Swimmer Ryan Lochte, a 12-time Olympic medalist, was robbed at gunpoint in Rio while in a taxi today (Aug. 14), according to the Washington Post.
Before heading off to Rio to secure the last six of the 28 Olympic medals, Michael Phelps got an aerodynamic trim at a well-reviewed black barbershop in Atlanta, Georgia.
Reports are suggesting that the next iPhone may be a bit underwhelming, but at least—according to a new patent awarded to Apple—it might be waterproof.
Four years ago, the Somalian-born Muslim long-distance runner Mo Farah won the 10,000 meter and 5,000 meter races at the London 2012 Olympics. When he crossed the line to win the 5,000m, the crowd was cheering so boisterously for Farah that it shook the cameras that were set up to capture the finish.
A buzzing comes across the sky.
One year old, but one year wiser?
On Aug. 17, anyone with $5,000 to spare will be able to buy the GoPro Omni, the company’s professional immersive video camera system. It works by meshing together six of GoPro’s action cameras into a sturdy aluminum rig that can film and stitch together 360-degree videos that—especially by its competitors’ standards—are relatively easy to produce, and look amazing.
Almost every videoconferencing system on the market seems to be difficult to set up, unreliable, or just a hassle to use. But a device described in a new Google patent might be able to do away with choppy video and awkward camera angles, and make it really feel like the faces of your coworkers are in the office with you. If you can put up with the buzzing.
“Drone racing has a Nielsen rating—how cool is that?”
Before there was Google, or Facebook, or YouTube, or even AOL, there was Tim.
Tap. Tap. Tap.
A year ago, I stood in 100-degree weather in drought-ridden Sacramento, California to watch a group of hobbyists fly homemade drones around a race track, in front of a handful of spectators. Thousands of dollars were on the line in what was the first US national drone-racing competition, and while there was a ton of drama, excitement, and excellent racing on display, almost no one showed up.
One of BlackBerry’s last vocal celebrity endorsers may soon be leaving the brand behind.
Even though the price of videogame consoles has fluctuated wildly over the years, it seems that it has always cost about the same amount of money to purchase all of the games for these systems. And an old German copy of a French documentary on the Japanese company Nintendo—recently uncovered by Fast Company—might shed some light on why that is.
There is nothing more British than disapproving of something by responding with:
At a conference at the White House today (Aug. 2) on the future uses of drones in US airspace, Federal Aviation Administration director Michael Huerta told the gathered crowd that more than consumer 500,000 drones had been registered with the agency since December.
At a jam-packed event today at Samsung’s massive New York store where it doesn’t actually sell anything, the company unveiled a slew of new products, and some key updates on when others it recently announced will be on sale.
iPhone owners are losing their right to bear (emoji) arms.
In case you aren’t already terrified that the robot revolution is around the corner, the Japan Science Museum is here for you.
We often take the predictability of life for granted, whether it’s the slight cooling of the air as an oppressive summer gives way to fall, or that whatever happens, the flowers will bloom again next year. Similarly, come September-time, it’s become tradition that Apple will release a new iPhone at a big event in California and release it for preorder a few days later, before the mad rush to be the first in line to buy it in store. And it seems that this year is no different: Reports are suggesting that Apple’s annual autumn press event will likely be held in early September, with the next iPhone going on pre-sale Sept. 9.
Alphabet, Google’s parent company, had a pretty great quarter, as far as investors are concerned. The company reported its second-quarter earnings today (July 28), and the stock price was up about 5% in after-hours trading at the time of publishing.
The possibility that the impending robot revolution could well take most of the jobs away from humanity, leaving us as empty, directionless husks as we search for meaning in a world without toil has been widely discussed and debated. But it looks like it might be worse than we feared: Even our dogs are going to lose their jobs.
Alphabet is set to report its second-quarter earnings after US markets close today (July 28), and it’s likely to be a mixed bag.
On Friday (July 29), Microsoft will stop offering a free upgrade to its latest operating system, Windows 10, for customers running older software such as Windows 7 and 8.
