| Facebook Stops Path From Finding Friends After Spam Mishap: Report | | Facebook has cut off Path's ability to access its "Find Friends" function, according to a report. Users of the social-network app, which let users share private updates with close friends and family, can no longer search for friends using Facebook, TechCrunch reported Saturday. Access was restricted after Path updated its smartphone app on Friday.
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| Watch the 'True Blood' Season 6 Trailer | | Saturday, May 04, 2013 11:14 PM | Anita Li |
| Fans only got a little taste of True Blood's upcoming sixth season after a brief 30-second teaser of HBO's vampire series dropped in late March. Luckily, Trubies can now sink their teeth into the full gory trailer, which was posted to YouTube on Saturday. For all the action featuring stars Anna Paquin (as Sookie Stackhouse), Stephen Moyer (Bill Compton) and Eric Northman (Alexander Skarsgård), check it out, above.
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| Halley's Comet Meteor Shower Peaks Sunday: Watch Online | | Saturday, May 04, 2013 10:34 PM | Space.com |
| A meteor shower made from the dusty leftovers of the famed Halley's Comet will be at its best on May 5, and NASA doesn't want you to miss it. The annual Eta Aquarid meteor shower will peak Sunday night and NASA scientists will provide live views of the celestial fireworks display in a webcast from the agency's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.
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| Experiencing Life Away From Your Computer Screen | | Saturday, May 04, 2013 9:44 PM | Matt Petronzio |
| With technology so ingrained in our daily lives, it's easy to forget to interact with others in real life (and, in some cases, to even leave the house).
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| 10 Weirdest Questions Asked on OKCupid | | Saturday, May 04, 2013 9:11 PM | Laptop Magazine |
| Online dating can get weird, and this list proves it. Here are the strangest user-generated questions from OKCupid.
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| Wearable Tech Fashion: What Would You Try On? | | Saturday, May 04, 2013 8:15 PM | Anita Li |
| Google Glass' coming-out party last month solidified the growing popularity of wearable tech fashion. According to an infographic by footwear retailer Brantano, the high-tech specs are just one example of electronic gadgets that double as sartorial statements. In addition to Glass, you can don InteraXon's Muse headband, which measures brainwaves, and sends the information to smartphones and tablets.
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| Crowdfunding Puts Spark of Life in Tesla's Old Lab | | Saturday, May 04, 2013 7:29 PM | TechNewsDaily |
| The old, neglected lab of Nikola Tesla, arguably the closest real-world example of the archetype of the brilliant but eccentric scientist, has been purchased by a non-profit group, with the aim turning it into a museum and science learning center.
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| Newbies Watch 'Star Wars' For the First Time: Follow Along | | Saturday, May 04, 2013 6:42 PM | Chris Taylor |
| It's Star Wars day, so remember those less fortunate than yourself — that is, people who have never seen the original Star Wars movie, retroactively titled Episode IV: A New Hope. Yes, they exist, and in greater numbers than you might think. To address this problem, Mashable has partnered with Change.org and Lucasfilm to host a special screening Saturday night in San Francisco.
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| Hypersonic Aircraft Travels 260 Miles in 6 Minutes | | Saturday, May 04, 2013 5:59 PM | Amanda Wills |
| A Boeing X-51A Waverider Scramjet flew five times the speed of sound before taking a planned nosedive into the Pacific Ocean this week. The launch was the fourth and final test flight in the U.S. Air Force's $300 million program. According to X-51A Program Manager Charlie Brink, it was a success. Powered by a solid rocket booster, the scramjet was released at 50,000 feet, and it only took 26 seconds to accelerate to Mach 4.8.
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| Top 10 Tech This Week | | Saturday, May 04, 2013 4:49 PM | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai |
| Spring is finally here. But that doesn't mean the world of tech is ready to take a break — like you probably did, missing some exciting tech stories. As usual, you have nothing to fear, because we're here with our Top 10 Tech. This week, we finally got our hands on Google Glass, and Mashable's Editor-in-Chief Lance Ulanoff had a chance to try them on for a few days and share his thoughts on this disruptive technology.
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| Google Glass Goes to Large Hadron Collider | | Saturday, May 04, 2013 4:42 PM | Amanda Wills |
| As a physics teacher, going to CERN to see the Large Hadron Collider was a dream come true for Andrew Vanden Heuvel. Armed with Google Glass, Vanden Heuvel's trip was even more meaningful as he shared every step in real time with his students in Michigan.
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| 15 Pop-Culture Realizations That Will Blow Your Mind | | Saturday, May 04, 2013 3:42 PM | Annie Colbert |
| Mind = blown. It's about to happen, so prepare your noggin. Sure, you know oodles of random facts about pop culture and can rattle off Big Lebowski quotes, but that doesn't mean your brain has made every weird connection that's happened in movies, TV and music. SEE ALSO: 15 Celebrities Before They Were Famous Luckily for fun-fact seekers, the Internet encourages the sharing of mind-blowing tidbits on places like Reddit and Imgur.
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| Readers Lament the Loss of Netflix Movie Titles and Other Top Comments | | Saturday, May 04, 2013 3:08 PM | Jessica Fee |
| Every week we highlight the top comments on our site in a gallery roundup, as shown above. This week, readers reacted strongly to the news that, as of May 1st, Netflix has discontinued streaming close to 2,000 movie titles because of a licensing issue with some of the major entertainment companies. Our readers debated the importance of these titles, and offered alternatives to catch the flicks in the comments section.
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| Apple Unveils Top Apps of All Time | | Saturday, May 04, 2013 2:18 PM | AppAdvice |
| As Apple's App Store nears 50 billion downloads, the company reveals the all-time most popular apps for iPhone and iPad.
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| Google Glass Fitting: Behind the Scenes | | Saturday, May 04, 2013 1:41 PM | Pete Pachal |
| The elevator door opened. We hadn't hit the ground floor yet, and another person entered. But other people on the floor who were standing by the elevator could tell that something was amiss with one of the passengers. Something was amiss with me. "Oh wow, is that the Google gadget?" a woman exclaimed as she moved her hand between the doors, halting their closure.
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| 13-Second Proof the Sun Is Crazy Powerful | | Saturday, May 04, 2013 1:20 PM | Amanda Wills |
| A coronal mass ejection erupted from the sun this week, creating a gigantic rolling wave of fire. NASA caught it all on camera.
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| How to Spot a 'Star Wars' Troll on May the 4th | | Saturday, May 04, 2013 12:37 PM | Matt Petronzio |
| It's Star Wars Day, and May the 4th be with you, Mashable readers! You'll see a lot of geek pride around the web today in celebration of one of the biggest and longest-lasting franchises in film history. SEE ALSO: More Comics on Mashable In this comic, our friends Nitrozac and Snaggy at The Joy of Tech show us that there may be some trolls out and about today to bring down your Star Wars fandom.
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| 15 Digital Media Resources You Might Have Missed | | Saturday, May 04, 2013 12:16 PM | Elisha Hartwig |
| Another month has flown by, and we're really hoping all those April showers will (finally) bring us May flowers. With graduation and Mother's Day quickly approaching, it would be easy to miss out on the latest updates in tech and social media — but don't worry, we've got you covered.
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| Geeks From Alderaan to Kashyyyk Celebrate Star Wars Day | | Saturday, May 04, 2013 11:39 AM | Alex Fitzpatrick |
| Star Wars fans across the world are celebrating "Star Wars Day" today. Why? Check out the date — and May the Fourth Be With You. Here's a look at how the Jedi, Sith, bounty hunters, smugglers and tibanna gas miners of the world are celebrating Star Wars Day on social media through memes, GIFs and movies: [View the story "May the Fourth Be With You" on Storify] SEE ALSO: 10 Life Lessons From Star Wars Image via Chris Jackson/Getty Images.
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| Solar-Powered Plane Completes First Leg of Coast-to-Coast Journey | | Saturday, May 04, 2013 11:16 AM | Alex Fitzpatrick |
| A team of pilots, researchers and support crew scored a point for renewable energy early Saturday morning when their cutting-edge solar-powered aircraft Solar Impulse touched down in Phoenix, Ariz. following an 18-hour, 18-minute flight from a base on the California coast.
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