Chicago-based Snapsheet has raised $12 million to streamline the process after car accidents. The company has built a mobile application that surveys the vehicle damage and serves as a virtual appraiser. The latest round of funding is led by Tola Capital and comes just months af … | Continue reading
Far Cry 5’s announcement rode in on a wave of controversy. Where past games took players to far-off lands where the player murdered the locals, Far Cry 5 is set in a small Montana county. The enemy is a group of largely white Americans. Its heroes are a ragtag group of resistance … | Continue reading
Reviews of the Windows 10 S-equipped Surface Laptop have hit the ground -- is this the Surface for regular users, or another niche device? The post Surface Laptop Review Roundup: Nice Hardware, Windows 10 S Disappoints appeared first on ExtremeTech. | Continue reading
Mike Pawlowski's Art of Gravity [$0.99] is out now on iOS. It was announced for June 14th, and it's released today on June 13th, though it's the 14th in some parts of the world. Still, this is a bit of a nice early surprise for mobile gamers. This week is shaping up to be a | Continue reading
Freelance writer and academic Anthony Oliveira, known by the Twitter handle @meakoopa, has been suspended from Twitter, prompting a backlash from followers who contrast the decision with what they see as Twitter’s continued failure to combat the rise of the violent alt-right and … | Continue reading
Sad news, quirky car enthusiasts: Waymo is taking its fleet of tiny self-driving vehicles off the roads. The autonomous car company announced it will retire the Firefly, the round-topped two-seater that served as the most obvious visual marker of Google's self-driving car efforts … | Continue reading
Facebook has signed a deal to revive reality competition show Last State Standing, according to The Hollywood Reporter. American Ninja Warrior producer A. Smith and Co.’s Arthur Smith is behind the series, which will feature one contestant from each of the 50 states competing in … | Continue reading
As the nation's fourth largest carrier, Sprint is clearly trying to boost its subscriber numbers any way it can. | Continue reading
By Heart is a series in which authors share and discuss their all-time favorite passages in literature. See entries from Colum McCann, George Saunders, Emma Donoghue, Michael Chabon, and more.Doug McLeanVictor LaValle wants to scare you, let’s be clear. His books tend to feature … | Continue reading
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- After a night of celebrating the Golden State Warriors latest NBA title, fans snapped up victory shirts and hats Tuesday, while Oakland crews were busy hanging championship banners along the parade route. | Continue reading
Microsoft first revealed its concerns over Chromebooks in an attack on Google’s laptops more than three years ago. While Chromebooks haven’t become best-sellers for consumers just yet, they have started to become popular with students in the US and slowly with some businesses. Mi … | Continue reading
About a month and a half after launch, Dawn of War 3 is making something of an about-turn.In an announcement made to the community forums, Relic has outlined a pretty drastic change of plans for its online play: the game will now feature an Annihilation mode - just like the first … | Continue reading
There’s an official version of Mario Kart in virtual reality, but it’s only heading to a Tokyo arcade for now. Mario Kart Arcade GP VR is a newly announced entry in the Namco-developed series of Mario Kart arcade games. As the name may suggest, the new title makes the … | Continue reading
Apple CEO Tim Cook today spoke for the first time about the company’s self-driving car ambitions. Cook revealed: We’re focusing on autonomous systems. It’s probably one of the most difficult AI projects to work on. Autonomy is something that’s incredibly exciting for us and we’ll … | Continue reading
Not many could claim that Alto's Adventure [$4.99] wasn't a pretty game, but I did hear some players saying they wanted the game to have more complex mechanics and require more skill to navigate the environment, and it looks like Alto's Odyssey, the upcoming sequel of sorts, is d … | Continue reading
I’m in Columbus this week and I thought we could have a quick meetup in advance of Disrupt SF in September. We’ll be meeting on Thursday at 5pm at the Wolf’s Ridge Tap Room. You can RSVP here. There is limited space so please pick up a ticket early. We’ll have a quick pitch-off … | Continue reading
The popular YouTube show Movies with Mikey has been nominated for an Emmy for the first time. The show’s writer, producer, and editor, Mikey Neumann, made the announcement on Twitter this afternoon.Movies with Mikey has drawn a wide audience by exploring the best parts of cinema … | Continue reading
Last month we noted that Instagram was testing a new feature called “archive”, which lets users hide any of their posts from anyone else – either permanently or indefinitely. Today this will roll out to everyone on Instagram, meaning you can start hiding photos today. You can ar … | Continue reading
According to horological legend the first luxury watch made of steel – the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak caused great consternation when it launched in 1972. Up until then there were timekeepers – small, cheap watches like Timex and Seiko – and expensive pieces that you handed out a … | Continue reading
Nintendo’s E3 press conference this morning dedicated a healthy chunk of time to Super Mario Odyssey, the wonderfully weird and wildly ambitious new Mario coming to the Switch on October 27th. We got a new trailer, but we also got more than 20 minutes of new gameplay shown off li … | Continue reading
Silicon Valley, California, 13 June. Cryptocurrency wallet provider Bitquence announced today that it will open its token crowd sale on June 28. The Silicon Valley startup is launching the first digital mobile wallet with portfolio management features backed by its own liquidity … | Continue reading
Just to let you know, if you buy something featured here, Mashable might earn an affiliate commission.Dads are the best, but Father’s Day gifts can be the worst.Although your dad will tell you a handmade card is enough, it is 100% not. Dads are like little kids: low-key pumped fo … | Continue reading
Amazon will give Prime members a bit more spending power if they’re willing to ditch their credit cards. The company introduced a new program today called Prime Reload, which offers Prime members a small bonus of Amazon credit if they’re willing to pay using their debit card inst … | Continue reading
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A few weeks ago, I sat down with Logitech to talk about the wired and wireless versions of the Circle 2: a modular home surveillance camera, with four different mounts that change where and how you’d use the camera. The modular approach stems from four different mounts: the firs … | Continue reading
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick has announced that he is taking a leave of absence from the company he helped found, following the his mother’s death in a boating accident last month. In an email to his employees, Kalanick remarked: Recent events have brought home for me that people are … | Continue reading
Nintendo finally gave Metroid fans what they wanted with the announcement of a major new entry in the series for the Switch, but the developer most closely associated with the best 3D Metroid games is not working on this new project. Retro Studios is not making Metroid Prime 4 fo … | Continue reading
Spider-Man: Homecoming, the first solo Spidey film to take place within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, will be the first film in a trilogy. The news comes straight from star Tom Holland, who accidentally revealed the plans in a Facebook interview with French outlet AlloCiné.LIVE … | Continue reading
Crashing Season [Free] was a fun and quite good-looking game that had you running around as different animals and knocking every obstacle around you into oblivion. Now, the developer Koukoi Games is developing a sequel called Crashing Season: Run, and it will still feature all th … | Continue reading
Microsoft unveiled its Xbox One X video game console on Sunday ahead of the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). The console debuts worldwide on November 7 for $499. You can use the same peripherals for the game console as those for the Xbox One and Xbox One S. And it will be able … | Continue reading
LG might replace HTC as the manufacturer of at least one of Google’s next Pixel devices, codenamed internally as “taimen.” 9to5Google dug through the Android Issue Tracker and found that an LG employee had logged an issue and was subsequently asked by a Google employee to move th … | Continue reading
The Google Voice Kit works with the Raspberry Pi so you build your own digital Assistant... handy little cardboard cube included! | Continue reading
Lynn Fischer has made Facebook Messenger bots for the Women’s March on Washington and Pope Francis, as well as HillYeah, a voter engagement bot deployed during the 2016 election. Now her company Sorted.ai plans to apply the lessons learned from those projects to deploy bots to he … | Continue reading
After selling off its in-store shelves, display cases, and garbage cans, RadioShack is auctioning off its history. In a huge estate sale that's going on now, RadioShack has opened up its historic archives: 12 "huge safes" full of classic gadgets and weird memorabilia.I would like … | Continue reading
Welcome to our June meetup, hosted by Futurice on 13.06.2017. This time we are featuring 4 talks at once, covering React, Modx, iotaCSS and more! See the event review below | Continue reading
Welcome to our June meetup, hosted by Futurice on 13.06.2017. This time we are featuring 4 talks at once, covering React, Modx, iotaCSS and more! See the event review below | Continue reading
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Researchers looking to beef up bitcoin’s privacy features have released a new proposal on GitHub.Source | Continue reading
Attorney General Jeff Sessions spent two decades in the Senate trying to ask hard questions of committee witnesses. Now it’s his turn in the hot seat.The former Alabama senator is testifying before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday afternoon in his first appearance bef … | Continue reading
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After more than two decades, internet pioneer Yahoo’s days as an independent business are no more.Verizon announced Tuesday it completed its purchase of Yahoo’s internet business for $4.48 billion. The acquisition, which was first announced last July, aims to combine Yahoo’s oper … | Continue reading
Dropbox might have gotten its start in the consumer market, but over the past several years it’s made huge steps toward getting enterprise users comfortable with using its products. It’s managed to sign up more than 200,000 Dropbox Business users, who need more advanced controls … | Continue reading
This morning Nintendo showed off a slate of experiences coming to Nintendo Switch, including a new trailer for Super Mario Odyssey and reveals of new Metroid and Pokémon games. With a new console, new games, and new initiatives like mobile and subscription services, it’s shaping … | Continue reading
Since its debut in March, the Nintendo Switch has largely been a success — especially compared to its ill-fated predecessor, the Wii U. The console had the biggest initial two-day sales of any Nintendo console, and the company predicts that it will sell 13 million units by next A … | Continue reading
Mario’s next big adventure, Super Mario Odyssey on Nintendo Switch, follows the open-world formula established by Super Mario 64. In Odyssey you’ll explore huge spaces, uncovering secrets and collectables, traversing everything from the rooftops of skyscrapers to icy underground … | Continue reading
The jewel of Nintendo's E3 2017 offering, Super Mario Odyssey feels in some ways similar to last year's star attraction, Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Odyssey is, like Zelda, a game about exploring - of wide, open landscapes seeded with subtle clues to secrets awaiting discovery. On … | Continue reading
The Federal Communications Commission does not have the authority to cap the cost of prison and jail phone calls within states, an appeals court ruled in a decision today, dealing a massive blow to inmates and their advocates who have spent years litigating caps on the cost of su … | Continue reading
If you’re a Switch owner looking to use your Switch with a TV, there’s basically been only one good option since launch: Nintendo’s bundled dock. Unfortunately it’s bulky, tough to travel with, and expensive, costing $89.99 for a spare one (if you want to set one up on a second T … | Continue reading