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A new smart clothing line promises to help you get your yoga moves right when you’re at home and without an instructor. It’s called Pivot Yoga and it claims to give feedback through small sensors on the clothes that can tell you whether you’re in the right position.
“We know how hard it is to learn yoga, how much yogis want to improve, and how many yogis want to practice at home,” Joe Chamdani, who’s the CEO and co-founder of TuringSense, the developer behind

Qualcomm Ventures,the corporate venture capital arm of the chipmaker, has plans to invest up to $100 million in artificial intelligence.
Specifically, Qualcommsays it will provide capital to startups building on-device AI, which is AI that runs on the end device, like a smartphone or vehicle, rather than in the cloud. The fund’s leader, Qualcomm investment director Albert Wang (pictured), says on-device AI is the future.
“Today’s AI processing is very computationally intensive,

Apple vice president of product marketing Greg Joswiak has commented in an interview with CNET that the iPhone XR has “been our most popular iPhone each and every day since the day it became available,” seemingly in an attempt to downplay analyst reports earlier this week that the iPhone XR was performing worse than Apple had intended.
It’s the first official word from Apple as to how the new iPhones are performing. It arrives at a time when the company’s lineup now incl

Google’s wireless carrier, Fi, is celebrating its rebranding today (coincidentally, in the middle of Cyber Week) with an attractive deal for those looking for a new phone. Available to both new and existing Fi users, you can earn up to $999 in travel gift cards from the likes of Airbnb, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines, and Hotels.com. But, as you might have anticipated, the promotion does come with a few terms.
Updated November 28th, 10:26PM ET: The travel credit promotion was set to

Google’s wireless carrier, Fi, is celebrating its rebranding today (coincidentally, in the middle of Cyber Week) with an attractive deal for those looking for a new phone. Available to both new and existing Fi users, you can earn up to $999 in travel gift cards from the likes of Airbnb, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines, and Hotels.com. But, as you might have anticipated, the promotion does come with a few terms.
First off, you’ll have to buy a phone through Fi or the Google Store

In the wake of a report from the WSJ last week that detailed how low demand for Apple’s latest iPhones was prompting the company to cut orders for the devices, particularly the iPhone XR, an AppleVP is detailing that the XR is the company’s best-selling model available right now.
The disclosure comes from Apple VP Greg Joswiak in an interview with CNET. It’s not a particularly juicy quote, only detailing that the device has “been our most popular iPhone each and ever

The Los Angeles game development studio Jam City is setting up a shop in Toronto with the acquisition of Bingo Pop from Uken Games.
Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed.
The deal is part of a broader effort to expand the Jam Cityportfolio of games and geographic footprint. In recent months the company has inked agreements with Disney — taking over development duties on some of the company’s games like Disney Emoji Blitz and signing on to develop new ones —

It’s been a year for on-demand services in India. Drivezy today became the latest to refuel after it raised a $20 million Series B.
The round was led by existing investor Das Capital, with participation from automotive giant YamahaMotor Company, Axan Partners and IT-Farm. The deal takes Drivezy, which was formerly known as JustRide, to $31 million raised to date. In addition, the startup has also inked a $100 million asset financing deal backed by Japan’

Earlier this year, T-Mobile and Sprint announced that they would merge. If approved, their combination would shrink the number of major wireless carriers in the United States from four to three. Now, 14 different organizations have penned a letter to Democratic House leaders requesting a hearing on the proposed merger.
The letter, which is signed by leaders of groups like the Open Markets Institute and Public Knowledge, was addressed to two of the most influential Democratic House lawmakers, Re

I’m the father of a five-year-old, and, like many parents, my wife and I have recently had to grapple with an age-old question: when is it appropriate to introduce your kid to Star Wars? Today, Disney made this question a lot easier to answer by announcing that it will launch a new series of kid-friendly animated shorts called Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures that will re-create classic moments from the film franchise. The first six shorts will launch on November 30th on a new website and Y

For years, Starbucks has caught flak for not preventing its customers from watching porn on its in-store Wi-Fi. Now the coffee retailer says that next year it will introduce a filter that prevents customers from viewing porn and other explicit material in stores.Starbucks said to Business Insider, “We have identified a solution to prevent this content from being viewed within our stores and we will begin introducing it to our US locations in 2019.” While there aren’t details o

Welcome to Small Humans, an ongoing series at Mashable that looks at how to take care of – and deal with – the kids in your life. Because Dr. Spock is nice and all, but it’s 2018 and we have the entire internet to contend with.Visiting pet adoption sites with names like Petfinder and Adopt A Pet can be addictive (and fun) ways to spend time online. And while adults usually can refrain from adopting every adorable dog and aww-worthy kitty that they see, many parents are discover

DJI’s newest product, the Osmo Pocket, is the smallest handheld stabilizer the drone / camera company has made. It takes a bunch of things the Chinese company has done really well and puts them into an impressively small form factor. It’s meant to offer drone-like footage in a size that is comparable to a GoPro (even if it can’t take the same kinds of wear and tear). The Osmo Pocket costs $349 and ships December 15th.
The Osmo Pocket stands just four inches tall. When you turn

Although SpongeBob SquarePants has been airing more or less consistently for nearly 20 years, the show’s first three seasons — which aired between 1999 and 2004 — were its most influential. Those 60 episodes were the only ones personally overseen by creator Stephen Hillenburg, who died yesterday from ALS. They aired during a critical period for today’s 20-something adults. We were young enough to be engrossed with the show’s silly, absurd characters, returning home

George R. R. Martin's new book, Fire and Blood, recounts the 300 years of Targaryen history before the events of Game of Thrones. But it also has plenty of potential fodder for theories directly tied to the time period we know and love on the show. 
But they're also very well hidden.
"There are a few that are definitely important, but I’m not going to flag them," Martin told EW in regards to whether the book contained connections. "Readers will have to find them and puzzle out whether

Google announced today that its Project Fi wireless network, now rebranded to Google Fi, will be available for iPhones and the majority of Android devices. That’s supposed to open up a lot more phones to Google Fi’s unique features, such as flat rate data billing; unlimited international roaming; and the ability to switch between multiple networks, like T-Mobile, Sprint, and US Cellular, for better service. However, if you’re planning to use your iPhone on Fi, there are quite

Melania Trump doesn't care what you think of her morbid Christmas decorations. She likes them.
On Wednesday morning, after the internet dragged the first lady's selection of White House Christmas decorations — mainly those 40 blood red trees that looked like they came straight out of The Shining — she came to their defense and explained they look beautiful in person.
"We are in 21st century and everybody has a different taste," Trump said while speaking at Liberty University. "I thin

More than 400 Google employees have signed an open letter urging Google to cancel an in-development Chinese search app, on the grounds that it will enable censorship and human rights violations by the Chinese government. The letter was published yesterday with 11 signatories; as of this afternoon, it has 407, most of which are from software engineers. It follows an internal letter circulated earlier this year, which garnered 1,400 signatures.
The letter opposes Project Dragonfly, a China-focuse

Fallout 76 is the first online-only, multiplayer-focused entry in the post-apocalyptic series. Given its massive size and ever-evolving world, instead of a traditional review, we’ll run a series of journal entries chronicling our adventures in Bethesda’s devastated version of West Virginia. You can catch up on them right here.
It’s a long trek to the top of the world.
After setting out for the huge glass dome that’s located in the western side of Appalachia, I soon realiz

Customers are complaining that Amazon’s ads use a deceptive design that tricks them into buying sponsored products instead of items from the baby registries of their friends and family members, reports The Wall Street Journal. Many people noted that they had unwittingly purchased gifts from these ads and their friends and family received unwanted items.
Inside the gift registries, Amazon appears to be including other new baby products like a Playtex Diaper Genie and Kimberly-Clark’s

Attention, Amazon Echo owners: You can now purchase an Alexa-enabled Big Mouth Billy Bass that wirelessly connects to your smart speaker.
That's right. Developer Brian Kane is finally getting his wish. Back in 2016, Kane hacked the iconic singing fish to be a mouthpiece for Alexa.
Now, right in time for the holiday season, Big Mouth Billy Bass is becoming a certified Alexa gadget. 
SEE ALSO: AmazonBasics Microwave is fine, but Alexa sure doesn't make it magical
At $39.99, you'll get the cla

Internet comedian Young Busco, who skyrocketed to online stardom with his "what are those" Vine, has died at the age of 31.
The father of five, whose real name is Brandon Moore, died in his sleep on Sunday morning, People reported Tuesday. His cause of death is currently unknown and there has not yet been an autopsy.
The "what are those" Vine is one of the most famous to ever hit the now-defunct platform, spawning dozens of riffs and parodies as well as a permanent place in internet parlance. In

V-Moda has come out with a new Lightning to 3.5mm cable that costs $101. This might seem like yet another expensive penalty for Apple’s decision to remove the audio jack from its iPhones, but the price is on par with other companies’ Lightning to 3.5mm cables, like Master & Dynamic’s for $69 and Shure’s for $100. Belkin offers one at the low end for $35, but it lacks some of the technical advantages that V-Moda says it’s offering.Bundled within the 17.5-gram ca

The US Treasury Department has placed bitcoin addresses on its sanctions list for the first time after two Iranian hackers were charged with extorting millions of dollars through them. The two addresses belonged to Faramarz Shahi Savandi and Mohammad Mehdi Shah Mansouri, who allegedly created the SamSam ransomware software. The Justice Department unsealed an indictment against both men today, alleging that they collected $6 million by targeting more than 200 victims — including the cities

Hard Refresh is a soothing weekly column where we try to reset your brain and cleanse it of whatever terrible thing you just witnessed on Twitter.You've laughed through Vine compilations. You've cringed through TikTok compilations. Now, try sleeping through Shipping Forecast compilations. 
The Shipping Forecast is a nautical weather report on the BBC. In a monotone, gentle voice, a broadcaster launches into a cryptic string of maritime jargon: "North-West four, 14 miles, West-North-West thr

Yesterday, the world was introduced to Knickers, an extremely large Australian bovine. The steer was a sight out there in the field, towering benevolently over his smaller female peers. (No, Knickers is not a cow. Cows are female cattle who have had a calf; a steer is a neutered male.) The very big boy is a Holstein Friesian, a breed that originated in North Holland and Northern Germany that humans have been breeding for dairy production over the last 2,000 years. He lives on cattle farmer Geof

Elon Musk just witnessed the might of the Not In My Backyard empire firsthand.
Musk's Boring Company and West Los Angeles neighborhood associations have settled a lawsuit, brought by the groups, to prevent the Boring Company from digging a test tunnel for high speed transport without an environmental impact report, the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday. 
The terms of the settlement are reportedly confidential, but Musk's company won't be pursuing the West LA tunnel that would have run bene

Christmas is almost upon us, which means the season of ugly sweaters is finally here.
And while "ugly Christmas sweater" may be the hot search term you type into Google, our collective fascination with these sweaters is holiday agnostic, meaning just about everyone can get in on the fun.
While I don't totally get the appeal, it doesn't stop people from wearing them every year — and it certainly hasn't stopped retailers from consistently stocking them on their shelves.
If you're the type wh

The Apple Watch Series 4’s long-promised electrocardiogram (EKG) feature may finally get support in the upcoming watchOS 5.1.2 update, according to an Apple Store training document obtained by MacRumors.The feature will let the wearable device take EKG measurements using electrodes built into the back of the Watch and the digital crown, improving the Apple Watch’s ability to measure and monitor users’ hearts. Apple has received Type II FDA clearance for the Apple Watch in the

Trying to find your car keys or wallet before you leave for work is a nerve-wracking experience. You're stressed out and frantically trying to find something you need, while you're also worrying about being late for work or getting stuck in traffic. Trust us, it's not a good way to start your day. 
We've written about Tile's Mate Bluetooth trackers extensively, and we've long extolled their virtues as a smart home device that can make your life so much easier. Wouldn't you want to gift that

Instagram announced today that it’s rolling out new features that will make the app easier to use for people with visual impairments. The changes will allow screen readers to describe photos, either automatically using AI or by reading custom descriptions added by users.
These descriptions, known as “alt text,” are widely used online and are now being built into Instagram. Users will be able to enter their own photo descriptions so that people using screen readers — soft

Think you're having a rough day? It's probably not as rough as this iguana's.
On Tuesday night, right before taking the first bite of his dinner, Twitter user @connerhallmark's iguana had a tragic fall.
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Right as he was inching towards his paper towel topped with lettuce and tomato — a salad, we'll call it — he slipped off his chair and plummeted to the floor. And the worst part? His front claw caught the paper towel on the way d

As Amazon continues its attempt at global domination, one Twitter user's tweak to the company's holiday ad makes things far more sinister. If you have a darker view of Amazon and its reported practices, it's a little more realistic. 
The original ad features a jingley cover of The Jackson's "Can You Feel It," but filmmaker Omar Najam swapped that out for a piece of music from Captain America: The Winter Soldier. The doom and gloom makes it the most affecting horror film of 2018. That i

If genetics researcher He Jiankui has provided an honest account of his new experiment, there are twin baby girls alive in China right now, and He altered and edited their genes. 
This news — if proven to be true — is an unprecedented event for our species; an event that is all at once daring, irresponsible, and revolutionary. And at some point in the future, this event could be the means of staving off afflictions like cancer and neurodegenerative diseases. 
He revealed th

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Have you heard about the big cow? He is very big —enormous, actually. 
Knickers, the seven-year-old Australian cow (technically, a steer), stands over six-feet tall, and weighs a whopping 3,086 pounds, which is about 1.4 tonnes. A giant. 
And, if those facts alone don't convince you of Knickers' massive stature, just take a gander at this photo of him towering over a heard of cows:An enormous steer in Western Australia is making headlines. At 194cm 'Knickers' is the largest in hi

Three years after it first launched, Google is making its cell service a little more official today. Project Fi is graduating into something a little more ambitious and getting a new name in the process: Google Fi. But the bigger news is that it’s also going to support more phones — a lot of phones — including the iPhone and “the majority of Android devices.”
This isn’t the first time that Fi has worked with Apple devices; you could get a data-only SIM for iP

If the only thing holding you back from ditching your phone contract and switching over to Google's wireless service is that you don't want to invest in a brand new phone, you're in luck.
After more than three years, Google is finally expanding "Project Fi" in a major way. The service, now simply called Google Fi (it rhymes with "eye"), is finally available for iPhones and a lot more Android devices.
SEE ALSO: OK Google arrives almost natively on iOS through Siri Shortcuts
Google's Fi service ha

Google CEO Sundar Pichai is headed to Washington to testify before Congress.
According to the Washington Post, Pichai’s hearing before the House Judiciary Committee is set for Dec. 5. The topic of the hearing will be Google’s alleged bias against conservatives.
In August, President Donald Trump hurled accusations of bias at Google in a series of tweets. Trump claimed that certain Google search queries like “Trump news” returned results from critical news organizations lik