Technology news

Even if parking your yacht is the last thing you're worried abut, it's pretty cool to see the vessel wedge into a tight space on its own.
Volvo Penta's self-docking technology did just that at a demo at the Volvo Ocean Race in Sweden this weekend. The 68-foot yacht did the work itself while the captain kept his hands off the wheel. 
A boatload of sensors (alright, just four), a computer system, and GPS navigation helped calculate and steer the boat into the narrow berth. 
SEE ALSO: The

Making friends as an adult is just as nerve-wracking as it was in middle school, and moving to a new city or working at a new job where you don't know anybody can seriously be depressing. What are you supposed to do? Go sit at the bar by yourself? And talk to strangers?
Then comes the lightbulb idea: You can make friends online! If online dating is so popular and successful, there's no way that there aren't a few legit sites where you can make adult friends in your area with similar interests. H

Image: AdultFriendFinder
Register for AdultFriendFinderSee DetailsEveryone knows making friends as an adult is just as nerve-wracking as it was in middle schoolAdultFriendFinder sounds like it should be the solution — but is it?
Moving to a new city or working at a new job where you don't know anybody can seriously be depressing. What are you supposed to do? Go sit at the bar by yourself? And talk to strangers?
Then comes the lightbulb idea: You can make friends online! If online dating i

AdultFriendFinder
$View Product
The Good
Sex-positive • It's all about sex • Great for finding hookups
The Bad
Too much about sex? • Hard to find a real relationship • NSFW • Ad overload
The Bottom Line
The title AdultFriendFinder has wholesome energy on its face, but beyond that seemingly-innocent link lies an ad-ridden, raunchy-as-hell site that makes millennial hookup apps look PG.
⚡ Mashable Score
3.75😎 Cool Factor
2.0📘Learning Curve
5.0㈑

AdultFriendFinder
$View Product
The Good
It's all about sex • No passive-aggressiveness or muddy intentions • Great for finding sexting partners
The Bad
*Too* much about sex? • Terminology used is problematic and not LGBTQ-friendly • Ad overload • Laggy and outdated
The Bottom Line
The title AdultFriendFinder has wholesome energy on its face, but beyond that lies an ad-ridden, raunchy site that makes millennial hookup apps look PG.
⚡ Mashable Score
2.75😎 C

Valve recently added a new feature to Steam that shows how much money you’ve thrown down the black hole that is gaming — on the Steam store, anyway. The “External Funds Used” tool has existed for a few weeks, but was only spotted by VentureBeat this week. It’s a simple enough tool. Just follow this link and make sure you’re logged in to your account. So let’s see what the damage is in my case: Not too bad considering I’ve had the account for about

The internet can be a pretty bleak place. From the 24-hour news cycle to online arguments, it can be daunting to find some positivity online. But if you're in need of some eyebleach after a rough day, here's some wholesome content for you.
Someone edited the dancing scenes from almost 300 movies together into a cheerful seven minute montage of partying. You can watch Shrek jam back to back with Mary Poppins, to the tune of "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" and "99 Red Balloons."
From My Fair Lady t

Silicon Valley’s outrage machine is broken. CEOs didn’t hesitate to speak out about the plight of the “dreamers.” Their voices, coupled with those of employees, echoed through halls of multi-billion dollar campuses as they organized rallies and fundraisers to support same-sex marriage. But when it came time to shift their collective anger to our southern border — where a humanitarian crisis is playing out in front of our very eyes — silence. But that’s

You have to hand it to Oppo: In the somewhat stale world of smartphones, many of which are currently very alike, it really tries hard to do something different. 
On Tuesday, at an event in Paris, the company launched the Oppo Find X, a phone with a huge 6.4-inch screen that covers most of the phone's face, and it even curves on the sides, a la Samsung's Galaxy series. And the cameras? Well, the phone's motor-powered top lifts up to reveal both the rear and the front camera. 
SEE ALSO:

Google today announced the return of its dedicated app for podcasts on Android. It’s called Podcasts, and its feature-base is about as basic as the name. But all the pieces are there and, thanks to the company’s AI, it may quickly become the best option available. The app features Google’s AI-powered insights and, upon installation, it starts trying to figure out what kind of podcasts you’d enjoy. Every time you listen to a new podcast, it’ll get a bit smarter. It

Anthem feels like an easy game to categorize: It's BioWare's take on Destiny. 
That's how it's been viewed since the initial announcement at Electronic Arts' E3 2017 showcaseAnthem's subsequent appearance at E3 2018 only reinforced that thinking. But when you pause to really interrogate the idea — BioWare's take on Destiny — a simple question surfaces.
SEE ALSO: Take a longer look at 'Anthem,'EA's answer to 'Destiny,' with an extended gameplay trailer
What does that actually mea

  
With looks that kill, and a price that won't empty your bank account (no selling your kidney jokes needed here) 
If you are looking for a phone that feels as sleek and premium as a flagship phone, the Honor 7C is here with a flat metal backplate and a 2.5D curved glass on the front.
Though the current king of budget bracket Redmi Note 5 might look the same, the Honor 7C wins in terms of an updated sleek design that make it look sleeker and sexier, something that you can show-of

On June 20th, a committee of the European Parliament will vote on whether to proceed on a copyright proposal that some say will destroy the internet as we know it. That may sound fairly hyperbolic, but over 70 experts — including World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee and Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales — have criticized the proposal, saying it will turn the internet into “a tool for the automated surveillance and control of its users.”
The controversial provision in ques

On June 20th, a committee of the European Parliament will vote on whether to proceed on a copyright proposal that some say will destroy the internet as we know it. That may sound fairly hyperbolic, but over 70 experts — including World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee and Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales — have criticized the proposal, saying it will turn the internet into “a tool for the automated surveillance and control of its users.”
The controversial provision in ques

Oppo showed off its new Find X smartphone with a pop-up notch earlier today, and now the company has announced a partnership with Lamborghini to create a special version of the device. The smartphone maker says the Lamborghini version of the Oppo Find X will cost 1,699 euros ($1,966), and it’s the start of a partnership with the Italian luxury car brand.
The special edition smartphone will have Super VOOC charging, which helps it fast charge its 3,400mAh battery from 0 to 100 percent with

Move over, Instagram vs. Snapchat. The fight is on between Facebook and YouTube.
Facebook announced Tuesday that it's bringing new poll and game features to Live and on demand video for Facebook creators. With this new emphasis on interactivity, and with game tools that sound *a lot* like HQ, the gamification of video seems to be Facebook's latest play in the battle for teen eyeballs — a competition that it has been steadily losing in recent years to YouTube.
SEE ALSO: Instagram is proof s

The Oppo Find X, the first smartphone from the Chinese electronics company to be sold in Europe and North America, will cost £999 (about $1,150 at current USD conversation rates). The pricing was announced at the tail end of Oppo’s lavish reveal event that was held at the Louvre in Paris today. That price appears to be only for the 256GB configuration, and we don’t know whether the phone will be available for less money. The device is slated to ship in August, though we don&rs

At one point in the new film Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Velociraptor trainer Owen Grady (Chris Pratt) fires multiple rifle shots into the “Indoraptor,” a new dinosaur hybrid constructed from DNA taken from Tyrannosaurus rex samples, Velociraptors, and god knows what else. The dinosaur cowers for a couple seconds, then charges at its prey, seemingly undamaged. Like the Indominus rex in the first Jurassic World, the franchise’s latest human-made dino seems to be immune to g

TP-Link is launching its second mesh router today, the Deco M9 Plus, and it comes with two notable upgrades over the original around speed and smart home functionality.
The first is the more common feature: this is a tri-band router, instead of a dual band one, which means it should allow for even faster speeds. Like most tri-band routers, the M9 Plus sets up a dedicated network for communication between router units, allowing for faster operation for the networks connected to your phone and co

Could there exist an avocado with a lifespan of more than four seconds?
Friends, perhaps. This week, Costco unveiled a sparkly new avocado from Del Rey Avocados, a California-based company. The fruits (yes, they are fruits) are coated in a odorless, tasteless additive called Apeel, according to its creators, is made from lipids and glycerolipids that naturally occur in produce.
When the avocado is dipped into Apeel, it slows the rate at which the fruit loses water and gains oxygen. The idea is t

This is Ode To..., a weekly column where we share the stuff we're really into in hopes that you'll be really into it, too. First up: Blind dates on camera.
Throughout my tenure as a YouTube connoisseur, I've cycled through plenty of content — but there are only so many vlogs, old celebrity interviews, and beauty tutorials one can take in before turning into a pile of mush.
There's one type of video, though, that still makes me click: videos of folks going on blind dates. My ice-cold heart

There are a *lot* of online dating options these days, particularly dating apps. They all try to stand out in their own way, whether it be catering to a certain niche or type of person, or offering a special feature or service. But the one thing they all have in common: the promise to up your chances of finding that special someone. 
SEE ALSO: The best hookup apps for casual daters
EliteSingles is one of those options that claims to have found the online formula for love, particularly for w

EliteSingles
$19.95/monthView Product
The Good
Aims to pair people with similar work ethics and lifestyles • Updated questionnaire is realistic and personable • Hands-off matching • Homes in on a certain group of singles
The Bad
No way of verifying that users job and salary claims are legit • The term
The Bottom Line
The call for educated singles looking for a partner who understands the 9-to-5 lifestyle is a level of specificity that the world of online dating needs. Unfort

Uber drivers who use electric vehicles may be getting a raise under a new pilot project. The company launched a broad effort on Tuesday to get drivers to ditch their dirty, fossil fuel-burning vehicles in favor of cleaner, electric-powered ones — in part by offering them more money to make the switch.The ride-hailing giant announced a yearlong pilot program to provide cash incentives to some drivers who use electric vehicles, or EVs, with the goal of facilitating at least 5 million trips

Starz is coming to YouTube TV as a paid add-on option that will see the premium cable company’s channels come to the over-the-top streaming service for an extra $9 per month, via TechCrunch.That price includes access to all 14 Starz and Starz Encore channels, making it the latest option to join YouTube TV’s premium extras (along with Showtime, Shudder, Sundance Now, and Fox Soccer Plus.) Those are all separate subscriptions on top of the $40 per month price tag for the base YouTube

A Texas nonprofit working to help reunite immigrant families who have been separated at the U.S. border with Mexico will soon get millions in donations to help their work.
A California couple's Facebook fundraiser has raised more than $5 million in three days for the  Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) after an outpouring of support from Facebook users.
SEE ALSO: How to stop feeling helpless when you hear about immigrant children taken from their parents

Some of the tech industry’s most prominent CEOs have come forward over the past day to denounce President Donald Trump’s policy of separating children from their parents who are arrested at the border. Apple CEO Tim Cook, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and Tesla CEO Elon Musk are among the CEOs who have called for an end to the policy, which has also been criticized by the United Nations as “unconscionable.”
Cook said the separations are “inhumane and need to stop,&

If you’ve ever had to work on video project, the wealth of options can be frustrating. Software like Adobe’s Premiere and After Effects are both industry standards, but they’re expensive and the learning curve can be daunting. Project Rush is Adobe’s attempt to combine the best features of its professional production software into one app. You can capture edit video like Premiere, add motion graphics and special effects like After Effects, or master audio like Audition.

Yesterday Google started rolling out the ability to text from the web with Android Messages.The feature gives users a lot more flexibility in choosing how and where they can carry on conversations. As long as your Android smartphone is powered on, you can text from a desktop computer or even other mobile devices — including iOS products like an iPad if you just open up Safari. Aside from text, you can also send emoji, stickers, and images over the web.Using Android Messages on the web req

I've preached the gospel of Invincible to you beforeMore than once. But I'm happy to cede that sacred duty to Amazon.
Robert Kirkman's long-running, now-concluded Invincible comic book is coming to Amazon in a serious way. The animated series will deliver eight hour-long episodes adapted from the superhero story that launched at around the same time as The Walking Dead.
SEE ALSO: No, 'Invincible' isn't ending because 'The Walking Dead' is more popular
It's very early days for the adaptation, so

The Google Home and Home Mini are now available for purchase in Spain, Austria, and Ireland. The Google Home will cost €149 ($172.54), while the Home Mini will cost €59 ($68.32).
While a leak last month suggested a Spain launch for the Home and Home Mini was coming soon, there had been no indication of the Google products coming to Austria and Ireland. Still, the Google Assistant on Google Home is only available in English, French, German, Japanese, Italian, and Spanish, and the compa

The World Health Organization has added “gaming disorder” to its diagnostic handbook, but experts argue that we still don’t know enough to claim that gaming disorder exists. The evidence is inconsistent, they say, and the criteria are too broad.According to the WHO, the following criteria indicate gaming disorder: gaming is strongly preferred over other activities, the patient does not stop even when there are negative consequences like doing badly at work, compulsive gaming s

After several years of tumult, Star Trek: Discovery — and the greater Star Trek TV empire — may finally be getting some stability: CBS Television Studios has signed Discovery’s recently promoted showrunner Alex Kurtzman to a five-year deal that will put him in charge of all TV Trek projects for the foreseeable future, via The Hollywood Reporter. (We’d make a five-year mission joke, but Verge readers deserve better.)
In addition to Discovery, CBS reportedly has multiple S

Facebook announced several new live video features today that will allow creators to make their live streams more like games with polls and quizzes. The features are similar to those that creators on YouTube have had access to for months through the recent addition of the Community tab. These new features could entice established creators to migrate to Facebook’s video platform.
Facebook says these features will reinvent traditional entertainment formats as more “community-centric,&

On Tuesday afternoon, President Trump wrapped up a speech in front of the National Federation of Independent Businesses that included a 20-plus minute diatribe about immigration by waltzing over to an innocent American flag and embracing it. Literally. 
SEE ALSO: Laura Ingraham compares child detention centers to 'summer camps' as Fox News goes totally off the rails
As Trump waved to the cheering crowd, he slowly approached the flag with arms wide open and big smile on his face, as if he wa

UPDATE: June 19, 2018, 2:46 p.m. EDT Rotten Tomatoes told Mashable in an email that all of the reviews for Gotti are made by real users. This likely only implies that they weren't posted by bots, not that they're actually legitimate reviews.
Critics hated Gotti and according to box office numbers, the movie was barely seen by anybody in its opening weekend. 
Yet it's received quite a lot of five-star Rotten Tomatoes reviews in the past couple days from non-critic users. Perhaps a few too ma

T-Mobile and Sprint filed public interest statements to the Federal Communications Commission today. The 700-page filing is part of the companies’ bid to merge, which they say will help them deploy a nationwide 5G network through a $40 billion investment.
Highly anticipated, 5G is the next generation of wireless technology that many tech companies are already working on. This version of 5G that both companies are discussing will be built on top of existing LTE networks, and it won’t

You try your best to be healthy. You eat plenty of fruits and vegetables, drink at least eight glasses of water per day, and even consume a multivitamin. But let's not forget that you're human and french fries are delicious.
SEE ALSO: Best air fryers right now: Could these be the next Instant Pot?
You know fried food does zero favors for your overall wellness, but how can you possibly resist a heaping plate of mozzarella sticks or chicken wings? After all, how else are you expected to enjoy a sp

If you’re a podcast listener, you probably know MailChimp from the meme-inspiring ad that aired before every episode of Serial. But if you have no idea what we're talking about, then allow us to explain.
SEE ALSO: Learning Excel with this course could be your ticket to a higher pay grade
MailChimp is a popular email marketing platform for small businesses, which boasts a total output of one billion emails a day across its vast client base. When marketers want to automate large-scale campai

AT&T says it will end its practice of selling real-time user location data to third-party brokers after its primary competitor Verizon agreed to do the same earlier today. “Our top priority is to protect our customers’ information, and, to that end, we will be ending our work with aggregators for these services as soon as practical in a way that preserves important, potential lifesaving services like emergency roadside assistance,” reads a statement from an AT&T spokes

Facebook today announced it’s rolling out several updates to its live video service, including game shows, polls, subscriptions, and other ways of snagging audience attention. The two major updates to Live with Faceboook are polling and gamification, both of which make videos more interactive. Polling is just what it sounds like: video hosts ask viewers to vote and give their opinion on a variety of different topics. It’s available for both live and on-demand video. The first Facebo

Summer movie fans, it is my somber duty to inform you: we have been robbed. 
In a recent interview with BUILD, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom star Daniella Pineda detailed a scene with Chris Pratt that would've established her character's sexuality. 
Unfortunately, Pineda says the exchange was cut for time. 
SEE ALSO: 'Jurassic World' meets 'American Ninja Warrior' in epic crossover obstacle course
In the scene, Pineda's character, Dr. Zia Rodriguez, takes a moment to size up her