What the Mashable staff bought in August
Can we all just collectively agree to ignore the fact that it’s already September? Please? (Or maybe it’s a good thing that this dumpster fire of a year is getting…
A Grim Reality of Reopening: More Mold
Last month, I took a road trip to North Carolina. The area had just experienced an extremely wet and rainy spring, and the Airbnb I was staying in had been…
The Boys season 2 wants to start a cult of personality
It’s easy to get the wrong idea about The Boys. Amazon’s satirical take on superheroes — based on Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson’s comic superheroes who get off on behaving…
Nintendo now lets you cancel digital Switch game preorders
Nintendo is changing how it handles digital game preorders for the Switch’s eShop, and it’s starting by giving customers the chance to cancel preordered games instead of getting billed upfront.…
Apple and Google announce new automatic app system to track COVID exposures
Apple and Google are launching a new auto-generated software framework to help states deploy their own contact tracing apps. Developed as an extension of the earlier exposure notification framework, the…
Google’s AI flood warnings now cover all of India and have expanded to Bangladesh
Google says its flood prediction service, which uses machine learning to identify areas of land prone to flooding and alert users before the waters arrive, now covers all of India…
How Face Shields and Valve Masks Fail to Stop Infectious Droplets, as Shown by Lasers
Using lasers, engineers at Florida Atlantic University were able to visualize what happens to aerosolized droplets when they’re exhaled out through a face shield (left) or N95 mask with an…
With this training, Amazon doesn’t have to be your business competition. It can be your rocket fuel
Credit: Claudio Schwarz/Unsplash TLDR: The 2020 How to Start an eCommerce Business Course goes inside using Google and Amazon as major springboard for your business’ digital success. The difference between…
Land Rover launched a phone because… actually I’ve got no idea why
Land Rover is one of the most world’s most iconic car brands and it’s decided to capitalize on this by… releasing a phone? Someone, somewhere, please strike me down. Yep,…
Electronic skin that ‘feels’ pain could lead to smarter prosthetics and robots
A new electronic skin that reacts to pain like humans could provide the foundations for better prosthetics, smarter robots, and non-invasive alternatives to skin grafts, according to the device’s inventors. The…