Follow any Instagram accounts that are just plain… annoying? Rather than cutting ties by unfollowing these accounts comletely, Instagram is rolling out a mute button, which lets you hide posts from an account for as long as you like. The mute feature had been spotted in testing a few weeks ago. You’ll see a ‘Mute’ option, and then you can drill down to either ‘Mute Posts,’ ‘Mute Story,’ or both. The new mute button is part of an effort by Facebook-owned Instagram to give you more control over

The Apple WWDC 2018 keynote date and time are official today, with the Cupertino company sending out invites to members of the press. Apple WWDC expectationsToday’s WWDC doesn’t drop the sort of hints we see on some Apple invites. This invite uses the same logo we’ve seen on the official WWDC 2018 website for months. It did, after all, use the venue to launch the HomePod, iMac Pro, iPad Pros 12.9 and iPad Pro 10.5 last year. On the WWDC 2018 rumor roster are an unconfirmed MacBook Air 2018 refre

Image credit: Institute of Space and Astronautical Science/JAXAWhy always Mars? However, some think the clouds above Venus are just as likely to host basic lifeforms as anywhere else in the solar system. “As conditions on Venus’ surface warmed and became increasingly inhospitable, life could have migrated to the clouds as the surface water evaporated.” Akatsuki at Venus | Credit: JAXA (Image: © JAXA)Meanwhile, the European Space Agency’s Venus Express orbited the planet from 2006-2014, and the J

Google Photos makes it easy to share and search photos, back them up, and cast them to a big screen, but it’s always been lacking a few features. Google has started rolling out a new Favorites feature that lets you add stars to the best snaps in your gallery. AI on the wayYou’ll soon be able to ‘Like’ shared photos too. A little heart icon will appear on friends’ shared pictures, which you can click to spread a little Instagram-style love. That might not sound too groundbreaking, but there are m

It’s a sad day for video game bargain hunters, as Best Buy has ended its Gamers Club Unlocked program in all of its US stores. The news comes via a leaked email surfaced by Wario64 on Twitter, an account known for countless video game deal scoops. The shutdown includes all facets of the program from free to paid memberships, and Best Buy will not enroll any new members. Existing members will enjoy the benefits of the program for the remainder of their subscription, and no subscriptions will be r

Below are the five best Linux laptops of 2018 we’ve picked out using our expert eye – note that they have been fine-tuned to run a specific flavour of Linux (such as Ubuntu, for example). If you wish, you can plump for the most expensive XPS 13, which has a 4K (3,840 x 2,160) InfinityEdge touchscreen. The Serval WS is highly customisable incorporating up to 64GB of system RAM and up to 12TB of storage. The laptop, like all System76 models, comes preinstalled either with the firm’s own custom POP

The LG G7 ThinQ is the company’s best-looking phone yet. Today’s best TopACE Silicone case for LG G7 ThinQ deals ? Today’s best Ringke Scratch resistant TPU case for LG G7 ThinQ deals ? Beyond its more obvious uses for multimedia, this is a tough case that protects the G7 ThinQ from every angle. Today’s best Spigen Tough Armor case for LG G7 ThinQ deals ?

Following months of research and nominations we are delighted to confirm the first selections for the 2018 Mobile Power 50 listAll members of our Mobile Power 50 have meet our criteria as individuals who we feel influence beyond their existing roles, in addition to imbuing their businesses with their values and serve as an inspiration to the rest of the trade. Today’s release continues our countdown to the 2018 Person of the Year award, which will be announced on the 7th June at the Mobile Indus

One of the main selling points of OnePlus’ phones is their Dash Charge function but it seems that the company will no longer be selling components under that trademark. Their statement also assures consumers that there are no changes in the technology that goes into making the OnePlus’ charging function efficient. The OnePlus 6 comes with the same charging technology like in previous OnePlus smartphones that were Dash Charge enabled. We used “Dash Charge” for two years until the EU trademark app

Just when you thought you’d escaped the Wasteland, the Fallout series drifts back into your life like a radioactive thunder cloud. Fallout 4 was Bethesda Game Studios’ (which also develops The Elder Scrolls series) most successful launch ever, with irradiated Boston proving the perfect setting for the RPG series’ spectacular open-world storytelling. There were seven years between the mainline Fallout 3 (2008) and Fallout 4 (2015) entries into the series, divided by a console generation leap. But

Chinese smartphone manufacturer Vivo has just teased the launch of a new smartphone which harnesses some of the impressive technology we witnessed on its Apex Concept handset earlier this year. With a launch event scheduled in Shanghai, China on June 12, the teaser video shows an all-screen smartphone with a pop-up selfie camera that automatically rises out the top of the phone. You can watch the full teaser video below. TechRadar will be reporting live from the launch of this new smartphone to

Upgrade cycle is a hugely decisive aspect when it comes to consumer tech brands. For the uninitiated, OnePlus is infamous for its five-month upgrade cycle leaving early buyers envious of the upgraded ’T’ variant. So yes, this is how OnePlus is going about the upgrade cycle right now. Also, OnePlus has shifted the June launch to May this time around, which means a November launch for the OnePlus 6T is exactly six months after the OnePlus 6 launch. This makes it half yearly, in place of the odd 5-

The Moto Z3 Play should be in for a slight redesign, if recently leaked documents are to be believed. Compared to its predecessor, the Moto Z2 Play , this one is said to be going under the knife to shift its fingerprint sensor around to clear the way for minimal bezels. Moto appears to be making its Z3 Play a more movie-friendly phone with the jump from 5.5-inches to a 6-inch display. It is said to offer four unique bundles: Power edition, Style edition, Gamepad edition, and Projection edition.

We imagine Fortnite developer Epic Games had a pinky raised against its lips when it announced that it’s going to pump $100 million into a series of Fortnite eSports prize pools this year. If you’re wondering why you haven’t seen many official Fortnite competitions around, however, that’s because they’re not really slated to start until sometime later this year. Fortnite fortuneIt’s a large sum of money for any competition, never mind on in its inaugural year. And, as is Fortnite’s stratospheric

Virgin Galactic is already embracing virtual and augmented reality to communicate how it wants to bring space travel to the general public, but the company could use the tech to teach you how to travel to space. TechRadar spoke to Tom Westray, Creative Lead at Virgin Galactic, at VR World in London, about how the company is using VR and its aims for the future. Customers of Virgin Galactic won’t be trained astronauts with years of experience before they’re sent into space. Space oddityCurrently

When Mark Zuckerberg comes for questioning in the European Parliament today (May 22), he’ll do so in front of more than just a panel of MEPs. There will be a livestream of the meeting with the founder and CEO of Facebook that you can watch wherever you are. You can livestream Zuckerberg’s conference directly on the website of the European Parliament or – somewhat ironically – on Facebook itself. So change your IP address to somewhere that definitely will get the livestream, such as Belgium or th

Check out the best e-commerce platformsToday, there really is no such thing as a mobile business or a non-mobile business. It’s not that a consumer-facing retail business can’t exist in principle without mobile, it simply can’t survive. Today, at the start of 2018, the competition has superseded mobile vs desktop and reached a new level of competition: mobile apps vs mobile web. Ignore apps at your perilsGlobally, consumers now spend on average approximately three hours a day in apps, and seven

LastPass for iOS now supports YubiKey, meaning you can log into all your online accounts and services without entering a single password. Just touch a YubiKey Nano device to your phone and you’ll be automatically authenticated into your LastPass account. The updated iOS app will roll out to existing users automatically, and is available to download free from the App Store. LastPass for Android has long supported password-free login via YubiKey, and is available on Google Play. “Mobile authentica

Comcast has released a range of Wi-Fi extenders for its Xfinity xFi home internet service customers. Called ‘xFi Pods’, these mesh extenders plug into power outlets in order to help those with homes where Wi-Fi coverage is patchy. If you’re an Xfinity customer, you can pick up a pack of three pods for $119, or six pods for $199 from the official website. If you’ve ever researched Plume Wi-Fi extenders, these are basically the same device thanks to a partnership between Comcast and Plume. Check o

Intel and Micron have announced the first commercially available QLC NAND flash memory, and with it, an initial SSD from Micron based on this technology. In other words, manufacturers will be able to fit more capacity into the given space available in a drive, so the net effect will be bigger SSDs on the market for everyone down the line. Although the initial SSD offering from Micron – known as the 5210 ION series – is an enterprise SATA product aimed at businesses. However, the exciting develop