Sunday, 2 October 2016

Donald Trump's latest conspiracy theory takes on Google - CNET

The Republican nominee might prefer Bing or Yahoo for his Hillary Clinton news.

The sharp Volkswagen I.D. concept has a little bit of Golf in it - Roadshow

With a 300-ish mile range and a production variant slated for 2020, the I.D. is the first step in Volkswagen's move to dominate the EV market.

'MegaBots' attacks its own giant robot - CNET

When building a massive fighting robot, it's good to know its limitations. Watch as "MegaBots" tests its machine using a paintball cannon and wrecking ball.

Saturday, 1 October 2016

Pandora's Thumbprint Radio breaks 5.5 billion spins - CNET

The personalized radio station has tallied more than "295 million thumbs" since its launch last year.

FCC hits brakes on set-top box vote - CNET

Democrats on the Federal Communications Commission say they'll wait to consider rules requiring cable companies to create apps that could replace set-top boxes.

Thirsty web

A look at continuing efforts to reduce the water and energy needed to cool the world's data centres.

The rise and fall of the Blackberry in popular culture

As Blackberry announces it's no longer manufacturing its own handsets, Newsbeat looks back at its rise and fall in popular culture.