Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Paramedics attempt to get the woman away from her hungry robot. Sky World News/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET We really do let our robot creations loose at our own peril. These things have minds of their own, and those minds …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. The view at Rapid City airport. What must have local staff been thinking as this plane came into land? Eric Colvin/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET You’ll never get me up in a single-engine plane. The principle reason is that it has one single engine. There …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Mary Bauer says Comcast sent her a rude bill. WGN-TV screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Last week, Charlie Herrin, Comcast’s senior vice president of customer service, demanded his staff show respect. Yesterday, 63-year-old Mary Bauer of Addison, Ill., said she got a Comcast bill with her …
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The wreckage of this Cessna may be tragic evidence that piloting a plane and taking selfies don’t mix. CBS Denver screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Much publicity is dedicated to stopping people from texting while driving. However, the potential hazards of mobile gadgets may now have extended to taking selfies while piloting a plane. Last May, a Cessna 150K crashed near …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Are you prepared to look slightly silly to stay awake at the wheel? U-Wake screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET What are we prepared to sacrifice in order to be a “good” person? How many precautions are we happy to take to feel safe? Isn’t life just …
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Sony Pictures’ fictional comedy film “The Interview” concerns the assassination of North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, shown above. CNN/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk After President Barack Obama decried the Sony hack in a press conference yesterday and the FBI announced it had evidence that North Korea was responsible, Pyongyang insisted this isn’t the case. North Korea’s foreign ministry also demanded …
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Some buyers surely couldn’t believe their eyes. Or their luck. Sky News screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Christmas is a time of giving but, as far as retailers are concerned, it isn’t necessarily a time of giving away. Yet on Saturday, some UK-based retailers were aghast as their wares were suddenly being sold on Amazon for one penny. No, this wasn’t …
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Are men as reluctant to ask for computer help as they are to asking directions? It seems so. The Unofficial IAIN LEE Radio Archive/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET When it comes to technological items, I have a simple way to fix them. I ask my engineer friend George, who sneers at me in as kind a way as he can …
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This is how it feels when you use Apple Pay and meet a star. Mastercard/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET There’s a certain pain for a San Francisco Giants fan in enduring a pitcher meltdown during a World Series game. As SF fans shut their eyes last night in anguish, the action cut to an ad break that offered a little …
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Can Hotelpower deliver the cheap rates that it promises? It says it will. Screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET I think of the battle between hotels and Airbnb as Goliath facing David. Only with David played by Damien from “The Omen.” The pressure on hotels to be ever cheaper is enormous. However, if they appear too cheap, they lose their cachet. Enter, …
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