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Eye-Fi announced in July that its X2 line of Wi-Fi SD cards would stop receiving support and essentially be rendered useless starting in September. It encouraged people to instead upgrade to its Mobi line of SD cards. Now, however, the company is slightly backpedaling to say that it’ll help users keep using those older cards through new software called Eye-Fi X2 Utility. It’s referred to as X2U for short and will be given away as a free download for Macs. A Windows version is in

A man is currently climbing the exterior of Trump Tower using what appears to be little more than suction cups, carabiners, and rope. While this isn’t the first time someone has made the precarious vertical ascent of a skyscraper, it is the first time such a climb has involved a building owned by the Republican nominee for president of the United States. 2016, y’all.
CNN's Facebook page is currently streaming the climb. This is an incredibly dangerous stunt, so please keep that in mi

A man is currently climbing the exterior of Trump Tower using what appears to be little more than suction cups, carabiners, and rope. While this isn’t the first time someone has made the precarious vertical ascent of a skyscraper, it is the first time such a climb has involved a building owned by the Republican nominee for president of the United States. 2016, y’all.
CNN's Facebook page is currently streaming the climb. This is an incredibly dangerous stunt, so please keep that in mi

Snapchat is going to kill Facebook. Instagram is going to kill Snapchat. Facebook is going to kill Twitter. Uber’s Lyft killer. Apple’s Uber killer. These headlines are the norm on technology sites every single day and feed the industry’s insatiable desire to seek out the next big thing, desperately racing to kill the ‘dinosaurs’ that came before them – before some of those dinosaurs even have a chance to become profitable. It’s a cliche that’s us

In the US, approximately 70 percent of states use some form of electronic voting. Hacks on these voting machines have been detailed for years, but a CBS report shows that it doesn’t exactly require a security expert to hack the vote. To hack a voting machine, it appears, all you need is a $15 card that you can find in a number of places online. “I can insert it, and then it resets the card, and now I’m able to vote again,” said Brian Varner, a principle researcher a

It looks like Jason Momoa will have a lot more than Aquaman on his plate in the years ahead. Mashable reports that the former Games of Thrones star is in talks to star in a reboot of the 1994 cult classic The Crow. Momoa will presumably play slain rocker Eric Draven, a role first played by the late Brandon Lee. The Hallow director Corin Hardy will direct.
Momoa seemingly confirmed his involvement in the new project earlier this week with a post on Instagram, where he shakes Hardy's hand ove

TheTouch’s HB ring is a ring that’ll recreate your heart rate on a loved one’s HB ring. It's got a heart rate sensor baked in — like one in any other wearable — that picks up on your pulse and then broadcasts it with lights and vibrations on a separately paired ring. It syncs through Bluetooth and a companion app. Basically wearers will always know whether their loved one is still alive.
What happens if the battery dies, though? Or you lose connectivity? Don’t

There’s a majestic quality about underwater photography that is incredible to look at, especially out of this year’s Olympics games in Rio. To capture the moment, Getty Images is employing the help of a robot to guide them to the perfect shot. Sports photographer Al Bello has shot 11 Olympic games, but 2016 is the first year he’s using a robot to help photograph aquatic events, including swimming, diving, and synchronized diving. Traditionally, photographers would set up

A lawsuit accusing Twitter of providing material support to ISIS has been dismissed by a California District Court. First filed in January, the lawsuit argued ISIS's persistent presence on Twitter constituted material support for the terror group, and sought to hold Twitter responsible for an ISIS-linked attack on that basis. The judge assigned to the case was ultimately not swayed by that reasoning, writing, "not even the thinnest of reeds connects Twitter to this terrible event, and Twitter&rs

Warhammer’s latest video game is an adaptation of one of its most popular books.
Eisenhorn: Xenos is out now on Steam and the iOS App Store for $20 and $10, respectively. It retells the first book in author Dan Abnett’s Eisenhorn trilogy in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. Through that narrative, players will experience combat and interactions with other characters as Gregor Eisenhorn, an Ordo Xenos inquisitor. Warhammer publisher Games Workshop has amplified its efforts to p

In 2015, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg promised that his company’s Oculus Rift VR devices would not always be big, boxy headsets. One day, he said, people would see virtual reality through a pair of ordinary eyeglasses or sunglasses. Where he put that development years in the future, though, Chinese VR startup Dlodlo is promising it right now. On one hand, it’s an ambitious project that lives up to its promise better than I expected. On the other, it’s making me doubt the value

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Each Overwatch hero is a special snowflake.
Different guns, different abilities, different movement speeds, different quirks. Learning to excel with one hero doesn't mean you've mastered Overwatch.
SEE ALSO: 4 'Overwatch' hero strategies for beginners to master
Playing a hero the "right" way only gets you so far, of course. Positioning, team formation (on both sides) and overall skill level are still important; you can play a hero perfectly and still lose. But you probably won't win until

Facebook is making its 360-degree videos more immersive and easier to navigate.
The social network introduced a new "guide" feature that allows users to highlight specific portions of the video before posting it. The feature launched alongside a bigger update to Facebook's publisher tools, which included a set of new features that allow page owners to see more detailed stats around how their readers are interacting with their video content.
SEE ALSO: Facebook to publishers: Stop posting clickbai

 Abhinav Shashank was working on an academic project at Harvard with his colleagues Kanav Hasija and Sandeep Gupta — figuring out how to pool together large data sets from hundreds of different sources and APIs and manage them — when his business colleagues started asking him to help apply those tools.
The result was Innovaccer, a set of software that mashes together data from… Read More

Palestine isn't on Google's map, and it never has been, but the issue has come to the fore again this week.
The company's decision to leave the state off Google Maps has long been a bone of contention for many people. Indeed, a petition calling on the internet giant to change its thinking was launched five months ago and has since received over 273,000 signatures.
SEE ALSO: Sweden officially recognizes Palestinian state
However, the debate roared again at an Aug. 3 forum of Palestinian journalis

The Federal Communications Commission's plan to let cities build their own broadband networks hit a major roadblock today, as a federal appellate court ruled that the commission was overstepping its authority. The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit said today that the FCC is not able to, essentially, remove state laws that prevent the construction of municipal broadband networks, as it attempted to do in Wilson, North Carolina and Chattanooga, Tennessee last year.
Both Wilson a

GUEST: Messaging apps draw more users than smartphone games, utilities, and even the most popular social networking apps.
That’s exciting news for chatbot companies that want to build something instantly relevant and useful to millions — that is, you know the user base already exists, and it’s ready and waiting. But how do you get their attention in a way that’s meaningful? There are no well-established “bot store” corollaries to the App Store — where ev

For the first time, scientists have figured out how to view changes to gene activity in living brains. The brain scan technique may aid discoveries in how Alzheimer’s treatments, schizophrenia, and other neurological disorders work. And not just that: this approach may also help scientists evaluate whether drugs work the way they’re supposed to.
The researchers focused on molecules that regulate how tightly DNA wraps around the proteins that serve as structural units for our genetic

Humans don't have soulmates, but we can always pretend that dogs do.
Olivia Sievers is a flight attendant from Germany who routinely flies to Argentina. Earlier this year, Sievers found a stray dog hovering near the hotel where she stays in Buenos Aires. 
Sievers was immediately drawn to the dog. But while she had no plans to further the relationship, their connection only got stronger.
Less than a year later, Sievers brought the pup home to Germany — for good. 
SEE ALSO: Rescue

After nearly 24 hours with one of the most anticipated titles of 2016, ‘No Man’s Sky,’ I can confidently say I know nothing. In a game built with this sort of massive scale, knowing nothing is the inevitable starting point. With each step you take, the chance you’re discovering something previously unseen by others is always relatively high. The chances of discovering something your character has never seen is a near certainty. This is all accomplished through

Carmakers have already figured out how to capture the energy lost to slowing a car. It's called regenerative braking.
Rather than slow a vehicle with conventional friction brakes that turn forward momentum into heat, hybrid and EVs spin their electric motors in reverse. This both slows the car and generates electricity, which later can be used to power the vehicle.
Turns out, there's still more energy to be captured that is currently going to waste in modern automobiles: the kinetic energy gener

Pokémon is back! Only, of course, it never went away. And after 20 years, we wanted to talk with some of the people responsible for ensuring it maintains its most recent wave of momentum so that no newly newscaster or casual observer can claim the monster-catching brand has ever faded away.
The franchise, which is a massive force in gaming and entertainment, is amid a second phenomenon. Pokémon Go is the top-grossing game on iOS and Android. The Google Maps-powered app has pla

Though it took artists two hours to transform Johnny Depp into Edward Scissorhands, Mashable's Claire Max and Dustin McLean show you how to recreate the look in much less time. 
Grab some creme makeup, liquid latex and some makeup sponges and watch this week's episode of CineFix's DIY Costume Squad.
Want more? Check out this video for a tutorial on how to make Edward Scissorhands' full costume: http://on.mash.to/2aMIj2x Read more...More about Mashable Video, Tutorial, Diy Costume Squad, Edw

Vizio has announced that it's started rolling out a new firmware update for the company's SmartCast P-Series and M-Series 4K TVs that enables support for the HDR10 specification. That's very important for the (very few) people who currently own a 4K Blu-ray player or, just recently, the Xbox One S. Now, Vizio's SmartCast TVs are capable of displaying those HDR 4K Blu-rays in all their glory — and that high dynamic range does add more to the viewing experience over the boost in re

Google today added a much wanted feature to its Google Docs and Google Sheets apps for iOS. Now people with the 9.7-inch or 12.9-inch iPad Pro will be able to work on Docs documents or Sheets spreadsheets in one side of the Split View mode that’s available exclusively on those tablets.
Split View is one of a few features that’s only available in iOS 9. The feature will also work in iOS 10, which is set to be released this fall.
Initially when the original 12.9-inch iPad Pro came out,

Pokémon Uranium is a fan-version game based on the central roleplaying games of the Pokémon franchise. Like the upcoming official Pokémon Sun and Moon, the game features a tropical setting. Unlike its contemporary, the game includes 150 new and unofficial pokémon — a good choice, as it avoids outright copyright infringement of characters like Pikachu and Bulbasaur.
A fan video game is like the most Mount Everest of fan fiction. Where average fan-fic admires the

Wildcard team Ehome is dominating the competition and the most-favored team OG is already out of The International Dota 2 Championships. After two days of play in the main event, TI6 is turning out to be a tournament full of entertaining matches and surprising upsets.
MVP Phoenix, Wings Gaming, Ehome and Evil Geniuses have all advanced to the upper bracket semifinals while Vici Gaming Reborn, Escape Gaming, Na'Vi and Team Secret all got knocked out of the first lower bracket round Monday night,

True portability for laptops is probably near its peak. Battery life improves each year, and computers charge quickly. In those rare moments you can’t (or won’t) find an outlet, a battery pack would be useful. The MOS Go is such a thing, with 12,000mAh of juice and USB-C connectivity. It promises to charge your computer and mobile devices while on the run, but there are a few drawbacks. The MOS Go is pretty and powerful (with a catch) Go is one of the more attractive battery packs w

We’ve known that Sandra Bollock and Cate Blanchett will be headlining the upcoming Ocean’s Eleven spinoff now titled Ocean’s Ocho. Now, Deadline is reporting that Warner Bros. is close to signing up a stellar cast that will include Anne Hathaway, Rihanna, Helena Bonham Carter, Mindy Kaling, and Awkwafina.
That number only brings us up to seven of the eight implied by the film’s title, and Deadline notes that there’s some ongoing talks for some of actors from th

Last week, Samsung announced that it had created the world's largest SSD, a 15.36TB drive that cost $10,000.
This week, Seagate quadrupled that. The company has created a 60TB SAS SSD in a 3.5-inch format that Seagate says should be available sometime in 2017. (The drive will be demoed at the 2016 Flash Memory Summit, a conference that I'm sure is sold out by now.) 60TB is a ridiculous amount of data; a hard drive that size can store 400 million photos or 12,000 movies.
The drive is designe

Facebook has launched two new creator tools designed to give publishers additional insights into how people respond to their 360 videos. More than 250,000 videos with this capability have been uploaded to the social network since September, and as adoption continues to increase, there’s going to be a need to give creators information about what’s performing and how to make adjustments to have a better experience for people.
The first tool is called Guide and is essentially a &ld

Chinese swimmer Fu Yuanhui is winning hearts across the globe. 
Speaking in a post-race interview, the 20-year-old Olympian blamed what she believed was her poor performance on her arms being too short. 
Fu didn't know she had actually scored a bronze medal in the 200-meter backstroke when she was speaking to a reporter after the race (1:04 in video). 
"What I want to share is that even though I did not win a medal..." Fu tells the reporter. "But you got a medal. You are third,"

Forget, for a moment, about Michael Phelps. 
Forget about his 21 Olympic golds, his punishing #PhelpsFace, his rivalry with Chad le Clos and instead turn your attention to his true greatest accomplishment: Boomer Phelps.
SEE ALSO: Michael Phelps rips swim cap during race, still leads U.S. to gold
Phelps and his fiancée Nicole Johnson have already begun to groom Boomer for a lifetime of stardom. Despite the fact that he is 4-months-old, his personal Instagram account has 200,000 follo

Even people who love their jobs have daydreamed of different ways they would quit. Some fantasize of the many things they'd say to their boss, others can't wait to tell Nancy from accounting how awful she is.
But when it comes down to it, most people quietly submit their two weeks and leave their daydreams in their imagination.
Redditor springmint5, however, found a way to get the last laugh and leave the standard two weeks notice with a simple letter to inform his employer that he would soon be

Rihanna, Anne Hathaway and rising star Nora Lum (aka Awkwafina) are finalizing deals to join Sandra Bullock and Cate Blanchett in Ocean's Eight, a female-led riff on George Clooney's Ocean's Eleven, Mashable has confirmed.
Mindy Kaling and Helena Bonham Carter are also nearing deals to fill out the ensemble, who are rumored to be tasked with pulling off a heist at the New York Met Gala. 
Gary Ross (The Hunger Games) is directing the Warner Bros. film, which will be produced by Steven Soderb

Harry Potter is back...well, sort of.
This summer, J.K. Rowling, along with John Tiffany and Jack Thorne, returned to the magical world of Harry Potter by releasing Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, a theatrical follow up to her massively successful Harry Potter books. 
The play picks up where the books concluded, with our original Harry Potter trio sending off their kids to Hogwarts 19 years after the events of The Deathly Hallows. But with a new story and a new release format, the questi

If you can no longer listen to the same song by The Clash over and over again, never fear. Well, always fear, but soon you'll also be able to enjoy the official, spooky soundtrack, which is getting an official release. 
Volume 1 arrives August 12 with Volume 2 following closely behind on August 19, just in time to break out the Christmas lights for a moody, end of summer dance party.
SEE ALSO: Winona Ryder says feelings are good, even when women have themHere's the track listing (via Rollin

BMW is building an Alexa skill for the Amazon Echo as part of its larger BMW Connected cloud architecture. It will allow owners of connected BMW vehicles to check their vehicle’s remaining range and use commands like “lock doors” through the Echo to control their vehicles.
Other features in BMW Connected include links between the car and the driver’s iPhone, including providing “time to leave” notifications for appointments that taketraffic information into co

Like most survival games, No Man's Sky doesn't do much to explain itself. That's the point, really. You're supposed to feel a little lost and adrift, with only yourself to rely on.
We're not going to clear up any of the game's big mysteries for you here, but there are a few helpful items in your survival toolbox that are never really explained. That's where we've got you covered.
SEE ALSO: Tips for surviving your first hours in 'No Man's Sky'
Read on to learn how to turn on the lights, give your

Photobombing should be an Olympic sport.
While basketball player Kevin Durant posed for a nice victory photo with swimmer and fellow Olympian Michael Phelps, both athletes were unaware that Durant's US Olympic team mate, Klay Thompson was creepily hanging out in the background.
SEE ALSO: Katie Ledecky met Michael Phelps and Michael Jordan as a kidThompson's perfect timing is also deserving of a little appreciation.
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The 27″ iMac is quite literally the largest computer that Apple sells. It weighs 9.54 kilograms (21 pounds). This is a beast of a machine. You don’t carry this around with you like you would a svelte Retina MacBook. You take it home from the Apple Store, drop it on your desk, and leave it alone, lest you hurt yourself. But one dude hasn’t got this message. Aliaksei Malevich is the creator of the Lavolta Carry Case – a leather travel bag for the b