Chance Townsend
Assistant Editor, General Assignments
Currently residing in Chicago, Illinois, Chance Townsend is the General Assignments Editor at Mashable covering tech, video games, dating apps, digital culture, and whatever else comes his way. He has a Master's in Journalism from the University of North Texas and is a proud orange cat father.
In his free time, he cooks, loves to sleep, and finds great enjoyment in Detroit sports. If you have any stories, tips, recipes, or wanna talk shop about the Lions/Tigers/Pistons/Red Wings you can reach him at [email protected]
Latest From Chance Townsend
Largest U.S. healthcare data breach exposes medical records of 100 million customers
While the hack happened in February, the total of those affected has finally been revealed.
How to use Apple Intelligence
Here's what you need to get your hands on Apple's new AI features
By Chance Townsend and Kimberly Gedeon
Apple Intelligence is finally here, but these 5 features won’t be available until December
Here's what you won't get to try today.
OpenAI's AGI readiness team has been dissolved
Another safety team bites the dust.
[Updated] The Wayback Machine and full Internet Archive are back up
The entirety of the troubled nonprofit web service is back online.
Anthropic is testing AI’s capacity for sabotage
The Claude developers are eyeing potential misuse in current AI models.
'SNL' Cold Open sees Kamala Harris on Fox News
What a weird timeline we're living in.
Google is going nuclear for AI
A first-of-its-kind energy deal will see Google buy nuclear power plants to power its AI.
Free Apple Intelligence upgrade likely arriving soon, leak suggests
The first in a series of Apple Intelligence upgrades.
'SNL' Cold Open sees Harris vs Trump in 'Family Feud'
"You raised a billion dollars, how are you not winning by a landslide?"
Alleged M4 MacBook Pro spotted for sale on Russia’s version of Craigslist
Apple's Macbook Pro woes continue.
'Silent Hill 2' review: A surprisingly fantastic remake of the PS2 horror classic
Against all odds, Bloober Team absolutely stuck the landing.
M4 MacBook Pro: Another YouTuber claims to have gotten his hands on one
Sir, another YouTuber has leaked the M4 Macbook.
Android is rolling out 3 new theft protection tools — use them if your phone gets stolen
Keep your phone safe.
What caused the Verizon outage yesterday? What we know.
Was it a new update gone bad? Hackers? See the latest.
Verizon outage map: Which states are affected by phone SOS issue?
Are you in the drop zone?
Meta Connect 2024: Meta’s Orion AR glasses unveiled
It's not ready for primetime yet, but it's Meta's most ambitious AR project to date.
YouTube's new AI chatbot: Ask what videos are about so you don't have to watch them
Why watch the video when you can ask an AI instead?
PlayStation State of Play 2024: Everything announced and revealed during the September event
Here is a recap of what you missed from Sony's surprise event.
TikTok Music is finally shutting down
The service is set to end globally without ever having reached the US.
'Gladiator II' drops another glorious trailer
This time with vibe-appropriate trailer music.
iPhone 16 teardown reveals what Apple packed into the device
Apple gave its new flagship phone a redesign inside and out.
Dump Matsumoto and the Crush Gals: The real-life icons behind Netflix's 'The Queen of Villains'
Pro wrestling as we know it today doesn't exist without Matsumoto, Lioness Asuka, and Chigusa Nagoya.
PS6 rumor: Intel reportedly rejected for the next-gen console — here's why
Sony doesn't want to risk losing backward compatibility.
