March 3, 2019 Watch how a studio created The Wandering Earth’s fantastic world in this VFX reel In The Wandering Earth, the sun will soon expand and destroy the Earth, so engineers concoct an ambitious plan — move the planet to…
March 3, 2019 This chat room charges you a penny for every character you type Entrepreneur Marc Köhlbrugge has launched Expensive Chat, a web-based chat service where every character typed costs a penny. As spotted by Motherboard, Köhlbrugge announced…
March 3, 2019 You can now find Lime scooters and bikes in more cities in Google Maps In December, Google rolled out a new feature that allowed users to find Lime bikes and scooters in Google Maps in 13 different cities….
March 3, 2019 Android ‘Slices’ start offering control over phone settings Android's Slices have typically only offered shortcuts for functions in third-party apps (and then only in limited form), but they're now ready to control…
March 3, 2019 Self-driving vehicle startup Drive.ai may be looking for a buyer Self-driving car companies are quickly coming to grips with some hard financial realities. Sources talking to The Information claim Drive.ai, one of the few…
March 3, 2019 SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule successfully docks to the ISS for the first time Just a day after launching to orbit, SpaceX’s new Crew Dragon capsule automatically docked to a port on the International Space Station this morning…
March 3, 2019 Facebook reportedly took three years to tackle fake news in one country Facebook is quick to tout its efforts to thwart misinformation campaigns in major European countries and the US, but its approach in other countries…
March 2, 2019 Google declines to pull controversial Saudi government app App store curators frequently have to walk a fine line when deciding what to ban, and Google is proof positive of this. The internet…
March 2, 2019 MIT’s Mini Cheetah robot knows how to do backflips MIT's original Cheetah robot is already quite nimble on its feet, but there's now a smaller counterpart that might put it to shame. Researchers…
March 2, 2019 Sony officially discontinues the PlayStation Vita You knew the PlayStation Vita wasn't long for this world, and now it's official: Sony has discontinued the last two Vita models. The move…