Browsing Category: Tech News

  • Always wanted to try yoga? Here's where to start.

    Heads up: All products featured here are selected by Mashable’s commerce team and meet our rigorous standards for awesomeness. If you buy something, Mashable may earn an affiliate commission. Yoga requires a combination of a physical and mental strength and has been shown to improve flexibility, help with stress, and even lower blood pressure. It’s …

    December 22, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Cybersecurity researchers breach Windows 10 facial recognition with a photo

    Researchers at the German IT Security company SySS GmbH successfully fooled the Windows 10 facial recognition system by using a printed photo of the user’s face. Their spoofing efforts were published on the cybersecurity site Seclists on Dec. 18. The cybersecurity experts bypassed Windows Hello — which is Microsoft’s password-free security software — on both …

    December 22, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Amazon just acquired smart home startup Blink

    Amazon wants to be inside your home, not just dropping off packages at your door.  Now, the book-seller-turned-retail-giant is acquiring home security camera startup, Blink. The companies announced the deal on Friday.  SEE ALSO: A new ‘Lord of the Rings’ series is coming to Amazon Blink offers wireless home security systems, powered by batteries rather …

    December 22, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Learn a foreign language online because your high school failed you

    Heads up: All products featured here are selected by Mashable’s commerce team and meet our rigorous standards for awesomeness. If you buy something, Mashable may earn an affiliate commission. Speaking multiple languages is pretty much a given in many parts of the world. According to The Guardian, over half of the population of the EU …

    December 22, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Poor Will Smith! Critics tore apart Netflix's first hopeful blockbuster, 'Bright'

    Bright was Netflix’s first attempt at a big-budget movie and critics have (mostly) taken to tearing it apart limb by limb, lambasting everything from the photography to the writing to the premise as a whole.  Directed by Suicide Squad‘s David Ayer and written by Victor Frankenstein‘s Max Landis, many critics felt the ambitious fantasy/cop movie, …

    December 22, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Is your iPhone battery dying? Here's how to replace it

    Every product here is independently selected by Mashable journalists. If you buy something featured, we may earn an affiliate commission which helps support our work. If you’re an iPhone user, you’ve probably heard the news by now: In some circumstances, Apple is slowing down older iPhones to preserve their batteries and prevent unexpected shutdowns. As …

    December 22, 2017 | by Raheel
  • When you absolutely should not upgrade your iPhone

    In the past few months, Apple has released frequent updates to iOS 11. Should you upgrade? For most people, it’s a personal preference, but there are some people who should definitely steer clear.  I’ve owned an iPhone 6 for the past two years. When Apple released iOS 11 in early September, I was still using …

    December 22, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Inside “Fin”, the elite human/AI assistant

     “I have FOMO for the future”, says Sam Lessin. That’s why his startup Fin is working backwards from a far-off tech utopia. One day, computers with some human help will answer our every beck and call. Today, Lessin is teaming them up. Every day, Fin gets smarter. For $1 a minute, 24/7, Fin gets your …

    December 22, 2017 | by Raheel
  • Cleo, the Mystery Pug Mix – What's Your Mutt?

    On What’s Your Mutt?, we test the doggy DNA of one pooch to reveal its exact breed mix and genetic makeup, once and for all! Don’t miss the shocking results of our “pawternity” tests, each week! Cleo’s owner is pretty confident she knows exactly what type of dog Cleo is. But, will genetic testing prove …

    December 22, 2017 | by Raheel