National Geographic: Travel photography winners' snapshots from world's most remote places

Every year the National Geographic Traveller photography competition winners amaze readers with their outstanding quality of images, and this year is no exception. The competition receives submissions covering the globe, documenting everywhere from the Antarctic to the deep depths of Africa. To enter the competition, UK photographers had to submit their images into one of […]

California could see self-driving cars with ‘remote drivers’ in April

(Reuters) — Self-driving cars that back up their computerized system with a remote human operator instead of a fallback driver at the wheel could be tested on California roads as early as April, the state department of motor vehicles said. Relying on a remote human operator – who could control multiple autonomous vehicles from miles […]

Self-driving cars with remote human backup headed for testing

SAN FRANCISCO — Self-driving cars that back up their computerized system with a remote human operator instead of a fallback driver at the wheel could be tested on California roads as early as April, the state department of motor vehicles said. Relying on a remote human operator — who could control multiple autonomous vehicles from […]

8,000-year-old heads on spikes found in a remote Swedish lake

Antiquity In east-central Sweden, workers demolishing a railway that crossed the Motala Ström River discovered something bizarre. For roughly 7,500 years, a shallow, swampy lake in the area had hidden a pile of stones that contained the skeletal remains of at least 10 people and weapons made of stone and antler. They also found the […]

India’s forgotten frontier: Remote adventures in the far northeast

You run a travel company, Edge Expeditions, with your boyfriend Marley. On your site, you say: “We believe travel is often taken far too seriously.” What do you mean by that? I often feel this whole ‘adventure’ malarkey is taken too seriously—I’m convinced all those zip-off trousers and technical sandals somehow erode people’s sense of […]

‘Deep Blue Sea 2’ Trailer Unleashes Remote Control Sharks

Remember Deep Blue Sea? The 1999 movie starring Samuel L. Jackson and some super-smart sharks? Well, there is now a Deep Blue Sea 2, with even more super-smart shark action to sink your jaws into, courtesy of Syfy. If you think this is a joke, check out the Deep Blue Sea 2 trailer below. In 1999, the film Deep Blue […]

Samsung wants its SmartThings app to be your IoT remote control

Samsung Electronics wants to seamlessly connect all of the devices in your life, and its strategy to do that is built around a technology dubbed SmartThings, which it views as the remote control for the internet of things, or IoT. IoT, or making everyday objects smart and connected, is an ambitious idea. But it can […]

New US customs guidelines limit agents from accessing remote data on electronic devices

In response to a nearly 60 percent spike in searches of electronic devices, customs agents are now prohibited from accessing information that is not stored on the device itself, such as cloud data. US Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) issued a new policy directive on Friday that creates a distinction between “basic” and “advanced” searches […]