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 This phone has a built-in tricorder. Really.
LAS VEGAS — The smartphone is often called the real-world version of the handheld communicators from the original Star Trek, a nod to how prescient the TV series was about personal technology. Well, another Star Trek gadget is on the verge of becoming common. The tricorder — the device that Spock and Dr. McCoy would use to analyze all kinds of objects and materials on the show — is becoming a real thing. And it's coming to smartphones. At CES 2017, Consumer Physics showed off the world's first smartphone with a built-in molecular scanner. The scanner itself is actually an even smaller version of the stand-alone handheld scanner, the SCiO, which the company revealed at last year's show (and went on to win a Mashable CES award). Read more... More about Ces 2017, Tech, and Mobile Read More »Watch the beautiful, horrifying trailer for Hulu's 'Handmaid's Tale'
The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood's iconic 1985 novel, imagines a bleak future ravaged by environmental disasters and plummeting birth rates. The United States has fallen, replaced by the totalitarian Republic of Gilead, where women are treated as property of the state, and the few who remain fertile are forced into sexual servitude in an attempt to repopulate the world. Hulu has adapted the beloved book into a lavish series starring Elisabeth Moss, Joseph Fiennes, Yvonne Strahovski, Samira Wiley and Alexis Bledel. Moss' character, Offred, provides our window into this terrifying society where one wrong word could end her life. The plot hinges on her attempt to maintain her identity in a world designed to erase it. Read more... More about Elisabeth Moss, Alexis Bledel, Hulu, The Handmaid S Tale, and Entertainment Read More »News broadcast about Alexa ordering a dollhouse makes Alexas order dollhouses
Don't watch the news with your Alexa. After airing a broadcast about a child ordering a $160 dollhouse through her family's Amazon Echo, the San Diego station CW6 heard from viewers that their Amazon devices had done the same. The mix-up happened when a TV anchor said, “I love the little girl, saying ‘Alexa ordered me a dollhouse,’" CW6 reported. Alexas around San Diego listened and ordered dollhouses, according to the station. It's been a busy few weeks for Alexa. The smart assistant recently tried to play porn to a child talking to an Amazon device. Amazon has emphasized that there are ways to prevent mistakes like these from happening, including turning off the ability to purchase via voice only or requiring a confirmation code. Read more... More about Amazon Echo, Amazon Alexa, Amazon, Alexa, and Business Read More »The best tech at CES you probably can't afford
LAS VEGAS — Sometimes, you need to fork over a little cash to get the nice stuff. While there were plenty of reasonably priced gadgets and devices unveiled at CES this year, there were also a number of luxurious items that will surely make some feel bad about their current paycheck. From a $10,000 massage chair and a $112,888 amplifier, here are some dream devices we saw this week at the largest electronics showcase in the world. 1. Dell's $4,999 8K monitorImage: dell 2. This $2,400 surfboard with a motorImage: lance ulanoff/mashable Read more... Your smart fridge is about to make our IoT security nightmare so much worse
LAS VEGAS — Each year, CES plays host to some of the most compelling innovations in the tech industry: self-driving cars, virtual reality, robots, drones and televisions that get bigger and thinner each year. Not to mention Wi-Fi and bluetooth sensors embedded into just about every previously mundane appliance and object imaginable. Want Amazon's Alexa in you refrigerator, washing machine, trash can and light fixtures? You're in luck. How about a smart hairbrush, a Wi-Fi-connected shower or an app-enabled breast pump? CES has it all. More about Ces, Ces 2017, Iot, Gadgets, and Apps And Software Read More »Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Solange and more attend the Obamas' farewell party
Barack and Michelle Obama threw a star-studded farewell party on Friday night — and if that does't make you jealous enough, guests allegedly stayed at the White House until 4 a.m. hanging out and eating snacks. While no official photos were released from the event, guests including (inhale) Nick Jonas, Tom Hanks, Chrissy Teigen, Paul McCartney, George and Amal Clooney, Gwyneth Paltrow, Chris Rock, George Lucas, David Letterman, Jerry Seinfeld, Will Packer, Robert DeNiro, Jay Pharoah, Steven Spielberg, Stevie Wonder, Jason Sudeikis, Chance the Rapper, Gabby Giffords, Olivia Wilde, Anna Wintour, Usher, Jordin Sparks, Jon Hamm, Tracee Ellis Ross, and a bunch of other people on your "if you could have dinner with anyone" list. Read more... More about Celebrities, Obamas, and Watercooler Read More »Talented musician covers 'My Heart Will Go On' with 2 recorders and his nostrils
Every now and then, a performance comes around that truly moves you. And while everyone's taste is certainly different, we'd like to recommend this stunning cover of Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On," played with one nose, two recorders and endless musical finesse. Certainly, there are other recorder covers of the song out there, but did they make you cry as much as this one? Samsung's Gear smartwatches now work with your iPhone
Better late than never. As CES 2017 winds down, Samsung is making good on a promise it made at CES 2016: It's releasing an iOS app for its Gear smartwatches so they'll work with the iPhone. Samsung said almost exactly year ago that it would bring iOS compatibility to its latest smartwatch, the Gear S2, and it's since debuted a newer, thicker model, the Gear S3. Both watches will work with the new app, simply called Gear S. SEE ALSO: CES 2017: Winners and losers When it initially announced the move, Samsung said it would happen before the end of 2016. The smartwatch market has cooled since then, however — the market has been in decline for months, with market research firm IDC reporting in October that overall smartwatch sales down by over 50 percent. Read more... More about Smartwatches, Iphone, Gear S3, Samsung, and Tech Read More »Here's why you'll be seeing pink 'pussyhats' during the Women's March on Washington
When packing for the Women's March on Washington, don't forget your knitting needles and bright pink yarn. They are, after all, unexpected essentials. An innovative form of "craftivism" is going viral in the final weeks leading up to the Jan. 21 march in protest of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration. The aim? Outfit every single one of the projected 200,000 protesters at the Women's March on Washington in pink "pussyhats." The Pussyhat Project — a clear reference to Trump's infamous "grab her by the pussy" comment — provides simple patterns to guide march attendees and supporters in knitting, crocheting or sewing bright pink "pussyhats." The result is a simple hat with two peaks on top, resembling cat ears. Read more... More about Feminism, Crafts, Pussy, Social Good, and Women S March On Washington Read More »Subscription box was designed for those who can't leave the house due to chronic illness
Living with a chronic illness often means being stuck inside for long periods of time. Whether a person is healing from medical procedures, living with a suppressed immune system or needs substantial amounts of rest, having a long-lasting illness or condition often requires dedicated self-care — or, simply, cures for boredom. A subscription box service called Be Brave Box was designed specifically to "brighten the bad days" of those living with chronic illnesses. The boxes, created by 16-year-old Taylor Nadraszky, are filled with items that come in handy when subscribers are too sick or tired to leave the house. Read more... More about Self Care, Health, Illness, Subscription Box, and Social Good Read More »This restaurant will pay you to eat soup if temperatures fall below zero
Here's some help for getting through the winter. A Chicago-area cafe, Mather's — More Than a Cafe, is offering a cold-weather deal at its three locations that will have anyone hungry for a bargain checking the weather forecast. If temperatures dips below zero in Chicago over the next two months, thrifty if not freezing residents can get paid to eat a bowl of split-pea soup. If it's a little higher, they'll only have to hand over some spare change. Whatever the day's temperature forecast, that's the price for a bowl of soup. On Friday, it was a 14-degree high, so soup was a dime and a few pennies (plus tax). The soups will be offered at the day's high temperature through January and February, which sees an average high of 33 degrees. Read more... More about Food, Winter, Chicago, Weather, and Watercooler Read More »4 things we learned about Hulu's upcoming 'Handmaid’s Tale'
Margaret Atwood's novel The Handmaid's Tale may have been published more than 30 years ago, but the cast of the upcoming series says the story could not be more relevant in 2017. The 10-episode series, which debuts on Hulu on April 26, follows people in a dystopia called Gilead — a totalitarian society, once part of the U.S., rooted in twisted religious fundamentalism. A place where a class of women are subjugated and used only for reproduction. "I think ... whenever people read [the book], people say it's timely," Bruce Miller, the show's executive producer and writer, said at Hulu's Television Critics Association presentation in Los Angeles Saturday. Read more... More about Elisabeth Moss, Alexis Bledel, Samira Wiley, Margaret Atwood, and Tv Read More »Revealing quotes from HBO's Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds documentary
There's no doubt that Bright Lights — HBO's heartfelt and hilarious documentary on the singular relationship between Debbie Reynolds and her daughter Carrie Fisher — takes on special significance in the wake of the actresses' tragic deaths. The film, directed by Alexis Bloom and Fisher Stevens, premiered last year at Cannes. Many critics noted the bittersweetness of Reynolds' determination to perform as her health declined in their initial reviews at the time, but the thought of losing Fisher seemed unimaginable. Indeed, much of the film is concerned with Fisher and her brother Todd trying to reconcile themselves with their mother's failing health, with neither of them quite ready to reckon with the possibility of living in a world without her. Read more... More about Todd Fisher, Eddie Fisher, Postcards From The Edge, Singin In The Rain, and Star Wars Read More »Everyone thinks this Belle doll looks like Justin Bieber (and they're not wrong)
To the internet's extreme delight, there appears to be a Belle doll out there that's basically Justin Bieber in a yellow dress. The upcoming live-action version of Beauty and the Beast is due out in March, so as it does, Disney is doubling down on associated merchandise. The film stars Emma Watson as Belle, but she seems to have bitterly offended someone — how else can you explain the doll's giant forehead and remarkable Bieber resemblance?
Mark Hamill reads Trump tweet in his creepiest Joker voice and nails it
Is President-elect Donald Trump trying to tell us something with his supervillain-style tweets? Mark Hamill, who knows a thing or two about dark forces in the universe, is here to help us find out. Most know Hamill as a Jedi master, but he's also the voice of the Joker in the Batman animated series. As a special treat, Hamill recorded himself delivering Trump's infamous New Year tweet in his most sinister Joker voice and released the clip Saturday. Trump's remarks just work better if you imagine he's got a diabolical plan for Gotham City. Read more... More about Twitter, Batman, The Joker, Mark Hamill, and Donald Trump Read More »The coolest health-tech products we saw at CES 2017
LAS VEGAS — At CES 2017, we previewed some of the coolest health tech set to hit the market. SEE ALSO: The best tech of CES 2017 From a brand new take on the electric breast pump to a discreet way to check sobriety during a night on the town, trust us, there's a lot of neat stuff on the horizon. 1. ProofImage: Brian koerber/mashable The Proof wearable wants to help drinkers keep an eye on their BAC levels. The company behind this wristband claims it can measure alcohol molecules through your skin and send data to its corresponding app on your smartphone. And with $100,000 in funding from the National Institutes of Health, plus extensive third-party testing, the company says it stands up against other breathalyzers on the market. Read more... More about Tech, Ces 2017, Ces, Watercooler, and Gadgets Read More »Found photos capture generations of people posing for portraits on flimsy paper moons
IMAGE: COLLECTION OF ROBERT E. JACKSON These studio portraits, gathered from various sources by collector Robert E. Jackson, feature one of the most popular props in early 20th-century informal portraiture: the paper moon. Jackson, who has assembled more than 12,000 pieces of vernacular photo ephemera over two decades, often discovers recurring pattens and motifs among the images, from comical photo-manipulated decapitations to proud displays of vinyl records. The paper moon was most commonly found in cheap photo studios at fairs and carnivals, offering couples and friends the chance to commemorate their festive time together with a souvenir postcard of their trip to the heavens. Read more... More about Snapshot, Found, Studio Portrait, History, and Retronaut Read More »Nokia finally returns to the smartphone market
After years of anticipation, Nokia is finally back in the smartphone game. To little fanfare, the Finnish technology company HMD Global (HMD) Sunday unveiled the Nokia 6, a mid-range Android smartphone for the Chinese market. HMD owns the rights to use Nokia’s brand on mobile phones. SEE ALSO: Microsoft subtly admits the Nokia deal was a failure and 7,800 employees will lose their jobs The Nokia 6, which runs the newest version of Google’s mobile operating system, Android Nougat, sports a 5.5-inch full HD (1920x1080 pixels) display. With metal on the sides and a rounded rectangular fingerprint scanner housed on the front, the Nokia 6 seems reminiscent of the Samsung Galaxy S7. Read more... More about Windows Phone, Microsoft, Smartphone, Smartphones, and Android Read More »The CW has renewed 'The Flash,' 'Supernatural' and 5 more favorites
The CW has given early renewals to seven of its most popular shows. Arrow (entering Season 6), Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (Season 3), DC's Legends of Tomorrow (Season 3), The Flash (Season 4), Jane the Virgin (Season 4), Supergirl (Season 3) and Supernatural (Season 13) will be back for the 2017-2018 season. The announcement was made ahead of the network's presentation at the Television Critics Association Press Tour in Pasadena by CW president Mark Pedowitz. “Over the past several seasons, The CW has built a schedule of proven performers, from our lineup of DC superheroes, to critically acclaimed comedies, to sci-fi dramas,” said Pedowitz. “Early pickups of these seven series now allow our producers to plan ahead for next season, and gives us a solid base to build on for next season, with original scripted series to roll out all year long.” Read more... More about The Cw, Supergirl, Legends Of Tomorrow, Arrow, and Crazy Ex Girlfriend Read More »Study says zombies would wipe out humans in less than 100 days
The zombie apocalypse won't take long. A new article in a peer-reviewed student journal finds that the zombie hordes would take Earth's population down to a mere 273 survivors in 100 days. The paper, published in the University of Leicester's Journal of Physics Special Topics, was a fanciful use of the so-called SIR model, which is used in epidemiology to simulate how diseases spread over time. It's not the first time zombies have been used as a public health metaphor. In December 2015, for example, the British medical journal The Lancet published a tongue-in-cheek paper titled "Zombie infections: epidemiology, treatment, and prevention." And a viral blog post from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urged zombie-apocalypse preparations as a metaphor for real-life disaster preparedness Read more... More about Zombie, Zombies, and Us World Read More »In 1913, suffragists crashed Woodrow Wilson's inauguration to demand the vote
Inez Milholland, one of the leaders of the parade. Image: Library of Congress In late 1912, the American movement for women’s suffrage was facing a frustrating lack of progress at the national level At the annual convention of the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA), Alice Paul (who had survived imprisonment and force-feeding while fighting for British women’s suffrage) and Lucy Burns proposed an audacious publicity action: a massive march on Washington to coincide with Woodrow Wilson’s presidential inauguration. Their proposal was approved, and they set about organizing and fundraising for the march, which was set for March 3, 1913. Read more... More about Protest, Inauguration, Womens Rights, Suffrage, and Suffragette Read More »The 5 places that stole my heart in 2016
For a lot of people, 2016 was the kind of year that warranted a lot of getting away. So it’s no surprise that for me, a professional jet-setter, most of the year’s highlights were far away from home. Here are the five places that stole my travel-editing heart over the last 12 months —some classic, some new, but all ones you should consider for yourself, too.
Cabo San Lucas, MexicoI’d long overlooked Cabo as a nightlife hub that was way farther from New York than low-slung Tulum. But I’m officially a convert to what’s really one of the great resort destinations on earth, second only to such places as Phuket or the South Pacific. Truth is, Cabo has some of the most compelling farm-to-table projects in Mexico, a ubiquitous knack for fried fish tacos, and—since they were all redone right after Hurricane Odile struck in 2014—one of the highest concentrations of gleaming, new five-star resorts under the sun. Pile on Cabo’s natural splendor (stunning rock formations, cliffside beaches, whale watching, waterfalls, you name it) and its propensity for excellent swim-up bars, and you’ll find a place where it’s hard to complain about anything. Read more... More about Machu Picchu, Paris, Travel Destinations, Travel, and Lifestyle Read More »The vinyl jukebox is coming back into production after 25 years
There's just something about the warm sound of a vinyl record. For the first time in 25 years, record player manufacturer Crosley has decided to go retro and bring back the classic vinyl jukebox player, but with a modern twist. Its CR1209A full-sized Rocket Vinyl Jukebox will be the only jukebox in production. SEE ALSO: Vinyl sales are back to '90s levels Its stylish yet classic-looking jukebox is decked out in shimmering gold and chrome with a clear glass top over the record changer and player, so that users can see the rotating wheel of vinyl records after making their selection. The machine will hold 70 7-inch records for a total of 140 separate tunes. Read more... More about Vinyl, Ces 2017, Tech, and Watercooler Read More »'Constantine' is coming back to TV as an animated CW show
Constantine lives! The DC Comics hero is being resurrected by The CW for a new digital animated series that will debut on CW Seed during the 2017-2018 season, the network announced Sunday at its Television Critics Association press day. The hero has walked a tumultuous path on the small screen — NBC premiered a short-lived live action series in 2014 which lasted only 13 episodes before being cancelled. A spirited fan campaign then ensued to try and encourage another network to revive the show, with Warner Bros. TV attempting to shop the series elsewhere. Two years later, that fervor appears to have paid off, albeit in a slightly different form. Read more... More about Arrow, Dc Comics, Greg Berlanti, The Cw, and Constantine Read More »Martin Shkreli's Twitter account suspended after he posted creepy photo collage
Martin Shkreli is kicking off 2017 with unsurprising flair. The former pharmaceutical executive and Wu-Tang Clan fanatic's Twitter account was suspended Sunday, just hours after he updated his profile with a creepy photo collage of Teen Vogue editor Lauren Duca.
Shkreli had messaged Duca on Jan. 5 after the magazine editor sparred with Fox New's Tucker Carlson on his show, an exchange that ended with Carlson telling Duca to "stick to the thigh-high boots." Shkreli — dubbed the "world's most hated man" for his decision to hike up the price of an anti-parasite drug used by HIV patients — invited Duca to join him at President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Jan. 21. Read more... More about Twitter Trolls, Inauguration, Donald Trump, President Elect Donald Trump, and Tucker Carlson Read More »Smart people everywhere celebrate Stephen Hawking's 75th birthday
Back in 1963, when Stephen Hawking was 21 years old, doctors gave him two to five years to live after he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). On Sunday, the world's most famous theoretical physicist turned 75 years old. The man has accomplished a lot in his life: groundbreaking research on black holes, a bestselling book, and continued support for ALS research and awareness. It's no surprise that organizations like NASA decided to pay tribute to the great scientist.
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