMT - Wed, January 4, 2017
Mashable Hulu CEO confirms another major provider for live TV service, teases launch details
Hulu CEO Mike Hopkins shared new details about the company's highly-anticipated new live TV service at CES on Wednesday. It wasn't quite the full announcement the cord-cutting community has been ...
08:34 pm GMT - Wed, January 4, 2017
Mashable In news no one understands, Netflix just rolled out a feature like it's 1998
Netflix has quite the nostalgic New Year's resolution for 2017.The lovable streaming service has decided to throw things back to its humble beginnings by showing its loyal DVD subscribers some love.&#...
08:26 pm GMT - Wed, January 4, 2017
Mashable Headphones are finally getting less dumb about music
LAS VEGAS — The iPhone 7 has turbocharged the move to wireless headphones, but even without cords, we're still tethered to our phones in a very real way.Think about what you need to do to change...
07:37 pm GMT - Wed, January 4, 2017
Mashable CES' biggest event so far was everything people hate about tech
The electric car revolution is missing a barf bag. Too bad. You're about to need one.On Tuesday night, Faraday Future—an aspirant Tesla competitor very much on the rise—debuted their FF 91...
07:13 pm GMT - Wed, January 4, 2017
Mashable Your iPhone could soon make it easier for you to text during mvoies
According to Tweets posted by Australian leaker Sonny Dickson, Apple's Jan. 10 iOS 10.3 beta release might include a "Theater mode" for texting during movies.SEE ALSO: Apple might depend on a rival fo...
07:13 pm GMT - Wed, January 4, 2017
Mashable Your iPhone could soon make it easier for you to text during movies
According to tweets posted by Australian leaker Sonny Dickson, Apple's Jan. 10 iOS 10.3 beta release might include a "Theater mode" for texting during movies.SEE ALSO: Apple might depend on a rival fo...
07:10 pm GMT - Wed, January 4, 2017
Mashable The world's largest flash drive holds 2 terabytes of data
Have a ton of digital data you need stow away in your pocket? You're in luck — about two full terabytes worth of it, in fact. Fresh off the CES news line comes word of Kingston Digital's la...
06:58 pm GMT - Wed, January 4, 2017
Mashable This digestive tracker can help you control your farts
LAS VEGAS — Nothing can stop you in your tracks faster than a bad case of the tummy rumbles. We've all had an unfortunate bout of indigestion but this new digestive tracker may be able to h...
06:45 pm GMT - Wed, January 4, 2017
Mashable Panasonic's GF9 is the perfect mirrorless camera for selfie lovers
The quest for the perfect selfie continues. We can all use our smartphones to take a good selfie, but taking a great selfie requires a little more work after the fact. You need to find the right app a...
06:04 pm GMT - Wed, January 4, 2017
Mashable LG's new robot helpers are cute and friendly AF
LAS VEGAS — LG just announced a new line of robot helpers that are pretty damn cute.The Korean company showcased two Hub Robots, an Airport Guide Robot and an airport cleaning robot at CES Wedne...
06:02 pm GMT - Wed, January 4, 2017
Mashable This levitating speaker will take your music to new heights
The 'Mars' sound system features a UFO-like speaker that floats three inches above its subwoofer based using magnets. The speaker can also be operated while detached and is water resistant for up...
05:53 pm GMT - Wed, January 4, 2017
Mashable Get ready to see more captions on Facebook videos
Facebook is trying to make creating and watching videos even easier. The social network is introducing an automatic captioning feature for videos on Facebook Pages, TechCrunch reported Wednesday.SEE A...
04:54 pm GMT - Wed, January 4, 2017
Mashable Super cute little Elmo robot wants to teach kids to code
LAS VEGAS — Elmo's coming to Sesame Street with a brand new set of wheels. On Tuesday, WowWee showed off ELMOJI, its upcoming robotic collaboration with Sesame Workshop. It's a teeny robot ...
04:51 pm GMT - Wed, January 4, 2017
Mashable LG's new 4K TV is thinner than an iPhone
LAS VEGAS — LG's line of high-end televisions has a new king.The LG W7, just announced at CES, is a 77-inch 4K TV that's thinner than an iPhone. The OLED set will also be available in a 65-inch ...
04:45 pm GMT - Wed, January 4, 2017
Mashable LG's new HDR Blu-ray player is the perfect buddy for your new 4K TV
There's nothing worse than a video format war, and yet that's exactly what happens every time.As history has shown, one video format eventually wins. VHS beat Betamax. DVDs overtook VHS. Blu-rays succ...
04:31 pm GMT - Wed, January 4, 2017
Mashable LG's fancy smart fridge has Alexa and Amazon Fresh built right in
LAS VEGAS — Alexa integration is everywhere at CES 2017. The latest gadget to integrate with Amazon's digital assistant? LG's new Smart InstaView refrigerator.The smart fridge integrates with va...
04:26 pm GMT - Wed, January 4, 2017
Mashable A brand new BlackBerry is coming, and yes, it has a keyboard
BlackBerry's back — again.  In a CES news release, Chinese tech giant TCL's mobile branch, TCL Communications Technology (TCT) announced it's planning on reinvigorating the classic smartpho...
04:01 pm GMT - Wed, January 4, 2017
Mashable F.C. Copenhagen creates new esports organization
Danish soccer club F.C. Copenhagen and entertainment company Nordisk Film have joined forces to create the newest premier esports organization, 'NORTH.'NORTH has already signed the former Team Dignita...
03:34 pm GMT - Wed, January 4, 2017
Mashable The wearable that helps pregnant women track contractions in real time
LAS VEGAS — The idea for Bloomlife's pregnancy wearable was born around the same that CEO Eric Dy and his co-founder, COO Julien Penders, were taking their first steps toward parenthood."My co-f...
03:27 pm GMT - Wed, January 4, 2017
Mashable Donald Trump trusts WikiLeaks more than the CIA or FBI
It's hard to believe that Donald Trump still has the ability to surprise us, but here we are.The president-elect sent a pair of breakfast-time tweets that, while not exactly praising WikiLeaks founder...
03:00 pm GMT - Wed, January 4, 2017
Mashable CES 2017 is all about improving how you see the world
CES is, to a degree, all about appearances. As the first major tech event of the year, it's an opportunity for companies to show off their latest and greatest — so looks matter. SEE ALSO: H...
02:12 pm GMT - Wed, January 4, 2017
Mashable Faraday Future just unveiled a super fast Tesla competitor — here's what it looks like
The FF 91 could be the fastest electric car ever made, accelerating from 0 to 60 mph in 2.39 seconds.Faraday Future claim it's a "new species" of car that is smarter, faster and more connected than an...
01:29 pm GMT - Wed, January 4, 2017
Mashable Artist finds brilliant way to mess with facial recognition technology
Facial recognition technology is booming both for commercial and security purposes, from Amazon scanning faces in its grocery store to police using the software on 117 million Americans.SEE ALSO: 11 t...
12:30 pm GMT - Wed, January 4, 2017
Mashable A new kind of router turns your Wi-Fi network into a fortress
LAS VEGAS — Smart devices have a problem. Most of their magic requires that they connect to the internet, but the internet can be a dangerous place.Malware is everywhere, and when it infects con...
11:46 am GMT - Wed, January 4, 2017
Mashable India looks at Google for help with cybersecurity
With India increasingly embarking the digital age, the government has grown worried about all the threats the country faces online. With no hesitance, it is looking at Google for help. SEE ALSO: ...
11:29 am GMT - Wed, January 4, 2017
Mashable Smart pet collar is like an iPhone for your dog
LAS VEGAS — It's nearly impossible not to be connected. Naturally, so are our pets.The KYON pet tracker is designed to help you communicate and send messages to and from your family pet. The mul...
10:40 am GMT - Wed, January 4, 2017
Mashable Someone made VR shoes and it's as weird as it sounds
When you think of accessories to use in virtual reality, shoes are probably not what comes to mind. But that hasn't stopped one company from creating a set of sensor-enabled kicks from VR.Part control...
10:13 am GMT - Wed, January 4, 2017
Mashable Device lulls you to sleep with relaxing scents
LAS VEGAS — Sleep is a precious commodity that every human needs, and a new device promises to help you get it through the power of smell. Sensorwake has already reached headlines with its ...
07:50 am GMT - Wed, January 4, 2017
Mashable Hackers target India's defense, intelligence personnel via WhatsApp
Indian security forces have been alerted by central intelligence agencies that a WhatsApp virus is threatening to hack into their personal information and banking data. Two malicious files circul...
07:44 am GMT - Wed, January 4, 2017
Mashable App-connected hairbrush will teach you to brush your hair better
You could be brushing your hair all wrong — at least according to L'Oreal's new smart hairbrush.Called the Kératase Hair Coach, the brush uses an array of sensors and an app to "coach" user...
07:14 am GMT - Wed, January 4, 2017
Mashable Google plans to get India's 51 million SMBs online with 'Digital Unlocked'
Google just took a major step in its years-long efforts to get more businesses in India to come online and grow on the web. SEE ALSO: Inside Google's plan to conquer India's internet usersGoogle ...
06:17 am GMT - Wed, January 4, 2017
Mashable Millions of cows to be tagged with unique 12-digit numbers in India
After its people, India now wants its cows and buffaloes to have a unique numerical identity.The government has rolled out an extensive project, wherein 1,00,000 technicians have set out to tag 88 mil...
05:01 am GMT - Wed, January 4, 2017
Mashable Lego Boost is robot building for the rest of us
LAS VEGAS — Vernie considers me with his icy blue yes, an orange eyebrow slightly cocked. Then, suddenly, he races forward and asks me my name. I shout it into the nearby tablet and we commence ...
03:09 am GMT - Wed, January 4, 2017
Mashable Samsung's quantum dots promise TVs with 'perfect color'
LAS VEGAS — Shifting focus from curved, bendable and even giant 8K TVs, Samsung has turned its attention to dots — quantum dots, to be precise.Its new line of QLED TVs, unveiled Tuesday at...
01:58 am GMT - Wed, January 4, 2017
Mashable This cord-cutting company picks up where Aereo left off
Remember Aereo, the startup that tried to offer over-the-air TV via the internet only to have the Supreme Court shut it down? Well, another company is picking up the OTA dream where Aereo left off.Moh...
01:42 am GMT - Wed, January 4, 2017
Mashable Cheaper 'mixed reality' smart glasses that do both AR and VR are coming
LAS VEGAS — Smartphones aren't the only gadgets Qualcomm wants to power. The mobile chipmaker's upcoming Snapdragon 835 processor will also power a new breed of augmented reality/virtual re...
01:10 am GMT - Wed, January 4, 2017
Mashable Now you can watch the NBA in VR using Google's Daydream View
Samsung isn't the only company letting people watch live NBA games in virtual reality. Now, users of Google's Daydream View headset will be able to watch, too. Back in 2015, professional bas...
12:52 am GMT - Wed, January 4, 2017
Mashable Here's the first Periscope live 360 video taken underwater
If you wanted to immerse yourself underwater, look no further than Twitter. Mitch Oates, a digital creator, photographer and surfer from Sydney, Australia, completed the first-ever 360-degree liv...
12:22 am GMT - Wed, January 4, 2017
Mashable You can now buy the dual-camera Honor 6X phone in the U.S. and Europe
LAS VEGAS — Huawei's sub-branded Honor 6X phone is no mystery — the cheap dual-camera phone was launched in China in October. Now, at CES 2017, the company officially announced the phone's...
11:44 pm GMT - Tue, January 3, 2017
Mashable This digestive tracker can help you control your farts
LAS VEGAS — Nothing can stop you in your tracks faster than a bad case of the tummy rumbles. We've all had an unfortunate bout of indigestion but this new digestive tracker may be able to h...
11:28 pm GMT - Tue, January 3, 2017
Mashable Smart bulbs bring Night Shift-like light to your whole house
If you've been paying attention then you probably already know that you shouldn't be looking at screens at night. That's because the blue light emitted by phones, tablets and televisions is likely dis...
10:52 pm GMT - Tue, January 3, 2017
Mashable How to keep up with CES if you're stuck at home
If you're like me, you're stuck on the outside looking in at the biggest tech event of the (very young) year: CES 2017. Here I am at Mashable HQ in rainy New York City, while many of my colleagues are...
10:00 pm GMT - Tue, January 3, 2017
Mashable 7 tech innovations coming to your next smartphone
Boring or not, smartphones aren't going away anytime soon. Phones — specifically, Android phones — hit a new high in 2016, finally competing with the iPhone in many of the areas they usual...
09:56 pm GMT - Tue, January 3, 2017
Mashable Julian Assange says once again that Russia is not Wikileaks' source
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is claiming again that a Russian-connected source didn't leak hacked emails from the Democratic National Committee to his organization. That's contrary to the U.S. int...
08:39 pm GMT - Tue, January 3, 2017
Mashable Mustang Hybrid among 13 new electric Ford cars that will soon be a reality
Ford is building 13 new electric cars, including groundbreaking models like an F-150 Hybrid pick-up, a 300-mile electric SUV and a hybrid Mustang.Seven of the new models will be released by 2020, the ...
07:20 pm GMT - Tue, January 3, 2017
Mashable E Ink produces an HDTV-sized ePaper display
LAS VEGAS – Traditional HDTVs aren’t the only things getting bigger and bigger. Thanks to E Ink, we now have a 42-inch high-definition ePaper display that the company unveiled this we...
06:34 pm GMT - Tue, January 3, 2017
Mashable This smart ring wraps fitness tracking and more right around your finger
If a wrist wearable to track your workout is a bit too conspicuous for your taste, a solution might be here: just wrap Motiv around your finger.The smart ring packs just about everything you could hop...
05:41 pm GMT - Tue, January 3, 2017
Mashable Adorable Kuri robot appears wise, watchful and doesn’t judge
LAS VEGAS — The history of home robotics is littered with the carcasses of unmet promises and potential. It's 2017 and we're still not close to having a Rosie the Robot or C-3PO in our homes.Kur...
05:36 pm GMT - Tue, January 3, 2017
Mashable Volvo wants you to never miss a meeting again. Thanks so much, really
LAS VEGAS — The best thing about being out of the office is being unavailable for certain meetings.Evil geniuses Volvo and Microsoft are about to end all that. The two companies have collaborate...
05:25 pm GMT - Tue, January 3, 2017
Mashable Lenovo's AR wearable picks up where Google Glass left off
LAS VEGAS — Google Glass may have crashed and burned — and set face-worn wearables back by a few years — but that doesn't mean the dream of turning into the Borg is dead just yet.Rat...
05:13 pm GMT - Tue, January 3, 2017
Mashable This revolutionary printer doesn't use any ink to print
The technology for inkless printing was invented by a recent Indian graduate at a university in the Netherlands. Venkatesh Chandrasekar says he hopes the invention will revolutionize the printing...
05:00 pm GMT - Tue, January 3, 2017
Mashable HP’s Spectre x360 bulks up to add power and battery
LAS VEGAS – Being thin isn’t everything.HP’s convertible Spectre x360 Windows 10 touchscreen laptop was one of the thinnest and lightest ultra-books on the market, but the latest 15....
05:00 pm GMT - Tue, January 3, 2017
Mashable You'll need to take out a loan to buy this huge gaming laptop
Acer's Predator 21 X is quite possibly one of the most extravagant laptops we've ever seen. From its 17-pound weight, to its curved 21-inch display (a world's first), to its eight heat pipes for ...
05:00 pm GMT - Tue, January 3, 2017
Mashable HP’s huge Envy Curved PC raises the bar on immersion
LAS VEGAS — If you want people to fall in love with your curves, you better make them clean.More than a year ago, HP introduced a giant, 34-inch curved-screen all-in-one Windows 10 PC. The "ENVY...
05:00 pm GMT - Tue, January 3, 2017
Mashable Acer's new gaming monitor tracks your eye movement
LAS VEGAS — Monitors are passive devices; they connect to a computer and display an image on a screen.But Acer's got something different in mind. The company's new 30-inch gaming monitor, the Ac...
04:44 pm GMT - Tue, January 3, 2017
Mashable You can buy Sling's 4K streaming video-local broadcast combo box right now
Right before the holidays, images and basic specs of Dish's Sling TV-centric 4K streaming box, the AirTV Player, popped up unannounced online. The full release was confirmed on Tuesday, and the AirTV ...
04:33 pm GMT - Tue, January 3, 2017
Mashable New foldable bike lock is designed to be hassle-free
The 'Foldylock Compact' uses the same technology found in car lock systems. Its foldable design gives it a cool look and makes it easy to carry.  Read more...More about Mashable Video, Foldylock ...
02:15 pm GMT - Tue, January 3, 2017
Mashable This German chef knife is made out of wood
'//SKID' is a knife made entirely out of wood and features a high alloyed carbon steel blade. Its creators, a German company called Lignum, say it's the first of its kind.  Read more...More about...
01:25 pm GMT - Tue, January 3, 2017
Mashable India's largest mobile wallet app Paytm gets regulatory nod to operate its own Payments Bank
India’s largest mobile wallet service now has its own payments bank.SEE ALSO: Paytm's mobile wallet surpasses all plastic card transactions in IndiaPaytm announced today it has received regulato...
12:54 pm GMT - Tue, January 3, 2017
Mashable LG's new 4K TVs employ 'nano cells' for better color accuracy
TV manufacturers seem to be a bit stuck on where to go next. 3D didn't exactly take off, and 4K, while nice, has been around for years and there's still not enough content for most users to really car...
11:34 am GMT - Tue, January 3, 2017
Mashable Lenovo takes on Amazon Echo with Smart Assistant
Lenovo has a smart speaker whose potential customers are easy to define: Everyone who wants an Amazon Echo, but needs better sound. It's called the Lenovo Smart Assistant, and it's an Alexa-power...
10:14 am GMT - Tue, January 3, 2017
Mashable If you're in China, this Friday is the best day to purchase a Mac or iPhone
If you live in China and were on the fence about when to get a new Mac or iPhone, you will want to check out the Apple store this Friday. SEE ALSO: BeatsX wireless headphones might not launch for...
07:38 am GMT - Tue, January 3, 2017
Mashable Older smartphones get locked out of WhatsApp
This New Year, WhatsApp was not an option for many people to send greetings to their friends and family. To add to their woes, alternative messenger apps were also not easy to find.SEE ALSO: In an ins...
05:25 am -08 - Tue, January 3, 2017
Mashable India's largest mobile wallet app Paytm gets regulatory nod to operate its own Payments Bank
India’s largest mobile wallet service now has its own payments bank.SEE ALSO: Paytm's mobile wallet surpasses all plastic card transactions in IndiaPaytm announced today it has received regulato...
04:40 am GMT - Tue, January 3, 2017
Mashable Space is still the place: NASA picks its favourite photos of 2016
Space is overflowing with visual wonders, but what happens on earth can just be as fascinating as moons and stars.NASA have compiled their favourite photos of 2016, capturing rare cosmic events, rocke...
07:24 pm GMT - Mon, January 2, 2017
Mashable Seeing the start of 2017 through Spectacles is so 2017
New year, new eyewear as they say. Right?2017 has arrived, and with it came a slew of tech savvy social media-lovers wearing sunglasses at night — a slightly bizarre fashion statement that could...
07:00 pm GMT - Mon, January 2, 2017
Mashable This simple bottle cutter may be the answer to recycling
The 'Plastic Bottle Cutter' will revolutionize the way consumers recycle by turning their trash into fine plastic strips. Read more...More about Mashable Video, Eco Friendly, Tools, Bottle, and Plasti...
02:46 pm GMT - Mon, January 2, 2017
Mashable 5 easy tricks to make your iPhone storage last longer
With its non-expandable memory, one of the major bugbears for iPhone owners is the storage capacity. Whether you've got a 16 or 64GBer, you just know that dreaded "Storage Almost Full" message will po...
02:20 pm GMT - Mon, January 2, 2017
Mashable 10 tech trends that will rule CES 2017
The first tech event of 2017 is also the year's biggest: CES arrives the first week of January, and like a tardy Santa Claus, it bestows the world with the gift of new consumer tech of every kind R...
02:00 pm GMT - Mon, January 2, 2017
Mashable This innovative sweeper leaves old-school brooms in the dust
The innovative 'Wisp' broom and dustpan system features one-handed control, a bristle comb and more. Read more...More about Mashable Video, Design, Kickstarter, Inventions, and Cleaning...
02:00 pm GMT - Mon, January 2, 2017
Mashable Dell's 13-inch XPS 2-in-1 is all screen and (almost) no chin
LAS VEGAS — Dell's XPS line of laptops and 2-in-1s has gotten a lot of praise — and rightfully so. These devices are powerful, sleek and solidly built, making them strong competitors to Ap...
01:00 pm GMT - Mon, January 2, 2017
Mashable 2017: The year you'll never have to talk to anyone again
The future of tech is a lonely one, and frankly, we're for it.For those who delight in methodically cutting human interactions from day-to-day tasks, 2017 promises more where that came from. Introvert...
12:51 pm GMT - Mon, January 2, 2017
Mashable Samsung's latest Galaxy A series smartphones are water resistant, made for clicking selfies
Samsung is kickstarting 2017 with a refresh to its Galaxy A series lineup of smartphones. SEE ALSO: Samsung Galaxy S8 will be 'all screen' on the front, report saysThe South Korean smartphone man...
09:59 am GMT - Mon, January 2, 2017
Mashable Google rolls out carrier billing option to Vodafone, Airtel subscribers
Google has rolled out carrier billing option to two of India’s largest telecom operators, making it easier for more Indians to purchase apps, music and other items from marque Google Play Store....
09:16 am GMT - Mon, January 2, 2017
Mashable Samsung to reveal this month why the Galaxy Note7 kept exploding
One of the biggest mysteries of the tech world in 2016 might finally be unravelled later this month.SEE ALSO: Samsung's Note7 kill-switch is deeply disturbing, whether you own one or notSamsung plans ...
06:37 am GMT - Mon, January 2, 2017
Mashable You can now sell your old products on Amazon India
Amazon is eyeing old goods and the space of reselling those products as it works on expanding its ecommerce business in India.SEE ALSO: India's top internet executives want government to favor local c...
09:50 pm GMT - Sun, January 1, 2017
Mashable It took 100 years and 1 inspirational video for new NYC subway line to launch
It's the train that many thought would never arrive. After almost 100 years of discussion, the 2nd Avenue Subway line in New York City opened on New Year's Day, complete with a corny video and inadequ...
04:59 pm GMT - Sun, January 1, 2017
Mashable The most helpful fitness tech for your New Year's resolution to get in shape
Last year, Nielsen reported the top two New Year's resolutions were to stay fit and to lose weight. Millions pledged to kick off 2016 with the definite goal to get in shape — but this year, you ...
11:01 pm GMT - Sat, December 31, 2016
Mashable 5 VR safety tips to stop you from destroying your home
The new year may be upon us, but many of you are probably still playing with your holiday gifts, one of the most popular of which appears to be VR headsets. But if you take a look around social m...
10:19 pm GMT - Sat, December 31, 2016
Mashable No, the power grid in Vermont was not infiltrated by Russian hackers
You may have read or seen on social media a Washington Post story published Friday which claimed that Russian hackers had hacked the U.S. power system via an electrical grid in Vermont.SEE ALSO: What ...
07:24 pm GMT - Sat, December 31, 2016
Mashable Snapchat's 10 most popular lenses of 2016
Snapchat is insanely powerful. Not only has it changed Facebook (for better or worse), it has popularized the term "vomiting rainbow" and transformed selfies. Just over a year ago, Snapchat intro...
07:08 pm GMT - Sat, December 31, 2016
Mashable This VR device promises to make both Oculus Rift and HTC Vive wireless
The virtual reality smorgasbord set to hit CES is just a few days away, but standout companies are already popping up, including one with a unique HMD solution.Atlanta-based KwikVR is promising a wire...
02:00 pm GMT - Sat, December 31, 2016
Mashable 7 tech resolutions you should make in 2017, and how to keep them
Each year, our phones, social media accounts, laptops, smart assistants, fitness trackers and other tech somehow swallow up even more of our time. For the new year, here are a handful of resoluti...
02:00 pm GMT - Sat, December 31, 2016
Mashable 6 tech resolutions you should make in 2017, and how to keep them
Each year, our phones, social media accounts, laptops, smart assistants, fitness trackers and other tech somehow swallow up even more of our time. For the new year, here are a handful of resoluti...