Kaspersky Lab has launched a free version of its antivirus software in the U.S. with plans for a global rollout over the next four months. Called Kaspersky Free, the software provides the core essentials including email and desktop antivirus protection, the ability to quarantine … | Continue reading
Electronic cigarettes help people trying to quit smoking, according to a new study that helps to settle a long-running debate over the risks and benefits of e-cigs.For the study, published today in the journal BMJ, researchers analyzed survey data from over 160,000 people spannin … | Continue reading
Six weeks after incurring a life-threatening gunshot wound at a congressional baseball practice in Alexandria, Virginia, House Majority Whip Steve Scalise has been discharged from the Washington, D.C. hospital where he received treatment. On Wednesday, MedStar Washington Hospital … | Continue reading
Today in 5 LinesPresident Trump announced on Twitter that the U.S. will no longer “accept or allow” transgender people to serve in the military. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain denounced the announcement, calling it “unclear.” During the second day of deliber … | Continue reading
This week, Travis and Stewart interview the awesome Cathy Hackl, who is helping big brands get real returns from VR and AR, even at this early “Wild West” stage of the game. Cathy schools us in what works, what doesn’t, and what the future holds. In the news, we find out how Tune … | Continue reading
An event focused on initial coin offerings saw optimism despite SEC guidance that signaled a new era for the novel funding method. | Continue reading
WhatsApp just hit greatest user milestone yet: 1 billion people now use the app every single day. That’s one out of every seven or eight people on the planet. While WhatsApp hit 1 Billion monthly users last year, it’s now reached the milestone for the people who are bound to the … | Continue reading
eSports is maturing at a rapid pace. What once was only found on a Twitch stream here and there is now becoming the new favored spectator sport for an entire generation of gamers. A few weeks ago, Blizzard announced the very first city-based eSports league for ultra-popular game … | Continue reading
Twitter is adding more useless clutter to its notifications.The company quietly added a suite of new alerts to the notifications section of its apps and website. Now, instead of just seeing notifications when people interact with you and your tweets, Twitter will surface random a … | Continue reading
Auction site eBay today unveiled two upcoming search options featuring images. Find It On eBay and Image Search are both coming this fall to the eBay app and mobile platform. The new features take advantage of machine-learning to allow shoppers the use of images when searching fo … | Continue reading
Medium has a new head of product, while the startup behind the defunct texting app Talkshow appears to be done for good. Talkshow Industries was led by Michael Sippey, who’d spent two years as vice president of product at Twitter. The company’s first product was the Talkshow app … | Continue reading
What would Schoolhouse Rock! have to say about the reconciliation process? The old animated educational short was a useful introduction to “regular order” in Congress. Add a little additional knowledge on committees, filibusters, hearings, and lobbying, and you’d have a working b … | Continue reading
Facebook is winning the race to bring Snapchat’s Stories format to the rest of the world before its originator. WhatsApp Status, its version of Snapchat Stories, now has 250 million daily active users. That’s despite it being relegated to a secondary dedicated tab in the app, op … | Continue reading
Apple supplier Foxconn, the world’s largest contract electronics manufacturer, today revealed plans to build a new facility for producing LCD panels in Wisconsin. The news was announced at an event this evening with Foxconn chief Terry Gou and US President Donald Trump, who has a … | Continue reading
You’re ironing your shirt one morning when all of a sudden your iron makes a loud BANG, sending the little red light off. You flick the switch off and on again to no avail. It’s completely stuffed. After cursing the appliance, you whip out your phone and type “top-rated irons” in … | Continue reading
Microsoft is launching a new Windows Bounty Program today, designed to expand its existing security bug bounty programs. While the software giant has previously paid out $100,000 for Windows 8.1 bugs, this new program will see the software giant pay out far more for serious Hyper … | Continue reading
Get ready for longer lines at the airport. Today, the TSA announced strict new screening regulations for carry-on luggage that are sure to give frequent flyers a new spat of headaches. SEE ALSO: TSA fingerprint scanning might be on its way to an airport near youThe agency will … | Continue reading
Accessible home monitoring should be more than just being able to buy a security camera. It’s means having a packaged software experience, where you should be able to link cameras together over a secure cloud connection, while mounting them on walls, glass or the outdoors. Since … | Continue reading
CoinDesk takes a look at new developments in the Mt Gox case, attempting to provide an easy-to-read overview of the complex events.Source | Continue reading
Microsoft has been running a bounty program for a few years now, launching it just ahead of the release of Windows 8.1 back in mid-2013. At the time, the company was awarding up to $50,000 for exploits, in an attempt to help address any potential security issues before they coul … | Continue reading
GUEST: Accenture suggests that the core of retail strategy is a 720-degree view of customers — reaching digital natives with rapid focus shift, high expectations, and growing demand for personalization and perks. Successful examples such as Amazon, Macy’s, and Walmart prove that … | Continue reading
Advanced Micro Devices is releasing its biggest consumer graphics driver update of the year as it aims to boost graphics performance for games, virtual reality, and content creation. AMD’s Radeon Technologies Group is launching its Crimson ReLive Edition 17.7.2 driver update for … | Continue reading
Deforestation is a massive problem in our world and is actually illegal in many places. That's why Rainforest Connection has made it their business to put a stop to illegal logging. With old cell phones and solar teach combines with audio analytics, they are able to help local ra … | Continue reading
A few weeks ago, when SoundCloud let go 173 employees, the internet banded together and created a “Hire a SoundClouder” Google doc to connect companies hiring with those affected by the layoffs. Now, WeTransfer has stepped in to also help the ex-SoundCloud workers by offering eac … | Continue reading
A few days ago — seemingly out of nowhere — a product page for Nintendo’s upcoming SNES Classic went live on Walmart.com, complete with a pre-order button. The Twitterverse lit up with people trying to share the news before the resellers caught on. As did my phone. Didn’t get yo … | Continue reading
Architects Bohlin Cywinski Jackson and SheltonMindel & Associates have collaborated to design this Aspen residence. | Continue reading
Facebook reported its second quarter earnings today, and the results were predictably positive. The social network passed 2 billion monthly users earlier this summer, with over 1.3 billion using its software every day. The company parlayed that audience into $9.3 billion in reven … | Continue reading
On August 21st, a total solar eclipse will pass through the continental United States — traveling from the coasts of Oregon to South Carolina. It’s going to be an incredible sight, but the only way to watch it safely is to view the Sun with special solar filter glasses that block … | Continue reading
Just to let you know, if you buy something featured here, Mashable might earn an affiliate commission.If you’ve ever found yourself struggling to decide what to unplug in order to revive your dead phone, the Jelly Comb lamp can help. SEE ALSO: Never lose anything again with this … | Continue reading
Meg Whitman is stepping down from HP Inc.’s board, where she was chairman, the company announced Wednesday. Chip Bergh, CEO of Levi Strauss, will be taking her place. Whitman remains at the helm of HP Enterprise. The two companies split in late 2015. HP is the maker of computers … | Continue reading
After previewing the devices earlier in July, Meizu has officially announced its next flagship Android devices, the Pro 7 and the Pro 7 Plus. But before we dive into the nitty-gritty of the specs, we need to talk about the most unique feature from the Pro 7 line — a second AMOLED … | Continue reading
The effort to repeal Barack Obama’s health-care bill is not over, and neither presumably is the public career of John McCain. But each crossed an important threshold yesterday, and Senator McCain gave us a clearer idea of who he is and what he stands for.The repeal effort isn’t o … | Continue reading
Tesla is holding a video contest at the suggestion of a 10-year old fan named Bria Loveday, who asked the automaker to hold a competition among vans to see which ones could create the best videos celebrating their Tesla love. The submissions are all in, and Tesla is set to revea … | Continue reading
Walmart confirmed today that it will in fact be canceling all of those SNES Classic preorders it accidentally accepted last week when the product page was mistakenly put live. The company is notifying preorder holders via email — some of whom are game journalists who’ve posted th … | Continue reading
Last year, Rogue One marked a small, but significant departure within the larger Star Wars universe: Michael Giacchino, rather than legendary composer John Williams, was in charge of scoring the film. Now, Lucasfilm has announced that another new composer will take the reins for … | Continue reading
The marriage of technology and cannabis entrepreneurship has gone from a passion-project for growers, to a full-fledged venture capitalist (VC) bonanza in just the past year and a half. Marijuana startups are no longer simply the domain of experts on cultivation and plant-strain … | Continue reading
Facebook’s hot streak continued with a strong Q2 2017 earnings report. It earned $9.32 billion and $1.32 in GAAP actual EPS, compared to estimates of $9.2 billion revenue and $1.13 EPS. Revenue growth was 44.7% year-over-year, compared to 59% in Q2 2016, indicating that revenue … | Continue reading
Payments giant PayPal is growing faster than what analysts were expecting, according to the latest numbers.For the second quarter of 2017, PayPal brought in $3.14 billion in revenue, when analysts were expecting $3.09 billion. This is up 18.3% from last year.Adjusting earnings p … | Continue reading
Every summer, suited and/or black-clad security geeks flock en masse to the sun-drenched surreality of Las Vegas for “Hacker Summer Camp”: a full week of various security and hacker conferences, the fanciest of which ($2800 at the door) is called Black Hat. Today Facebook’s CSO … | Continue reading
As smartphone makers race to use up every millimeter of space on the front of our devices, the backs have gone woefully unappreciated. Meizu’s new Pro 7 series wants to change that. The Pro 7 (and Pro 7 Plus) add a small AMOLED panel to the rear of the device, in a rather bold bi … | Continue reading
Wine in Sopron There are kangaroos in Hungary. Three of them—Shiraz, Sydney, and the baby, Peanut—reside behind a quaint farmhouse on the grounds of Pfneiszl’s vineyards in the equally picturesque city of Sopron. When taking a break from my late-afternoon tasting, and the artfull … | Continue reading
The most thrilling scene in Luc Besson’s stupefyingly ambitious new science fiction opus Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets takes place inside a giant metaphor. Protagonists Valerian (Dane DeHaan) and Laureline (Cara Delevingne) have been tasked with retrieving a McGuffi … | Continue reading
Well, damn. If you were one of the people who made a preorder for a Super NES Classic preorder with Walmart last week, you should check your email. You probably have a message from Walmart explaining that it has canceled your order. The Super NES Classic Edition is the followup t … | Continue reading
The things people are making with Apple ARKit are mind-blowing, but for music fans, nothing will top this. It's a faith recreation of the groundbreaking '80s animated video "Take On Me" by A-Ha. The video (check it out here) used a mixed of live footage with then cutting edge rot … | Continue reading
Airbnb and the NAACP announced a partnership today to promote the rental service’s platform in communities of color. The move is a way to both boost the sharing economy as an income stream for black Americans and help increase the diversity of hosts to curb discrimination. Airbnb … | Continue reading
When Walmart set up shop in a small West Virginia town, Foodland, a grocery chain of around 30 stores spanning areas of the south and southeast, buckled under the pressure. “It was just overnight. Even the employees didn’t see it coming,” said Pat McKenzie, director of the Richwo … | Continue reading
Located within a private oceanfront community established in the 19th century, this Hamptons house is for a young couple looking for a home .. | Continue reading
Your next computer will probably have wickedly fast data transfer speeds — but your current computer, even if it's brand new, will likely be left in the dust.SEE ALSO: Step inside the secretive class that turns people into hackersThe USB 3.0 Promoter Group — the collective that d … | Continue reading