Microsoft today announced a new version of Windows 10 that’s specifically geared toward professional users that use high-end hardware to support mission critical workloads. As rumored, Windows 10 Pro for Workstations will feature Microsoft’s server-grade file system (the Resilie … | Continue reading
HBO appears to have tried to pay off the hackers who stole scripts, shows, and employee information sometime last month. Both Variety and The Hollywood Reporter report receiving an email from the hackers containing a transcript of a message sent by HBO offering payment.In that me … | Continue reading
This project has been archived. deloominator is a data visualization application for SQL users I published a few weeks ago. You can read the announcement here. This article is meant to be an overview of the technologies with basic information about why I chose them. | Continue reading
The images of the Moto X4 also seemingly confirmed the phone's glossy exterior and 5.2-inch display, though we still wait for the phone's official unveiling. | Continue reading
Amazon might get into event ticket sales, according to a new report from Reuters. The commerce giant has eyed the space, which is largely dominated by Live Nation’s Ticketmaster in the U.S., and found it a space for plenty of potential opportunity, according to the outlet’s sour … | Continue reading
If you thought Windows 10 had too many editions, Microsoft isn’t listening. The company today unveiled Windows 10 Pro for Workstations, a high-end edition of Windows 10 Pro with support for server grade PC hardware that will ship as part of the upcoming Windows 10 Fall Creators U … | Continue reading
Snap’s Spectacles sunglasses may prove to be more of a fad than must-have device. Snap revealed during its call following weak Q2 earnings that it generated $5.4 million in “Other” revenue, which would equate to around 41,500 pairs of its Spectacles camera sunglasses at a $130 p … | Continue reading
There are a million and one services for voice transcription on the market. But even with just one job to do, I’ve never seen a service that can handle the long tail of vocabulary used in the real world. This is particularly challenging if you’re a startup trying to sell your se … | Continue reading
Microsoft is officially unveiling Windows 10 Pro for Workstations today. While the operating system was originally rumored back in June, Microsoft is providing the full details on the special edition today. As expected, Windows 10 Pro for Workstations is primarily designed for se … | Continue reading
Fidget spinners have exploded onto the gadget scene over the past few months — not just in the growth sense of the word, but quite literally. That’s why the US Consumer Product Safety Commission today released guidelines for both manufacturers and consumers on how to have a safe … | Continue reading
Today in 5 LinesPresident Trump continued to publicly criticize Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for the party’s failure to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. During a brief press appearance, he declined to say whether McConnell should resign, but told reporters they shou … | Continue reading
'ShiftWear' sneakers display moving graphics and designs that can be changed instantly with your smartphone. Read more...More about Design, Wearables, Shoes, Sneakers, and Back To The Future | Continue reading
Former Google engineer James Damore, who was fired for distributing a memo suggesting women are not biologically suited for certain types of work, is now branding himself as a brave truth teller. In what appears to be his new Twitter account, Damore can be seen wearing a shirt wi … | Continue reading
Snap has an awful Q2 earnings report…but at least its dancing AR hot dog was viewed 1.5 billion times. To prove their confidence, co-founders Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy have agreed not to sell any shares this year, and the company will withhold shares they’re owed to pay for … | Continue reading
Nvidia chief financial officer Colette Kress credited cryptocurrency mining as one of the new drivers for the company’s graphics chip sales. Nvidia also saw revenues rise from demand related to gaming, artificial intelligence, the Nintendo Switch game console, and self-driving ca … | Continue reading
President Donald Trump said that he intends to declare a national emergency on the opioid crisis — the administration just needs to work on the official paperwork. This is the first time that a national emergency has been declared a long-term public health crisis, so it’s not cle … | Continue reading
Tired of all that teamwork in Overwatch? Then the new Deathmatch mode might be for you. Most of Overwatch revolves around two teams of six players going after objectives, like pushing a payload or capturing a zone. Deathmatch takes Overwatch back to first-person shooter basics, g … | Continue reading
For the past decade the Peruvian economy has been one of the fastest moving in the region — but it’s apparent Peru’s technology ecosystem is still in its infancy. Economically driven by mining, Peru invests just 0.08 percent of its GDP in innovation. By comparison, Chile invests … | Continue reading
If Blue Apron investors were hoping the worst had passed in the wake of its bumpy IPO, they weren’t prepared for its inaugural earnings report. Shares of Blue Apron closed down 17.6 percent at $5.14 a share Thursday after the company reported a net loss of 47 cents a share in the … | Continue reading
Threatening an unstable adversary in possession of nuclear weapons with “fire and fury” would, in most cases, be seen as the final warning that comes before an actual military strike. But President Trump Thursday doubled down on his remarks about North Korea, suggesting they were … | Continue reading
GUEST: Perhaps the famous phrase “When the United States sneezes, the world catches a cold,” is more appropriate now than ever before. The simmering tensions between the United States and North Korea this week have caused turbulence in traditional financial markets and internatio … | Continue reading
The ICO for the the blockchain-based data storage network Filecoin has raised as much as $250 million despite being beset by tech issues. | Continue reading
Samsung has finally introduced its global range of portable speakers and has expanded its headset portfolio in India. | Continue reading
Nvidia keeps on raking in revenue from chips for artificial intelligence, game graphics, the Nintendo Switch game console, and self-driving cars. But we’ll have to listen to the conference call shortly to find out if cryptocurrency mining drove sales as well. The world’s biggest … | Continue reading
Snapchat reported its second quarterly earnings as a public company today. It grew its user base and revenue, but not as quickly as investors had hoped. And its losses continued to widen. As a result the share price, which had already dipped well below the IPO price, continued to … | Continue reading
Just to let you know, if you buy something featured here, Mashable might earn an affiliate commission.Mobile virtual reality isn't going away any time soon, so you might as well get on board before you get left behind.In March, the Samsung Gear VR headset received a game-changing … | Continue reading
It’s been a tumultuous week for streaming services. Netflix officially entered the publishing world, Disney announced it’s pulling its content off Netflix and launching its own service to stream the company’s content, and NBC revealed that it’s shutting down its struggling comedy … | Continue reading
One of the coolest gaming events I’ve ever attended is the California Extreme classic arcade game show. For this fan gathering, arcade and pinball enthusiasts put their machines on a truck and bring them to a ballroom in Santa Clara, California, and set them up in free-play mode. … | Continue reading
Amazon has held talks directly with the owners of major venues in the US about potentially entering the business of ticket sales, according to a report from Reuters. If Amazon were to proceed, it could significantly disrupt an industry that is largely dominated by Ticketmaster. B … | Continue reading
The characters on Game of Thrones are multidimensional and ever-changing, but what happens when we categorize them by... beauty and goodness? That’s the really odd challenge that The New York Times recently gave to its readers. It asked fans to set aside the fact that Game of Thr … | Continue reading
This New Jersey modern house attempts to reconcile several competing forces. The first challenge is to provide comfortable living space | Continue reading
After building a product, the hardest test a startup faces is finding the first five to ten customers who are willing to bet on you when no one has heard of your company and when your product has yet to be battle-tested. Read More | Continue reading
The three people with the greatest power over Donald Trump’s political future are Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Special Counsel Robert Mueller, and Trump himself.And if the president’s recent treatment of McConnell and Mueller is any indication, Trump had better watch o … | Continue reading
The Moto Z2 Force is a pretty great phone (our review here) so long as you can deal with the easily scratchable screen. If you’ve been interested in the modular, shatterproof phone, you can now actually pick one up. The launch is particularly notable because its one of the few Mo … | Continue reading
Pig organs are the same size as human organs and function pretty much the same way but pig to human transplantation has long been an elusive goal for researchers due to fear of activating dormant viral diseases in the pig’s cells. But there’s hope on the horizon, thanks to a new … | Continue reading
Just make sure your Android device is relatively modern - syncing across non-Samsung devices will not work on anything older than Lollipop. | Continue reading
Snap’s Q2 earnings was another failure on a long, downward path for the social media company as user growth slowed under the pressure of Instagram. Snap added 7 million daily active users to reach 173 million with a 4.2% growth rate, slower than the 5% growth that got it to 166 … | Continue reading
A group of inventive gamers took it upon themselves to improve one of the worst video game controllers of all time. It's a sentiment that apparently many share, considering they funded their project on Kickstarter in less than a day.Retro Fighters have reinvented the Nintendo 64 … | Continue reading
In the hours following North Korea’s announcement Tuesday night that it was reviewing plans to launch ballistic missiles at Guam, a question kept coming up: “What is Guam?” Handy primers and tweet threads starting cropping up to explain. (In short: It’s a tiny U.S. territory near … | Continue reading
President Trump said Thursday afternoon that he is declaring the opioid crisis a national emergency, implementing the top recommendation from a presidential commission that studied the growing epidemic.“The opioid crisis is an emergency, and I’m saying officially right now it is … | Continue reading
Benchmark Capital, one of Uber’s most influential investors, is suing former CEO Travis Kalanick for fraud, according to Axios. The complaint, which was filed in Delaware court, accuses Kalanick of “fraud, breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty.” It’s the latest sign tha … | Continue reading
Benchmark, the Silicon Valley venture firm and early investor in Uber, has sued former CEO Travis Kalanick. In a Delaware Chancery Court filing, originally identified by Axios’ Dan Primack, the suit alleges that Kalanick committed fraud, breach of contract and breach of fiduciar … | Continue reading
MediaConch in action! Issue #4 Marion is a video archivist at the Austrian Mediathek, the Austrian video and sound archive. Her main area of work is the digitization of analogue videos and quality control of video files entering the digital archive. The main use case for MediaCon … | Continue reading
Perched on the edge of a beautiful canyon, this stunning Steel House is a work of extreme precision and passionate purpose. | Continue reading
New release available on the PREFORMA Open Source Portal The latest version of veraPDF is now available to download on the PREFORMA Open Source Portal. This release includes new PDF information in the features report and automatic configuration of the features extractor when app … | Continue reading
Before Razer started selling laptops and headphones, it made gaming mice. Though it still makes some of the most popular mice out there, that market has become much more crowded in the past few years as a plethora of competitors have entered the field. Its newest mouse, the Lance … | Continue reading
Backblaze is one of the few unlimited backup services standing — in part because of its prowess in securing its own hard drives and building its own cloud services. Today, the company launched version 5.0 of its service and desktop clients. This new version introduces faster bac … | Continue reading