The NSA isn't just interested in pure communications intelligence like call records; it wants to look for faces, too. Documents leaked by Edward Snowden reveals that the NSA has been using facial recognition software to scan the internet for...
One of the Internet's favorite cats is back in this week's viral video recap.
Keyboard Cat makes a return, playing "96 Tears" by Question Mark and the Mysterians. While this isn't the same as the original magical cat, which first gained popularity in 2009, it still has all the charm of the original.
Our recap also features the latest, greatest thing on the Internet: Morgan Freeman on helium. The segment was part of the Science Channel's science-documentary television series Through the Wormhole; in it, Freeman discusses physics concepts, while sampling a bit of the gas Read more...
Humanity is one step nearer to quicker computers, but still very far away from Harry Potter-like apparating
Dutch physicists have successfully transported data from one electron to another three meters away, rendering previous doubts about quantum physics unfounded. The discovery — which took place at the Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, a branch of Delft University of Technology — was announced in a research paper released in Science, a journal published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
While quantum teleportation has been achieved in the past, this is the first time all of the data has transferred successfully, according to an report on CNET. Read more...
Ring in the weekend with the latest edition of Feedback Loop. Apple's WWDC kicks off on Monday and we try to predict what will be announced, share impressions of the Dropcam Pro, discuss the viability of DIY data storage, talk about our favorite task...
I bet I can guess the first thing that comes to your mind when I say Cloverfield: "SHAKY CAAAAAM!!" It's so excessive it can be a little bit of a problem, and some endeavoring internet hero tried to fix it. The result is a Cloverfield that's unwatchable in a completely different way.
While many have been expecting Samsung to launch a mini version of the Galaxy S5 given the company's past habits, there have been questions about just what the smartphone would include. Would it be as hobbled as last year's S4 Mini? Maybe not....
Ugh, love songs are so sappy, right? Usually! But every once in a while there's a glorious exception. Something full-to-bursting with a vital vibrancy. Something earnest and cute without being lame. Dear and the Headlights' "I Just Do" is one of those songs.
Virgin America is testing a new website that it hopes will greatly improve the booking process for travelers. After looking at how flyers were using its website to search and book flights, the airline sought to completely reinvent the web experience.
"We took a fresh look. We wanted to not even think about it as an airline site, but as an ecommerce site," Luanne Calvert, Virgin's chief marketing officer, told Mashable.
The site's design focuses on simplicity — seeking to create a more intuitive booking experience — as well as speed, on which Calvert said it already delivers. After booking a ticket on Virgin's new website in under four minutes, one user called the customer-support line just to compliment the company, according to Calvert. Read more...
Every week, we share a number of downloads for all platforms to help you get things done. Here were the top downloads from this week.
It's been less than 48 hours since Google launched its online tool that allows people in the European Union to request to be "forgotten" from search results, and the company has already received 12,000 requests, according to a new report.
The requests are in response to a European Court of Justice ruling earlier this month that found EU citizens have a "right to be forgotten" online and that Google must remove links to search results that can damage a person's reputation.
Reuters reports the company received 12,000 requests in the first 24 hours the form was online, with requests at times coming in as fast as 20 per minute
The form allows EU citizens to ask Google to remove links to search results where their names appear if the results are "inadequate, irrelevant or no longer relevant, or excessive in relation to the purposes for which they were processed." It is limited to citizens of the EU and those making link removal requests must provide documentation verifying their identity. Read more...
Protesters in Istanbul, Turkey attempted to march to Taksim Square to commemorate the first anniversary of the Gezi Park protests and sit-in on Saturday, but were prevented from reaching their destination by police, who blocked access to the square and kept people away with tear gas and water cannons.
One year ago today, Turkish police violently dispersed a small sit-in at Gezi Park in Istanbul’s Taksim Square. It started with a small group that wanted to save the park from destruction (developers had plans for a shopping mall to be built there)
Not long ago we covered an Indiegogo venture that was too good an idea not to let the world know. Six months later Moments Lost: A Blade Runner Tribute has come to complete fruition and it brought some really succulent Blade Runner fanfiction along with it.
We've written about AllCast before, which allows you to stream content from your Google Drive to a Chromecast. Localcast is an ad-supported, free alternative.
When Intel formally abandoned its IPTV project in a sale to Verizon, the team behind it transitioned as part of the deal. Now, only four months later, the man who's been in charge of the venture all along has washed his hands of it, too. Erik...
Less than two weeks ahead of the World Cup's start, United States Mens' National Team (USMNT) star Clint Dempsey was in New York City in the midst of a whirlwind media tour preceding the tournament
Mashable got a chance to speak with Dempsey via phone on Friday. We talked Group of Death, Landon Donovan's startling omission from the World Cup squad, the role fans play in the team's quest for the knockout stage and more
The following transcript has been lightly edited for length and editorial style:
Mashable : You were a late scratch from the team's recent tuneup match against Azerbaijan, so got to watch from the sideline. What did you see from the squad, both good and bad? Read more...
