Facebook translates ‘good morning’ into ‘attack them’, leading to arrest

Palestinian man questioned by Israeli police after embarrassing mistranslation of caption under photo of him leaning against bulldozer.   Facebook has apologised after an error in its machine-translation service saw Israeli police arrest a Palestinian man for posting good morning on his social media profile. The man, a construction worker in the West Bank settlement […]

Under the skin: how insertable microchips could unlock the future

Volunteers in Melbourne have had microchips inserted for three months, designed to unlock doors and carry out other tasks. Will they really be any use?   The microchip is about the size of a grain of rice and usually inserted in the webbing between the thumb and forefinger using a needle the same thickness as […]

Intel handily beats analysts expectations as chips continue to shine

With numbers that would seem to put fears to rest that the world’s dominant chipmaker has lost a step to its competitors, Intel Corp. handily beat analyst expectations for the third quarter. “We executed well in the third quarter with strong results across the business, and we’re on track to a record year,” said Brian […]

Google’s ‘Pixel Buds’ may be the key to breaking the language barrier

Mandatory Credit: Photo by AP/REX/Shutterstock (9114955r) Google Pixel Buds are shown at a Google event at the SFJAZZ Center in San Francisco Google Showcase, San Francisco, USA – 04 Oct 2017 Image: AP/REX/Shutterstock Out of all the products Google launched at its big event this week, there’s one that should have Apple really worried. No, […]

Amazon Echo plays the monster in this terrifying horror short

A short movie starring an Amazon Echo might be the scariest Halloween horror you watch all year. Written and directed by Julian Terry, Whisper shows what happens when Amazon’s personal assistant goes rogue. Warning: this clip is not for the faint of heart. Related video Robots are the next step in using technology to explore […]