Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president who was ousted from office during an uprising last year, was sentenced by a judge Saturday to life in prison for the killing of unarmed protesters during what ha...
NASA’s road map for getting to Mars may be in flux, and SpaceX pioneer Elon Musk has only a vague intention to point his rockets at the Red Planet. But that doesn’t mean nobody is making ...
Finally, 8,020 games into the team’s 50-year history, the New York Mets no-hitter drought is over. The Queens, NY, based baseball team finally has one, thanks mostly to the hard work of its ace...
The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details ...
Fact: Working in the typical modern office is hazardous to your health. Hunching over a keyboard for a third of the day makes employees fatter, sicker and more stressed than less sedentary occupation...
This is far from the first “O Fortuna” animation to appear on YouTube. The Latin poem, set to music by composer Carl Orff and most famously used as the theme tune to 1970s horror flick Th...
One inexpensive tea candle can power a 25 LED bulb for up to four hours or charge an auxiliary battery pack using the patent-pending device, tPOD1. Great for when the power goes out or in a natural d...
Teens and young adults may be considered more tech-savvy than their elders, but when it comes to password security, wisdom comes with age. According to a new study conducted by the University of Camb...
Mashable’s new video series, Behind the Launch, follows Vungle on its startup journey toward a June launch. Each week on Mashable, the Vungle team offers tips and lessons learned from its own s...
The 20 million+ people worldwide on Foursquare have created an incredibly detailed crowdsourced directory. BlindSquare is a new app that’s making use of Foursquare’s 2 billion check-ins w...
It’s time to exercise your democratic right — not at the ballot booth, but on Facebook. The social network is calling on users to vote on which privacy rules will govern the site. As in m...
We’ve already seen a few leaks that suggest Apple will be announcing its own 3D mapping service on June 11 at WWDC, its developer’s conference. Now it looks like Google is trying to beat ...
In less than 24 hours, the latest iteration of the Humble Indie Bundle — a pay-what-you-can bundle of computer games from independent developers — has raked in more than $2 million in sal...
True Skype story: When I was in Barcelona for Mobile World Congress, I almost missed seeing the Oscars. I’ve never missed Hollywood’s biggest event, but it was in the middle of the night local time a...
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Inventions on our “why didn’t I think of that” list include the pillow with arm hole, solar-powered iPad keyboard, and now the Twig on Kickstarter. The Twig is described by its crea...
With the annual E3 gaming show just around the corner, it bears looking at one industry that owes a lot to hardcore gamers: the auto world — specifically electric vehicles, or EVs. You see, gam...
Twitter is expected to bring in more than $1 billion in advertising revenue in 2014, according to a report. Two people “with knowledge of the matter,” who are apparently irked at some ana...
Have an idea about how to use Facebook to promote human rights? Your concept might earn you $20,000. Facebook is partnering with the team behind the Access Innovation Prize to reward individuals and ...
Before confessing to killing and eating another man’s heart and brain, Morgan State University student Alexander Kinyua left a digital trail on social media and other corners of the Internet. H...
Your share-happy fingers in May found interest in the usual social media and tech suspects (think Facebook, Google, iPhone). But more than ever, Mashable‘s entertainment and viral news coverage...
As technology advances and our lives get busier, the desire to make our lives more convenient grows stronger. With the rise and rapid evolution of smartphones, everyday tasks that used to require phy...
Cats tend to be sneaky animals, always getting into mischief. Seven year-old Piggy, however, appears to have superpower strength that allows her to climb down the fridge. Think about the kind of trou...
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The U.S. and Israel were responsible for creating the Stuxnet computer worm that wreaked havoc with Iranian nuclear facilities, later spreading to the Internet in 2010. THat’s according to a re...
The trial of a teenage driver who crashed into a truck while allegedly texting and driving is underway — and it could have major implications for future texting-while-driving crimes. On Feb. 20...
So you’re new to this whole social media thing. Maybe you’re savvy enough to know your Facebook from your Twitter, your Pinterest from your Spotify. But what about Tagged? Xing? Futubra? ...
1. Abbey Road 2.0 The iconic Beatles Abbey Road album cover comes to life.Click here to view this gallery.This week’s GIF collection not only includes current events, but also some artsy animat...
Facebook’s stock may be dropping — as of Friday afternoon, it was at $27.52, down nearly $10 from its opening price — but Sheryl Sandberg is feeling light as a feather. Sandberg, th...
The need for Internet anonymity has been hotly debated since the World Wide Web took form in the early 1990s. Today, social media and more widespread usage of technology have contributed to greater t...
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