Mashable Tech – Spoken Edition

Whether you're trying to fit a healthy meal into your diet or you just want to kick back with a nice, cool smoothie, yogurt can make for an awesome snack. But if the store-bought stuff is too preservative-y for your tastes, contains too much sugar, or is too expensive for your budget, Yomee can provide an alternative. This Kickstarter project is an at-home yogurt maker with only a few simple steps.

Hi, my name is Ray Wong and I have a very, very serious Instagram Stories addiction. There, I said it. Don't judge me. But I'm not your usual junkie. I posted so much on my IG Stories during my recent vacation in Japan that I broke it (well, sort of). And boy, was I pissed. I had this crazy idea of my very first trip to Japan being free of social media.

If you like wasting money on experimental hardware, then you're going to love this new Android phone from China. ZTE announced today a brand new, foldable, dual-screen mutant phone otherwise known as the . The smartphone is sold exclusively through AT&T in the U.S. and will eventually roll out to China, Europe, and Japan. The Axon M looks like something between a throwback to the T-Mobile Sidekick and two full smartphones bolted together. It's weird, ugly, and frankly makes no sense at all.

In a first for iPhones, Apple says the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus can "fast charge" from 0 to 50 percent in 30 minutes. That is, as long as you have a specific kind of Apple power adapter (29-, 61-, or 87-watt) and a USB-C to Lightning charging cable — both of which are not included.

Razer's new smartphone is only expected to launch on Nov. 1, but the leaks have already begun. According to Phone Radar, a listing has already appeared on GFXBench titled "Razer Phone", that could just very well be the phone we're set to see in a little over two weeks. According to the listing, the phone will have a 5.7 inch screen with a 2650 x 1440 resolution, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor, 64 GB of internal storage — all pretty standard stuff for a smartphone, except for one standout.

The Star Wars Sphero droid universe just expanded by one. R2-Q5, an Imperial Astromech droid that appeared in a blink-and-you'll-miss-it Star Wars: Return of the Jedi scene (and for a little bit longer in a deleted scene found only in the Blu-ray edition), but has somehow become a fan favorite, is getting his own toy robot. Yes, yes, we know there's a Lego version, but it doesn't look or work like this.

Samsung has just released a pair of limited edition Star Wars POWERbot™ vacuums that pay homage to the iconic franchise in a pretty awesome way. Available for pre-order starting Oct. 10, these Darth Vader and Stormtrooper robotic vacuums are poised to be the next coveted item for any Star Wars super fan. (The vacuums will officially go on sale in early November.) Lucky for you —and everyone who sits by me at Mashable — I was able to test them out prior to release.

Qoobo may be the perfect cat. It's soft, responsive, and will never scratch, dismiss, or leave you. It's also a robot. Qoobo, which was unveiled this week by Yukai Engineering Co., Ltd. at the CEATAC trade show in Japan is only marginally a cat. Its wagging feline tail is attached to a 2-pound ball of fur. There's no purring face, no head or whiskers, no legs, feet, or claws. The name is a combination of the French word for "tail" and "robot.

A woman from China has gone partially blind, after spending an entire day playing a game on her smartphone. The 21-year-old, who goes under the pseudonym Wu Xiaojing, was a hardcore fan of popular multiplayer smartphone game Honour of Kings. Wu, who works in finance, was said to have been playing the game for several hours when she suddenly lost her sight in her right eye. She was taken to several hospitals and was diagnosed with Retinal Artery Occlusion (RAO) in her right eye.

As the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history unfolded in Las Vegas Sunday night, hundreds of concertgoers like Heather Gooze were forced to watch strangers die right before their eyes. Gooze held one victim in her arms as he took his final breaths. To reach his loved ones, she turned to Siri and Facebook, she told CNN. Gooze was there to comfort 23-year-old Jordan McIldoon for hours as he died from gunshot wounds at the Route 91 Harvest music festival in Vegas, People reported.