Category: General
The only way to prove you aren’t a robot is to solve this chess puzzle
Check it out, Mate! Image: James Tagg Check out the chess board above: looks wrong, right? If you’ve ever played chess, you know something’s amiss, here. For one thing, someone chose to exchange a pawn for another bishop instead of a queen. For another, virtually all the action’s moved to the left side of a […]
Boston Dynamics Handle robot dominates parkour on wheels in new footage
Boston Dynamics wheeled Handle robot received much fanfare earlier this month when DFJ partner Steve Jurvetson slipped us an early video from a company Keynote. Today we have more details on Handle in the form of a shiny HD video. We already knew Handle could manage some pretty sick hurdles and spins, but the new […]
MashReads Podcast: If you read one book this year, it should be ‘Lincoln in the Bardo’ by George Saunders
Image: MJ Franklin/ Mashable George Saunders has a rule for art: “If you do it right, it’s almost like this beautiful prism, and no matter what the time is, you can shine a light through it and it will make some sense.” It’s an apt description and an excellent way to describe Saunders’ newest book […]
UK faces triple whammy from skills shortfall, visa restrictions and Brexit uncertainty
Britain’s tech sector faces a triple whammy hit to its workforce without government action, according to new reports. Firstly, from a critical fall-off in STEM skills in its own population due to lack of funding; secondly, from visa restrictions on the availability of high-skilled specialists from overseas; and, thirdly, from the uncertainty of the impact […]
MashRead Podcast: ‘Their Eyes Were Watching God’ is the classic novel that should be on every reading list
Image: Mashable Composite, HarperCollins Sometimes the best way to understand the present is to look at the past. Or at least that’s true with Zora Neale Hurston’s classic novel Their Eyes Were Watching God. The book was written 80 years ago, but the commentary it makes on race and feminism feels as fresh and contemporary […]