The future of talking bots is here, and it goes by the name Lola.Okay, Lola won't answer all of your general questions and set reminders like Alexa. But it could hint at talking bots to come that will focus on narrower, more specific tasks. The AI mutt is meant to prepare people … | Continue reading
The next Siri won’t put the emPHAsis on the wrong sylLAble.That’s more or less the promise Apple made during last week’s World Wide Developers Conference Keynote. Demonstrating onstage, Apple's senior vice president of Software Engineering, Craig Federighi, asked Siri about the w … | Continue reading
Panos Panay, Microsoft’s Windows device lead, is not just the face of the Surface brand. He’s essentially its father, too.Panay, who joined Microsoft 13 years ago to work on the Device Group (which was mainly keyboards and mice at the time) was part of the initial team tasked wit … | Continue reading
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"Troxes" are triangular, origami-like building blocks made for all ages. Designed at the MIT Media Lab, their unique shape supposedly helps stretch the imagination and deepen spatial thinking. Read more...More about Design, Origami, Imagination, Real Time, and Legos | Continue reading
Dutch cloud computing company Nerdalize letting people use the residual heat from their servers to heat their homes. These specially designed servers are installed in a customer's home and hooked up to their heating system. Read more...More about Tech, Home, Technology, Mashable … | Continue reading
Twitter finally made it happen. With a simple redesign, the beloved social media giant has solved all of its problems. You heard it here firstEvery. Single. One. Of. Them. SEE ALSO: Why all the cool kids are migrating to MastodonThe racism, sexism, harassment, bots, fake news, Do … | Continue reading
Shimon is a marimba-playing robot rockstar. The robot, developed by a team of researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology is able to compose and perform music entirely on its own. It's part of an experiment to see if it can create music that human beings find deeply inspiring … | Continue reading
Get excited, y'all! Apple CEO Tim Cook's ready for a party guaranteed to "rock the house," and all you need to do to get an invite is drop $350 on Apple's new hyped-up HomePod speaker.Cook is amped about his company's latest gadget, and he kept singing its praises in an interview … | Continue reading
Pop-up ads, sashay away.Since they were unleashed on the web, pop-up windows have not only been annoying users, but they have also been a huge nightmare for digital security. Most people know better than to click on suspicious looking pop-ups, but some of them can be sneaky. But … | Continue reading
The G2 Turbo fan offers ventilation under backpacks that leave wearers with embarrassing sweat stains on a hot day. Read more...More about Kickstarter, Accessories, Summer, Fan, and Inventions | Continue reading
Normally, news that mobile roaming charges will no longer apply in all the member states of the European Union would be met with thrill and joy.Instead, it's been met by silence on social media. It seems a clear point score for consumers, who will be paying for calls, texts, and … | Continue reading
First it was YouTube Red, then Twitter and Snapchat followed along. Now Musical.ly, the popular lip-synching video app, is the latest to add original "shows" to its platform."Musers" can expect programming from the likes of NBCUniversal, Viacom, and Hearst. They're bringing five … | Continue reading
Amazon wants its Prime subscribers ordering from its online store all the time, so it just cooked up a new device to help them do exactly that — and it's essentially giving it away for free.SEE ALSO: Get ready to see a bunch of Amazon Echo clonesThe company just launched a new in … | Continue reading
Just to let you know, if you buy something featured here, Mashable might earn an affiliate commission.Welcome to 2017, where audio devices also double as fashion accessories.Chances are you probably have headphones in for most of the day – commuting, walking to class, or solely t … | Continue reading
Just to let you know, if you buy something featured here, Mashable might earn an affiliate commission.Bored of slaving away at a job you don’t love? Stuck in a career rut? Hating on the man? There’s one easy solution to changing things up: teach yourself how to code. As of 2015, … | Continue reading
I run my finger along the edge and feel a gentle curve. It’s the only way I can tell I’m running the new Surface Pro and not my stalwart Surface Pro 4, the tablet/laptop hybrid I know and love.Microsoft’s update to the popular and admittedly excellent Surface Pro 4 is called, sim … | Continue reading
Twitter just got a major facelift.The company just unveiled a series of changes, including a major overhaul of its iOS app, as well as changes to the look and feel of some of its most important features, like the reply button.SEE ALSO: Apple's iOS 11 will take Facebook and Twitte … | Continue reading
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That sweet reaction GIF finally has a place on Facebook.After a months-long test of the feature, the social network announced that it's finally rolling out support for GIFs in Facebook comments.SEE ALSO: Facebook's new Pride Month features celebrate the LGBTQ community with style … | Continue reading
Driving can already be stressful enough, and it's not helped by the plethora of aggressive-sounding horns standard in most cars.Fortunately, YouTuber Mark Rober has come up with the "nicest car horn ever," a higher-pitched honk that toots twice quickly. It's for situations where … | Continue reading
Throw out your cords, ladies and gentlemen, the iPhone is going wireless. Or so claims the CEO of iPhone manufacturer Wistron Corp, who noted that the next 5.5-inch iPhone would be both waterproof and set up for wireless charging. SEE ALSO: Forget cords. Apple might be planning t … | Continue reading
Those annoying colored posts on Facebook aren't going anywhere. In fact, they're getting an upgrade.Facebook has been quietly adding patterns, textures, illustration, and more to the status cards. Users around the world have been noticing a number of new background options in dif … | Continue reading
The iPhone doesn't have any physical keys. We all know this. But according to a forthcoming book from Motherboard editor Brian Merchant on the creation of the genre-defining smartphone, it would have if Apple senior vice president Phil Schiller had his way. There's only one probl … | Continue reading
Welcome to the future, Grammys! Great to have you.For the first time in the show's history, it's doing away with traditional ballots and switching over to online voting.Very hip, Grammys. Nice move.SEE ALSO: Is James Corden trying to usurp Ryan Seacrest as the busiest man in show … | Continue reading
You love your iPhone: the form factor, the user interface, the just straight-up coolness of it all. But a peek into the early days of the now-ubiquitous device reveals a startling truth. It was almost awful. SEE ALSO: This could be our first look at the iPhone 8's glorious edge-t … | Continue reading
Fugia is only a teenager, but her sense of ambition is tangible. Just 15 years old, she has plans to be a doctor, and she understands education is the surest path to achieving her dream.But getting an education isn't easy. Fugia, whose parents are Somalian, is a refugee growing u … | Continue reading
Google Drive is ready to be the answer to all your computer storage needs — and not just the files you create and upload using its cloud-based services like Google Docs and Photos. The search giant just announced a new Backup and Sync tool, which will give everyday users the chan … | Continue reading
In the perhaps not-so-distant future, drones could be first responders.That's the conclusion from a report published Tuesday by the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) following a simulated study involving drones carrying defibrillators in Sweden.SEE ALSO: Scientis … | Continue reading
Less than 24 hours after her exit from Yahoo, it seemed like former CEO Marissa Mayer was taking a shot at her old company.But, she says, her words were simply taken out of context.At a conference in London, Mayer, who had worked at Google before jumping to Yahoo, reportedly said … | Continue reading
You can now buy Apple's new iPad Pro 10.5, which is exactly what the gadget experts at iFixit did so they could tear the sucker down. The damage was done to give us a clue as to what sets it apart from its closest ancestor, the 9.7-inch iPad Pro. The physical changes start on the … | Continue reading
Smart speakers like the Amazon Echo and Google Home are fairly new, but they're already considered a hit among consumers because they're easy to use and can control most popular smart home products.Now, it appears that there's about to be a massive surge of Amazon Echo and Google … | Continue reading
Mario Kart fans, rejoice. You'll soon be able to race, drift, and most importantly, smash your friends with red shells — all in virtual reality.New footage of a VR version of Nintendo's racer, Mario Kart GP VR, popped up in a promo video showing off games coming to the VR Zone Sh … | Continue reading
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Facebook just took a big step forward in its quest to make its automated bots more like humans.The company's AI researchers have taught the bots how to negotiate. In research published today, Facebook's Artificial Intelligence Researchers (FAIR — yes, that's really what they call … | Continue reading
Ms. Pac-Man was supposed to be the more difficult arcade game. But now it's been laid low — like chess, Go, and poker before it — by artificial intelligence.Researchers with deep learning company Maluuba, which Microsoft acquired earlier this year, decided to tackle the deceptive … | Continue reading
The Wi-Fi Alliance, the non-profit organization that certifies Wi-Fi enabled products, is ready to usher in a new era of the smart homes. Traditionally, there have been no set standards for integrating a wireless network directly into home blueprints, unlike other essential utili … | Continue reading
Finding the Qibla — the direction that should be faced when a Muslim prays, wherever they are in the world — is now easier thanks to a new Google web app for Android. Launched during Ramadan, Qibla Finder (g.co/QiblaFinder) uses augmented reality to show Muslims the fixed directi … | Continue reading
The 'Tertill' by Franklin Robotics is an autonomous robot that takes care of those pesky weeds growing in your garden. It's solar-powered and waterproof, so you can leave it outside without worry.It uses technology similar to the Roomba, with added sensors that detect the differe … | Continue reading
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Users of Facebook's "M" — an artificial intelligence powered component of the Messenger application — can now choose from two languages: English or Spanish. The tech company announced the addition yesterday, saying users in the United States will be able to select one of the two … | Continue reading
Just to let you know, if you buy something featured here, Mashable might earn an affiliate commission.Ever since Apple dropped the headphone jack bombshell of 2016, Bluetooth earbuds have become the norm. Plenty of companies have come up with their answer to Apple’s $159 AirPods, … | Continue reading
Razer, the company behind that crazy triple-screen laptop concept, will not stop until all other PC makers are its dust.At this year's E3 gaming expo, Razer refreshed its littlest laptop, the Blade Stealth, with the latest specs, and announced a new, toned down version with a lar … | Continue reading
Residents in the west London high-rise block which was engulfed in a massive blaze repeatedly warned that Grenfell Tower was a huge fire risk. SEE ALSO: Tesla fires engineer who alleged sexual harassment, wage discriminationIn a blog post from November 2016, Grenfell Action Group … | Continue reading
Tim Cook finally acknowledged one of the most poorly kept secrets in the tech industry: Apple is working to develop self-driving car technology. Cook's comments clarified that Apple is working on something in the autonomous space — but that's it. He gave no more details about th … | Continue reading
Are you paying attention, Pixelheads? A small but important change may be coming to your smartphone of choice. Reports suggest that the next iteration of the Pixel is going to be manufactured by an entirely different company. SEE ALSO: Google is finally fixing an annoying Pixel b … | Continue reading
Qualcomm's 'Halo' is an inductive road system that allows for transfer of energy between the road and an electric car, leading to continuous charging as the car is moving. Read more...More about Tech, Cars, Transportation, Mashable Video, and Wireless | Continue reading
Click farms — where low-paid workers are paid to spend their days clicking on content — have become a problem across the globe. Sometimes these farms manifest as rooms with hundreds if not thousands of phones, all at the ready for when a company pays for traffic.SEE ALSO: How to … | Continue reading