Apple unsuccessfully invested millions of dollars across several years to replace human labor with robots
It turns out humans are still a lot better than machines on some assembly tasks
Automation articles
Big U.S. banks will automate away 200,000 jobs in the next 10 years
Paving the way for the "golden age of banking efficiency"
A quarter of Google Duplex calls are made by humans
The system still relies on call center workers
Amazon is replacing order packers with machines that are five times more efficient
Boosting efficiency through automation
Machine-learning algorithm beats 20 lawyers in NDA legal analysis
AI learned from tens of thousands of legal documents
Amazon is embracing automation at its corporate headquarters
AI is taking jobs from office staff
Most Americans consider technology a bigger threat to jobs than immigration and outsourcing
Only Republican survey respondents thought otherwise
Nearly three-quarters of Americans worry about machines taking human jobs
But only 30 percent think their jobs are under threat
Philips Hue switches can now control Apple HomeKit-enabled devices
Control your thermostat or open the blinds with the press of a button
Amazon wants to use self-driving tech to help with deliveries
But the company won't be building its own autonomous vehicles
Bill Gates says that job-stealing robots should pay taxes
The money could be used to retrain the humans who have been replaced
KFC trials machine that guesses your order using facial recognition tech
How can this possibly go wrong
littleBits Smart Home Kit Review: Internet of Things for DIYers
Retrofitting an existing home with so-called "Internet of Things" gadgets isn't cheap, but with the right tools you can hack cloud functionality into your dumb appliances. littleBits is an ever-growing library of small electronic modules that easily connect together. Created by Ayah Bdeir, it started as a tool to help designers incorporate electronics into the prototyping process. Today, it's much more than that. Think of them as Lego bricks for the iPad generation.
