Researchers took part in the Ski Robot Challenge last month and the resulting videos – essentially quick cuts of robots in ski jackets totally whanging off the gates and spinning out in the powder. The Challenge, run by the Korea Institute ... These robotic skiers hit the slopes in styleThis entry was posted in Gadgets robots TC on March 2, 2018 by John Biggs
More intimate than text but easier to record than video, Facebook hopes voice could get people sharing more on its aging social network. And internationally where users may have to deal with non-native language keyboards, voice lets them speak th... Micropodcasting? Facebook tries Voice Clip status updatesThis entry was posted in Apps Mobile Social TC and tagged facebook on March 2, 2018 by Josh Constine
I’ve been messing around with LED-embedded guitars since the original GTar. Designed to help beginners learn and players look like all supersonic freakadelic on stage, they have quickly become commonplace if expensive. Now Fret Zealot has somethi... Fret Zealot adds lights and learning to your guitarThis entry was posted in Gadgets hardware Music on March 2, 2018 by John Biggs
I’ve been messing around with LED-embedded guitars since the original GTar. Designed to help beginners learn and players look like all supersonic freakadelic on stage, they have quickly become commonplace if expensive. Now Fret Zealot has s... Fret Zealot adds lights and learning to your guitarThis entry was posted in Gadgets Music TC on March 2, 2018 by John Biggs
Earlier this morning Samsung's Galaxy S9's camera was awarded the highest-yet score from DxOMark, and now its screen gets the best-of-all-time nod from DisplayMate and display wonk Ray Soneira. The margins between the victor and the vanquished, however... Galaxy S9’s display takes honors alongside its cameraThis entry was posted in displays Gadgets Mobile smartphones and tagged samsung on March 2, 2018 by Devin Coldewey
Earlier this morning Samsung’s Galaxy S9’s camera was awarded the highest-yet score from DxOMark, and now its screen gets the best-of-all-time nod from DisplayMate and display wonk Ray Soneira. The margins between the victor and the v... Galaxy S9’s display takes honors alongside its cameraThis entry was posted in displays Gadgets Mobile smartphones TC and tagged samsung on March 2, 2018 by Devin Coldewey
Twitter met or surpassed many of the diversity and inclusion goals it set for itself for 2017, the company announced today. Twitter is now 38.4 percent female, compared to 37 percent in 2016. Regarding underrepresented minorities at Twitter, repr... Twitter is now specifically focusing on increasing black, Latinx and ...This entry was posted in Diversity Social TC and tagged twitter on March 2, 2018 by Megan Rose Dickey
Twitter met or surpassed many of the diversity and inclusion goals it set for itself for 2017, the company announced today. Twitter is now 38.4 percent female, compared to 37 percent in 2016. Regarding underrepresented minorities at Twitter, repr... Twitter is now specifically focusing on increasing black, Latinx and ...This entry was posted in Diversity Social TC and tagged twitter on March 2, 2018 by Megan Rose Dickey
Facebook has claimed to have found no further evidence of co-ordinated Russian-backed ad purchases on its platform targeting the 2016 Brexit vote in addition to the ad buys it previously reported. Read More Facebook’s wider Kremlin Brexit ad sweep draws a blankThis entry was posted in Advertising Tech Europe Government Social TC and tagged facebook on March 2, 2018 by Natasha Lomas
This week on the Gadget Lab podcast, the innovative Google Clips camera, which uses AI to take fun, short videos of your family. Gadget Lab Podcast: Google’s AI-Powered Camera Exposes Photography’s FutureThis entry was posted in Gear on March 2, 2018 by Wired Staff