Google may be the one tech company the world can’t afford to lose
If the stream of big Google-related news so far this week — from details about Android P to some of the wow moments at I/O …
Andy Meek is a reporter based in Memphis who has covered media, entertainment, and culture for over 20 years. His work has appeared in outlets including The Guardian, Forbes, and The Financial Times, and he’s written for BGR since 2015. Andy's coverage includes technology and entertainment, and he has a particular interest in all things streaming.
Over the years, he’s interviewed legendary figures in entertainment and tech that range from Stan Lee to John McAfee, Peter Thiel, and Reed Hastings.
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Is Google crossing a line with new AI that pretends to be human?
Most people, even if they don’t know anything about the norms of journalism, are aware that reporters are expected to identify themselves as such to …
Meet the research team using AI to help catch suspects in mass shootings
Data in the public domain like tweets and social media video is increasingly relied on to make sense of the immediate aftermath of tragedies like …
Bosch is helping build the future of personal transportation
Companies like Bosch that supply the component parts of electric bicycles are busier than ever these days. As such, they’re also armed with data that …
You’re what’s wrong with Facebook
These lines jumped out at me from CNN reporter Dylan Byers’s “Pacific” email newsletter, focused on tech and innovation, in the edition sent out the …
New IBM report predicts 5 technologies that will change the world in the next 5 years
At IBM’s inaugural THINK conference which kicks off today in Las Vegas, the company will be announcing what it describes as the world’s smallest computer. …
App creator says you’ll want to use his avatars every day, unlike Animoji and AR Emoji
Digital media entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk kicked off a recent episode of his DailyVee vlog series by thinking out loud about how the time is supposedly …
How one German company is trying to change how you think about e-bikes
Being the top executive at European e-bike company Riese & Muller, based near Frankfurt, Germany, has given Sandra Wolf a distinctly global perspective on the …
Experts agree: There’s no real threat of a robot uprising anytime soon
The Twitterati have been freaked out for several days now over a video showcasing the creepy door-opening ability of the SpotMini, a dog-like robot from …
Former Apple CEO Sculley: Apple’s still got it
In the wake of Apple reporting record quarterly earnings thanks in part to the high price tag of the iPhone X, former Apple CEO John …
Meet the Swiss startup with a VR glove that wowed CES
Following a warm reception at CES this year, a Swiss-based startup called Sensoryx in a few weeks is planning to launch an Indiegogo campaign to …
This gaming AI doesn’t play games, it builds them instead
To get an idea of how AI researcher Mike Cook spends his time, it might be helpful to play a game. A simple computer game …
How robotic exoskeletons could save disabled children from a life in wheelchairs
It was bleak medical diagnosis for his young nephew that put the idea in Manmeet Maggu’s head to launch a startup focused on robotic exoskeletons …
Meet the AI startup that wants to make a digital copy of every person in the world
“Oben,” in German means “above,” or to be on top. That, in a nutshell, is also the vision Nikhil Jain has for the AI startup …
One VR pioneer thinks the tech has a dark side, and we need to be careful
The London Evening Standard has called him the David Foster Wallace of tech. But it’s not because Jaron Lanier is such a distinctive presence, with …
Meet the researchers who used TV episodes of CSI to train artificial intelligence
Federal lawmakers want to have a say in defining artificial intelligence. Researchers are now using TV shows to feed the predictive capability of an AI …
Meet the company building robots to augment – not replace – humans
If you believe the hype, many of us — maybe even most of us — are in danger of eventually finding ourselves made redundant by …
Meet the startup looking beyond self-driving cars to bring autonomy to the sea
A Boston-based startup wants to do for the commercial shipping industry what Tesla and other brands have done to the car, by retrofitting ships to …
Meet the new accessory that lets you actually feel virtual reality
The team behind a new accessory for virtual reality headsets that will create wind and synchronize it to VR events, immersing users even deeper into …
Interview: ‘Independence Day’ director debuts exciting new livestreaming VR tech
Roland Emmerich, the German filmmaker and producer behind blockbusters like “Independence Day” and “The Day After Tomorrow” and his friend and fellow Hollywood colleague Marco …
Interview: DelivAir imagines a future where drones drop deliveries wherever you are
Drone delivery of packages and smallish goods is still nowhere near pervasive — or even a common sight — but some companies are already trying …
Delfast built an electric bike with longer range than a Tesla Model 3
Daniel Tonkopiy was in Las Vegas in recent days for the Interbike International Expo to give the world the first major unveiling of his company’s …
This drone startup has a difference – its drones have guns
A Florida-based startup led by a veteran of the Israeli military wants its new product — a drone that’s been modified to be able to …
Hackers respond to Face ID on the iPhone X
Everyone is still coming to grips with the implications of iPhone X users having to rely on their face to unlock the device once Apple’s …
Meet the man using data science to predict who dies next on Game of Thrones
Sorry, all you Game of Thrones fans — Milan Janosov, a Ph.D. candidate at the Central European University Center for Network Science, thinks the Mother …
Interview: Mr. Robot writer and consultant discuss what’s next
Life, like the man said, is what happens while you’re busy with other plans. Which partly explains how Kor Adana and Ryan Kazanciyan — computer …
Interview: ‘Frasier’ star Kelsey Grammer talks about starring in Amazon’s new show debuting tomorrow
You won’t ever catch Kelsey Grammer glued to a smartphone to stream a TV show. “I’d rather sit in front of a big ol’ screen …
Interview: Neil deGrasse Tyson is helping to create this space exploration video game
When a video game that unfolds in space has the likes of celebrity astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson behind it, the expectation is rightfully set that …
Inside the Las Vegas bar where all the bartenders are robots
Bottoms up, human. Waiting to greet patrons inside a newly opened bar on the Las Vegas Strip — across from the Bellagio, in the Miracle …
Broomx is building a system that will project VR onto your walls
Those virtual bedrooms in the second episode of Season 1 of Black Mirror — the rooms with different projections on the walls that the occupants …
