Facebook Messenger Wants To Replace Your Real Friends With Robots

As you can see from the conversation above, the bot’s responses could easily engage you in a conversation that is similar to one you could have with a human friend. More than 900 million people use Messenger every month and it was dubbed the fastest growing app in the US in 2015.  Facebook explained that […]

Hidden UFO Crash Site Discovered? Google Maps Reveals Bizarre Giant Symbols Near Roswell

UFOSightingsDaily editor Scott Waring believes that the symbols are a warning by aliens against human incursion into what is their territory. Alternately another conspiracy site Ancient Origins believes that the symbols are in fact a very elaborate landing strip for UFOs to land on. Somewhat ornate as a choice of airport we’ll grant them but […]

Man ‘Missed Message About Dying Dad’ Thanks To Facebook’s Secret Inbox

 “It was a complete shock. We had had to block him [on Facebook] from harassing us so we wouldn’t have known that he might have tried to contact us” he told LadBible.  After hearing about Facebook’s hidden inbox he decided to check if his family had made contact and found a message from his father’s […]

Making Cities Smarter

The pace of urbanization globally is unprecedented – by 2050 nearly 66% of the world’s population is expected to be urban. The ability to effectively manage this rapid urbanization is critical. Cities must find new ways to increase the efficiency of existing and new infrastructure and services to a level never previously achieved. Technology holds […]

GE’s New Miniature Turbine Turns Harmful CO2 Into Enough Energy For An Entire Town

Doug Hofer, a steam turbine specialist at GE Global Research said: “With energy demand expected to rise by 50 percent over the next two decades, we can’t afford to wait for new, cleaner energy solutions to power the planet,” “We have to innovate now and make energy generation as efficient as possible. Programs like those we […]

The Future of Open Workspaces in London

On the 5th of May, London will vote for its new Mayor and both front runners have released their respective manifestos, which state the challenges they are both looking to solve. In them, one of the main points is London’s economy and its role as an innovative city. Currently, London is facing highly complex socio-economic […]

Puquios Mystery: Puzzle Of Spiralling Nasca Holes Solved From Space

In recent years, former New York teacher David Johnson has posited the theory that the Nasca geoglyphs act as maps and pointers to the subterranean flows of water feeding the puquios system. The Nasca ruled the region from around 1000 BC to 800 AD. Nasca lines blanket around 280 square miles in the coastal plane […]

Google’s New Robot Is Scarily Good At Everyday Tasks You Can’t Do

The nameless robot took its first steps in public at the New Economic Summit conference in Tokyo, Japan. According to IEEE Spectrum, it is essentially designed to be a “low-cost, low-power, compact device to ‘help society.”