Chance Townsend
Assistant Editor, General Assignments
Currently residing in Chicago, Illinois, Chance Townsend is an Assistant Editor at Mashable covering tech, entertainment, dating apps, and whatever else comes his way. He has a Master's in Journalism from the University of North Texas and is the proud father of one orange cat.
In his free time, he cooks, loves to sleep, and "enjoys" watching the Lions and Pistons break his heart weekly. If you have any stories, tips, recipes, or wanna talk shop about Detroit sports you can reach him at [email protected]
By Chance Townsend
Who are the women's gymnastics commentators at the Paris Olympics?
NBC has assembled a gold-winning team.
Snoop Dogg and Flavor Flav are Team USA's biggest hype men at the 2024 Paris Olympics
The internet is loving it.
Now you can transfer calls and share Wi-Fi hotspots across Android devices
Enjoy a more connected Android experience.
Elon Musk spreads doctored Kamala Harris campaign video on X
You can't say "cisgender" on X but you can create AI deepfakes of your political opponents.
Meta AI’s new ‘Imagine Me’ tool will let you generate AI images of yourself
Be anything you want to be, within reason.
iPhone SE 4, Apple’s cheapest phone, tipped to come with 3 big upgrades
Major upgrades over the last iPhone SE.
Bethesda becomes first Microsoft game studio to unionize
A groundbreaking victory for the workers.
'EA Sports College Football 25' review: Why it puts 'Madden' to shame
College football is back and better than ever.
By Alex Perry and Chance Townsend
There's a new Deadpool Xbox controller — and it has butt cheeks
How to get your hands on them.
Over 1TB of data stolen from Disney, allegedly by anti-AI hacktivists
The leaked data covers everything from Disney parks, new media projects, and even photos of dogs.
Elon Musk endorses Trump as conspiracy theories of shooting run amok on X
"False flag" and "staged" trended on Musk's "global town square" in the hours after the shooting.
5 best Samsung Galaxy AI features announced at July Unpacked 2024
While nothing major, these new features are neat quality-of-life additions.
YouTube Music is testing an AI-powered ‘Ask for music any way you like’ feature
Can't be any worse than my Discover Weekly playlists, right?
How to create a local Microsoft account for Windows 11
If you want to reclaim some of your digital privacy by switching to a local account, here’s some help.
Elon Musk's X will soon make live streaming a premium feature
This makes the Elon Musk-owned platform the only social media app to charge for the feature.
The internet is obsessed with a boring new banana game
It's like "Cookie Clicker," but just the cookie.
4 AI travel concierge services that'll help plan your next vacation
Try offloading some of your vacation stress with these.
Men found a surprising new way to lie on dating apps
Sexuality is a spectrum, right bro?
WWDC 2024 keynote livestream: Watch iOS 18, iPadOS 18 announcements, and more live
What's in store for iOS18?
Netflix is ending support for older Apple TV models
Affected customers must either upgrade their Apple TV model or buy a Roku.
Your Google Maps' ‘Timeline' data may soon be deleted on the web. Here's how to save it.
Your maps data is staying on the device and off the web.
WWDC 2024: What to expect, including AI, iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and more
It's Apple's turn to share its AI news with us.
Sora-created short films to screen at Tribeca Film Festival
AI-generated content is getting a dedicated section at the New York festival.