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This robot-powered restaurant could put fast food workers out of a job

A robot-powered burger joint is coming to San Francisco. In 2012, secretive robotics startup Momentum Machines debuted a machine that could crank out 400 made-to-order...

Mexico taking U.S. factory jobs? Blame robots instead

Problem is, factories don’t need as many people as they used to because machines now do so much of the work
       

How to Set Up Your New Google Home

So your home now has a Google Home. You’re about to enter the wonderful world of digital personal assistants. All you have to do...

What’s Wrong With Your Venmo Account, and How to Fix It

Few social-media experiences have made me cringe more than viewing my “friend” list on the peer-to-peer payment app Venmo for the first time. Seeing...

Can’t Decide What Kind of Flying Car to Get? Try These 10!

COMMUTERS OF THE world, rejoice. The long-promised age of the flying car is finally here—more or less. Big-name companies around the world are showing honest...

Try to Dissect Apple’s New AirPods and You’ll Shed Blood

APPLE’S SLEEK AIRPODS represent the company’s vision of a hands-free, wireless future. Sure, the sound is only fair to middling, but Apple made them...

Finally, An Online Course For Aspiring Flying Car Engineers

N THE PAST year, flying cars have gone from LOL, to maybe a real thing, to a booming industry raking in VC cash and churning out sweet renderings of an...

In booming retail warehouses, robots steadily replace some workers

When Skechers started building a colossal distribution center in Moreno Valley six years ago, backers promised a wave of new jobs. Instead, by the time...
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Veebot, the Robotic Phlebotomist That Makes Drawing Blood Faster (VIDEO)

There are two things that this editor fears about blood draws: the fact that he has deep veins, and the prospect of being stabbed...

The Apple-Google Contact Tracing Plan Won’t Stop Covid Alone

Putting the privacy of these smartphone apps aside, few Americans have been tested—and there's a risk of false positives. Hands wearing sterile gloves checking a...