Japan Is Building Robots To Replace Its Aging Workforce
Apr 26, 2018 06:18 am UTC| Technology
While the rest of the world is worried that automation will make their jobs obsolete, Japan is scrambling to make sophisticated robots that can help it do exactly this as its workforce ages. This is especially the case in...
Belgium Declares Loot Boxes Illegal, Even Those Like In Overwatch
Apr 26, 2018 06:14 am UTC| Technology
Microtransactions that involved cosmetic items such as those in Overwatch are often considered by those who defend the concept of loot boxes as the gold standard for other developers and publishers to follow. It seems...
E-Waste Recycler In Hot Legal Water For Piracy, Prison Sentence
Apr 26, 2018 06:14 am UTC| Technology
Piracy is a crime, or so the media and tech industry loves to keep reminding people. This is largely ignored by both the distributors and users of pirated products, but recently, at least one party has learned how serious...
Spotify Makes Free Account More Appealing, Redesigns App
Apr 25, 2018 11:43 am UTC| Technology
Since launching its IPO, the stakes have just gotten quite a bit higher for music streaming service Spotify. As such, it needs to attract more users and it appears that its trying to do so by making its free service more...
Desperate Scientists To Use Gene-Editing To Save Dying Corals
Apr 25, 2018 11:41 am UTC| Technology
The death of coral reefs is an alarming sign of the increasingly hostile environment that is planet Earth. When these natural marine life habitats go, the wildlife follows, which causes a catastrophic chain of events that...
What Are Battletech And Frostpunk, And What Are Reviewers Saying About Them?
Apr 25, 2018 11:41 am UTC| Technology
The last few months in video game news might have been dominated by discussions about Battle Royale, eSports, and the future of consoles, but there are still occasions where the focus is just on games themselves. In one...
Fortnite Now Has Plunger Explosives And Allows For Refunds
Apr 25, 2018 11:40 am UTC| Technology
It seems Epic Games just never gets tired throwing in more and more stuff into Fortnite Battle Royale for players to enjoy. In its latest update, the game just got a new kind of sticky explosive, as well as some...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects