The robot shows how it’s done. They say it may not be long before such robots can fully assemble a piece of furniture from a manual, verbal instruction or by just looking at an image of the finished item. The researchers programmed their robot to create and execute a plan to piece together most of the chair on its own, calling […]

Google is rolling out a new chat service to replace standard texting, a move that would offer Android users advanced features already found in popular chat services such as Apple's iMessage and Facebook's WhatsApp. But the unveiling also represents a strategic retreat for the tech giant, experts say, which has struggled to prop up a dedicated chat app of its […]

DASH CAMS Tested by Patricia Maunder Uniden’s iGO CAM 60: wide-angle. From meteors streaking across Russian skies to chainsaw road rage in Sydney, dash-cam video has been raising eyebrows in recent years. Meanwhile, between capturing countless hours of extremely mundane video, they occasionally fulfil their primary function: providing evidence for legal and insurance purposes in the case of collision. While […]

Every time you leave a comment about yourself on a public Facebook post, you're unwittingly giving ammunition to data harvesters, hackers and other malicious actors looking to gain a backdoor into your online accounts. The social network is absolutely littered with seemingly innocuous posts asking users to comment and share — what was the name of your first pet? what […]

Facebook exposed private lists of users' friends to app developers without their knowledge until two weeks ago, despite claiming to have blocked this functionality three years ago. The loophole allowed apps to collect the friend lists of anybody who had installed the app, exposing their names and profile photos. Facebook quietly switched the "taggable friends" interface off on April 4, […]

Every time you leave a comment about yourself on a public Facebook post, you're unwittingly giving ammunition to data harvesters, hackers and other malicious actors looking to gain a backdoor into your online accounts. The social network is absolutely littered with seemingly innocuous posts asking users to comment and share — what was the name of your first pet? what […]

DASH CAMS Tested by Patricia Maunder Uniden’s iGO CAM 60: wide-angle. From meteors streaking across Russian skies to chainsaw road rage in Sydney, dash-cam video has been raising eyebrows in recent years. Meanwhile, between capturing countless hours of extremely mundane video, they occasionally fulfil their primary function: providing evidence for legal and insurance purposes in the case of collision. While […]

If you've lost count of the number of the times this year that US President Donald Trump has lobbed Twitter bombs at Amazon.com and its founding chief executive Jeff Bezos, the answer is six. If you thought Bezos would respond in his annual letter to Amazon’s shareholders and defend the company that made him the world's wealthiest man, you're out […]

Los Angeles: Elon Musk's vision for a tunnel network that could whisk people across Los Angeles County in minutes hints at a future where commuting in Southern California could be easier, or even seamless. His company's efforts to fast-track construction for a tunnel where that technology could be tested has been relatively seamless, too – so far. On Wednesday, the […]

Facebook exposed private lists of users' friends to app developers without their knowledge until two weeks ago, despite claiming to have blocked this functionality three years ago. The loophole allowed apps to collect the friend lists of anybody who had installed the app, exposing their names and profile photos. Facebook quietly switched the "taggable friends" interface off on April 4, […]