Threads starts testing scheduled posts

Image: The Verge Threads is about to begin testing the ability to schedule posts, according to Instagram’s Adam Mosseri. “Replies cannot be scheduled,” he added, explaining that “we want to balance giving people more control to plan their Threads posts while still encouraging real-time conversation.”Mosseri also makes sure to note that Instagram has been working on this feature “for months.” I’m choosing to take as a sign that the Instagram chief i

User-reported issues indicated a major problem at Verizon, with folks noting what appeared to be widespread service outages.User-reported issues spiked at Downdetector around midday, Eastern time on Wednesday. (Disclosure: Downdetector is owned by Ziff Davis, the same parent company as Mashable.)"Verizon is currently facing a massive service outage with a total of 235,373 reports recorded over the last 24 hours," noted Downdetector. Some users on social media indicated their phones were in SOS m

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TL;DR: Live stream Nigeria vs. Morocco in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations for free on Channel 4. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.Nigeria will not be competing in this summer's World Cup, which is a real shame for fans. They're stacked with talent, including attacking stars like Victor Osimhen and Ademola Lookman. With their squad, they should be qualifying for the biggest tournaments. But alas, the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations is all they've got right

Euphoria is getting on the time jump train.Season 3 of Sam Levinson's smash hit picks up five years after the events of Season 2. For everyone keeping track at home, that's just one year more than the real-life wait time between seasons, to which I must quote the immortal words of Maddy Perez (Alexa Demie) and say, "Bitch, you better be joking."SEE ALSO:2026 TV preview: All the TV shows you need to know, and where to stream them
Now, though, we finally have a full trailer and an Apr. 12 release

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Google Gemini — the tech giant's generative AI video model — is launching the ability to generate social media-ready vertical video. That's all well and good, but it raises the question: Does that mean even more AI slop? Google Veo is widely regarded as the leading AI video model (different versions of Veo claim the top four spots on LMArena's text-to-video leaderboard), so the answer is almost certainly yes.Google announced this week that Veo 3.1 — the latest version of Gemini

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Living on the east coast of southern Virginia has its advantages. Being minutes from the beach and having actual summers is great, but the "hurricane-prep" lifestyle is very real. One bad gust of wind and the whole neighborhood is in the dark for the foreseeable future, which is why ha

TL;DR: Live stream Senegal vs. Egypt in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations for free on Channel 4. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.The 2025 Africa Cup of Nations has been everything we wanted it to be. We've seen some incredible fixtures, magical individual performances, and passionate stadiums, and we're not done yet. Senegal take on Egypt in the first semi-final matchup. All eyes will be on Mohamed Salah as he looks to lead his side into another final.

Harry Lighton's critically acclaimed BDSM romance Pillion hits U.S. theaters just in time for Valentine's Day, and you can get in the mood by watching the latest trailer from A24.SEE ALSO:'Pillion' trailer sees Alexander Skarsgård and Harry Melling enter a Dom/sub relationship
Based on the 2020 novel Box Hill by Adam Mars-Jones, who co-wrote the film with Lighton, Pillion stars Harry Melling as introverted parking attendant Colin. A chance encounter leads him to meet his polar opposite in

Belgian cybersecurity startup Aikido Security has closed a $60 million Series B funding round at a $1 billion valuation, marking a rare unicorn milestone for a European security company and highlighting the accelerating interest in developer-centric security platforms. The round was led by DST Global, a tech-oriented investment firm with a track record of backing major technology companies, and included participation from PSG Equity, Notion Capital, and Singular. Founded in 2022, Aikido has rea

We know that Apple is working on new versions of its MacBook Pro laptop computer. The company launched a new 14-inch MacBook Pro with an M5 chip in October, but never followed through with a more powerful, 16-inch version. Now, however, the company might have dropped a clue as to when the new 16-incher will arrive, and it lies in the company's recently launched Creator Suite. The Creator Suite is a subscription package that bundles a bunch of video and audio tools aimed at professionals, includi

Maladaptive daydreamers, I have some bad news. TikTok just released its annual TikTok Next trend forecast for marketers in 2026, and the headline takeaway is blunt: fantasy is out — and reality is in.In TikTok's telling, 2026 will be less about fantasizing your way out of life and more about intentionally engaging with it. After years dominated by "romanticizing," "delulu," and digital escapism, users are shifting toward discipline, routine, and shared accountability as ways to cope with a

Last year at the Consumer Electronics Show, a solidly built Windows laptop that weighed just over two pounds was an exciting and novel concept. The 2.18-pound, Qualcomm-powered Asus Zenbook A14 took tech's biggest showcase by storm as the thinnest and lightest Copilot+ PC in the world at the time. Among other accolades, it clinched our Best of CES award in the laptop category for its feathery yet rigid design, pretty OLED display, and all-day battery life. Even Oprah was a fan.Soon, the Zenbook

Today's NYT Strands hints are easy if you're always hype.Strands, the New York Times' elevated word-search game, requires the player to perform a twist on the classic word search. Words can be made from linked letters — up, down, left, right, or diagonal, but words can also change direction, resulting in quirky shapes and patterns. Every single letter in the grid will be part of an answer. There's always a theme linking every solution, along with the "spangram," a special, word or phrase t

The NYT Connections puzzle today is not too difficult to solve if you're a shopaholic.Connections is the one of the most popular New York Times word games that's captured the public's attention. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle.If you just want to be told today's puzzle, you can jump t

Today's Wordle answer should be easy to solve if you're dodgy. If you just want to be told today's word, you can jump to the bottom of this article for today's Wordle solution revealed. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you.SEE ALSO:Mahjong, Sudoku, free crossword, and more: Play games on Mashable SEE ALSO:NYT Connections hints today: Clues, answers for January 14, 2026
Where did Wordle come from?Originally created by engineer Josh