Pizza delivery could be the next job to be replaced by machines, as self-driving robots begin delivering meals and packages in Europe. Estonian company Starship, started by Skype co-founders Ahti Heinla and Janus Friis, are behind the robotic delivery drones. The cutesy wheeled carts will deliver packages from courier Hermes, shopping from retailer Metro Group, …

Kim Dotcom is teasing a new cloud storage service. Despite being embroiled in legal troubles from his earlier file-sharing site Megaupload, Dotcom says he has plans for a new service that will be “much better”. Living in New Zealand, the controversial Dotcom continues to fight extradition to the US where he faces charges of copyright infringement, money laundering and assorted …

Your next Uber ride might be a little smoother as the ride-sharing service begins experimenting with monitoring drivers’ safety on the road. Uber’s app for drivers be will updated with new features that use the sensors in a driver’s phone to keep track of their acceleration and braking. The app will monitor harsh braking, which can be an indicator of …

Uber is rewarding your loyalty with free rides — if you’re a Capital One customer. Uber, the globally popular app that lets you dial up a private-hire car from your phone, has partnered with personal-finance company Capital One for the ride-hailing app’s first loyalty program. If you pay with a Quicksilver or QuicksilverOne credit card from now until next March, …

Heading for Euro 2016? A new app from the French government will help keep you informed about potential terrorist attacks during the high-profile football tournament. SAIP (Système d’alerte et d’information des populations) is designed to help keep people safe during the UEFA Euro 2016 soccer tournament kicking off on Friday in France. Because it’s an official government project, users can …

Classic Japanese monster-battling superheroes Ultraman and Kamen Rider will rise again on Amazon Prime Video. Amazon will produce new versions of the superhero shows as part of a lineup of 12 new Japanese TV series to be shown exclusively on the Prime Video streaming service. The two tokusatsu shows, featuring superheroes battling kaiju monsters, were phenomenally successful in the 1960s …

If Brian May could capture one moment from his life so that others could step inside that moment and experience it, it would be the time he strode onto the roof of Buckingham Palace alone except for his guitar and played to 200 million people. “I’d love people to know what that felt like,” said the Queen guitarist. “It was …

“Drive” director Nicolas Winding Refn reckons Amazon will save indie filmmaking. Speaking to Variety at the Cannes film festival, Refn described Amazon’s production of original movies for its online streaming service as “a blessing” and “the key factor in saving independent cinema.” Amazon funded his latest film, horror flick “The Neon Demon”, with what Refn called “the best offer I’ve …

As a great man once said, the answer to life’s problems aren’t at the bottom of a bottle, they’re on TV! That man was Homer Simpson, and this weekend he appeared in the first ever live segment on “The Simpsons“. In the episode “Simprovised”, broadcast on Sunday 15 May, Homer spent 3 minutes fielding questions from fans, his animated character …

I think somehow I always knew that the first time I set foot in the hallowed halls of London’s historic Royal Albert Hall it would be to see Will.i.am launch a smartwatch. Built in 1867, the storied Albert Hall was the venue on a balmy Wednesday night for the launch of the i.am+ Dial smartwatch. Exclusive to mobile network Three …