Former White House economic advisor Jason Furman discusses how automation will impact jobs

 When it arrived in December, the White House’s report, “Artificial Intelligence, Automation, and the Economy” felt…

iRobot’s CEO cofounded a non-profit that creates robots designed to vacuum up lionfish

 In an early demo video, the Guardian LF1 bobs around in shallow water, a strange transparent…

A disappointing debut for Samsung’s smart assistant, Bixby

 Last week Samsung announced that the Galaxy S8 would ship without Bixby Voice control. It seems…

The Samsung Galaxy S8’s beautiful hardware deserves a more unified software experience

 The Samsung Galaxy S8 is a strange beast. All at once it seems like both the…

Smart running shoes won’t make you faster, but they could help you avoid getting hurt

 Altra’s Torin IQ were inevitable. Sensors integrated into articles of clothing have long been acknowledged to…

Microsoft says exploits leaked by Shadow Brokers were addressed by prior patches

 Microsoft researchers were working late into the hours the Friday before this holiday weekend looking to…

LeEco pulls the plug on its EcoPass video service as stories of US struggles mount

 LeEco’s coming to America tale has been fraught with one bad piece of press after another.…

Alphabet’s Verily offers a more serious take on health monitoring wearables with the Study Watch

 Designed with long-term medical research in mind, the Study Watch has a vastly different set of…