DETROIT – General Motors (GM ) says it'll edit a commercial about a sad robot jumping off a bridge because complaints were made to a suicide-prevention group. The ad made its debut during the Super ...

Geek Life: Fun stories, memes, humor and other random items at the intersection of tech, science, business and culture. SEE MORE by Kurt Schlosser on Jan 31, 2019 at 10:16 am January 31, 2019 at 10:25 ...

Indie sci-fi movie Robot & Frank is built around a somewhat messed-up premise: Buying a robot companion to take care of your aging father when you’re not around. Even though such care-bots aren’t ...

When the makers of the da Vinci surgical robot asked University of Illinois doctors to appear in a national advertising campaign, their Chicago hospital saw an opportunity to promote its expertise ...

Robots have their advantages, but they don’t have much fun. That’s the takeaway from a just-released 30-second Michelob Ultra Super Bowl spot. The ad (below), from FCB Chicago, shows robots ...

Saving the world one robot at a time! This is just a commercial for Ikea, but it's so much fun and the robot is so adorable, we can't help sharing it anyway. The 60-second ad spot is called "Change a ...

Super Bowl LIII may have been low on sports excitement, but it had plenty of robots and artificial intelligences — in the commercials, anyways. Ad after ad featured bots and AIs — mostly for laughs, ...

USA Network’s marketing campaign for its new hacker drama Mr. Robot is pretty blunt: “F–k Wall Street,” “F–k Society,” “F–k Social Media,” “F–k the System.” While the F-word isn’t fully spelled out in ...

“Robots” uses Coolidge’s comedic performance to highlight what can be an irritating expectation consumers have when calling customer service. According to a recent Discover and Dynata survey, 95% of ...