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Apple launches AR[T]: AR experiences in global cities by amazing artists

Starting August 10, incredible Augmented Reality (AR) experiences will be offered in six major cities around the world in a collaboration between Apple and

Apple launches AR[T]: AR experiences in global cities by amazing artists
Technology

Gogoro gets Yamaha and others on board to use its swappable EV battery platform

I first covered Gogoro nearly four years ago for CNET while in Taiwan for Computex. The Taiwanese electric scooter company was designing beautiful scooters

Gogoro gets Yamaha and others on board to use its swappable EV battery platform
Technology

Attention to detail makes the TwelveSouth StayGo USB-C Hub stand out

USB-C hubs are finally starting to pick up some steam, and as the range of options grows we're seeing some well thought out (but not overcooked) versions hit

Attention to detail makes the TwelveSouth StayGo USB-C Hub stand out
Art & Culture

All-Time Classic 'Journey' Now Available on iOS

No build up. No hype. Just a wonderful sneaky release that means you can get it in your iPhones and iPads immediately. The best kind of surprise!

All-Time Classic 'Journey' Now Available on iOS
Media

Amazon made our Simon Pegg / Nick Frost reunion dreams come true

Amazon has picked up a new TV series by Simon Pegg & Nick Frost. Do you need to hear anything else or are you already on your feet air punching with joy?

Amazon made our Simon Pegg / Nick Frost reunion dreams come true
Technology

Anki Vector is dying slowly - what can you do about it?

UPDATE (SEPT 2020): A lot has changed since this article was published in July 2019. Digital Dream Labs has since taken ownership of the future of Vector, and

Anki Vector is dying slowly - what can you do about it?
Apple

Jony Has Left The Building

Jony Ive has left the building. Wow. I’m one of the true believers in the Lennon-McCartney dynamic of Steve Jobs and Jony Ive. Steve Jobs was a true design champion, and knew how to give someone as gifted as Ive the space and the constraints to do his best

Jony Has Left The Building
Art & Culture

Morgan Romine (Director, Anykey) on diversity and inclusion in esports

This week I’m sharing a really interesting, and hopefully useful, conversation with Morgan Romine that delves into some of the trickier areas of the state of

Morgan Romine (Director, Anykey) on diversity and inclusion in esports
Art & Culture

Christo gets to wrap the Arc de Triomphe in 2020

Few urban artists are as monumental as Christo. Not everybody has nailed the idea of wrapping buildings in fabric and rope, and now – almost 60 years after

Christo gets to wrap the Arc de Triomphe in 2020
Art & Culture

The Matrix 20 years on: how a sci-fi film tackled big philosophical questions

20 years on, the film stands tall as a sci-fi epic that also encouraged viewers to explore some big philosophical questions.

The Matrix 20 years on: how a sci-fi film tackled big philosophical questions
Art & Culture

An NVIDIA AI can turn your crappiest doodles into gorgeous lifelike landscapes

The latest AI fakery is thankfully something more peaceful and calming than most. Doodle some colours on a screen and NVIDIA's GauGAN (get it?) will turn them

An NVIDIA AI can turn your crappiest doodles into gorgeous lifelike landscapes
Art & Culture

Open Bionics delivers an awesome BB-8 decorated bionic arm that delivers superheroic vibes all day long

Sometimes a kid needs a bionic arm. But when that arm is given some cool styling like a BB-8 theme – and excellent functionality too – you might just make

Open Bionics delivers an awesome BB-8 decorated bionic arm that delivers superheroic vibes all day long
Art & Culture

Meet London's new optical illusion zebra crossing designed to make drivers take notice

The first 3D zebra crossing in the UK has been painted on a road in north-west London – very close to one of the world's most famous zebra crossings – in an

Meet London's new optical illusion zebra crossing designed to make drivers take notice
Art & Culture

Blizzard says positive play systems have reduced toxicity in Overwatch by 40%

Online games and toxicity. Like flies on the proverbial, it's just something that has been deemed an inescapable part of playing online. But it really

Blizzard says positive play systems have reduced toxicity in Overwatch by 40%
Movies

The great Danny Trejo will bring some hardcore energy to the role of Boots in the ‘Dora the Explorer’ Movie

Don't mess with Boots. I mean, why does a monkey wear those boots anyway? He's got some attitude. And those boots are made for walking. All over you...

The great Danny Trejo will bring some hardcore energy to the role of Boots in the ‘Dora the Explorer’ Movie
Movies

Bill & Ted 3 will face the music in August 2020

Wyld Stallions needs to save us ASAP. But if we can hold it together until second half of 2020 they'll finally bring about World Peace.

Bill & Ted 3  will face the music in August 2020
Ideas

This Stephen Hawking tribute coin is dizzyingly beautiful

"Hey, let's make a new coin for Stephen Hawking that honours his life by portraying the beauty of a black hole that can be carried around in someone's

This Stephen Hawking tribute coin is dizzyingly beautiful
Technology

Finally, an ethicist is warning us that the way we treat AI today might make them murder us tomorrow

All those videos of engineers abusing robots to show how stable or agile they are really might bite us in the butt in the future, according to one ethicist.

Finally, an ethicist is warning us that the way we treat AI today might make them murder us tomorrow
Ideas

A union of Microsoft, Adafruit, and Cartoon Network is promoting cool maker fun for kids

It can be so much easier to get kids excited about making and coding and playing with cool ideas when they can bounce off characters and ideas they know and

A union of Microsoft, Adafruit, and Cartoon Network is promoting cool maker fun for kids
Movies

An Edge Of Tomorrow Sequel Is Officially In Development

I loved it. You should love it. It was Groundhog Day meets Starship Troopers in the best way possible. Emily Blunt rocked as a battle-hardened bug destroyer

An Edge Of Tomorrow Sequel Is Officially In Development