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DJI Phantom quadcopter? Check. GoPro Hero 3 video camera? Check. Paracosm, the latest chillwave record from Washed Out? Check. You might usually find production studio Fiction shooting promotional videos for apps or the ...

Unique web-based app lets you take a glimpse at everyone on Facebook, all in one place.

With new consoles and microconsoles starting to pop into existence, this week Valve finally revealed its answer: SteamOS. Steam Machines. Steam Controllers. Boom. Its ambitions are not to launch a console but a whole sol...

Home brewing is a great hobby, but can take a lot of ingredients, specialized equipment and the knowledge to put them together to make something that doesn't taste like it was fermented in a toilet. Want something a litt...

Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology. For the past few years, the media has met iPhone introductions with skepticism that precedes great sales success. This has become such a c...

Montreal artist Jon Rafman's Nine Eyes project collects some of the craziest Google Street View images you've ever seen.

This list could easily contain 200 reasons why we love adorable and talented actor Aaron Paul, but sadly, we just don't have the space for that. Plus, you have a finale to watch, bitch. After five seasons of Breaking Bad...

Israel based social jukebox turns playlists into social parties

I was at a friend's house the other day and I noticed that she and her roommates all use electric toothbrushes. There were three of them charging in a row on the windowsill. With all the electric razors, bathroom scales,...

Linn's iconic LP-12 turntable is celebrating its 40th anniversary; the Audiophiliac ponders the meaning of it all.

After getting an education, a job and eventually finding success, it’s customary to give back to the institutions that led to your success. But what do you do if your debt of gratitude is owed to Reddit? For Joseph Sca...

As a tech reporter a lot of gadgets pass through my hands, but I'm a lousy early adopter in my personal life. I think the reason is readily understandable: it's money. I don't like to spend a lot on gadgets when I can ma...

harrymcc writes "On Saturday, I picked up a copy of a book called How To Use the Internet at a flea market. It was published in May, 1994, and is a fascinating snapshot of the state of the Net at that time — when you h...

At Cupertino, they appear to be dancing in the corridors, while at previous rivals, there is the rending of garments and wailing. How did this happen?

SpaceX successfully launched its most powerful rocket Sunday, notching another milestone for the Hawthorne rocket maker.     

Sunday's Breaking Bad finale means we must wave goodbye to everyone's favorite attorney Saul Goodman (or just until his spinoff premieres) Luckily, season three of Homeland also premieres Sunday, which means everyone's f...

Sure, each new iPhone is faster than the last.. on paper. But how do these speed increases actually translate into day-to-day use? It's one of life's oldest questions; one that scholars and scientists have spent billions...

It happened to Palm. It's happening to BlackBerry. Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Samsung might be insulated by their revenue from other businesses, or they might not. No company stays on top, or even in the game, forever...

If this week's tech news was off your radar because you were catching up on Breaking Bad to prep for Sunday's finale, don't worry — we've got you covered Our team at Mashable has rounded up the top 25 digital media res...

Though powering .gov websites isn't at the core of the U.S. government's financial woes, certain agencies will take their websites offline if there is a shutdown on Tuesday. Ars is reporting that the Library of Congress,...

If you have a grandfathered unlimited data plan on Verizon now is the time to upgrade. DroidLife, Engadget and others are reporting that the Verizon website isn't even trying to move unlimited users over to tiered plans ...

More than four years after winning a contract (along with Space X) to resupply the International Space Station, Orbital Sciences has finally docked its Cygnus capsule with the space outpost. The achievement makes it the ...