General Tech

Who needs working legs when you can combine all of the horrifying names from sci-fi movies where robots went awry and create a set of robo-legs that walk for you? That's exactly what the Cyberdeyne HAL system is and it utilised Intel hardware to become a reality. As nefarious as …

While Netflix might be the largest paid-for streaming service around these days, they can only get away with so much and according to a survey released this week, for most Netflix subscribers, the line is drawn at showing ads. Apparently, around 74 percent of subscribers would rather cancel than be …

China continues to be the owner of the world's most powerful supercomputer, easily surpassing the U.S. in what feels like a 21st century version of the Cold War space race. The newly ranked #1 Sunway TaihuLight was built and designed in China, using Chinese micro-processors and is capable of a whopping …

eSports is constantly growing and while some matches have been broadcast on US TV, the same experiments haven't quite made their way to the UK yet- well until now. Sky and Virgin are set to host a 24-hour eSports TV channel this year, known as ‘Ginx eSports', which will broadcast …

Netflix makes quite a lot of original content these days and somebody needs to watch it all to help decide on promotional materials. However, as it turns out, the gig isn't as great as it sounds (allegedly) and now, some of those hired for Netflix's secretive ‘Project Beetlejuice' program are …

At this point, most large tech companies have been making efforts to move away from Adobe Flash entirely, largely due to its inefficiency and security issues. So it shouldn't come as much of a surprise to hear that soon Apple will start blocking Flash by default on its Safari browser, …

Along with its continual efforts to reduce the cost of rocket launches in a meaningful way, Space X has also previously discussed the possibility of making high-speed, wireless internet available to all. However it's now having to defend its reserved part of the spectrum from those who would use it …

Although we're more likely to be driven around by our cars than drive them ourselves in the years to come, perhaps we will occasionally take over when they take to the air. That's the future Google founder Larry Page is banking on and banking on big. In the last few …

Much like when being asked how much they smoke, many people are guilty of overselling just how well they take care of their teeth, especially when talking to the dentist. That won't be possible with the new Philips smart toothbrush though, which tracks just how good you are at cleaning …

Space X has now brought four of its Falcon 9 first-stage booster rockets home to its facility in the launch Complex 39 at Cape Canaveral. This is four in a row now for Space X and it plans to perform its first re-launch with one of these rockets in September …

Google's Artificial Intelligence researchers at DeepMind have proposed that a ‘kill switch' be built for AI to prevent machines from outsmarting us and taking over. The idea is to create a way to “repeatedly safely interrupt” an algorithm, according to a new paper created in association with the University of Oxford …

A student in Chicago managed to get himself arrested after going into a cinema and live streaming the film to Facebook. As you might expect, a smartphone was used to handle the streaming but the guy only got caught because an anti-piracy outfit in India saw the stream and reported …

Amazon has begun taking legal action against sellers that pay for positive reviews on their products. In part of its effort to stop sellers from using these shady tactics on the Amazon marketplace, the company has launched lawsuits at three separate companies, using fake Amazon accounts for positive reviews. In …

While the world worries about robots potentially taking our jobs in the near future, we may well welcome them into our home before they start collecting our paycheques. ASUS has announced its new Zenbo robotic assistant at Computex 2016, showing off how we may need more than Siri and Cortana …

Last Friday saw Space X once again successfully touch down its Falcon 9 first-stage rocket on its automated-drone barge, after delivering its payload into orbit. The newly released video of the event shows off the entire descent, from re-entry burn, to suicide burn just above the landing pad. The video …

When it comes to 4K content, heavy copyright protection is used to combat piracy and while it is difficult to bypass HDCP encryption, it isn't impossible. One company known as Ace Deal began selling devices that could strip content of HDCP protection, causing Warner Bros and Intel to launch a lawsuit …

This week, news broke that Foxconn would be shedding 60,000 jobs and replacing those factory workers with robots. Foxconn is known for having a hand in the making of devices like the iPhone or Samsung Galaxy and this week, it confirmed that its employee count would shrink from 110,000 down to …

It looks like Microsoft's Nokia acquisition didn't entirely go to plan. Windows Phone's market share is still in decline and since absorbing Nokia's former employees, Microsoft has had a fair few rounds of job cuts. Following on from last year's cut of 7,800 jobs to refocus the Microsoft Mobile division, the …

At this point, smartphone companies suing each other over what often seems like trivial, pointless reasons is no surprise. This week, Huawei has stepped into the legal ring with Samsung over infringement on 11 different patents, which are filed in both the US and China. In this specific case, Huawei is …

It looks like Google has caught the attention of the authorities over in France as the search giant's Paris headquarters were raided this morning. Over 100 investigators entered the campus in search of evidence of €1.6 billion in unpaid taxes. The probe at Google's offices has been under way since …

One of the big issues facing the natural world is human deforestation on an industrial scale. Illegal logging, land clearance and habitat destruction are causing all sorts of issues that seem near impossible to stop. One solution though, could be utilising drone power to plant trees on a previously unheard …

The development of ever smarter artificial intelligences is going to be a major component of high-tier tech firms over the next few years, but Google looks to have the jump on most of them. It's developed its own AI processor, specifically designed for high-operational tasks and it's been testing its …

The European Commission currently has several anti-trust cases out against Google, one of which focuses on the company's monopoly on Search Engines. Some companies have accused Google of favouring its own services in search results and while Google has made its defence, reports this week are saying that the EU …

A couple of years ago, the Peachy Printer hit Kickstarter, promising backers the world's first $100 3D printer. The team behind the product wanted just $50,000 Canadian dollars to get the project off of the ground but the project caught on with the wider web and they ended up with well …

Several companies have been pushing for larger storage options on micro SD cards recently. SanDisk launched a massive 200GB micro SD card earlier this year and now Samsung is pushing the tiny storage option even further with a 256GB EVO model of its own. The EVO Plus 256GB offers the …

Hyperloop transport is a very futuristic sounding method of traversing large distances in exceedingly short time-spans, but it's looking more and more like a feasible technology. On top of one firm pursuing it achieving a licensing deal for its technology, another, Hyperloop One, has secured another $80 million in funding. …

It can be a frustrating experience when your internet connection dies, particularly if you have to mess around turning your router on and off again until it works. However, the ResetPlug may be able to help out with that, by checking that everything is connected and then resetting the router …

Most people know that Game of Thrones is the most pirated TV show around at the moment, including HBO, who have sometimes seemed proud of the amount of downloads its hit show generates. However, it looks like the network is now looking to dissuade those possibly downloading its TV show …

It was no fluke when Space X landed its Falcon 9 first stage rocket on its automated drone barge last month, as it's managed to do it again. This time following stage separation, sending the JCSAT-14 payload off into orbit, the first stage booster returned to Earth, landing smoothly on …

Earlier this week, Craig Wright decided to out himself as the creator of Bitcoin and while some proof was provided at the time, many across the web remained sceptical. At first, Wright said that he would provide additional proof to support his claim but now, he appears to have backed …