Modernization
It Costs Apple About a Third as Much to Make an iPhone 7 as it Charges You
What are you paying for?
Emerging Tech
Uber Wants to Fly Customers Around in Massive Autonomous Drones
It seems self-driving cars just aren’t enough.
Emerging Tech
The First Satellite in Facebook’s Plan for Global Internet Success Just Exploded
Earlier today, a SpaceX rocket carrying the satellite that Facebook planned to use exploded during a pre-launch test at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Digital Government
The Google Operating System Mystifying the Internet
A project called Fuschia has the internet speculating.
Emerging Tech
FAA Says Over Half a Million Drones Have Been Registered in Just 8 Months
According to the agency, it took 100 years for about 320,000 regular aircraft to be registered with US officials.
Artificial Intelligence
This Exceedingly Creepy Robot Moves on its Own
The robot’s movements are entirely governed by a neural network.
Emerging Tech
Even Sheepdogs Aren’t Safe: A New Robot Can Herd Animals on its Own
It can even run over rough terrain and streams.
Modernization
With Its Takeover of Yahoo, Verizon Becomes King of the Internet for the Older Crowd
Across America, millions of people use dial-up connections to web portals as they surf the information superhighway.
Emerging Tech
7-Eleven Has Delivered its First Slurpee Via Drone
The order also included a chicken sandwich, donuts and a cup of coffee.
Digital Government
Facebook’s Terrifying Internet Drone Has Made its Maiden Voyage
The full-sized, carbon-fiber drone is solar-powered, and has a wingspan comparable to a Boeing 737 jet.
Modernization
Here’s How to Stop Pokemon Go From Destroying Your Phone’s Battery
You can't catch 'em all if your phone is dead.
Artificial Intelligence
Microsoft CEO's 10 Commandments For How AI and Humans Should Act
The robot revolution is coming.
Modernization
Apple's New Patent Aims to Keep People From Filming at Concerts and Movie Theaters on Their Phones
The “please, no flash photography” rule will finally be followed.
Digital Government
The US Commercial Drone Industry Finally Governed by Real Rules
“License and registration, please. Do you know how fast you were going back there?”
Emerging Tech
Self-Driving Buses Powered by IBM Watson Now Ferrying People Around in the US
And they’re also 3D-printed, of course.
Emerging Tech
It’s Happening: A Robot Escaped a Lab in Russia and Made a Dash For Freedom
With every passing day, it feels like the robot uprising is getting a little closer.
Emerging Tech
Microsoft Is Buying LinkedIn
The tech giant halted trading of its shares Monday morning to announce its intention to purchase the social network for $26.2 billion in cash.
Emerging Tech
Google Seems to Be Working on Warehouse Robots Like Amazon’s
The tech giant outlined a theoretical strategy for ensuring that autonomous and remote-controlled robots in a warehouse facility aren’t overloaded as they move cargo around the warehouse.
Emerging Tech
IBM Has Been Awarded an Average of 24 Patents Per Day so Far in 2016
The company is in the middle of a reinvention, that sees the company shifting further away from hardware sales into cloud computing, analytics and AI services.
Artificial Intelligence