With the drama surrounding thesupposed unmasking of Bitcoin's creator and the start of SXSW festivities in Austin, Texas, you may have missed some of the week's best new apps.Luckily, Mashable creates a roundup each weekend of our favorite new and… - 35 mins ago, 8 Mar 14, 3:00pm -
AUSTIN, Texas — Embattled WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange made a rare onstage appearance at SXSWi on Sunday via Skype in a wide-ranging conversation about the NSA and WikiLeaks' role in the political discourse and online communications over the pa… - 2 hours ago, 8 Mar 14, 2:02pm -
It's a safe bet that if there's a joke to be made about popular culture, The Simpsons has probably beaten you to it.And with 25 seasons of comedy under its belt, America's favorite TV family has even managed to predict events that we laughed off unt… - 2 hours ago, 8 Mar 14, 1:30pm -
AUSTIN, Texas — I have news for you: Electric cars can do donuts. In a recent test drive inside BMW's new i3 electric car, we tested this theory in a small Austin parking lot. To be fair, we never truly "spun" around, but that's only because I was… - 3 hours ago, 8 Mar 14, 1:00pm -
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is pushing back at a major federal court decision from Thursday that ruled the agency did not have the right to fine a commercial photographer for flying a commercial drone"The FAA is appealing the decision… - 3 hours ago, 8 Mar 14, 12:42pm -
Gillmor Gang - Doc Searls, Keith Teare, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor. Live recording session today at 12:00pm Pacific. live chat Read More - 32 mins ago, 8 Mar 14, 3:03pm -
It’s been an interesting few weeks for Silicon Valley insiders. Secret, the anonymous messaging app, has caused several communication crises for some prominent tech companies, and many more are no doubt on their way. By making the entire revelatory… - 35 mins ago, 8 Mar 14, 3:00pm -
Google Director of Ideas and former technology advisor to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Jared Cohen, says that digital "crypto-currencies" like Bitcoin are here to stay. "I think it's very obvious to all of us that crypto-currencies are… - 2 hours ago, 8 Mar 14, 2:00pm -
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange gave a rare talk via video at annual tech mega-conference SXSW, where he came out swinging not only at President Obama but also Google and Facebook. Assange claimed that in the Obama administration, the intelligence a… - 2 hours ago, 8 Mar 14, 1:58pm -
It was a week of wacky stories in the tech news world. That made for an especially spirited discussion on CrunchWeek, the show that brings three TechCrunch writers together to talk about the biggest stories of the past seven days. We had a lot to say… - 2 hours ago, 8 Mar 14, 1:31pm -
Thirty years in, one of gaming’s weirdest persisting legends is about to get mythbusted.The story is one of a fallen gaming great’s secret shame: a landfill containing millions of copies of Atari’s worst-selling, worst-received game ever: E.T.… - 5 hours ago, 8 Mar 14, 11:01am -
Weeks after Pebble gave iPhone users access to its smartwatch app store, the company has finally opened it up to Android users as well. At the announcement, Pebble also revealed a new set of app partners, one of whom now offers an intrigui… - 6 hours ago, 8 Mar 14, 10:03am -
MOOCs, or massive open online courses, are quickly becoming technology darlings. Companies like Coursera, Udacity, edX and others provide college-caliber online courses taught by professors from the most prestigious universities. Millions of students… - 6 hours ago, 8 Mar 14, 9:14am -
Google chairman Eric Schmidt and Director of Google Ideas Jared Cohen led a discussion at Friday’s SXSW event in Austin, Texas, which described the ways technology is impacting privacy, security and policy on a global scale.The two Google execs sa… - 7 hours ago, 8 Mar 14, 8:18am -
Today Facebook announced plans for a new data center in Luleå, Sweden—one based on modular architectural concept the company calls “rapid deployment data center,” or RDDC. One of the construct approaches, “flat pack”—basically… - 23 hours ago, 7 Mar 14, 4:48pm -
The LithiumCard isn’t the only credit card-sized battery for mobile devices seeking crowd-funding, as there’s also a TravelCard project that offers iPhone and Android smartphones exactly the same perk: a credit card-like device that packs enough… - 15 hours ago, 8 Mar 14, 12:30am -
Motorola on Friday announced new customization options for its Moto X flagship handset, including the College Collection that will offer students the option of purchasing a handset that comes in their beloved school colors. “Starting today you ca… - 16 hours ago, 7 Mar 14, 11:15pm -
You may not notice a lot of ads in your Instagram feed on a regular basis but that might be about to change. Unnamed sources tell Ad Age that Instagram has reached an advertising deal with ad agency Omnicom that will be worth somewhere in the neighbo… - 18 hours ago, 7 Mar 14, 10:00pm -
One of the Galaxy S5 features that was leaked before its official announcement and briefly described during the show at Mobile World Congress is the special Kids Mode functionality that allows parents to share their smartphone with their children, bu… - 19 hours ago, 7 Mar 14, 8:45pm -
Yahoo’s growth appears to be in some way dependent on the widespread acquisition and subsequent annihilation of some of the Internet’s most promising startups, and no one can figure out why. ReadWrite reports that since Marissa Mayer took over in… - 20 hours ago, 7 Mar 14, 7:30pm -
Grant George, the former head of testing for Windows, was one of several executives left on the outside looking in following a September reorganization of the Windows unit. - 67 days ago, 31 Dec 13, 4:03pm -
Two personal finance apps, SaveUp and Mogl, offer rewards as a byproduct. Their CEOs describe them as "a bit of gummy on the financial vitamin" and "Toms shoes for food," respectively. - 67 days ago, 31 Dec 13, 1:56pm -
Hewlett-Packard Co. confirmed it has increased by 5,000 the number of layoffs it plans to implement under the restructuring plan it adopted in May 2012, bringing the expected number of job cuts to 34,000. - 67 days ago, 31 Dec 13, 12:38pm -
Though these technologies are complex, it’s crucial that we understand them and how they work since they are powering the next wave of applications, performing tasks so complicated that traditional programming techniques can’t solve them. - 2 hours ago, 8 Mar 14, 1:30pm -
Eucalyptus CEO Marten Mickos has been around the private cloud space since its inception. Nearly five years after the company's launch, Mickos shares his thoughts on a market that rose fast, fell hard and appears to be on the rebound. - 3 hours ago, 8 Mar 14, 12:37pm -
On its own, the iPad is capable of accomplishing a great number of day to day tasks. With a little help from an add-on accessory it can do quite a bit more. - 4 hours ago, 8 Mar 14, 12:00pm -
In an internal memo, BuzzFeed founder Jonah Peretti compares his upstart media company to the venerable newsmagazine Time. Is there any truth to this comparison? More than some members of the mainstream media would probably like to admit - 4 hours ago, 8 Mar 14, 11:09am -
The Moto X morphs again. This time it has nine new colors to create up to 40 combinations of colleges, just in time for March Madness. Samsung's Galaxy S5 gets a close-up on video and HTC makes good on its promise of mid-range phones. - 7 hours ago, 8 Mar 14, 8:58am -
Ep. 1440: Where we channel surf with Sadie Gennis Our guest today is Saddie Gennis, professional couch potato and staff editor for TV Guide online. She'll update us on all the new shows making the rounds this season and gives a little insight into her obsession with Veronica Mars, Supernatural, and… - 19 hours ago, 7 Mar 14, 8:10pm -
The Mophie Space Pack adds battery life and storage Mophie's case adds extra iPhone storage for easy access to your media. - 20 hours ago, 7 Mar 14, 7:25pm -
This week in Tech Reads: bandwidth on the battlefield, making a chart-topping app without ever learning to code, how glowing screens are messing with our sleep, and much more. Don't forget to change your clocks!Read more... - 35 mins ago, 8 Mar 14, 3:00pm -
In the ongoing mobile phone price wars, AT&T just knocked $15 off 2GB Mobile Share Value plans, bringing the single-line price down to $65 a month. [Re/code]Read more... - 1 hour ago, 8 Mar 14, 2:23pm -
This week, we blew the lid off a hoax drinking app that everyone thought was totally real. We also broke down which streaming TV device is best for you, investigated that fake hoverboard, and reviewed the new Cosmos reboot. Let's look back at the be… - 2 hours ago, 8 Mar 14, 2:00pm -
Always-reliable leak source @evleaks just tweeted this image purporting to show the next HTC One with a light-up hole-riddled cover of some sort. Will it be real? We'll just have to wait and see. Read more... - 2 hours ago, 8 Mar 14, 1:45pm -
This story has been kicking around the internet for awhile, but man oh man oh man is it worth a read. Test pilot Bill Weaver was flying an SR-71 Blackbird on an experimental evaluation flight when a malfunction at Mach 3.18 caused the plane to liter… - 3 hours ago, 8 Mar 14, 1:00pm -
AUSTIN—Julian Assange doesn’t use the blustering rhetoric you might expect from the founder of the activist publishing group WikiLeaks. Assange is responsible for leaking documents that have changed America’s political landscape— State Depa… - 52 mins ago, 8 Mar 14, 2:43pm -
With Google Glass starting to pick up steam, Sony doesn’t want to get left too far behind.The Japanese company showed off its SmartEyeglass prototype at the Wearables DevCon conference just outside San Francisco this week, where it was trying to dr… - 3 hours ago, 8 Mar 14, 12:50pm -
A variety of projects unveiled in the past year aim to give mobile apps the ability to instantly detect a person’s emotional state.A startup called Affectiva, which emerged out of MIT’s Media Lab, last month launched a software developer kit (S… - 3 hours ago, 8 Mar 14, 12:30pm -
Two days of public outcry was enough to convince Massacusetts legislators that they had better address a legal loophole that allowed a smartphone-toting creep to escape penalties. - 20 hours ago, 7 Mar 14, 7:29pm -
When you are building a network, it helps to recall odd facts about the people you meet, like the name of their spouse or where you met the last time. If you find it difficult to remember all of that info, The Daily Muse suggests writing it in your… - 35 mins ago, 8 Mar 14, 3:00pm -
iOS: If you click a lot of photos with your smartphone but never get around to sorting them into neat albums, Impala's got you covered. This nifty app for iPhone and iPad analyzes and auto-categorizes your images.Read more... - 2 hours ago, 8 Mar 14, 2:00pm -
For some, your kitchen is just that hateful room where you have to cook. But if you've gotten into cooking at home , it's the room most in need of an efficiency makeover. Here are 10 DIY projects that make your kitchen better.Read more... - 5 hours ago, 8 Mar 14, 11:00am -
You know where to find cardboard boxes when you need to move, but the chances of getting boxes with handles are low. Well, if you hadn't already thought about it, you could just make your own.Read more... - 6 hours ago, 8 Mar 14, 10:00am -
Many of us struggle to get enough sleep every night, but is the sleep we get any good? While it's important to get enough sleep, better sleep is a greater ally than more hours of sleep. We sat down with a sleep expert and a stack of studies to help… - 20 hours ago, 7 Mar 14, 7:30pm -
Following up on the news that its UnCarrier rival will soon raise the cost of its unlimited data plan, AT&T is making some pricing changes of its own -- in the completely opposite direction. The base rate for the company's 2GB Mobile Share Value pla… - 1 hour ago, 8 Mar 14, 2:14pm -
Julian Assange doesn't think you should hold your breath for Barack Obama to deliver meaningful NSA reform. The WikiLeaks founder said during a talk at SXSW Interactive that he believes the president is beholden to the American spy agencies and not.… - 2 hours ago, 8 Mar 14, 1:15pm -
Samsung's clearly been listening to Venus in Furs a lot recently, which explains why it's gone a bit crazy on the faux-leather all of a sudden. After covering both the Galaxy Note 3, Galaxy Tab Pro and Chromebook 2 in the stuff, the company has now.… - 3 hours ago, 8 Mar 14, 12:45pm -
The first few days of SXSW have brought quite a bit of excitement for our team on the ground. After starting the show with a stun-copter demo, we stopped by the Palmer Events Center to play a little a live-action Mario Kart. Pennzoil has set up a... - 4 hours ago, 8 Mar 14, 12:00pm -
Welcome to Feedback Loop, a weekly roundup of the most interesting discussions happening within the Engadget community. There's so much technology to talk about and so little time to enjoy it, but you have a lot of great ideas and opinions that need… - 5 hours ago, 8 Mar 14, 10:30am -
One year ago today Welcome to your Awesome Robot: instructional comic turns kids & cardboard boxes into AWESOME ROBOTS!: Welcome to Your Awesome Robot is a fantastic book for maker-kids and their grownups. - 35 mins ago, 8 Mar 14, 3:00pm -
Edward Snowden is speaking at SXSW on Monday at an event that I'm also part of.Rep Mike Pompeo (R-KS), who sits on the House Intelligence Committee (and on whose watch the abuses that Snowden has detailed occurred) has demanded that his appearance be… - 4 hours ago, 8 Mar 14, 12:00pm -
Janice writes, "The Harlequin Creature is a journal of poetry and prose that is hand-typed at typing bees by a circle of friend and volunteers from Los Angeles to Ann Arbor to New York. - 7 hours ago, 8 Mar 14, 9:00am -
Caitlin Roper's 25th anniversary appreciation of Katherine Dunn's magnificent novel Geek Love manages the improbable trick of doing the book justice. - 15 hours ago, 8 Mar 14, 1:00am -
I linked to the seven-hour video file from Trustycon, the convention held as an alternative to RSA's annual security event, inspired by the revelation that RSA took money from the NSA to sabotage its own products. - 17 hours ago, 7 Mar 14, 11:00pm -
Test Driving the BMW i3 with Life360 We're at SXSW 2014 with an all-electric BMW i3. The soon-to-be-released car comes pre-loaded with Life360 software, an app designed to let families find each other. Also, we're doing donuts. - 2 hours ago, 8 Mar 14, 1:44pm -
A Conversation With TeamCrafted, Minecraft's Biggest Stars Mashable hosted a live Hangout with TeamCrafted members Ryan (xRpMx13) and JeromeASF to talk all things Minecraft, YouTube and power moves, among other things.Read more: http://on.mash.to/1iifbvW - 23 hours ago, 7 Mar 14, 4:57pm -
7 Inventors Killed by Their Own Inventions Invention requires as much risk as it does ingenuity. Sometimes, risk can outweigh its counterpart, and things end in disaster. Here are seven inventors whose inventions spelled their fate. For more tech coverage, subscribe to Mashable at the link… - 1 day ago, 7 Mar 14, 9:56am -
The Secrets Hiding 1,000 Feet Under the Ocean The Exosuit is an aluminum diving suit that allows divers to plunge more than 1,000 feet underwater. Scientists will be using it to collect green fluorescent protein to aid cell research. Take a look at how it works.For more science and tech covera… - 3 days ago, 5 Mar 14, 5:52pm -
Ukraine Crisis: The Questions You Were Too Afraid to Ask By now you've probably seen that we're dealing with a complex geopolitical international crisis in Ukraine. But chances are, if you're reading this description, that's where your knowledge cuts out. We're here to help.Mashable is the leading indepe… - 3 days ago, 5 Mar 14, 8:16am -
What It's Like to Be a Red Carpet Reporter Is this really one of the most glamorous jobs in the world? Mashable's red carpet reporter and associate entertainment editor, Brian Anthony Hernandez, gives the scoop.For more entertainment coverage, subscribe to Mashable at the link below:https:… - 8 days ago, 28 Feb 14, 12:26pm -
