Memorial Day marks the unofficial start of summer, which means barbecues, extended vacations, and lots of time outside. Get in gear with our top picks for everything you need to have the best time ever. Think of these as your summertime essentials: All the best tools, gadgets, and seasonal upgrades for your home, yard, and

A German radar station likely got the last look. By Elisha Sauers Elisha Sauers writes about space for Mashable, taking deep dives into NASA's moon and Mars missions, chatting up astronauts and history-making discoverers, and jetting above the clouds. Through 17 years of reporting, she's covered a variety of topics, including health, business, and government

A federal judge is asking Apple to approve Fortnite’s submission on the U.S. App Store or return to court to explain the legal basis as to why it has not done so. In a new filing, U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers confirms the court has received Epic Games’ latest motion, where it demands that

Image Credits:hocus-focus / Getty Images 2:09 PM PDT · May 19, 2025 Spotify announced on Monday that Apple has approved a new app update, allowing iPhone users in the U.S. to purchase individual audiobooks directly within the app. Users can also view audiobook prices and easily buy additional listening hours beyond the initial 15 hours.

With the current economic uncertainties and geopolitical challenges, securing funding for startups in Asia has recently become more difficult. Venture capital firms have also been impacted by the downturn, leading to a decrease in the number of funds being closed. The VC market is “going through [one of its] cyclical winters marked by high interest

Image Credits:Getty Images 12:47 PM PDT · May 19, 2025 President Donald Trump signed the Take It Down Act on Monday, a bipartisan law that enacts stricter penalties for distributing nonconsensual explicit images, including deepfakes and revenge porn.  The bill criminalizes the publication of such images, whether they’re authentic or AI-generated. Whoever publishes the photos

12:20 PM PDT · May 19, 2025 Google is buying another 600 megawatts of solar power to supply electricity to its data centers. The new deal covers solar and storage projects being developed in South Carolina by EnergyRe. The company says it has 16 gigawatts under development; most projects listed on its site have deployed

Credit: Google UPDATE: May. 19, 2025, 1:36 p.m. EDT This article has been updated with new information from 'The Android Event,' the Android-focused mini I/O event held on Tuesday, May 13. The latest news from Google-land is all Gemini, Gemini, Gemini. And with Google I/O 2025 less than a day away, we expect more of

Apple's progress on Siri has reportedly been slower than expected. By Cecily Mauran Cecily Mauran Tech Reporter Cecily is a tech reporter at Mashable who covers AI, Apple, and emerging tech trends. Before getting her master's degree at Columbia Journalism School, she spent several years working with startups and social impact businesses for Unreasonable Group

A moving inclusion in a heartbreaking episode. It's not just any watch. Credit: Liane Hentscher / HBO The Last of Us Season 2, episode 6 broke our hearts in myriad ways both overt and subtle. Spotted by Redditor Unwept_Skate_8829, there's a costume inclusion in the episode's opening scene that includes a deeply important object to

It's a great time to upgrade your mattress. By Bethany Allard Bethany Allard Lead Shopping Reporter Bethany Allard is a Los Angeles-based shopping reporter at Mashable covering beauty tech, dating, sex and relationships, and headphones. That basically means she puts her hair through a lot, scrolls through a lot of dating apps, and rotates through

Image Credits:Cheng Xin / Contributor / Getty Images 10:31 AM PDT · May 19, 2025 Semiconductor giant AMD followed through with its plan to spin out ZT Systems’ server-manufacturing business. AMD announced on Monday that it was selling ZT Systems’ server-manufacturing business to electronic manufacturing services company Sanmina. The $3 billion deal is a mix

Image Credits:Matthias Balk/picture alliance / Getty Images 10:16 AM PDT · May 19, 2025 Google has officially released the NotebookLM app for Android, a day before Google I/O 2025 and a day before the company said it would roll out. Since its launch in 2023, the AI-based note-taking and research assistant has only been accessible via

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It turns out Apple's upcoming ultra-thin iPhone will probably be pretty light, too. The latest leak about the rumored iPhone 17 Air comes courtesy of user "yeux1122" on the Korean Naver blog, as spotted by MacRumors. According to the blog, which has been correct about these sorts of things in the past, the new thin

The first round of preorders sold out almost instantly at major retailers. What now? By , Dylan Haas Dylan Haas Lead Shopping Reporter Dylan Haas is a Lead Shopping Reporter for Mashable, where he covers all things gaming, pets, fitness, sleep, and shopping events like Black Friday and Prime Day. Before joining the team at