The Continuous Disquisition

We're not about to make assumptions here, but we'd wager that the starving artist myth is partially perpetuated by the fact that design programs are so darn expensive. A subscription to a single app alone can sometimes require you to fork out hundreds of dollars you don't have. We don't know about you, but that's plain robbery. You d […]

Editor's note: Mashable and PCMag are both owned by Ziff Davis. We’re lucky to live in such technologically-advanced times, but there are moments when it’s possible to have too much of a good thing. Because we tend to scoop up the latest and greatest in tech as soon as the products drop, we ultimately overload ourselves and end up with tons of devices — […]

The million-dollar question: why hasn't Apple made a PDF editor available as a fallback app on new MacBooks? If you don't have a third-party editor installed on your computer, then editing and modifying PDFs is a recurring exercise in torture. The act of manually editing a doc often unfolds as such: convert PDF into Word doc, do editing, take a wat […]

Wireless earbuds seem to be everywhere now, bulky wires gone the way of the audio port. (RIP.) That goes double for the new Powerbeats, the new Apple earbuds that are meant to be a sporty alternative to AirPods. SEE ALSO: 10 of the best wireless headphones, according to Amazon reviews But Powerbeats are fairly pricey, especially for folks unaccustomed to the […]

Not since Mario's nipples has the video game world been rocked this hard by a revelation about anatomy: Goombas have arms and hands! The discovery of these appendages comes courtesy of photos of a Goomba keshi rubber figure (an eraser) shared to Twitter by user Joe Piconi, which shows the Goomba with his arms and hands folded behind his back, thus givin […]

Can you tell me how to get, how to get to Westeros?  A photo posted by Lena Headey on Instagram hints that we could see another delightful Game Of Thrones/Sesame Street crossover in the future.  The image shows Headey, Peter Dinklage, and their new life coach Elmo hanging out with Cersei and Tyrion's Sesame Street doppelgängers. Look how happy they all […]

The FBI is currently investigating a "malicious software attack" that interrupted the Weather Channel’s non-stop 24-hour-a-day coverage. The Weather Channel suddenly went dark for more than an hour on Thursday during its live morning broadcast. Speaking to the Wall Street Journal, an FBI spokesperson said the outage was the result of a ransomware a […]

The federal government wants to hold Mark Zuckerberg personally accountable for Facebook’s privacy woes. According to a report in the Washington Post, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is currently investigating Facebook and looking into whether the Facebook’s founder and CEO should be held liable for the company’s data mishandling and privacy issues.  Face […]

"And we have lift off the guitarist G 11 mission." Huh?  The closed captions on Facebook might need a bit of tweaking after a NASA video displayed some peculiar subtitles. The video in question is the Wednesday launch of Northrop Grumman's Antares rocket, carrying a Cygnus cargo freighter destined for the International Space Station, done in c […]

YouTube wants its paying subscribers to share the wealth with their favorite creators. The video giant is currently giving out free Super Chat credits to YouTube Premium subscribers, according to AndroidPolice. Super Chats allow viewers to give a monetary "tip" to YouTube creators during a livestream in exchange for a highlighted comment in the cha […]