‘UK’s weirdest arcade with a robot that massages your feet is the perfect day out’
Housed in a small unit, tucked away on a quiet by-street in Holborn, London, just off of Red Lion Square, is the strange yet excellent…
Books to read in August 2025
Reading List 10 books for your August reading list If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org,…
Alan Tudyk: Why we love the resident alien, android and voice actor
Alan Tudyk was nearly 50 when he scored his first starring role in a TV series as the titular extraterrestrial Harry Vanderspeigle in Syfy’s “Resident…
What to know about ‘Walt Disney — A Magical Life’ at Disneyland
p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix"> By now, many Disney fans have had a chance to see the officially released images by the company as well as close-up pictures…
‘Murderbot’ is latest show to explore how humans, robots can coexist
The titular character of the Apple TV+ series “Murderbot” doesn’t call itself Murderbot because it identifies as a killer; it just thinks the name is…
‘M3GAN 2.0’ review: The robots are self-aware and so are the laughs
“M3GAN 2.0” is another shiny display case for its violent antiheroine, an artificially intelligent doll with little regard for human life. In the new movie,…
Peter Brown’s ‘Wild Robot’ reboot for preschoolers stays true to fable
On the Shelf The Wild Robot on the Island By Peter BrownLittle, Brown Books for Young Readers: 48 pages, $20If you buy books linked on…
It ‘keeps Walt alive’: Imagineers defend new Walt Disney robot
“It’s kind of fun to do the impossible.” That’s one of Walt Disney’s most popular quotes, often used in the context of the theme park…
UK reveals new £1billion Mars robot to find alien life on Red Planet – and it could land as soon as 2030
THE UK has completed the build of its first-ever Mars rover, designed to search for signs of alien life on the Red Planet in 2030.…
‘Maybe Happy Ending,’ a Broadway musical with Asian roots, inspired design
Marcus Choi, Helen J Shen, Dez Duron and Darren Criss of the Broadway musical “Maybe Happy Ending,” photographed at the Belasco Theater in New York.…
The AI massage robot, Aescape, debuts in L.A. and I tried it out.
My first meeting with Aescape, the AI-powered massage robot, was benign enough — if a bit eerie. As if HAL had gotten a job in…
‘The Wild Robot’ is a subtle but powerful climate change movie
As the Canada geese fly south for winter — their brown wings flapping in V-shaped formations against a brilliant blue sky — they pass over…
‘I, Robot’ director claims Elon Musk lifted new Tesla designs
Tesla’s Robovan may operate autonomously, but according to one sci-fi director, Elon Musk doesn’t. Musk on Thursday presented Tesla’s latest prototypes for its autonomous electric…
Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Megalopolis’ bombs, ‘Wild Robot’ wins
The major studios wouldn’t touch “Megalopolis,” the ambitious passion project from octogenarian Oscar-winner Francis Ford Coppola. Now it’s clear why. The $120-million film, which Coppola…
Robot chef shows off its cooking skills by preparing vegetables for humans to eat at World Robot Conference in Beijing
WANNABE Gordon Ramsay robot tries to emulate the fiery chef’s cooking skills by preparing vegetables for humans to eat.Meanwhile, a robo-woman winks for the camera…