Keeping a pet healthy requires resources and open space, and in the cities of the future both may be at such a premium that live pets will become a thing of the past. Australian researcher Jean-Loup Rault suggests robotic and virtual-reality pets may replace the real thing.
Verizon just bought AOL , but before that, AOL was a company with deep pocketbooks (all that dial-up money!) and a very weird portfolio of acquisitions.
2.2 million illegal downloads in 12 hours: That’s the piracy world record the latest Game of Thrones episode set last week.
Remember when Gizmodo’s Annalee Newitz declared this the Infrastructure Age ? Well, here’s more proof: Microsoft is investing in its own undersea internet cables.
Verizon’s $4.4 billion bid for A OL isn’t just another whimsical moment in web investment weirdness. It’s serious. The deal creates a huge media-communications giant, just like huge evil media conglomerates before it — and, if you consider the facts, it’s possibly worse.
Analysts predict that the next iPhone will include a Rose Gold option as well as a higher-priced luxury option similar to Apple Watch Edition. This week’s suggestion includes a version of the Apple iPhone 6s – following Apple’s traditional every-other-year change from a full edition change to an “s” version. This iPhone 6s would include Rose Gold – though we’re … Continue reading
Ubisoft releases the first trailer for Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, a game based in London at the dawn of the modern era. This game has you playing as Jacob Frye (or his sister), fighting for justice “on behalf of London’s enslaved working class.” This game has everything – top hats, Big Ben, underground fight clubs, human skewers on assassin’s blades. It’s … Continue reading
If you own a smartwatch, you understand how crucial the display is to your experience. On such a small screen, interaction is crucial and paramount to the experience, but varies from watch to watch. A new report tells us that while your experience may vary, the company behind the actual display might not. According to DisplaySearch, LG makes about 67% … Continue reading
Samsung has launched a new range of chipsets intended to get your home appliances online and talking to each other, borrowing smartphone chip tech for its new ARTIK range. The trio of tiny boards – as small as 12 x 12 mm – connect via Bluetooth, WiFi, or ZigBee, model depending, with Samsung hoping they find their way into everything … Continue reading
Hard manual labor isn’t the only task mankind’s assigned to robots; they’ve also been known to make a drink on occasion. Since the ’50s, we’ve had machines of one type or another that were ready to pour us a cold one, and as the technology developed,…
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