Home Ent October 22, 2015 Transparent artificial muscle plays music It's a tall order: make a material that conducts electricity, stretches like rubber, expands and contracts when hit with electric current, and is clear as glass. There have been many attempts, but they've all fallen short.
Laptops October 22, 2015 Windows 8: Now Cherokee-friendly The Windows giant has added support for the Cherokee language into Windows 8, more than 20 years after a Cherokee from North Carolina asked his employers to make the OS speak his language.
Programming October 22, 2015 Google Translate can now instantaneously decipher text across 27 languages As far as computer-powered translation apps go, Google Translate's pretty holistic -- Google's digital Babel Fish will happily decipher any number of dialects for the unabashedly monolingual.
Robots October 22, 2015 MIT's 'cheetah-bot' can now jump over hurdles MIT researchers' previously shown ‘cheetah-bot,’ a robot that resembles — you guessed it — the fastest land animal on earth, can run up to 10 mph. The robot's latest enhancements, however, have enabled the mechanized feline to jump by leaps and bounds. The machine has been described by MIT as the “the first four-legged robot to run and jump over obstacles autonomously."
Programming October 22, 2015 Nintendo apologizes for lack of virtual equality Nintendo is apologizing and pledging to be more inclusive after being criticized for not recognizing same-sex relationships in English editions of a life-simulator video game. The publisher said that while it was too late to change the current game, it was committed to building virtual equality into future versions.
iPhone October 22, 2015 Facebook brings 'chat heads' feature to its iPhone, iPad apps in update Facebook has updated its iPhone and iPad applications to let people keep using its chat feature even when they are doing other things, such as reading friends' updates.
iPhone October 22, 2015 Apple Maps luring motorists into danger, Australian police warn Australian police are warning motorists not to rely on Apple's new mapping system on its popular iPhones after a number of motorists were directed into life-threatening situations.
Programming October 22, 2015 'Eccentric millionaire' John McAfee joins the presidential race In case you were wondering whether the 2016 presidential race could get more surprising or headline-making, enter self-professed "eccentric millionaire" John McAfee, who has now put his hat in the ring. The founder of software firm McAfee Security filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission on Tuesday and also launched an official campaign website.
Programming October 22, 2015 Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of World Wide Web, calls for digital bill of rights The British inventor of the World Wide Web wants a digital bill of rights to protect Internet users from surveillance.
Programming October 22, 2015 The Internet in 2025: Dark and ubiquitous In the future, the Internet will be like electricity coursing through our everyday lives -- more ubiquitous but also more invisible.
Programming October 22, 2015 Web inventor Berners-Lee says NSA surveillance threatens democracy The scientist credited with inventing the World Wide Web says a growing tide of surveillance is threatening democracy's future.
