by The Curious Technologist | Nov 26, 2019 | News
Boston Dynamics has been looking for ways to put its robots to work, but it turns out they’ve already seen some service. Radio station WBUR and the ACLU have learned that the Massachusetts State Police bomb squad leased Boston Dynamics’ Spot robot between...
by The Curious Technologist | Nov 26, 2019 | Tech
They hit its steel alloy body with a sledgehammer. They shot it with a 9-millimeter handgun gun. They showed off the toughness of its glass by dropping weights on it from a decent height. And they did it dressed as macho cybergoths. This was the Tesla Cybertruck...
by The Curious Technologist | Nov 29, 2018 | News
The US is attempting to hold the creators of the infamous SamSam ransomware to account. A federal grand jury has revealed indictments against two Iranian men, Mohammad Mansouri and Faramarz Savandi, for allegedly authoring and wielding SamSam to extort money from a...
by The Curious Technologist | Mar 3, 2018 | Gear, Tech
TechRadar has a review of Apple’s foray into the smart speaker / home assistant fray. Lots of mixed feedback on this – win or miss? It seems that it really depends on whether you care about being locked into the Apple ecosystem or not. “With the...
by The Curious Technologist | Sep 28, 2017 | Gear
In addition to the less expensive, shorter Echo, the Echo Plus, and the new Fire TV with HDR, Amazon has introduced the Echo Spot – a new and interesting foray into the smart alarm clock space. Arguably a better implementation of a screen on an Echo than the...
