As evidenced by Apples rumored plans to replace Touch ID with facial recognition technology for the iPhone 8, the ability of computers to seamlessly recognize faces is pretty darn impressive these day…
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Robot makers slow to address danger risk: researchers
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Researchers who warned half a dozen robot manufacturers in January about nearly 50 vulnerabilities in their home, business and industrial robots, say only a few of the prob…
U.S. board to vote on likely cause of Tesla 'Autopilot' crash
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board will vote at a Sept. 12 hearing on the probable cause of a May 2016 crash that killed a man using the semi-autonomous driving…
Watch Microsoft’s Xbox One X Gamescom conference live right here
Microsoft is about to share the last details on the Xbox One X with a press conference ahead of the Gamescom in Cologne, Germany. You can watch it live right here at 12 PM on the West Coast, 3 PM on t…
Bang & Olufsen's Beosound Shape Speakers Create a Beautiful Wall of Sound
Don’t gunk up your artfully appointed living room with artlessly boxy speakers. The Danes at Bang & Olufsen have designed a sonic solution for you. The wall-mounted BeoSound Shape is assembled fro…
Eclipse weather forecast: Best in West, least in East
The early eclipse weather forecast looks best in the West and least in the East with patchy clouds muddling up the picture in between. As of Friday, the forecast for Monday’s total solar eclipse…
White supremacist Chris Cantwell kicked off dating site OkCupid
White supremacist Chris Cantwell has been kicked off the dating website OkCupid following his participation in the recent Charlottesville, Va. protests that sent shockwaves across the U.S. In a series…
Tougher than steel: Japan looks to wood pulp to make lighter auto parts
KYOTO, Japan (Reuters) – The global push among carmakers to make ever lighter vehicles is leading some auto suppliers in Japan to turn to what seems like an unlikely substitute for steel –…