Monthly Archives: October 2022

Boston Dynamics *really* does not want you to add weapons to its robots

Enlarge / Herbert Reul, Interior Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, looks at Boston Dynamics’ robot police dog in January 2022. (credit: Getty Images) Boston Dynamics and several other robotics companies have pledged not to weaponize “general purpose robots” according to an open letter released publicly on Thursday and first reported by Axios. Although with sizable caveats…

The Super Mario Bros. Movie trailer is out, and it looks pretty solid

Enlarge / Super Mario as he’ll look in the series’ first full-length CGI-animation film. (credit: Nintendo / Illumination) The Super Mario Bros. Movie trailer is live ahead of the film’s April 2023 launch in theaters, and—hey, whaddya know—it looks decent. We now have a look at what CGI Mario looks like, as re-created by longtime…