Hasta La Gadget!

We’re sure that there are some users with concerns about devices like the Amazon Echo, Google Home, and Apple HomePod, devices that are sitting there “listening” and waiting for users to give the command. These companies have stressed in the past that they are not eavesdropping on users, but despite that there are probably some a little worried nonetheless.

Unfortunately for Facebook, now might not be the best time to launch their own set of smart speakers. In a report from Bloomberg, it seems that the social networking giant has apparently delayed the launch of their speakers which was originally set for an unveiling in May at the company’s F8 event.

We have been hearing rumors that Facebook is working on smart speaker devices that will be similar to what’s being offered in the market, although given the recent privacy scandal that Facebook has found themselves embroiled in, like we said, it is probably not the best time to be launching speakers that have “always listening” features.

We’re not sure when Facebook might choose to launch these speakers, although they might probably want to wait for the fuss to die down first before doing so. However if the pundits are right, this recent scandal could be bigger than Facebook anticipated and might not be going away anytime soon.

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If you love using GIFs, there are several GIF platforms available on the web, such as Giphy and Tenor, in which the latter’s case has been acquired by Google. The announcement was made on Google’s blog in which Google shares some ideas on how they plan to leverage their latest acquisition.

According to Google, “Most people now use Google Images to find more information about a topic, and to help them communicate and express themselves—case in point, we see millions of searches for GIFs every day.” They add, “With their deep library of content, Tenor surfaces the right GIFs in the moment so you can find the one that matches your mood. Tenor will help us do this more effectively in Google Images as well as other products that use GIFs, like Gboard.”

Google’s announcement also confirms that Tenor will continue to operate as a separate brand, much like how other Google acquisitions have continued to operate under their own brand, such as Waze. We’re not sure if Google has bigger plans for Tenor in the future, like maybe better integrating GIF support into their products and services like Android, Gmail, or G Suite, but for now it looks like it will business as usual.

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The former president let loose when he boogied with the bride.

“He may look like a harmless model train enthusiast…”

It seems that in the future not only might we have to be worried about robots that can outthink us, but also robots that can outrun us. The folks at Festo have recently taken the wraps off their latest robotic creation which is a spider-like robot that can fold up and transform into a rolling wheel that can chase after us.

Dubbed the BionicWheelBot, this is a robot that is inspired by nature and modeled after the flic-flac spider that has been known to perform cartwheels in order to quickly escape from a predator. With it being able to transform, the BionicWheelBot will be ideal when it comes to navigating a variety of terrain, where in some instances it can use its pincer-like legs to scale over rough terrains, and transform into a wheel when the terrain is smoother and it needs to cover more distance faster.

This is not the first time that we’ve seen robots modeled after animals or insects in real-life. For example some of Boston Dynamic’s robots have been modeled after the cheetah, some have been modeled after cats, while some of the more scary ones have actually been modeled after humans where they are realistic enough to star in their own movies.

This Spiderbot Can Transform Itself Into A Rolling Wheel That Can Chase You , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.