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The speculation is overYahoo has acquired Tumblr, according to official statements from Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer and Tumblr CEO and Founder David Karp In a somewhat odd press release, Yahoo promises it will not “screw up” the popular microblogging service … Continue reading →

If you’ve ever had your smartphone feel too hot after a long bout of Facebook, email, and taking photos or video, NEC hopes to solve that with its new liquid-cooled smartphone. The NEC Medias X 06E sports a liquid cooling … Continue reading →

YouTube is the land of the amateur music cover. Anyone with a webcam and a hunger for the spotlight can arrange “Call Me Maybe” and launch it onto the video site, hoping to become the next Lana Del Ray or … Continue reading →

Summer isn’t just the season of love — it’s also the season of travel. If you’re planning a getaway in the next few months, either large-scale or small, you most likely have a budget to abide by (if not, you … Continue reading →

Loyal Tumblr users shouldn’t worry about changes that could come to the site, CEO David Karp said Monday night at an event hosted by Yahoo, which acquired his social-blogging platform earlier in the day Yahoo announced it had acquired Tumblr … Continue reading →

Samsung will be displaying some of its latest and greatest notebook and tablet screens at the Society for Information Display’s Display Week 2013. Among them, one stands out: a 13.3-inch notebook display with a 3,200×1,800 (WQXGA+) pixel resolution For those … Continue reading →

CBS will hold off airing the scheduled May 20 finale of comedy Mike & Molly because of the massive tornado that wreaked havoc in Oklahoma on Monday, the network told Mashable. Mike & Molly stars Melissa McCarthy as a fourth-grade … Continue reading →

When Chinese hackers breached Google servers in 2010, they were not targeting the Gmail accounts of human rights activists, as the company claimed at the time What the hackers were actually after was a database containing years of sensitive information … Continue reading →

In her now-famous tweet, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer promised not to “screw up” Tumblr. While it remains to be seen whether the site’s users will soon be fleeing, Tumblr’s advertising is a different story Simply put, there’s not much to … Continue reading →

Just a couple of weeks after Cody Wilson and Defense Distributed released the files for the world’s first 3D-printed handgun, imitators have already replicated and improved upon it. Two gunsmiths from Wisconsin successfully fired their own Liberator nine times, without … Continue reading →