20 Of The Best Amazon Prime Day 2017 Deals For Any Geek
Amazon Prime Day is here and I’ve found the best deals for any gadget-loving geek out there – including HUGE discounts on the Amazon Echo line.
This Mobile Phone Works Without A Battery - No More Low Power Woes
Mobile phone battery life sucks. Just look at the surge in battery pack sales. Well, the University of Washington have noticed this and proposed a new alternative - getting rid of batteries altogether.
Spotify vs. Apple Music – Whoever Wins, The Consumer Loses This Dangerous Streaming Service Face-Off
I’m faced with a choice… Which music streaming service is the one for me – Spotify or Apple Music? Choices like this shouldn’t be difficult, but yet I stand amongst a smorgasbord of user hostile pros & cons that really shouldn’t exist.
Queens Speech 2017: What It Means For UK Tech Over The Next Two Years
For the next two years, Britain is all about space industry, data protection and automated electric vehicles.
Artificially Intelligent Robot Writes And Performs Its Own Music - Turns Out To Be Pretty Chill
Meet Shimon - a four-armed robot that composes and performs its own Marimba music using artificial intelligence.
Why I’m Voting Labour, and so should you if you care about the internet
My heart goes out to the victims and their families after these truly reprehensible atrocities. I just have one thing to say about the response to what has happened. Theresa, the internet is not to blame.
School Starts Using Facial Recognition To See When Students Aren’t Paying Attention
A business school in Paris will start using facial recognition technology, to make sure students are paying attention in class… Wave goodbye to those all-important lecture naps!
Fitness Trackers Are ‘Poor’ At Measuring Calories Burned
Don’t trust that fitness tracker data… While most are good at measuring heart rate, research shows they are poor at measuring calories burned.
We May Have A Robot Police Force By 2030... Not Sure Whether Amazing Or Terrifying
Are humans really the best cops? Dubai will find out by 2030, as they plan to install the first ever human-free police station.
Turn Any Surface Into A Touch Screen Using This Spray
Is that touchpad too small for you? Well, this spray - called Electrick - is here to help, adding touch sensitivity to any surface with a spritz.
DJI Osmo Long-Term Review: The Everyman’s 4K Gimbal Camera
I have bought and used a DJI Osmo for over a year as my main camera. How does it stack up? Find out in my full review...
Sick Of Being Single? This Neural Network Invents Pick-Up Lines For You
One researcher has trained a neural network to create its own pick-up lines, uploading thousands of existing lines for it to identify patterns and generate new ones. Simple question – do these chat-up lines hold up?
Here Is What The Earth Will Look Like In 2050, According To Experts
It’s the question we always ask ourselves, and one this blog’s sole purpose is to answer - what does the future look like? Well, Kaspersky has chosen to visualise our future with an interactive map called Earth 2050.
This Lonely Engineer Built His Own Robot And Married It
Whoever said you can’t manufacture love clearly doesn’t have experience in robotics… Meet 31-year-old artificial intelligence expert Zheng Jiajia, who built and married his own female humanoid.
Uber’s Released A List Of The Weirdest Things People Have Left In Their Rides
Uber has released a ‘Lost & Found Index,’ detailing some of the possessions people have reported lost. From the usual items like a missing cell phone to the weirder items like a “Meat packet” and some Valium, it’s clear the human race is still as gloriously strange as ever!
An Open Letter To The Home Secretary – Orwellian Surveillance Is Not The Correct Response To The Westminster Attack
I get it. We’re all scared in the wake of the tragedy in Westminster last Wednesday. Khalid Masood’s actions in committing this atrocity are truly reprehensible. But digital communication is not at fault, and adding an Orwellian level of surveillance is not the answer.
Ofcom Wants UK Internet Providers To Pay You When Broadband Goes Bad
Broadband problems? Under new Ofcom proposals, you will no longer have to “fight tooth and nail” for the “fair compensation” you are owed. If approved, Internet Service Providers will automatically have to pay customers for bad broadband, delayed repairs and missed engineer appointments.
Fleshlight Launch - Would You Have Sex With This Giant Robotic Hand?
Sex toys have taken another step forward with the Flashlight Launch - a masturbation machine that takes all the manual arm work out of reaching climax.
Where Next For Wearable Tech?
What is the future of wearables? I went to The Wearable Technology Show and found out - writing for BBC Science Focus magazine.