Trapped Florida mosquitoes found to contain Zika virus

Qualcomm has a plan to make VR headsets a whole lot cheaper

At a quiet, barely-attended press conference on the far side of Berlin, Qualcomm revealed its plan to get the cost of VR headsets to plummet. [Read more...]

Sony sold me on Xperia Agent in one cup of coffee

I like coffee. I like robots. So, when Sony's cutesy Xperia Agent offered to serve me up a cup of Arabica at IFA, how could I refuse? Of course I didn't, and it was probably the best cup of show-floor joe that I had this week. [Read more...]

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket explodes on launch pad in Cape Canaveral (updated)

During a pre-launch test this morning, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket exploded in Cape Canaveral, Florida. [Read more...]

ICYMI: Improving pesticide's sticking abilities

Today on In Case You Missed It: MIT researchers created a kind of pesticide that is much more likely to stick on plant leaves because its additives are made of negatively and positively charged polymers that bond together. [Read more...]

Plex adds a DVR feature for over-the-air and CableCARD tuners

Ask any media hound about the best way to stream your your video files, and they'll probably direct you to Plex. [Read more...]

Watson helped make a trailer for a horror movie about AI

IBM Watson can add yet another skill to its resume: the ability to make movie trailers. 20th Century Fox has tapped into the supercomputer's powers to create the first AI-made trailer for its upcoming thriller film Morgan. [Read more...]