Новости за 12.05.2018

Apple's silence over issues related to its allegedly flawed MacBook and MacBook Pro keyboards just got a whole lot more deafening.

A thousand people have been invited to attend a June memorial service for theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, whose ashes will forever be interred next to Sir Isaac Newton's in the halls of the 11th century Westminster Abbey church.

A thousand people have been invited to attend a June memorial service for theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, whose ashes will forever be interred next to Sir Isaac Newton's in the halls of the 11th century Westminster Abbey church.

It started with nothing more than a mysterious symbol and a fan community that's receptive to puzzling through epic riddles.

Like it or not, the notch — that little cutout made famous by the iPhone X — is a thing for new phones. No matter if it's iPhone or Android, the notch is here for the foreseeable future.

At some 35,700 feet beneath the ocean, there is a white plastic bag lying in the sand at the deepest ocean depths, in the Mariana Trench.

Can a game about popping multi-colored bubbles be relaxing?

That's the premise of Tiny Bubbles, a newly released puzzle game that's both surprisingly challenging and relaxing all at once.

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The $2.99 game (iOS and Android) is centered around what the developer describes as "soap bubble physics," and, at first, it's deceptively simple. You're presented with a series of different colored bubbles, and your goal is... Читать дальше...

The yellow robot dogs that so unsettled people in February by opening a door for one another can now easily walk up and down stairs on their own. 

Snapchat's continuing implosion is Instagram's gain.

As more users flock to Instagram, primarily to share Stories, the Facebook-owned company is testing a long list of new features that'll further accelerate growth and leave Snapchat in its dust.

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A couple of weeks ago developer Jane Manchun Wong shared a list of new, unreleased Instagram features the app was privately testing. Then, on Saturday... Читать дальше...

Brooklyn Nine-Nine isn't going anywhere.

After Fox abruptly cancelled the sitcom on Thursday, NBC stepped up the next day to announce plans for a 13-episode sixth season. It's not clear when the new episodes will air, but fans can at least rest easy in the knowledge that the show will have an opportunity to deliver a sense of closure.

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That's not to say Brooklyn Nine-Nine's newly confirmed sixth season will necessarily be its last. Читать дальше...

Alright, try not to giggle too hard: A new BlackBerry is coming.

In a post on Twitter, BlackBerry announced that its next smartphone, the "Key 2," will be unveiled on June 7 at 10 a.m. ET in New York.

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BlackBerry shared the tweet in the most millennial (are they courting hip young kids again?!) way possible: with emoji. 

🔑2⃣ 👀 pic.twitter.com/t4ZF9yGfhH

— BlackBerry Mobile (@BBMobile) May 11... Читать дальше...

As movies like The Post and TV shows like The Newsroom will tell you, it is the civic duty of every citizen to stay informed.

This post is part of Mashable's Masturbation Week. May is National Masturbation Month, so we're celebrating by exploring the many facets of self-love.

Riding the bus to work, out to dinner, or back home has become a mobile affair. 

We live in an era where free checked baggage is as antiquated as pay phones and land lines. Carry-on luggage is our reality — and when it comes to picking out your bag, winging it is not an option.

Humans usually think that as long as no one's watching, they can get away with whatever they want.

Arduino Day isn’t just the birthday of a versatile, open-source platform adored by developers and engineers everywhere. It’s a celebration of creativity and technology, of makers and tinkerers, of STEM students and future visionaries. Most of all, it’s a reminder that we all have the ability to build impressive projects without Tony Stark levels of genius or wealth. 

Mother's day is for all moms — including the fictional female characters that passed down wisdom through the TV screen.

Google held its developer's conference earlier this week, wowing and shocking the world with a demo of Google Duplex. The new AI voice assistant can make phone calls on your behalf, and it's shockingly believable.

It's been a year since the WannaCry ransomware swept the globe, encrypting computers and wreaking havoc in the process. So you might think we'd have the vulnerability it exploited neatly wrapped up by now. 

We've officially taken our love for the royal family a little too far. 

Just look at those smooth edges and friendly exterior — UPS's newest delivery truck is quite the crowd-pleaser.

When you set aside the corporate gimmicks and ad campaigns, Mother's Day is simply an opportunity to honor the mom — or mom-like figure — in your life for her sacrifices, wisdom, and love. 

Hoping to invest in the next Bitcoin? Keep an eye on Facebook. No, but really. According to a Cheddar report, the company is hard at work on its own cryptocurrency. 

A new day, a new glaring hypocrisy from the Trump administration.

Today's scandal comes from White House Chief of Staff General John Kelly. In a new interview with NPR, Kelly complained that immigrants crossing the border weren't good fits because they "don't have skills" and "don't speak English." 

Thanks to the good humans of Twitter, we now know that's apparently true of Kelly's own ancestors, some of whom were unable to read or write English and would be classified as "unskilled."  

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