Snapchat’s chatty users like video. Roughly 10 billion videos are viewed on Snapchat, the ephemeral-photo app that’s becoming a media platform, up a quarter from February, according to the same-named company behind the app. Snapchat is using the data, which was earlier reported by Bloomberg, to show its investors that DJ Khaled‘s stomping ground is …

Let’s hope May wasn’t your month to start doing more outdoor activities. Throwing a little nostalgia in the waters, Netflix has enough “Jaws” movies to keep you terrified until next summer’s beach season. For kid-friendly chomp there’s “The Adventures of Sharkboy & Lavagirl” — or you could harpoon both those ideas and binge on the next season of “Arrow” (yes, …

More than 200,000 residences across regional and remote Australia can start connecting to the NBN with the network’s satellite service now available for retail sale. The service is being provided by the Sky Muster satellite, which launched last October to replace NBN’s Interim Satellite Service. NBN says customers buying through retail ISPs should expect satellite speeds of roughly 25Mbps for …

With a little plug-in stick, maybe you’ll be able to build a future self-navigating vehicle. Or at least test out your navigation system. That’s the idea behind the Fathom Neural Compute Stick from chipmaker Movidius. It claims the Fathom is “the world’s first embedded neural network accelerator.” It’s a plug-in stick with a dedicated low-power processor inside. Target price? Under …

Most phone testing facilities have a machine — a chamber, really — that alternately bakes and freezes phones to make sure they operate in extreme temperatures: hot and cold, dry and humid. I’ve always intellectually understood the purpose of extreme climate tests, but it wasn’t until I carried three phones, a camera and a smart band through the 106-degree swelter …

Prepaid customers often get the short end of the stick when it comes to bonus offers and telco deals. But that’s set to change with Optus announcing the launch of a new Optus Music service to bring unmetered music streaming to its prepaid customers. From May 2, the service will give customers on My Prepaid Ultimate and My Prepaid Daily …

It’s a given that the most important thing to Google — the company/verb/website that’s synonymous with finding things using the Internet — is its search business. Now, as the company lays out its master plan for the future, Google is making sure that business is injected with a healthy dose of artificial intelligence. At least that’s the big takeaway from …

If you’ve got a green thumb but no space to work your garden magic, a Japanese company might just have the thing to help quell your plant cultivation cravings. Named the “Foop” (short for food and people) and developed by a company called C’estec, the smart device, roughly the size of a dual shelf toaster, lets you grow small crops …

If you want to construct a giant Lego Star Destroyer, you might as well give your Star Wars minifigures a home they deserve. Imgur user Doomhandle built a Star Destroyer named ISD Tyrant so magnificent it houses three levels, including a hangar bay, a command bridge, a conference room, a captain’s cabin and officers’ quarters. There’s even a Sith meditation …

Biz Stone wants Jelly to be sticky. The co-founder of Twitter and Medium said Thursday that he had launched his on-again-off-again search engine project, which is designed to help users find answers directly from other users. Jelly works differently than most search engines. Rather than bring back a bunch of related documents, which then need to be examined, Jelly routes …

Facebook’s history is already the stuff of Silicon Valley legend: CEO Mark Zuckerberg dropped out of Harvard soon after launching the social network, which became one of the world’s most influential companies less than a decade later. On Wednesday, we learned more details about Facebook, including the June 20 date for its annual shareholders meeting in Redwood City, about 20 …

Workplace stress has existed as long as workplaces have. A Japanese company hopes a newfangled computer mouse will combat that drag on employee well-being. Unveiled at the MedTec convention in Tokyo last week, Alps Electric’s mouse contains sensors that monitor a user’s stress levels, reports Japan Today. It also gauges environmental factors that could influence employee welfare. It’s little surprise …

Facebook is finally embracing Windows 10, the latest version of Microsoft’s operating system. The social networking giant on Thursday announced new apps for Windows 10 and Windows 10 Mobile. Dedicated Facebook and Messenger apps are available later today for Windows 10 desktop, laptop and tablet users. Both apps feature support for Windows Live Tiles and include all the latest features, …

Just because “MythBusters” has ended doesn’t mean one of its former co-hosts can’t rub shoulders with the next generation of scientific geniuses. In this video from Tested posted Tuesday, Adam Savage interviews young students about their creative inventions, experiments and research at this year’s 6th Annual White House Science Fair, hosted by President Barack Obama earlier this month. Related stories …

Google wants you to buy more of its devices. To get you to do that, the search giant is shaking up the way it runs its hardware business. Google is bringing all of its disparate devices, from its Nexus smartphones to its Chromecast streaming sticks, together under one group, the company confirmed. The division will be run by Rick Osterloh, …