Between robots’ ‘safe’ and ‘unsafe’ zones, a sort of robot friend zone proposed

 It goes without saying that working with robots and heavy machinery is more than a little…

Twitter tests a feature that warns users of profiles with “potentially sensitive content”

 Twitter confirmed it’s testing a new feature which flags users’ profiles as potentially including “sensitive content.” When you…

Facebook brings suicide prevention tools to Live and Messenger

 In Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s recent manifesto, he wrote about how Facebook is in a unique position…

Twitter starts putting abusers in “time out”

 Twitter is putting online bullies in “time out.” As one of the company’s many new anti-abuse measures,…

This must be the year of mobile security

 If I gave you my phone right you’d be able to figure out a lot of…

U.S. motor vehicle deaths see biggest two year jump in over 50 years, per NSC

 Deaths resulting from motor vehicle crashes are at their highest in nearly a decade, according to…

Uber’s self-driving cars put cyclists at risk, warns bike advocate group

Uber, the transportation-on-demand behemoth, courted controversy this past week when it started to test its self-driving cars on public roads…