China’s extreme automation is a strength, but it’s also a response to the country’s most fundamental weakness: the impending ...

Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking chimpanzee field research and globe-spanning environmental advocacy, has died. She was 91.

Everybody and his brother nowadays seem worried about artificial intelligence stealing their jobs. Autonomous driving threatens truck, cab and Uber drivers—even chauffeurs. Who hasn’t seen the footage ...

In 5 To Watch, five writers from The A.V. Club offer up recommendations inspired by a theme or a new streaming arrival. The ...

You can save big today on a new Roomba. The flagship Roomba Max 705 + AutoEmpty dock, which launched in April, is available for $320 off. The robovac, which typically costs $899, is on sale for $579.

Renowned roboticist Rodney Brooks has a wake-up call for investors funneling billions into humanoid robot startups: You’re wasting your money. Brooks, who co-founded iRobot and spent decades at MIT, ...

Adult Swim has been home to several iconic TV series over the years, but when it comes to riffing on pop culture, nothing compares to Robot Chicken. The legendary stop-motion animated series has been ...

A four-legged robot that keeps crawling even after all four of its legs have been hacked off with a chainsaw is the stuff of nightmares for most people. For Deepak Pathak, cofounder and CEO of the ...

Major League Baseball will introduce an Automated Ball/Strike System (ABS) in 2026, incorporating "robot umpires." This system allows players to challenge ball and strike calls, retaining human ...

Major League Baseball's competition committee approved the automated strike zone challenge system for the 2026 season on Tuesday, the league announced. The 11-person committee consists of six owners, ...

Robot umpires are getting called up to the big leagues next season. Major League Baseball's 11-man competition committee on Tuesday approved use of the Automated Ball/Strike System in the major ...

Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man are back, but this time they’re facing more danger than ever! Watch as they try to escape the relentless attacks of the monstrous Evil Bots. Will our favorite heroes survive ...