Monthly Archives: October 2020
The MagSafe iPhone wallet won't demagnetize your credit cards, so you can stop freaking out now
On Tuesday, Apple announced it was implementing its MagSafe technology into its new smartphones. With one of the compatible accessories being an iPhone wallet, some people freaked out about the implications for their credit cards — but you really don’t need to worry. This is going to end poorly for so many hotel room keys […]
YouTube will take down misinformation about COVID-19 vaccinations
The social media crackdown on COVID-19 misinformation continues. Next up to the plate: YouTube and its new policies on coronavirus vaccine content. In an email sent to reporters on Wednesday, YouTube announced it was expanding the company’s COVID-19 Medical Misinformation Policy to explicitly add new rules about coronavirus vaccine content. As the world gets closer […]
How these filmmakers made a pandemic documentary during a pandemic
Academy Award-winner Alex Gibney, Suzanne Hillinger and Ophelia Harutyunyan talked about what it was like making their documentary “Totally Under Control” during a pandemic. Read Mashable’s full review of the documentary here. Read more… More about Mashable Video, Documentary, Trump, Pandemic, and Coronavirus
Facebook finally bans anti-vaccination ads
Conspiracy theorists and promoters of misinformation have had a harder time spreading falsehoods on Facebook in recent weeks. The social media company took the fight to another group Tuesday: anti-vaxxers. However, its new policy against anti-vaccination rhetoric is still lacking. Facebook just announced it would now ban ads meant to “discourage” people from getting vaccinated. […]
The iPhone 12 mini is a perfect fit for thine dainty woman hands
Hear ye, hear ye: The tyranny of overwhelmingly large iPhones over women with perfectly normal sized hands is over. Sort of. Apple unveiled the new iPhone 12 mini during its virtual product debut event Tuesday. It has all the same cool new specs as the “normal” iPhone 12, notably 5G connectivity and a stronger “ceramic […]
8 worthy new novels to read this fall
Need a break from doomscrolling on Twitter? Don’t we all. This book list is here to offer eight recent releases that cut through the noise — stories that you can spend a few blissful hours with curled up on the couch, getting swept up in a K-pop training camp or visiting Osaka or imagining […]
Your privacy may be another victim of the coronavirus pandemic
Drones. Surveillance creep. A terrifying new normal is approaching…regardless of whether we like it or not. Read the full story here. Read more… More about Mashable Video, Cybersecurity, Election, Digital Surveillance, and Tech
Amazon devices on sale for Prime Day: Save on Echo, Fire TV, tablets
Our top picks for best Prime Day deals on Amazon devices: BEST ECHO DEAL: Echo Studio with two Philips Hue bulbs — save $79.99 BEST FIRE TV DEAL: Toshiba 50-inch Fire TV Edition — save $120 BEST TABLET DEAL: Fire HD 10 tablet — save $70 Amazon devices are always hot items during Prime Day […]
'SNL' pokes fun at Boston with pitch perfect ad for Sam Adams' pumpkin ale
At a time of unprecedented division, last night Saturday Night Live played into one of the few things most Americans can still agree on: Making fun of Boston is funny. Controversial comedian Bill Burr was a natural fit for this sketch, starring as a belligerent Bostonian who drinks a bit too much Sam Adams pumpkin […]
What Apple, Google, and Amazon’s websites looked like in 1999
In Tales of the Early Internet, Mashable explores online life through 2007 — back before social media and the smartphone changed everything. The year was 1999: Cher’s “Believe” was blasting on pop radio stations, Bill Clinton was impeached, Jar Jar Binks hit the Big Screen, and the beep, beep, static of dial-up internet echoed in […]