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The robots are here — and you should be worried
VentureBeat - Kathleen Elkins, Business Insider
It’s no surprise that technology is getting better, faster, smarter. But is it at the expense of its makers? Anxiety has been building around the Second Machine Age and its implications for our economic
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Google begins reporting robocar wrecks
CNET - by Dong Ngo
Following demands from consumer-advocacy groups for more transparency, the tech giant launches a website devoted to its self-driving cars and will begin publishing monthly reports that include accident
Sony UK isn’t shipping your Xperia Z4 Tablet today, new delivery date is the 17th
Android Authority - Jonathan Feist
In a last second change, and we mean that almost literally, Sony has update their product page for the Xperia Z4 Tablet, in short, UK buyers that were hoping to see their new tablet ship out starting sorry,
FIFA 16's women need more to do, but playing Man City isn't the answer
Polygon - Owen S. Good
EA Sports is a near monolithic force in video games but I still felt a little sorry for them after the week they just had. But not too sorry. No, really. We'd agreed to an embargo so I knew, privately,
Air Force Wants Airplanes With Laser Cannons By 2022
Popular Science - By Kelsey D. Atherton
Gunships and fighters and lasers, oh my According to the Air Force, the future of war in the sky is lasers. Lasers on new jet fighters are a future goal, but there’s lower-hanging fruit in the world of
Microsoft starts prompting Windows 7 and Windows 8 users to ‘reserve’ their free Windows 10 upgrade
VentureBeat - Emil Protalinski
In January, we learned that for one year, Microsoft would offer free Windows 10 upgrades to those running Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and Windows Phone 8.1. While Windows 10 for PCs isn’t launching until 29
13-megapixel Asus ZenFone Selfie is all about that face (review)
CNET - Aloysius Low
If selfie shots rock your world, the ZenFone Selfie's 13-megapixel front-facing camera and dual-LED flash is aimed at you.
Koenigsegg Regera Supercar: A New Configuration For Plug-In Hybrids?
greencarreports.com - Bengt Halvorson
Hybrid powertrains used to always tag vehicles as optimized for fuel efficiency. But that’s changed in very pronounced ways the past several years, as …
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China's Robot Dog Takes A Walk
Popular Science - By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer
It'll follow you anywhere! Online videos have surfaced showing Chinese engineers testing, and playing around with, the latest Chinese walking robot. The Da Gou robot is a quadruped robotic "mule," akin
Xbox Live for Windows 10 will be free for online multiplayer gaming
The Verge - Tom Warren
Microsoft is finally bringing Xbox Live to Windows PCs and phones in a meaningful way with Windows 10, and with it comes the possibility of online multiplayer gaming using Microsoft's gaming service. Microsoft
2015 Audi S3 meets its match on wild mountain roads
Road & Track - By Zach Bowman
The quasi-Alpine uplands of Washington State can push any car to the breaking point. We took Audi's new S3 right past the limit. If you're looking for a road to nowhere in particular, you can hardly do
Aston CEO on Future Product: Downsizing Bad, Manuals Good, V-12s Even Better
Car and Driver - Mike Duff
These are fascinating times at Aston Martin, with the recent arrivals of both a new boss—former Nissan product supremo Andy Palmer—and also a fat stack of development cash. The latter leads us to ask former
Ubuntu's answer to Android is finally here, but it still needs work
Engadget - Nick Summers
At long last, the first Ubuntu phones are here. It's been more than two years since Canonical first showed off its Linux-based mobile platform, and fans have been clamoring for consumer devices ever since.
Hubble at 25: the cosmos at its most breathtaking – in pictures
The Guardian - Robin McKie
The Hubble telescope was launched in April 1990. Ever since, it has been providing astronomers with breathtaking images of the cosmos
The World Is Nintendo's (If Only They'd Take It)
Forbes - Paul Tassi
Thirty years after the debut of the NES, Nintendo still finds themselves as a leader in the video game industry. That’s an unprecedented position to be in, as all Nintendo’s rivals have fallen to their
The dress is both blue and white
The Telegraph - By Telegraph View
Telegraph View: Talk about the colours of a dress has united the nation in disagreement The knots and threads of the internet creaked under the overload of one question yesterday: “What colour is this
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DeLorean iPhone case: Where you're going, you don't need phones
Road & Track - By Bob Sorokanich
When this phone hits 88 miles per hour, you're gonna see some serious s***. Thanks to its starring role in the Back to the Future franchise, the DeLorean is essentially timeless. Even among people who
Space Shots: The Universe's Best Images
Popular Science - By Popular Science Staff
A gallery of photos, visualizations, and other pictures of outer space. This post was last updated on Friday, May 12, 2017. Here at Popular Science, we love space—and we know you do too. From seeing the