An asteroid wider than nine ocean liners sailed safely past Earth today (May 31), making its closest flyby of our planet for at least the next 200 years. Asteroid 1998 QE2, which is about 1.7 miles (2.7 kilometers) wide, cruised within 3.6 million mi...
A new app aims to make finding missing children in the most populated country in the world a little bit easier and more of a collective effort. Advertising agency JWT China and missing children site Baby Back Home have jointly developed an app in Chi...
To commemorate a true innovator, a California company wants to get a statue of Nikola Tesla erected in Silicon Valley. Tesla discovered various innovations in sectors including electromagnetics, electricity and earthquake machinery. In honor of Tesla...
When Victor Diaz Zapanta was featured on Mashable for his Facebook account's creative timeline design, he was excited. But that sweet feeling soon soured slightly when the 29-year-old designer's account was parodied by impostors claiming to be him. I...
A video touting a workout called "Prancercise" went viral this week, with much of the attention snarky. But its creator says she isn't phased.
Cookening offers a unique opportunity for travelers to eat fresh meals in the homes of locals in whatever city they're visiting.
Empty threat or a spoiler alert about your future? "I'll see you in hell" is a phrase often uttered in anger, but in this comic by Josh Mecouch of Formal Sweatpants, we see that it can also work as a way to figure out who you'll be hanging out with f...
The weather outside may be warming up for some, but if you're looking for a somewhat warm and geeky addition to your wardrobe, check out this do-it-yourself scarf that changes colors via LED lights. The DIY electronics site Adafruit has a tutorial fo...
Andrew Scott Reisse, co-founder and developer for the virtual reality company Oculus VR, which makes the VR headset Oculus Rift, was killed during a police chase in Santa Ana, Calif., ABC reports. Reisse was not involved in the incident; he was a bys...
Today’s savvy job seekers are blogging their way to success -- and job opportunities. Here’s why a blog can get you your next job.
Look what Indonesian artist Ichwan Noor has done to a heap of car parts, a few scraps of aluminum and some carefully crafted pieces of polyester. This tightly compressed sphere resembles a brand-new 1953 Volkswagen Beetle that was somehow balled up i...
Google announced in a blog post that it will not be including facial recognition with Google Glass until "proper protections" are set in place.
iPhone speculators dream of a fingerprint scanner built into the iPhone 5S, and our favorite Apple conceptual artist Federico Ciccarese visualizes it.
It has been another busy week in the digital world. Catch up on the latest digital media resources with our weekly features roundup.
Google has just issued another update to its Google Search app on iOS. According to its release notes, the update contains "Location improvements & bug fixes." Apparently, these pertain to how Google Now, which was built into the app about a month ag...
Americans might seem glued to their smartphones, but a recent study found that on average, they only spend 58 minutes per day on their mobile gadgets. That's of course the average, meaning there's always Mr. iPhonzy McAndroid spending, like, 28 hours...
When National Geographic started looking into alternatives to cable, it found an as-yet-unreleased product that might be a good fit: YouTube paid channels. The National Geographic Society was in a quandary. It knew it wanted to launch a video channel...
Check out this nostalgic film of New York City in 1939 -- and because it's in color, it looks like it could have been shot yesterday.
A man who only sees black and white has created a device, called the 'eyeborg,' that turns colors into audible tones.
It can be tough to keep up with all the new apps released every week. But you're in luck -- Mashable takes care of that for you, creating a roundup each weekend of our favorite new and updated apps. This week we found an app that lets you go on a 3D ...
Elegies for high-profile tech startups typically depict their failure as oh-so-predictable. So it is with Better Place, an electric-car venture on which some of Wall Street's most seasoned hands lost a spectacular $812 million. But it is worth pausin...
The summer is almost here, and tech companies are probably looking forward to enjoying the beach as much as we all are. But that doesn't mean this wasn't another exciting week in the world of tech. And, once again, if you were distracted by the nice ...
Now that the new Doctor Who season is here, for those true Whovians, it's time to figure out the fashion sense of your favorite characters. This comprehensive Doctor Who Fashion Guide has all the info, even down to the percentage of time each color i...
Intel unveiled its first batch of Haswell chips on Saturday morning.
Bow ties are cool, but goodbyes are not. Matt Smith, who stars as the Eleventh Doctor on BBC's popular sci-fi series Doctor Who, is leaving the show. BBC announced on Saturday that Smith will depart at "the end of this year" after appearing in Doctor...
Some iPhone and Galaxy users dread the next-generation release of their smartphones, as cases and other accessories automatically become obsolete. It's a first-world problem that one smartphone stand seeks to avoid with its "timeless" design. Called ...
Whether you want to design a new product, devise a tagline for a client or solve a scheduling problem, creative thinking gives you an undeniable edge. However, we can't just summon creativity on a whim; when we need it most, it's nowhere to be seen. ...
What's in a meme? Online backup service Mozy attempts to answers that question in an infographic that dissects these bite-size doses of Internet culture. Originally defined by scientist and author Richard Dawkins in 1976, "meme" is short for the Gree...
If you’re on LinkedIn, you want to grow your network -- because there’s some serious career-boosting power in those connections.
The $99 package gets you better iPhone lenses, a specialized cover and a tripod mount.
