SMARTER IDEAS

"Fifty Shades Of Bumblebee" mashup by Funny Or Die
Funny Or Die
ENTERTAINMENT
This 'Fifty Shades Of Bumblebee' Mashup Is A Real Sexy Transformation
By Andy McDonald
We've had plenty of robot action, now how about some robot ACTION.
Boston Dynamics' robot Atlas does parkour.
Boston Dynamics
SCIENCE
Boston Dynamics' Robot Can Parkour Now And Presumably Hunt Humans More Easily
By Andy McDonald
The Massachusetts company's machine Atlas is scaring people with its agility.
An elderly woman sits on a bench at a shopping district in Tokyo August 21, 2010. A Japanese media frenzy over missing centenarians has cast a spotlight on the isolation and loneliness potentially faced by millions of elderly as the government struggles to cope with a rapidly greying population. Picture taken August 21, 2010. To match Reuters Life! story JAPAN-ELDERLY/ REUTERS/Toru Hanai (JAPAN - Tags: SOCIETY)
Toru Hanai / Reuters
IMPACT
Searching For A Cure For Japan's Loneliness Epidemic
By Marc Prosser
As traditional family-based communities fracture, robot companions are becoming much more common.
Redpepper
ENTERTAINMENT
Robot Solves 'Where's Waldo?' Books, But It'll Never Know Why Is Waldo
By Andy McDonald
The machine arm can find our striped spectacled friend in just seconds.
Niko Photographisme
CULTURE & ARTS
Photographer's 'Robot Next Door' Series Is A Striking Look At Our Future
By Andy McDonald and Damon Dahlen
Or at least what it could be.
Boston Dynamics/YouTube
TECH
Boston Dynamics' 'Robot Dog' May Be Available For Sale Soon
By Hilary Hanson
Super cool, or bone chilling?
Boston Dynamics
WEIRD NEWS
Boston Dynamics Has Created A Running Robot, And It's Coming For You
By Andy McDonald
Soon we’ll have nowhere to hide.
VIDEOS
Burning Questions About HBO’s ‘Westworld’ Season 2
Our theories for Westworld Season 2 will blow. your. mind.
VIDEOS
Everything You Need To Remember About ‘Westworld’ Season One
We rewatched first season of ‘Westworld’ ahead of the season two premiere so you don’t have to!
Barcroft TV
WEIRD NEWS
Robot Sex Doll Inventor Claims It Has Improved His Marriage
By David Moye
But that's the female doll. Sergi Santos is a little worried about what will happen when they've built a male robot.
YouTube
ENTERTAINMENT
Will Smith’s 'Date' With Sophia The AI Robot Ends Firmly In The Friend Zone
By Lee Moran
“I’ve heard your songs. Not for me.”
Dinosaur Fire
Royal Gorge Dinosaur Experience
WEIRD NEWS
Giant Animatronic T-Rex Bursts Into Flame Because Even Robots Are Done With 2018
By Ed Mazza
"Electrical issue" blamed for loss of 24-foot-tall T. rex.
A Boston Dynamics robot called SpotMini is seen opening the door for a fellow robot
Boston Dynamics
TECH
A Boston Dynamics Robot Has Figured Out Door Levers. Sleep Tight!
By Nina Golgowski
Prepare to be amazed -- and/or terrified.
Chief Executive Officer of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, tours the facility at the grand opening of the Amazon Spheres, in Seattle, Washington on January 29, 2018.  Amazon opened its new Seattle office space which looks more like a rainforest. The company created the Spheres Complex to help spark employee creativity. / AFP PHOTO / JASON REDMOND (Photo credit should read JASON REDMOND/AFP/Getty Images)
JASON REDMOND via Getty Images
OPINION
Jeff Bezos' Quest To Find America's Stupidest Mayor
By Dean Baker, Guest Writer
The race for Amazon's HQ2 defies economic reason.
Getty Images
ENTERTAINMENT
This AI Robot Shading Chrissy Teigen Makes Us Fear For Humanity
By Abigail Williams
It was nice knowing you, Chrissy!
A attendee uses a new iPhone X during a presentation for the media in Beijing, China October 31, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
Thomas Peter / Reuters
TECH
Apple Eyes Fix For Chip Flaw Leaving Consumers Without Secure Web Browsing
By Kanishka Singh and Douglas Busvine, Reuters
With Safari and virtually all other popular browsers not patched, hundreds of millions of iPhone and iPad users may not have secure means of web browsing until Apple issues its patch.
Amazon and US intelligence join forces
Getty
TECH
Amazon Launches 'Secret' Cloud Service For Intelligence Agencies
By Mary Papenfuss
Amazon Web Services Secret Region expands after some troubling cloud security screwups.
Boston Dynamics
WEIRD NEWS
Watch This Robot Nail A Backflip And Ensure Humanity's Eventual Downfall
By Andy McDonald
Boston Dynamics fans the flames of the machine uprising. But it looks pretty sweet.
WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 16: The Supreme Court of the United States building on June 16, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jonathan Newton / The Washington Post via Getty Images)
The Washington Post via Getty Images
POLITICS
Supreme Court To Decide Major Microsoft Email Privacy Fight
By Lawrence Hurley, Reuters
A ruling is due by the end of June.
Sergi Santos has invented a sex doll with artificial intelligence that supposedly responds to kissing and other forms of affection
Ruptly TV
WEIRD NEWS
Sex Robot Molested At Electronics Festival, Creators Say
By David Moye
"Because they did not understand the technology and did not have to pay for it, they treated the doll like barbarians."
HUFFPOST VIDEO
Robotic Bartenders Are Mixing Things Up
They're busy making drinks at Las Vegas' Tipsy Robot.
Robots
Guinness World Records
WEIRD NEWS
Massive Robot Army Is Here To Destroy Your Foolish World Records
By Ed Mazza
Today, the dance. Tomorrow, the world.
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