Browsing Category: Tech News

  • Fortnite’s Android installer shipped with an Epic security flaw

    Google has clapped back in tremendous fashion at Epic Games, which earlier this month decided to make the phenomenally popular Fortnite available for Android via its own website instead of Google’s Play Store. Unfortunately, the installer had a phenomenally dangerous security flaw in it that would allow a malicious actor to essentially install any software …

    August 25, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Jaguar's classic E-Type is back as an all-electric sports car

    Remember the Jaguar E-Type, the classic sports car from the 1960s and ’70s? It’s back with a bit of extra juice. The vehicle that’s been called “the most beautiful car ever made” was shown as an electric concept car last year. This week the British carmaker announced it’s going to make and sell the all-electric …

    August 24, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Commitment is dead: MoviePass cancels unlimited plan, refunds annual subscribers

    “It’s not you. It’s me… and my plummeting stock valuation.”  In a surprise to absolutely no one, MoviePass has yet another change in store for many of its users. As of today, annual subscribers are getting booted from their unlimited plans and downgraded to three movies per month. SEE ALSO: MoviePass is dying and the …

    August 24, 2018 | by Raheel
  • YouTube ads are about to get a little less skippable

    You might soon be seeing less of that “skip ad” button over on YouTube. In a video titled Want to earn more money from ad revenue?, posted on the platform’s official Creator Insider channel, YouTube announced a big change for its YouTube Partners.  Any channel that can monetize its videos will soon be able to …

    August 24, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Parrot Anafi review: A compact drone that's blind as a bat

    Parrot Anafi $699.99 View Product The Good Foldable • lightweight design • Easy-to-use controls • Robust battery with 20-minute flight time • Great camera with a full gimbal The Bad No obstacle avoidance • No internal storage • In-app purchases for traditional drone features • Hovering at low altitudes is tough The Bottom Line It’s …

    August 24, 2018 | by Raheel
  • This artist's incredible, hyperreal pencil drawings look like photographs

    Twenty-four-year-old Gurekbal Singh Bhachu is a self-taught artist whose hyperrealistic drawings are so convincing they could pass as photographs. From Drake to Thanos to Rihanna, we are definitely impressed. Read more… More about Art, Mashable Video, Pencil, Celebrity Portraits, and Hyperrealism Source: Mashable | This artist's incredible, hyperreal pencil drawings look like photographs

    August 24, 2018 | by Raheel
  • NASA spacecraft captures first images of the asteroid it will soon land on

    A NASA probe speeding through the solar system has captured its first image of the asteroid Bennu, which the space agency will try to land on in 2020. Once that happens, the spacecraft OSIRIS-REx is designed to collect up to 4.4 pounds of ancient space rock, seal the minerals in a capsule, and blast the …

    August 24, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Turkey hopes to add its underwater 'Sunken City' to the World Heritage List

    Sivrice mayor Ebubekir Irmak hopes the historic underwater city — which has been submerged since 1830 — will be added to the UNESCO World Heritage List. Read more… More about Mashable Video, Turkey, Unesco, Underwater, and Ancient City Source: Mashable | Turkey hopes to add its underwater 'Sunken City' to the World Heritage List

    August 24, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Your favorite weird Twitter account, dril, has released a book of greatest tweets

    Iconic Twitter user @dril has made the leap from 280-character tweets to a 420-page book entitled Dril Official “Mr. Ten Years” Anniversary Collection. Read more… More about Twitter, Humor, Books, Mashable Video, and Social Media Source: Mashable | Your favorite weird Twitter account, dril, has released a book of greatest tweets

    August 24, 2018 | by Raheel