By Zoltan Istvan Robots are starting to appear everywhere: driving cars, cooking dinners and even as robotic pets. But people don’t usually give machine intelligence much credence when it comes to judging beauty. That may change with the launch of the world’s first international beauty contest judged exclusively by a robot jury. Read More …read…

By Natasha Lomas Wearables had a varied year in 2015, with a lot of hype and a few big winners streaking ahead of the field, leaving plenty of also-rans struggling to stand out. It’s fair to say that the entire category is yet to prove whether it offers lasting utility or mere faddish novelty… Read…

Apple is said to replace the white antenna stripes at the back of the current iPhones with a new compound material. For those wondering, those white stripes function as antennas for the smartphones. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Louise Blain The games to look out for in 2016 Okay, we know you’re still trying to clear a backlog that happens to include The Witcher 3, Mad Max, Just Cause 3 and a little life-eater called Fallout 4, but there’s another 365 days of gaming incoming. After lengthy delays on a slew of…

By Louise Blain The games to look out for in 2016 Okay, we know you’re still trying to clear a backlog that happens to include The Witcher 3, Mad Max, Just Cause 3 and a little life-eater called Fallout 4, but there’s another 365 days of gaming incoming. After lengthy delays on a slew of…

The Samsung Galaxy S7 is reportedly going to roll out in 5.1-inch, 5.5-inch and 6-inch models. Some of the variants are also believed to be limited to flat-screen versions, whereas some will only be available in curved ones. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

New details regarding LG’s upcoming G5 have leaked. The smartphone’s specs will reportedly include a secondary ticker display and a ‘Magic Slot’ that will be used for hardware expansion. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

A new report indicates that Foxconn has slashed worker overtime in response to slowing iPhone demand. Still, Apple should manage to match last year’s record-breaking holiday sales figures. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

Phablets and Apple devices were the big winners this Christmas. Around half of all devices activated on the day came courtesy of Apple, while half of Android devices activated were phablets. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

A third-party case maker has leaked the schematics for the Samsung Galaxy S7 Plus. The phablet will reportedly feature a six-inch display. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

It looks like T-Mobile will soon join AT&T by offering the Android-based BlackBerry Priv smartphone. T-Mobile’s internal calendar shows a launch date of Jan. 26 for the Priv. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By Drew Olanoff All of the chatter about virtual reality shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone. Over the years, we’ve been forcing our way to get closer and closer to content of all types. For example, before anyone ever sat to watch a movie we’d hang out at a playhouse to watch a live show.…

By Seth Macy Introduction and design Thinner and lighter than ever, modern gaming laptops borrow heavily from the styling cues of modern supercars and high-tech fighter jets. The Acer Predator 15, however, resembles something more akin to tank. Heavy and huge, it cuts an aggressive figure that symbolizes the real essence of the performance beast…

By Seth Macy Introduction and design Thinner and lighter than ever, modern gaming laptops borrow heavily from the styling cues of modern supercars and high-tech fighter jets. The Acer Predator 15, however, resembles something more akin to tank. Heavy and huge, it cuts an aggressive figure that symbolizes the real essence of the performance beast…

By Gary Marshall Introduction and pricing For decades, the gold standard of office productivity software has been Microsoft Office – it inherited IBM’s status as the technology nobody got fired for buying. But while Office is undoubtedly powerful, many of its users don’t use many of its features. So why pay for things your organisation…