Google launches service to take internet to India malls, cafes
By Reuters/Evelyne Wareh
Google, a unit of Alphabet Inc, said on Tuesday it launched Google Station in India, a service that aims to deepen its reach across the country, as the search giant seeks to...
Meet Norman, the psychopathic AI
Norman is an algorithm trained to understand pictures but, like its namesake Hitchcock's Norman Bates, it does not have an optimistic view of the world.
When a "normal" algorithm generated by artificial intelligence is asked...
Robots and drones take over classrooms
By BBC
Classrooms are noticeably more hi-tech these days - interactive boards, laptops and online learning plans proliferate, but has the curriculum actually changed or are children simply learning the same thing on different devices?
Some...
Xbox boss talks backwards compatibility ambitions
By GameSpot/Evelyne Wareh
Phil Spencer says Microsoft wants to have every game in the program, including Call of Duty: Black Ops II.
The Xbox One's backward-compatibility feature has been a big hit, players collectively spending more...
HP to acquire Samsung’s printer business for $1 billion
Mashable.com
HP is buying Samsung Electronics Co.'s printer business in a transaction worth $1.05 billion.
HP said Monday that it is the largest print acquisition in the company's history and will help it go from...
For Volvo, driverless cars won’t mean the end of manual driving
By Mashable.com
Just because Volvo wants to champion driverless cars doesn't mean it wants to kill manual driving either.
“We have no ambition to have a car that could drive in urban environments from A to...
Samsung crisis sends shares sliding
By BBC
Shares in Samsung fell further on Wednesday after the smartphone maker said it would scrap production of its flagship Note 7 model.
Shares fell 3% at the open, adding to Tuesday's 8% fall.
The company...
GoPro makes cutbacks after drone crashes
By BBC
Action camera-maker GoPro is cutting 200 jobs and shutting down some of its services.
The announcement follows a series of drone crashes that made the company recall its much anticipated Karma aircraft.
In addition, the...
Wikipedia goes data free in Iraq
By BBC
Access to Wikipedia will not incur mobile data charges to customers of the Asiacell mobile phone provider in Iraq, the organisation has announced.
It is part of the Wikipedia Zero scheme that has operated...
Uber pulls self-driving cars after crash
By BBC
Uber has pulled its self-driving cars from the roads after an accident which left one of the vehicles on its side.
Pictures posted online showed the car on its right side on an Arizona...
