The original Insta360 Link entered the world fully formed. $299 price tag aside, I had no major complaints about the webcam in my 2022 review. Two years later, the Shenzhen-based consumer optics company has debuted its successor — two of them, in fact. In my review, I noted that the Link’s steep price tag was … Read more
Mortgage fintech Mesa has emerged from stealth on Tuesday with $9.2 million in seed capital and a novel idea for homeowners. It’s offering cash back and rewards on all spending done on the home, including the mortgage itself. Mesa is offering mortgage loans, original or refinancing, that include a credit-card-style 1% cash back on the … Read more
Vista Equity Partners and Blackstone have agreed to acquire Smartsheet, the software-as-a-service (SaaS) workplace collaboration and management platform, for $8.4 billion in cash. The companies say that the deal values publicly-traded Smartsheet’s shares at a 41% premium over its 90-day average share price. Should regulators and shareholders approve it, shareholders would receive $56.50 per share … Read more
As the volume of cyberattacks grows, there’s increasing interest from the corporate sector in tech to help automate responses to breaches. Per a 2023 survey from analytics firm Devo, 80% of security leaders expected expanded investments in security automation technology this year; most cited the tech’s potential to support cyber threat mitigation. Projections say that the market … Read more
TL;DR: Get lifetime access to DeskSense AI Assistant for $49 (reg. $179) — your all-in-one tool for productivity and automation. If you’re running a one-person show or managing a small business, you know how quickly tasks pile up. Enter DeskSense — an AI assistant that’s like your new best friend for staying on top of … Read more
TL;DR: Grab a refurbished MacBook Pro with 256GB SSD storage and a Touch Bar for $449.99 (reg. $1,499) — all the power without the premium price. Ever thought about upgrading your laptop but didn’t want to fork over a fortune? No worries — this refurbished MacBook Pro from 2019 lets you dive into Apple’s powerhouse … Read more
ByteDance is shuttering its music streaming service TikTok Music worldwide in November, according to its website. “We are sorry to inform you that TikTok Music will be closing on 28 November 2024,” the notice on the site read. The Spotify and Apple Music competitor was available in Indonesia, Brazil, Australia, Singapore, and Mexico. ByteDance didn’t … Read more
Few rejoinders sting quite the way “touch grass” does. For those who aren’t chronically online, the phrase essentially means you need to log off and go outside, but the deeper undercurrent is that you’ve lost touch with the real world and desperately need to reconnect to something tangible. It’s “get real,” minus the vintage appeal. … Read more
How we tested Mashable staff subjected all of the MacBooks on this list to varying degrees of hands-on testing. At minimum, this involved inspecting their build quality and using them for a variety of real-world tasks for several weeks at a time. This included working in different kinds of documents, checking emails, watching videos, taking … Read more
One of OpenAI’s official accounts just got hacked. OpenAI Newsroom, “The official newsroom for OpenAI”, shared the following scam post on X on Monday. SEE ALSO: Sam Altman steps down as head of OpenAI’s safety group “We’re very happy to announce $OPEANAI [sic]: the gap between Al and blockchain technology,” it read. “All OpenAI users … Read more