Let’s Fighting Love Championship - PS2 Gaming Tournament Twitch Stream Friday at 8:30 pm BST
Who is the best PS2 gamer out of me and my friends? Join us on the Emotion Engineer Twitch channel for a special tournament this Friday at 8:30 pm BST.
The Future Human Needs To Learn To Trust Charities, Research Shows
Research shows over a quarter of people no longer trust charities in the UK. With many societal and physical problems affecting us all, this needs to change. Luckily, there may be hope…
Strange AI-Generated April Fool’s Pranks Prove Machines Have A Weird Sense Of Humour
Need proof that Artificial Intelligence is not going to enslave the human race? Just take a look at the bizarre April Fool’s pranks it creates…
The UK Moves One Step Closer To Building Europe’s First Spaceport
The UK government’s goal to build the first spaceport in Europe (and my dream to see a rocket launch in person) took one step closer to being a reality.
New Rising Media Is Going To Insomnia Gaming Festival
A first for New Rising Media, proud to announce I’ll be heading out to cover Insomnia Gaming Festival - a bustling Mecca of gaming and geek culture.
New Rising Media Is Going To Wearable Technology Show 2018
What does the future of wearable tech look like? I will be finding out at this year’s Wearable Technology Show, as New Rising Media returns for the forth year in a row!
Bizarre AI-Generated Candy Heart Messages Are Sure To Get You Swooning…
Artificial Intelligence can be trained to do a lot of things, but it turns out it’s not so great in the art of romance - creating such love-inducing candy heart messages like “SWEAT POO.”
People Set To Use 98 GB Of Monthly Mobile Data By 2025
Struggling to keep to your monthly data limit? Expect things to get a little tougher, as new research shows we will be consuming a whopping 98 GB of data every month by 2025.
Facebook Admits The Obvious - Social Media Can Be Bad For Democracy
In a complete flip-flop from saying they had “no impact” on the 2016 election, Facebook has finally admitted that social media is bad for democracy - surprising absolutely nobody.
Emotion Engineer LIVE At 5pm GMT - Playing SSX (PS2) To A Sweet Emo Soundtrack
Watch the first every Emotion Engineer stream on Twitch - the channel dedicated to PlayStation 2 gaming - live today at 5pm GMT.
Porgs Exist In The Last Jedi Because Of The Real Puffins On Location
Think that Porgs exist in Star Wars: The Last Jedi purely to fuel the Disney merchandise machine? You couldn’t be more wrong…
British iPhone Users May Be Owed Money By Google In Data Lawsuit
Are you British? Did you own & use an iPhone for several months between 2011 and 2012? Well, Google may owe you some compensation for bypassing iOS' security settings and illegally collecting data on you, as well as 5.4 million other Brits.
Avatars Can Help Schizophrenia Patients Control The Voices In Their Head
A UK medical trial has found that showing schizophrenic patients an avatar that represents the voices in their heads makes them better able to deal with their hallucinations.
Bioengineered Spy Plants Are “The Future Of Intelligence Gathering,” According To DARPA
DARPA is well known for their mad inventor-esque forays into robotics, but they are taking yet another fascinating-yet-scary step forward - bioengineered plants that can spy on you.
New Earth-Like Planet Discovered, Best Candidate Yet In The Search For Alien Life
Astronomers have found another planet just outside our solar system, which could be in just the right spot of its star orbit to support life.
Google DeepMind AI Learns Parkour – Looks Adorably Terrifying
Google’s DeepMind AI has taken a break from painting masterpieces and besting board game champions to learn a spot of Parkour – using reinforcement learning in encouraging the AI to successfully navigate a course of jumps and crawls.
Somebody Tried To Photograph The Moon Using A Game Boy Camera
Astronomy photography is difficult enough, but imagine doing so using a Nintendo Game Boy Camera! Well, this guy has managed to do so and the results are better than you imagine…
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.
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.
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!