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An expensive experiment in global distribution has been abandoned by Adidas, which has announced that will close its robotic “Speedfactories” in Atlanta and Ansbach, Germany,… Read More »Adidas backpedals on robotic shoe production with Speedfactory closures

As Xiaomi widens its smartphone lead over Samsung in India, a new competitor is increasingly posing a challenge. Realme, a one-and-half-year-old smartphone vendor that spun… Read More »Smartphone maker Realme is taking India and other emerging markets by storm

Official word has come down from federal authorities on one potential cause of the mystery illness affecting vape users: Vitamin E acetate, a chemical found… Read More »Vape lung ‘breakthrough’ suggests lethal culprit in THC products could be vitamin E acetate

Robotic arms can move fast enough to snatch thrown objects right out of the air… but should they? Not unless you want them to unnerve… Read More »This robotic arm slows down to avoid the uncanny valley

Veritas Genetics, a DNA testing startup, has said a data breach resulted in the theft of some customer information. The Danvers, Mass.-based company said its… Read More »DNA testing startup Veritas Genetics confirms data breach

Voters in San Francisco have resoundingly rejected an attempt to overturn a citywide ban on e-cigarettes by a margin of around 80:20. Reporting on the… Read More »San Francisco smokes Juul’s hopes by voting to keep e-cigarette ban

A UK drone registration scheme has opened ahead of the deadline for owners to register their devices coming into force at the end of this… Read More »UK drone register takes off

BMW has been equipping its cars with in-air gesture control for several years and I never paid attention to it. It seemed redundant. Why wave… Read More »BMW’s magical gesture control finally makes sense as touchscreens take over cars

Nintendo has a long history when it comes to exercise-driven games. I’m dating myself, but I can say I remember playing Track & Field on… Read More »Nintendo’s Ring Fit Adventure is a silly, gentle way to shape up

Using a computer and modern software can be a chore to begin with for the visually impaired, but fundamentally visual tasks like 3D design are… Read More »This tactile display lets visually impaired users feel on-screen 3D shapes