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Just because Netflix’s films got shut out of competition at Cannes doesn’t mean the streaming titan stayed home. The company won a worldwide (except for China) distribution deal worth $ 30 million for the animated film Next Gen with a star-studded cast about a pair of “two unlikely friends in a world filled with robots,” […]
In a dystopic future where humankind has to live in underwater cities, President Dorf’s capitalist totalitarian democracy isn’t to everyone’s liking. Poor people have to toil in the factories, overseen by robots with a licence to kill. Young Styx and her friendly drone companion won’t have anymore of that and set out to give Dorf […]
Elon Musk is not using one of those tarps that cover coils of aluminum delivered to the Tesla stamping facility as his blanket. Nor is he resting his head on a pillow made from absorbent mats used to deal with factory spills. At least it is unlikely. He told Oprah’s best friend, Gayle King, that […]
Facebook, Twitter and the rest are at the center of a moral panic about how your mind and decisions are being controlled. Yet scientists won’t leave it at that – they’re planning plenty more you should be worried about. The first time you see an autonomous killer robot giving you the evil eye, the days […]
Over the past few weeks, Walmart executives have sketched a picture of the company’s future that features more self-checkouts and a grocery-delivery business—soon escalating to 100 cities from a pilot program in six cities. Personal shoppers will fill plastic totes with avocados and paper towels from Walmart store shelves, and hand off packages to crowdsourced […]
Flickr/jurvetson Analysts at Bernstein argue that Elon Musk has over-automated Tesla. The very robots that Musk says will revolutionize the car industry are baking in Tesla’s mistakes and costing far more money than they’re worth, they say. The robots are killing Tesla. In a rare win for humans over robots in the battle for labor […]
Walmart Walmart has expanded its robot program to 50 stores across the country. The autonomous robots go up and down the aisles, scanning for out-of-stock items, incorrect prices, and wrong or missing labels. Walmart’s vice president of innovation, John Crecelius, says the retailer is “very excited and very motivated” by the way the program has been performing. Walmart’s new […]
A Chopping Mall remake is in the works, and it won’t feature killer robots. I ask you: what kind of world are we raising our children in when a Chopping Mall remake is void of killer robots? In a new interview, director Robert Hall provides an update on his robotless Chopping Mall remake. The 1986 horror film Chopping Mall may not […]
A Chopping Mall remake is in the works, and it won’t feature killer robots. I ask you: what kind of world are we raising our children in when a Chopping Mall remake is void of killer robots? In a new interview, director Robert Hall provides an update on his robotless Chopping Mall remake. The 1986 horror film Chopping Mall may not […]
Readers of a certain age will, at some point in their lives, have become so frustrated trying to solve the classic 80s Rubik’s Cube puzzle that they’ve flung it against a wall. This video finally offers some payback. If you too have experienced this rage, you’ll undoubtedly enjoy watching a robot try to solve one […]
