These six-wheeled robots are about to start delivering food in the US
The robots will trail with DoorDash in Redwood City, California, and with Postmates in Washington, DC. The commercial trials will see these services start making deliveries in the coming weeks using Starship’s six-wheeled robots within a four-mile-wide test area in each city.

January 18, 2017 at 11:14PM
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How 550 Facebook Users Spread Britain First Content To Hundreds Of Thousands Of People
A BuzzFeed News analysis of data from the social platform has identified the most prolific boosters of material from the far-right party.

January 18, 2017 at 11:14PM
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Don’t Touch That Dial
Why attempts to improve AM and FM radio technologies tend to land with a thud — a thud no harder felt than with the FMX standard, circa 1989.

January 18, 2017 at 05:05PM
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Automakers Are Redesigning The Steering Wheel For Self-Driving Cars — And They Look Slick As Hell
Now this is a future we can believe in.

January 18, 2017 at 03:21PM
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The $50,000 racing simulator: Cheaper than crashing the real thing
ArsTechnica tests out one of CXC’s incredible, ridiculous racing simulator rigs.

January 18, 2017 at 03:03PM
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Using A Megabot With Eight-Foot-Long Knives For Arms Is One Way To Chop Your Vegetables
As people in support of death-bots with crazy appendages and eating well, this really checks some boxes for us.

January 18, 2017 at 02:20PM
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Tech’s Favorite School Faces Its Biggest Test: the Real World
Personalized learning has taken off in high-powered charter schools. Now proponents are faced with figuring out how to make it work for everyone.

January 18, 2017 at 01:56PM
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A Satisfying Collection Of Simple Homopolar Motors
How do these little electric motors work? Well, the copper wire connects the positive end of the battery to the magnet, completing a circuit. When current flows in a magnetic field, it experiences force — things start moving.

January 18, 2017 at 01:21PM
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The Creepiness And Craftsmanship That Goes Into Making An Animatronic Gorilla Head
The final effect is a beautiful marvel of innovation. The assembly process is… less so.

January 18, 2017 at 11:24AM
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Mark Zuckerberg Gets Testy in Oculus Lawsuit Grilling
ZeniMax Media, owners of Bethesda Softworks (“The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim”) and id Software (“DOOM”) claim Facebook stole VR trade secrets when they purchased 24-year-old Palmer Luckey’s Oculus and poached gaming luminary John Carmack from id. Today, Mark Zuckerberg testified in court for the first time.

January 17, 2017 at 02:04PM
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