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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]


By Chance Townsend

'Silent Hill 2' review: A surprisingly fantastic remake of the PS2 horror classic
A person with short hair, wearing a dark coat, is standing on a foggy, deserted street. The atmosphere is eerie, with thick mist obscuring much of the surroundings, including power lines and dimly visible buildings in the background. The scene evokes a sense of isolation and tension

M4 MacBook Pro: Another YouTuber claims to have gotten his hands on one
picture of a macbook


What caused the Verizon outage yesterday? What we know.
A sign is posted on the exterior of a Verizon store on September 30, 2024 in Daly City, California



Meta Connect 2024: Meta’s Orion AR glasses unveiled
Pair of augemented glasses being held by hands

YouTube's new AI chatbot: Ask what videos are about so you don't have to watch them
YouTube UI on a phone

PlayStation State of Play 2024: Everything announced and revealed during the September event
Gamer playing PlayStation 5 game console with DualSense controller.

TikTok Music is finally shutting down
An illustration of the tiktok logo inside a phone

'Gladiator II' drops another glorious trailer
A man in gladiator armor and sword faces towards the camera

iPhone 16 teardown reveals what Apple packed into the device
a top-down view of a soldering tool connected to the exposed internals of an iphone

Dump Matsumoto and the Crush Gals: The real-life icons behind Netflix's 'The Queen of Villains'
Professional wrestler with dramatic face paint and a microphone, passionately speaking during a match.

PS6 rumor: Intel reportedly rejected for the next-gen console — here's why
A PlayStation 5 (PS5) video game console and a controller at the Sony Group Corp. booth at the Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies

French startup Mistral unveils Pixtral 12B, its first multimodal AI model
The Mistral AI logo on a smartphone

Apple AirPods 4 vs. AirPods 3: What's the difference?
Comparison image of Apple AirPods 4 (left) vs. Apple AirPods 3 (right)


Google announces 3 new Chrome tab features
Syncing browser tabs between desktop and mobile devices with categorized tabs

iPhone 16 new 'Camera Control' button makes taking photos more fun
Camera Control button on iPhone 16

How to watch the Apple event livestream today as iPhone 16, Apple Watch 10 announced
close up shot of Apple Inc logo

'Warhammer 40000: Space Marine 2' review: A beautiful, gory mess of a sequel
logo for "Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II." The title is displayed prominently in large, metallic font with a dark background, featuring a faint outline of a Space Marine's helmet above the logo. The text "Warhammer 40,000" appears in smaller letters on a banner above the main title.


'Black Myth: Wukong' PS5 review in progress: A potential masterpiece
A warrior in ornate armor stands on a rocky cliff, holding a large staff, facing a colossal stone statue of a deity in the distance, surrounded by mist and trees. The scene is set against a cloudy sky with birds flying overhead.

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