Apple VR headset release date, price, news and rumors By Michael Hicks In Depth 8K displays, 6DoF tracking and a wireless form factor – Apple's mysterious VR/AR headset could shake up the industry in 2020... or sooner.
LEGO's launching a buildable, app-controlled Batmobile this August By Michael Hicks LEGO’s new Powered Up Platform will let kids control their creations with a smartphone app, and eventually code new actions through LEGO Boost.
Android P (and Android Oreo) lets way more phones work with wireless Android Auto By Michael Hicks Updated We don't know when third-party support will be added, but we do know which phones will go cable-free in the car.
You can back this foldable E Ink typewriter on Kickstarter right now By Michael Hicks For note-takers and novelists sick of eye strain who want to cut out all internet distractions.
Driverless cars explained: everything you need to know about the futuristic tech By Michael Hicks Updated From promising AI tech to high-profile accidents, the road ahead for driverless cars is anything but certain.
Amazon Alexa can now unlock your Yale smart lock via voice commands By Michael Hicks With Alexa commands, you'll be able to lock or unlock your front door remotely with a four- or eight-digit PIN.
Facebook is investigating at least 200 apps that might have misused user data By Michael Hicks Facebook's audit of potential Cambridge Analytica-type violators is ongoing, but none of the now-suspended apps have been proven guilty yet.
Now Google’s AI can navigate labyrinths faster than humans By Michael Hicks DeepMind redesigned its own brain to look like the part of ours that controls our internal GPS.
Virtual reality just got upgraded to 1,001 ppi – will we see it in PlayStation VR 2? By Michael Hicks Japan Display has created a VR-ready screen that trounces the pixel quality of today's best virtual reality headsets.
The new DJI Phantom 4 Pro is up to 60% quieter than the old model By Michael Hicks The Phantom 4 Pro V2.0 sits at the higher end of DJI's commercial drones, but it does with impressive specs.
Lenovo Mirage Solo, the first standalone Daydream VR headset, is now on sale By Michael Hicks The Facebook vs Google standalone virtual reality war has officially begun.
Criminal intent: FBI details how drones are being used for crime By Michael Hicks From casing sites before a robbery to surveilling for potential police informants, criminals are using drones for nefarious ends.
The crowdfunded Misty II robot can be coded to do almost anything By Michael Hicks Built by former Sphero engineers, Misty II's AI can detect and remember faces and objects, and even bring you a beer.
Facebook is using your Instagram hashtags to teach its AI image recognition By Michael Hicks F8 2018 Using billions of hashtagged photos, Facebook’s 'weakly supervised training' method has made its AI slightly more effective than Google’s at labeling images.
7 most important things Facebook announced at F8 2018 By Michael Hicks F8 2018 From dating profiles to a way to wipe your browsing history, this year's conference was packed with announcements.
Facebook's virtual assistant M will soon do translations in Marketplace By Michael Hicks F8 2018 Only two languages will be available at first, but more will be added in later updates.
Real-life Transformers could be coming to an amusement park near you By Michael Hicks Brave Robotics and SoftBank will show off two-ton car-robot hybrid at an expo in Florida this November.
You can watch Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin reusable rocket launch this Sunday By Michael Hicks The eighth New Shepard reusable rocket launch takes Blue Origin one step closer to sending tourists to space this year.
Tile and Comcast want to help you find your lost stuff with voice commands By Michael Hicks Tile’s plan is to put tracking tech into all of your smart devices, then make them all pingable through a smart hub.
Scientists used computer imaging to potentially discover why Neanderthals went extinct By Michael Hicks Japanese researchers compared living human brains and Neanderthal fossils to unlock what could have led to their demise.
Oculus patents plans to… stretch your skin? By Michael Hicks Oculus’ haptic gloves could monitor how you interact with real-life objects, then mirror that tactile feedback in VR.
Frustration be gone: this robot will build Ikea furniture for you By Michael Hicks A Singapore-based robotics company plans to incorporate AI tech and Ikea's entire catalog into its two-armed assembly bot.
Scientists accidentally created a mutant, plastic-eating enzyme By Michael Hicks They hope is to 'optimize' the genetically-engineered creation to degrade plastics in hours instead of centuries.
The US Army is researching squid-like, 3D printed 'soft robots' for stealth missions By Michael Hicks 'Rigid' robots are considered impractical for combat and recon, so the US Army has enlisted the help of a university to build invertebrate-like robots.
Google's new VR museum preserves endangered and lost historical landmarks By Michael Hicks Google’s Open Heritage project is making 3D data of destroyed landmarks available for historical study.
