What was the world's first digital and programmable robot?
It was stationed at General Motors and sold at a loss.
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There's a technology revolution everywhere and it's manifesting in more ways than we can imagine.
Scientists have grown plants in soil from the Moon for the first time
Paving the way for extraterrestrial agriculture
Crypto crash could see El Salvador default on debt payments
Adopting Bitcoin as legal tender comes with risks
Google I/O 2022: The most interesting bits from Google's annual developer keynote
Lots of incoming Pixel hardware, plus enhancements to Google apps, AI and Android
Watch the Google I/O 2022 keynote at 10am PT / 1pm ET
Android 13, Pixel 6a and more?
Unreal Engine 5 demo is nearly indistinguishable from reality
Unreal Engine 5 could be a game changer
Elon Musk tweets about dying under mysterious circumstances following Russian space chief's threat
Russia isn't happy about Musk supporting Ukraine with Starlink
Researchers develop a way to view livestreamed video games from any angle
Spectators can control what they see
Instagram will start testing NFTs with select users this week
Meta is also working on similar functionality for Facebook
Apple loses director of machine learning over return to in-person work policy
Ian Goodfellow says he would have liked more flexibility for his team
New York Times pulls potentially controversial Wordle answer due to recent events
But not everyone saw a different word
Crypto.com exchange's user count has increased fivefold since late 2020
The exchange expects to hit 100 million users by the end of 2022
Zelda: Ocarina of Time and Sid Meier's Civilization join the World Video Game Hall of Fame
Four more games join the World Video Game Hall of Fame
Bill Gates warns that Elon Musk's free-speech plans could make Twitter worse
Gates did have some praise for his fellow billionaire
Russia asks prisoners to fill IT vacancies following worker exodus
Up to 100,000 IT specialists are leaving Russia
Starbucks announces plans for NFTs just as digital asset sales tank
Starbucks wants in on the NFT craze
Razer co-founder Robert "RazerGuy" Krakoff has died at 81
Krakoff was the public face of Razer in its early years
Once-Iconic Tech Products That Are Now a Fading Memory
Did you know that a floppy disk is more than just a save icon? Can you understand how a pencil and a cassette tape are related? Does the term 'VHS tracking' fill you with dread? What seemed like magic tech at the time, is now a distant memory that those under 20 can't believe was actually real.
Dota 2 player dropped from team after appearing to support Russian invasion of Ukraine during match
Virtus.pro was kicked from the tournament over the incident
Warren Buffett wouldn't pay $25 for all the Bitcoin in the world, but he does like Activision Blizzard
Berkshire Hathaway now owns 9.5% of Activision Blizzard
Central African Republic follows El Salvador in making Bitcoin an official currency
Did its friendship with Russia influence the move?
Spotify gained 2 million subscribers this year despite Joe Rogan controversy and Russia exit
But its stock still took a dive
Russia is turning a blind eye to bootleg tech imports, including CPUs, to lessen the impact of trade restrictions
Foreign consumer tech and cars can now be imported and sold in the country without the makers' permission