Packet is quickly making a name for itself thanks to its unopinionated bare metal cloud. Today, the company is expanding its product portfolio with the launch of its new Edge Compute service in 15 data center locations around the world. Eleven of these locations are new and compl … | Continue reading
Google is getting rid of its landmark Instant Search feature, which automatically populates search results as you type in a query, according to Search Engine Land. Instant Search was first introduced back in 2010 under the guidance of Marissa Mayer, then the company’s vice presid … | Continue reading
The Transportation Security Administration, the only line of defense between us and an influx of Satanic fidget spinners, just announced new airport screening policies that are designed to make your life a living hell. The TSA will now require “all electronics larger than a cell … | Continue reading
One by one, the Senate’s options for overhauling the nation’s health-care system are dwindling—but they still have a few left.Republicans on Wednesday were poised to reject a straight repeal of much of the Affordable Care Act, leaving them far short of a consensus one day into de … | Continue reading
Chinese electronics manufacturer Xiaomi launched two new gadgets today: the Mi 5X smartphone, and a new smart speaker called the Mi AI Speaker. While the smartphone is somewhat interesting, if only because it features a dual-camera system, the speaker is certainly the more intri … | Continue reading
At the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con, audiences got their first look at two highly anticipated geek-culture properties. Stranger Things, Netflix’s ode to Steven Spielberg and Stephen King, got a second season trailer exploring the show’s expanding mythos, set to the iconic sounds of M … | Continue reading
Most people are aware of how ransomware works these days. After getting infected with malicious software, victims have to pay a Bitcoin sum to get their files restored. One question hardly anyone knew the answer to was how the criminals cashed out these Bitcoin proceeds. As it tu … | Continue reading
Using ViralSweep’s new sales tracking feature, you no longer have to manually track sales coming from your sweepstakes or contests. | Continue reading
Google Search just killed off Instant, one of the most unique features of its desktop search engine – and one you probably never used. For those not familiar with the nomenclature, Instant was first introduced in 2010 and provided immediate search results as you type them on a de … | Continue reading
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With its Stripe Connect product, Stripe wants to make it easier for on-demand and marketplace businesses to not only process payments from their customers, but also make payments to contractors and vendors. In an effort to bolster the tax reporting tools available to them, the c … | Continue reading
Airbnb has partnered with the NAACP to bring economic opportunities to people of color. Through the partnership, which includes a revenue-sharing agreement, Airbnb and the NAACP will reach out to communities of color about the benefits of sharing their homes on Airbnb. Read More | Continue reading
We’re now closing in on the end of the day out of Europe and, in the bitcoin price, volatility has been the order of the day. Price has moved considerably since we first took a look at the markets this morning and – in line with this volatility – we’ve seen a pretty sharp revalua … | Continue reading
The constituents filing into the Mesa Convention Center one evening in mid-April for the Republican senator Jeff Flake’s town hall had a decidedly un-Republican look. Tattoos and political T-shirts abounded. Activists stood near the entrance distributing stickers, flyers, and oth … | Continue reading
Last year, one of the Star Wars Expanded Universe’s biggest fan-favorite characters, Grand Admiral Thrawn, was given new life. He appeared in the third season of Star Wars Rebels and was featured in his own novel. Last week at San Diego Comic-Con, Marvel Comics announced that the … | Continue reading
Just to let you know, if you buy something featured here, Mashable might earn an affiliate commission.Ever leave your wallet in a taxi and have to cancel every credit card in there? Or misplace a bag somewhere in your apartment?End this vicious cycle with Tile, one of the most po … | Continue reading
New reports have connected an arrest in Greece today with a bitcoin exchange long known for its secrecy. | Continue reading
Jellyfish are majestic creatures. When displayed with some colorful backlights, the animal’s translucent body and natural bioluminescence can be a visual delight, and they make for popular exhibits at various museums around the world. The folks at Cubic Aquarium know how cool jel … | Continue reading
Der Werbewert von Großveranstaltungen ist eine umstrittene, aber von der Politik immer gerne kolportierte Größe. Spitzenreiter derzeit: 100 Mio. Euro | Continue reading
If you’re married or have ever been part of a wedding-planning process, you know that the lead-up to the walk down the aisle is equal parts exciting and stressful. Couples, and their families, go to great lengths and make significant investments to coordinate a celebration. So it … | Continue reading
Jetzt ist das Geheimnis endlich gelüftet, denn Meizu hat seine beiden neuen Flagschiffe, das Meizu Pro 7 und Pro 7 Plus offiziell vor ein paar Stunden vorgestellt.Der Zweitscreen ist - ebenso wie die Screens vorne - ein Super AMOLED in 1,9 Zoll.... | Continue reading
Roku may be the most-used connected TV device this year, edging out Chromecast, Fire TV and Apple TV, according to a new 2017 forecast from eMarketer released this morning. The firm estimates that 38.9 million U.S. users will use a Roku device at least once per month in 2017, up … | Continue reading
If you want to call it peak hipster, I won’t argue with that. I won’t argue and I won’t care. The Peak Design Everyday Backpack expresses an opinion that not everyone will agree with, but that’s why I like it so much. This backpack’s designers believe in a sort of stylish modular … | Continue reading
Es gibt Gamer und Gamer. Die einen spielen und andere machen derart abgefahrene Sachen, auf die man überhaupt erstmal kommen muss. Der YouTuber und Portal-Fan Imanex hat in seinem aktuellsten Walkthrough auf eine wesentliche Sache bewusst verzichtet.... | Continue reading
Like a figure in a classic Western—whether he’s a hero or villain depends on your political views—Donald Trump keeps being left for dead in the desert, and he keeps sauntering into the town saloon with a smirk on his face, to gasps all around.Tuesday afternoon, the Senate voted t … | Continue reading
Russian pranksters pretending to be Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman fooled Energy Secretary Rick Perry into taking a hoax phone call. As reported by The Washington Post, the pranksters Vladimir “Vovan” Kuznetsov and Alexei “Lexus” Stolyarov told Perry’s office they we … | Continue reading
At TechCrunch Disrupt, thousands of rapt attendees watch great interviews on stage only to feel a bit disappointed. Why? They can’t get follow up on the discussion afterwards to address their specific questions. So at Disrupt SF (Sept. 18-20) we are introducing a new twist for a … | Continue reading
A new investment vehicle aimed specifically at mobility startups has closed its inaugural fund at $42 million. Launched out of Israel in 2016, Maniv Mobility — an offshoot of an existing family investment firm — said that its final close was more than double its original target a … | Continue reading
In Luc Besson’s science-fiction fantasy Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, one of the major action sequences takes place in a space called the Big Market. It’s a sort of hyperdimensional mall where tourists show up in busses to strap on VR gear and wander around in a de … | Continue reading
The European Union is pushing back against the House-approved measure to strengthen sanctions against Russia, arguing “America first cannot mean that Europe’s interests come last.”“The U.S. bill could have unintended unilateral effects that impact the EU’s energy security interes … | Continue reading
A new app is looking to romantically match folks who are verified Twitter users. Blue, by Loveflutter, has launched a new version of their existing dating app that only allows Twitter users with that little blue tick to search for love, and only amongst their fellow blue-tick ho … | Continue reading
Just to let you know, if you buy something featured here, Mashable might earn an affiliate commission.It’s fun to go off into the wilderness and survive on your own. But you know what’s not fun: going off into the wilderness and dying on your own. You want to be like Leonardo DiC … | Continue reading
One Chinese province is shaming people into paying their debts by forcing everyone who calls them to listen to a message about their overdue payments, according to newspapers in China and as reported on BBC radio. The Guanyun People’s Court in Jiangsu province has hit 10 people s … | Continue reading
Create email people actually want to read using both intent and content. Get those right and you'll stay in the in-box and move your customer to action. | Continue reading
Barely a day passes without some news about containers and that speaks to how quickly this technology is being adopted by developers and the platforms and startups that serve them. Today it’s Microsoft’s turn to launch a new container service for its Azure cloud computing platfo … | Continue reading
It’s hard raising money as a consumer packaged goods (CPG) company, but one startup wants to make it easier. CircleUp, which already helps consumer brands raise millions in equity financing, is now going to issue loans to help smaller CPG companies raise working capital and avoi … | Continue reading
Why is it great? I love how Lee has written this line: It tumbles out of Scout’s head exactly like the thoughts of a 6-year-old child, all “this and this and this and especially this.” And it also captures the joys of summer, that season when a child in particular feels things mo … | Continue reading
Say hello to the Internet of Services. Cloud services firm Prodea Systems has acquired Arrayent for its Internet of Things services platform. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Richardson, Texas-based Prodea will create managed Internet of Things services that absorb data … | Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE: Shelf, which provides software to centralize a company’s content onto one platform, launched out of of closed beta today and announced a $2.2 million seed round. SeedInvest, CT Innovations, and NY Angels all participated. The startup helps companies sort their content … | Continue reading
Retargeting yields B2B marketers stronger results when linked to precise goals, says Demand Gen Report . Retargeting experts insist ... | Continue reading
Not every social messaging player can hope to grow into a mega platform. And Japan’s Line Corporation looks to have reached a peak in user growth — even as it shows it can grow revenue and generate rising profits off of a shrinking user-base. Read More | Continue reading
The best iconic designs tend to share inspiration with other inspired creations, and it turns out Apple’s instantly recognizable white plastic earbuds, and by extension the current EarPods and AirPods) were in part influenced by Star Wars: specifically, by the Empire’s ubiquitou … | Continue reading
Nach elf Jahren Clipfish hat die Mediengruppe RTL der Marke den Stecker gezogen. Ab heute nennt sich die hauseigene Videoplattform Watchbox. Sie kommt im aggressiven und frischeren Design und setzt auf zeitgemäßes Streaming wie bei Netflix... | Continue reading
An Inconvenient Sequel, the follow-up to Al Gore’s blockbuster 2006 global-warming documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, spends a major chunk of its screen time on an intellectual-property deal—one that was imagined, brokered, and sealed by the former popular-vote winner himself.No … | Continue reading
Editor’s note: Last week, Verge transportation editor Tamara Warren showed me a review of the Nintendo Switch by her eight-year-old son Benicio. Handwritten on ruled notebook paper, the critique showed gumption, vigor, and passion. As a craven and cynical editor, I was also struc … | Continue reading
'Platio' has created a modular solar panel system that can be used as walkways or integrated into street furniture. Read more...More about Smartphone, Smartphones, Solar Energy, Walkway, and Solar | Continue reading
Your Apple AirPods have a darker origin than you might guess.Jony Ive, the design mastermind behind all of Apple's iconic products since 1997, was inspired by the sleek Stormtrooper uniforms from Star Wars when he created Apple's now ubiquitous gloss-white earbud design (used for … | Continue reading
For a select number of users, Google searches are about to become more annoying. The company is testing autoplaying videos in the Knowledge Panel of search results, as spotted by SEM Post.For most users, Googling keywords with a strong video component — such as music videos, TV s … | Continue reading