Monday, January 9, 2017

CES 2017: Strap turns your finger into a phone

BBC Click's Marc Cieslak reports on a device that allows one of your fingers to make phone calls.

CES 2017: VR flight kit turns slobs into Superman

A virtual reality contraption aims to give gamers a full-body workout while simulating the sensation of flying.

Monday, January 2, 2017

The Last Guardian is a classic solo game with charm and challenges

tlg_screens_review_01 If you’ve played games designed by Fumito Ueda before, then you’ll feel right at home in The Last Guardian, the new release published by Sony for PS4, and developed by genDESIGN and SIE Japan Studio. The world feels like a natural extension of the worlds created for both 2001’s Ico and 2005’s Shadow of the Colossus, and the most interesting question it brings up is… Read More

Sunday, January 1, 2017

Fake news cash-in

Many of the fake news websites that sprang up during the US election campaign have been traced to a small city in Macedonia, where teenagers are pumping out sensationalist stories to earn cash from advertising.

Chatbot sexism

Why do so many artificially intelligent chatbots have female names and avatars?

Shooting stars from space for 2020 Olympics

Project Sky Canvas hopes to paint the sky with colour above the Olympics using ready-made shooting stars.

The AI-generated Christmas karaoke song and other news

BBC Click's Lara Lewington looks at some of the best of the week's technology news.