Technology news

When Netflix moved into its new Los Angeles headquarters last year, the company made sure it had several sound stages at the ready for any production needs. Now the streaming service is taking things a step further, acquiring ABQ Studios in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as part of a plan to bring as much as $1 billion in production to the state over the next 10 years.
Los Angeles is often thought of as a center for film and television production, but studios and production companies have been regula

Two years after it was announced, the first all-electric Vespa scooter is about to go on sale in Europe, and parent company Piaggio has finally shared the starting price: €6,390, or a little over $7,300. That’s nearly twice as expensive as some of the cheapest gas-powered Vespas. Preorders are available now in Europe ahead of the scooter’s ship date later this year, while customers in the US and China will have to wait until early 2019.The Vespa Elettrica, as it’s called,

Asus quietly announced a new 14-inch Chromebook today, the C423. There’s no pricing information yet, but it’s a midrange Chromebook that comes in two variations: a non-touchscreen one that’s powered by an Intel Celeron processor, and one with a 1080p touchscreen display that’s powered by a Pentium N4200.
The company claims this model is the first of its Chromebooks to feature a “NanoEdge design,” which means it’s got some pretty thin 5.8mm bezels. The 1

Apple is attempting to expand the reach of its Apple TV, according to a report today from The Telegraph. The US company is reportedly in talks with UK telecom provider BT and its mobile offshoot EE to give customers the option to purchase an Apple TV that comes pre-loaded with BT’s pay-TV channel apps. The company is said to be looking at EE because of its younger user demographic. This partnership would obviously benefit both companies — Apple gets access to more hardware customers

I’ve been playing Assassin’s Creed Odyssey on a computer the past few days, sailing through the waters of the Peloponnesian War, except I haven’t downloaded the game to a gaming PC. Instead, I’ve been playing on a Chromebook Pixel, using the Project Stream invite-only beta — and it works better than I ever expected.
Project Stream is Google’s first attempt at streaming video games over the internet using the Chrome browser. Google has been rolling out invites

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, famous for its brilliant pictures of the cosmos, is having some trouble in orbit around Earth. On Friday, an important mechanism on the spacecraftfailed — one that is needed to re-orient the observatory in space and keep it pointed at parts of the sky for long periods of time. Now, Hubble is in a safe mode while engineers try to address the problem.The broken mechanism on Hubble is a gyroscope, or a gyro. It’s a device the many spacecraft use to

“All of this is new to you, and new can be scary,” remarks Jodie Whittaker’s Thirteenth Doctor early in her debut episode, “The Woman Who Fell To Earth,” which kicks off the eleventh (or 37th, depending on how you count) season of the long-running sci-fi show.
And she’s right: change can be scary. But in the case of the Thirteenth, it’s mostly just a whole lot of fun, with Whittaker kicking off her tenure as the time-traveling, face-changing alien hero

Apple has issued an update to iOS 12, which fixes several bugs that have plagued iPhone XSand XS Max users since the phones were released. The IOS 12.0.1 update is available to download now in Settings —> General —> Software Update on your iPhone or iPad.
The update should fix one of the biggest issues on the iPhone XS and XS Max: users reported poor Wi-Fi reception compared to their previous iPhone X devices when used in their homes, but it doesn’t address the separate

Google is going to shut down the consumer version of Google+ over the next 10 months, the company writes in a blog post today. The decision follows the revelation of a previously undisclosed security flaw that exposed users’ profile data that was remedied in March 2018.
Google says Google+ currently has “low usage and engagement” and that 90 percent of Google+ user sessions last less than five seconds. Still, the company plans to keep the service alive for enterprise customers

Google exposed the personal information of users of its Google+ social network, the company announced in a blog post this morning. The news, originally reported by The Wall Street Journal ahead of Google’s announcement, means that Google+ profile information like name, email address, occupation, gender, and age were exposed, even when that data was listed as private and not public. However, Google says that it has no evidence to suggest any third-party developers were aware of the bug or

The UK’s High Court of Justice has blocked an attempt by a campaign group to sue Google for allegedly tracking millions of users without their consent, reports BBC News. The group, “Google, You Owe Us,” claims that as many as 5.4 million users were affected by Google’s tracking between August 2011 and February 2012, and sought around £1 billion ($1.3 billion) in damages from the search giant.Google has already gotten into trouble as the result of the so-called &ldq

This is You Won't Regret It, a new weekly column featuring recommendations, tips, and unsolicited advice from the Mashable culture team.
The trendiest app of the summer, arguably, was HUJI: the photo editing tool that makes your photos look like they were taken with a late '90s disposable camera. 
Now that autumn is upon us, though, HUJI backlash is in full swing. Like KiraKira and the Snapchat dog filter before it, HUJI is now derided as basic, mostly because the locals figured out it exis

Zocdoc founder Cyrus Massoumi and Indiegogofounder Slava Rubin have created a new $30 million fund called Humbition aimed at early stage, founder-led companies in New York.
“The fund is focused on connecting startups with investors and advisors experienced in building and growing successful businesses,” said Rubin.
“We are seeking to fill a void in NYC, where the vast majority of early stage investors have no significant experience building and scaling businesses,” he sai

Welcome to Fat Bear Week at Mashable! Each fall, Katmai National Park holds a competition as Alaska’s brown bears finish fattening up for their long winter hibernation. This year, Mashable is getting in on the salmon-munching action. Check back with us all week as we follow the fat bear face-offs each day, and remember to get your votes in for each round. Happy fishing!The Fat Bear Week finals showdown is nearly set: Profoundly plump Bear 409 (also known as Beadnose) awaits the winner of M

Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her husband, Bill, are hitting the road in November for a series of joint speaking events that'll stretch into 2019. 
The tour, called "An Evening with the Clintons," will see the pair crisscross the nation in over a dozen appearances that will, according to a press release, "feature joint on stage conversations with the two leaders sharing stories and inspiring anecdotes that shaped their historic careers in public service, while also disc

Google's upcoming Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL smartphones might be the most leaked devices in history (except for that time someone from Apple left an unreleased iPhone in a bar).
It's a given Google will make its new flagship phones official at an event on Oct. 9. Mashable's Raymond Wong and Pete Pachal will be on site for the news, but it's pretty safe to say we know what's coming. Like, exactly what's coming.
SEE ALSO: Google teases Pixel 3 launch in the wake of Apple's iPhone event
Over the past

As part of Accessibility Awareness Month, Google is adding a new captioning feature to its G Suite presentation app Slides. The feature uses a computer’s built-in microphone to automatically transcribe the speaker’s words and display them in real time as subtitles on the slide being presented. The feature is intended primarily to help deaf and hard of hearing audience members, but should also improve the experience for anyone that understands written English better than spoken.Power

New York Comic Con wrapped yesterday, and it was a busy few days, with plenty of news about highly-anticipated titles like Daredevil, Star Trek: Discovery, and American Gods.Interestingly, much like with San Diego Comic-Con earlier this year, the big reveals at this year’s NYCC were almost entirely for major television shows, rather than movies. While we did get previews of films like Aquaman, Mortal Engines, and Hellboy (the trailer for which hasn’t been released online yet), the s

At the annual E3 trade show in June, Microsoft hinted at some kind of streaming service. Now it has a name (albeit a seemingly temporary one): Project xCloud.
The service is pretty much what you'd expect if you've been following all the chatter around game streaming. With xCloud, Xbox people will be able to play their games on a variety of different screens, from PC monitors to smartphones.
SEE ALSO: This greaseproof Xbox One controller needs to become the standard
It's a streaming thing, to be

Hold on to your headsets!
In a launch event on Monday, Intel unveiled its ninth-generation CPUs, including the monstrous Intel Core i9 desktop processor. With 5GHz, 8 Cores, and 16 threads, Intel is touting its i9-9900k chip as "the world's best gaming processor."
SEE ALSO: HP really wants leather laptops to be a thing
Gamers can expect to see the Core i9s in products soon, too. Vice president and general manager of Intel's Client Computing Group Anand Srivatsa said, "There's going to be broad e

Microsoft has pulled its latest Windows 10 update offline after some users complained of missing files. It’s the latest in a string of incidents with regular patches and Microsoft’s larger Windows 10 updates that have been causing issues for some PC users this year. While Microsoft tests Windows 10 with millions of beta testers, there are signs that this public feedback loop isn’t always working. Earlier this year Microsoft delayed its April 2018 Windows 10 update due to last

In the market for a new TV? We've gathered the best deals on 4K smart TVs from top retailers like Amazon, Walmart, Target, and the Samsung Store. No matter what kind of 4K TV you want, there's a really good deal out there.
SEE ALSO: Columbus Day sales 2018: Macy's, Target, Amazon, and others have deals on 4K TVs, tablets, laptops, mattresses, clothing, and more
For TVs that are 40+ inches, Samsung's 49NU8000 Flat 49-inch 4K UHD 8 Series Smart TV is on sale for $697.99, while Philips's 43-inch Sm

Apple has come out swinging at last week’s Bloomberg spy chip report today with a new letter to some of the biggest tech watchdogs in Congress, flatly denying that any of the company’s servers were compromised through the use of microchips implanted by Chinese spies.
The letter which was previously reported but recently made publicly available assumes the same tough stance on the Bloomberg report that the company took on when it came out with its first press release last week. &ldqu

T-Mobile announced it was building out its 5G network in 30 cities this February, and today, the company committed to bringing 5G service to its Metro prepaid service in 2019, as first reported by CNET. Metro is the recently rebranded MetroPCS, which was acquired by T-Mobile in 2013. Metro’s unlimited plans are also launching today, which bring perks like Google One cloud storage and an Amazon Prime membership. The announcement is part of rebranding efforts to bring the budget prepaid ser

If you’re thinking about pursuing a career in photography, or if you’re just looking to get the necessary skills to become Insta famous, an online photography course can set you in the right direction.
Check out some of the photography courses on sale right now:
Hollywood Art Institute Photography Course & Certification
This training bundle will teach you how to take better pictures and actually make money off of them. With 22 tutorial modules and 56 hours of instruction delivere

The HP Chromebook x360 14 is a convertible laptop running Google’s lightweight ChromeOS operating system. HP is advertising that this is the thinnest Chromebook its ever produced at just 16mm think, but depending on your budget its size won’t limit its power, with your choice of either an 8th-generation Intel i3 or i5 processor. That’s paired with 8GB RAM and 64GB SSD, so this device shouldn’t struggle with light workloads.Despite how thin the chassis is, you’re st

Last month, a video of a woman allegedly dumping water mixed with bleach into the laps of manspreaders on the Russian subway went viral. The story of 20-year-old Anna Dovgalyuk, first posted by In The Now, was papered across news outlets and social media alike as its so-called activist star combated a scourge of men taking up too much space on public transit. Dovgalyuk would approach an unsuspecting victim, dump a water bottle full of liquid on them, and then flee the scene.It’s fake.Acco

When it comes to action cameras, GoPro is the undisputed market leader, and it's not hard to see why. But now that the secret is out (people like filming their epic adventures), the competition is real — and the 360Fly HD Video Camera is here to steal GoPro's crown. Not only is it significantly cheaper (now only $69.99), but it's also touted as one of the world's widest single-lens cameras.
Check it out:Sure, it looks like a Magic 8-Ball that helps you decide what to eat for lunch, bu

Fans of OnePlus won't have to wait much longer for a new phone.
The Chinese manufacturer announced an Oct. 30 event for the official release of the OnePlus 6T, an updated version of the popular OnePlus 6 smartphone.
SEE ALSO: This is the OnePlus 6T
The event will take place in New York City, kicking off at 11 a.m. Eastern Time. In keeping with its populist marketing, OnePlus is allowing fans to buy tickets to attend the launch.
The OnePlus 6T is said to have an in-display fingerprint sensor. It

Microsoft abruptly paused the October 2018 Update of its Windows 10 operating system after reports the new software deleted some users' files. Luckily, there may still be hope of recovering your deleted files if you were one of the many people affected.
SEE ALSO: Microsoft 'paused' latest Windows 10 update after users' files disappear
According to head of the Windows Insider program Dona Sarkar, Microsoft support has a few tools to reverse the effects of the update and restore your deleted files

Intel’s next generation of desktop processors are here with the company’s new 9th Gen Core chips just announced today at the company’s fall hardware event.To that end, the company is launching new chips, including the new Core i9-9900K, which Intel says is “the best gaming processor in the world. Period.” The i9-9900K offers eight cores and 16 threads, clocked at base frequency of 3.6 GHz, which can be boosted up to 5.0 GHz.
Along with the new Core i9 processor, In

Looking for a new tablet or laptop? Here are the best deals this week courtesy of Amazon and Walmart so you can save big.
SEE ALSO: 7 of the best laptops for video editing right now
If you're a gamer, there are plenty of options to choose from. For anyone on a budget, you can get the Dell G5 for $949.99 or the Lenovo IdeaPad 15 Y700 for $799.99, so you can enjoy League of Legends without breaking the bank. But if you want something with a little extra pop, Asus has the ROG GX501VS-XS71 for $1799

A 25-ton blast door closing sounds like the end of the world — especially if you’re inside the shelter it’s protecting. There you are, walking down a long, quiet, dimly lit hallway, when you hear a loud bang followed by an unnerving silence. That door can’t be opened from the outside, and the sound of it closing makes you feel completely disconnected from the rest of the world. For decades, one of these doors lay hidden in West Virginia, protecting a state-of-the-art fal

We know better than anyone – the first female U.S. President will have a mighty task proving herself. Claire Underwood faces an onslaught of skepticism and enmity as she ascends the highest office in the land on House of Cards, and the final trailer for Season 6 shows her inspiring fear among those who oppose her.
SEE ALSO: New 'House of Cards' trailer introduces powerful President Claire Underwood
Claire (Robin Wright) takes over for her late husband Frank (Kevin Spacey, fired for allegat

Apple had its moment last month, so now it’s Google’s turn to show off new hardware. On October 9th, Google will hold an event to unveil the latest products in its Pixel, Home, and Chromecast lines. It’ll be Google’s chance to wow consumers before the holidays and to answer to its competitors. In just the past few weeks, Apple announced two new iPhones, and Amazon unveiled a slew of new Alexa products. This event will show us what Google plans to do to gain an edge or if

Microsoft is unveiling its game streaming service for the first time today. Dubbed Project xCloud, it’s designed to work across consoles, PCs, and even mobile devices. “Scaling and building out Project xCloud is a multi-year journey for us,” explains Microsoft’s cloud gaming chief Kareem Choudhry. “We’ll begin public trials in 2019 so we can learn and scale with different volumes and locations.”
Microsoft has built custom hardware for its datacenters, a

HyperX has announced its first Bluetooth headset. Called the Cloud MIX, the headset’s use of the universal Bluetooth standard means that it will pair just as easily (or clumsily, as in the case of most Bluetooth connections) to your smartphone as it will to your PC. With an internal microphone in addition to the detachable mic arm, the Cloud Mix have a shot at avoiding the gamer-y look that stops most people using gaming headsets as standalone wireless headphones.
The Cloud Mix isn’

How about this for some #mondaymotivation: we've rounded up the best deals on the products you want from Amazon, Walmart, and Target. There are also some great deals on online classes from Udemy.
First up, you can save 15% on CBD oil and all products from Medix CBD when you use the promo code "MASHABLE" at checkout. To learn more about CBD oil, read our article here.  
SEE ALSO: Columbus Day sales 2018: Macy's, Target, Amazon, and others have deals on 4K TVs, mattresses, clothing, and more

Facebook has a new plan to make itself an even more integral part of your life.
The company just revealed its pair of smart speakers: the $199 Portal and $349 Portal+, Facebook's boldest move yet to move off your phone and into your home. 
SEE ALSO: Facebook created AI to read all the memes
The launch of Portal, Facebook's first non-VR consumer hardware project, will almost certainly be clouded by other issues facing the company. 
Trust in the social network is at a low, thanks to a ye