• Amazon is having an insane holiday sale on smartphones until Dec. 23

    Just to let you know, if you buy something featured here, Mashable might earn an affiliate commission. Cellphone carriers are dropping holiday deals left and right, but the big issue is that the phones usually take forever to ship — and who wants to give a belated holiday gift? Good news: Amazon is currently having …

    December 18, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Twitter bans extremist account retweeted by Trump

    Twitter's enforcement of its new anti-hate rules is having a very immediate and tangible effect. Daily Dot has noticed that Twitter banned the account of Jayda Fransen, the British extremist whose bogus anti-Muslim videos were retweeted by Donald Tr… Source: Engadget | Twitter bans extremist account retweeted by Trump

    December 18, 2017 | by Raheel
  • You can now control your Christmas tree lights with your phone

    Twinkly turns your tree into a light show that you can control from your phone. Read more… More about Christmas, Mashable Video, Christmas Tree, Real Time, and Real Time Video Source: Mashable | You can now control your Christmas tree lights with your phone

    December 18, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Magic Leap tips its mixed-reality hand with a Sigur Rós app

    We really don't know a lot about Magic Leap, the secretive mixed reality company that made waves back in 2015 with a huge investment from Google. Magic Leap has been experimenting with light-bending nanomaterials, and has promised Madefire mixed real… Source: Engadget | Magic Leap tips its mixed-reality hand with a Sigur Rós app

    December 18, 2017 | by Raheel
  • MashReads Podcast: 'Cat Person' perfectly taps into the murky ambivalence of millennial dating

    Every editorial product is independently selected by Mashable journalists. If you buy something featured, we may earn an affiliate commission which helps support our journalism. It’s hard to read “Cat Person,” a short story by Kristen Roupenian, without thinking two words: Extreme same. The story, first published in the The New Yorker in early December, …

    December 18, 2017 | by Raheel
  • BlackBerry plans to kill its app store, and hey, remember BlackBerry?

    BlackBerry announced plans to shut down the official BlackBerry app store by December 2019. By the way, did you know BlackBerry still has an app store? The app store will be the final casualty of BlackBerry’s switch to Android, which officially happened back in 2015 with the release of the Priv. Since then, BlackBerry gave …

    December 18, 2017 | by Raheel
  • 'Brawlout' wants to beat ‘Super Smash Bros.’ at its own game

    The first Super Smash Bros. game launched on the N64 almost 20 years ago and became an instant classic. Every main Nintendo console since has brought a new entry to the series, but the inevitable iteration on the Switch hasn't been announced. Tomorro… Source: Engadget | 'Brawlout' wants to beat ‘Super Smash Bros.’ at its …

    December 18, 2017 | by Raheel
  • US Military tests system for on-demand 3D-printed drones

    The US military has used drones in combat zones for over a decade to scout and support infantry. Now they're testing a way to give ground troops another edge: The capability to build UAVs themselves. What's more, the US Army is partnering with the Ma… Source: Engadget | US Military tests system for on-demand 3D-printed …

    December 18, 2017 | by Raheel
  • How 'Transgender' and 'Fetus' Became Trump's Target Words

    How ‘Transgender’ and ‘Fetus’ Became Trump’s Target Words  Daily Beast Trump’s ticket to survival: Ban all the words  Washington Post Full coverage Source: Google News | How 'Transgender' and 'Fetus' Became Trump's Target Words

    December 18, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Facebook's government data requests continue to rise

    Facebook releases a bi-annual report that details all the data requests it gets from governments. The company just shared its latest Transparency Report for the first half of 2017. In addition to the usual information, like account data, content rest… Source: Engadget | Facebook's government data requests continue to rise

    December 18, 2017 | by Raheel