Score Bose's QuietComfort earbuds for under $150. By Hannah Hoolihan Hannah Hoolihan is a freelance writer with Mashable. She’s written for various entertainment websites since 2017, covering everything from tech to games to film. You’ll currently find her work on IGN and Fangoria alongside Mashable, but she also has bylines at Rock Paper Shotgun, Collider

New Zealand’s deep tech ambitions just got a $25 million boost.  Outset Ventures, the Auckland-based venture firm and incubator that spun out unicorns like Rocket Lab and LanzaTech, has closed its second fund at an oversubscribed $41.5 million NZD.  The fund’s mission is to back startups working on hard science and engineering breakthroughs – technologies

Chinese e-commerce firm PDD Holdings saw first-quarter net profit fall 47% to C¥14.7-billion (R36.6-billion) as its domestic platform suffered from intense local competition and its international business was hit by global trade uncertainty. US-listed shares of the company fell more than 19% in pre-market trading. PDD’s “massive bottom line miss is due to much weaker

Get it at its lowest-ever price. By Lois Mackenzie Lois Mackenzie is a freelance reporter at Mashable. Over the years she has written for many publications, covering everything from the local news to the best pair of running shoes. You can find bylines in publications including Fit&Well, Metro, and Coach magazine, usually covering deals on

Get 38% off this powerful portable speaker for a limited time. By Hannah Hoolihan Hannah Hoolihan is a freelance writer with Mashable. She’s written for various entertainment websites since 2017, covering everything from tech to games to film. You’ll currently find her work on IGN and Fangoria alongside Mashable, but she also has bylines at

Save $500 on this impressive robot vacuum. By Lois Mackenzie Lois Mackenzie is a freelance reporter at Mashable. Over the years she has written for many publications, covering everything from the local news to the best pair of running shoes. You can find bylines in publications including Fit&Well, Metro, and Coach magazine, usually covering deals

Hyperscalers and data center developers are in a pickle: They all want to add computing power tomorrow, but utilities frequently play hard to get, citing years-long waits for grid connections. “All the AI data centers are struggling to get connected,” Amit Narayan, founder and CEO of Gridcare, told TechCrunch. “They’re so desperate. They are looking

Thousands of security, safety and facilities products and services ensure that a visit to the four co-located shows provides end-to-end solutions Specialised Exhibitions, a division of Montgomery Group, is once again set to provide industry professionals with an unmissable platform at Gallagher Convention Centre from 3-5 June 2025. The co-location of four highly targeted events

Datatec group CEO Jens Montanana JSE-listed technology multinational Datatec has reported an big improvement in operating profit and net profit for the year to end-February 2025, though revenue fell. The group, which owns Westcon-Comstor and Logicalis, reported US$3.6-billion in revenue, down 8.8% from $3.9-billion in 2024. However, operating profit of $159-million was up 37% year-on-year

WhatsApp is dropping hints that it may finally release a standalone iPad app. On Monday, the company reacted with an :eyes: emoji to a comment on X suggesting that a WhatsApp app should be added to iPad. This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed. Granted, that's as vague as

Another year, another brutal day of people chasing a wheel of cheese down a very steep hill. The UK's Spring Bank Holiday on Monday marked the return of the annual Gloucestershire cheese rolling contest, which sees competitors lining up at the top of Cooper's Hill to race after a three-kilogram wheel of Double Gloucester. The

Communications minister Solly Malatsi. Image: DCDT Communications minister Solly Malatsi has denied that his policy directive instructing communications regulator Icasa to explore equity equivalence investment programmes in the ICT sector was designed to favour the Elon Musk-owned Starlink. Musk has been a vocal critic of what he has described as South Africa’s “racist” black economic

States couldn't enact consumer AI protections for 10 years, if the bill passes. By Rebecca Ruiz Rebecca Ruiz Senior Reporter Rebecca Ruiz is a Senior Reporter at Mashable. She frequently covers mental health, digital culture, and technology. Her areas of expertise include suicide prevention, screen use and mental health, parenting, youth well-being, and meditation and

The fallout from the decade-old emissions cheating scandal is still continuing. By Amanda Yeo Amanda Yeo Assistant Editor Amanda Yeo is an Assistant Editor at Mashable, covering entertainment, culture, tech, science, and social good. Based in Australia, she writes about everything from video games and K-pop to movies and gadgets. Read Full Bio  on May 27

In Brief Posted: 1:01 AM PDT · May 27, 2025 Image Credits:Exo Samsung’s venture investment unit is looking to invest in California-based medical device startup, Exo, in a round that could climb to $100 million, Bloomberg reported, citing anonymous sources. The round is being led by Sands Capital, Bold Capital and Qubit Health Capital, the

The Browser Company on Tuesday said it is considering selling or open-sourcing its Arc Browser as it seeks to divert resources to developing a new, AI-powered browser called Dia. When the company announced Dia in December 2024, it admitted that Arc was a complex browser for a lot of users, and it wanted to build