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Danielle Herrington becomes 3rd black woman on Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover

But she put on her best professional model behaviour, got back on the rock again and wrapped up the shoot. Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast Aly Raisman wi...

Uber Losses Down in Fourth Quarter, but Still Huge

But it started releasing certain information a year ago. Uber lost $4.5 billion in 2017, widening from a $2.8 billion setback in the previous year. Few histor...

Man wanted in kidnapping of Lowcountry 4-year-old arrested in Mississippi

Officials say she was last seen wearing pink trousers and blue shirt. Police say she may be with a 25-30 year old, skinny, Hispanic male with short hair and d...

SpaceX Launches Global Internet Constellation from Vandenberg Air Force Base

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai proposed the approval of an application by SpaceX to provide broadband services using satellites in the...

The Evil Within 2 now has an official first-person mode

Which means the entire game can now be played from this perspective. I didn't get round to tinkering with its like-minded console commands a year ago, but fol...

Do Not, I Repeat, Do Not Download Onavo, Facebook's Vampiric VPN Service

The Onavo Protect app is now installed on more than 33 million devices, and it's unclear how many of those users know just how much of their data is being sen...

Chipotle shares rise after Taco Bell CEO is Appointed as New CEO

Niccol has less experience with cost management, given Taco Bell is a primarily franchised brand compared to Chipotle's 100 percent company-operated model", C...

Facebook Messenger adds new feature for Valentine's Day

Chats will be able to be personalized with custom text colour, emoji and nickname, plus your number one will now sit atop your Active tab to prioritize them. Fo...

Lincoln Navigator, Ford Expedition Demand Prompts Production Boost

Expedition retail sales were up almost 57 percent last month and vehicles are spending just seven days on dealer lots. "People are buying more SUVs", Joe Hinr...

Five-year promise to keep Sky News independent

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) regulator had provisionally concluded in January that the takeover would hand too much power over British media to ...

Facebook Illegally Used Personal Data In Germany, Court Says

The group said Facebook's smartphone app pre-activates a feature that reveals users' location to people they're chatting to, while the Facebook web service auto...

Julia Louis-Dreyfus 'Ready to Rock' After Surgery & 'Veep' Fans Are Celebrating

The image Louis-Dreyfus shared, though, seemed to be from an earlier photo shoot. "Hoorah! Great doctors, great results, feeling happy and ready to rock after...

Pentagon Proposes Billion$ For Missile Defense

But, defense analysts say, the $716 billion spending plan risks flooding too much money into a Defense Department that may not spend it wisely. The $686 billi...

Tim Cook Dodges Questions About Future Dividend Hike

When prodded on the topic, executives told investors that an update would be coming in April, and that the board was committed to an annual dividend. Spotify, t...

Snapchat faces backlash after app redesign

In this particular instance, the idea is for users to stay on the old version of Snapchat , before it was redesigned. Now, this list eventually does get back...

Facebook pushes for more personal updates with launch of new Lists feature

Once you receive the update, you can access Lists by pressing on " What's on your mind " to post your status. In recent years, the personal content of Faceboo...

In a First Step Towards Monetization, Snapchat Starts Sharing Stats With Creators

Many users are disappointed with the latest update to the app that redesigned everything and moved a lot of the content within the app around. During the ea...

Google: Ads Don't Ruin the Web, Site Owners Do (Premium)

We first heard reports about Google's plans for a Chrome ad blocker last April. While most advertising on the web is respectful of user experience, over...

Google reportedly shipped 3.9 million Pixel and Pixel 2 devices in 2017

However, looking at the big picture, Google still has a lot of catching up to do. Apple sold 77.3 million iPhones in the Christmas quarter for an average of 8...

Qualcomm samples 2 Gbps LTE modem

The new Snapdragon X24 can support up to seven times carrier aggregation and 4x4MIMO on up to five different bands on downlink. At full whack, the modem ...

The most distant photo ever taken

The image, which to the naked eye just looks like an eery green glow in between some cloud looking things, is actually something much cooler. In preparation for...

Mashable launches AMP stories in partnership with Google

Today, Google announced the launch of AMP Stories , which provides content publishers with a mobile-focused format for delivering news and information as...

Reply is working on bringing Smart Reply to all messaging apps

Reply should have some intelligent features as well, such as a "sorry I can't talk" driving mode and a vacation responder to stop coworkers from bugging you ...

US needs Worldwide Area Station to go non-public, finish Fed assist

Donald Trump wanting to end direct federal support for the International Space Station is one thing, but privatizing it is another thing entirely. The Whi...

Instagram is warning users when someone screenshots their 'story'

While the overall number of Facebook users in the United Kingdom will reach 32.6 million this year - far more than Snapchat, Instagram or Twitter can claim - ...

Facebook Losses Young Users in Unexpected Amount

The report is the latest to highlight Facebook's problem with attracting and keeping young people , who have always been a core user base for the world's big...

Pyeongchang 2018 Probes 'Cyber Attack' During Opening Ceremony

Athletes from the two countries marched side by side during the opening ceremony and have formed a joint women's hockey team. Their athletes entered under the...

George Lucas directed a shot for 'Solo' when he visited the set

Creative differences with Lucasfilm was the cited reason for the pair exiting the movie, and rumours that followed suggested that Lord and Miller had hoped t...

You can now transfer money on WhatsApp using UPI

The peer-to-peer UPI payments feature has been rolled for Android and iOS versions of the app. Once the Payments is reflected in your app, all you need to do ...

N. Korean leader invites South Korean president to summit in the North

Impersonators of Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un pose during the Opening Ceremony of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at PyeongChang Olympic Stadium on ...

VLC 3.0 brings Chromecast support and many others new features

This major new version of the software has been in development since June of 2016. VLC also offers better support for Blu-Ray movies. This release version n...

Samsung rolls out Android Oreo stable update for Galaxy S8/S8+

The DeX Pad which is now available in the market is quite expensive at $149.99 and it features a number of ports including two USB ports, one ethernet, one HD...

Make Your Escape In Twin Robots: Ultimate Edition On Nintendo Switch

During an analyst Q&A with Nintendo earlier this week, the company expressed uncertainty over the future of the Nintendo 3DS after a successful launch of the ...

Intel's Winter Olympics Light Show Featured A Record-Breaking 1218 Drones

Intel will also be showing a 300-drone live performance each night at the medal ceremony as well, so attendees will have plenty of chances to see the drones in ...

Xiaomi Mi 2S Sketch And Specs Leak, Ceramic Build Mentioned

The phone will come with a 5.6-inch Full HD+ display, in-line with most other flagship smartphones released a year ago, according to Telecom Talk. It is unclear...