Robots need ‘kill switches’, warn MPs

PIC: A Lynx robot toy by UBTECH Robotics dances at ShowStoppers during the 2017 Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas, Nevada this year. The unstoppable rise of robots in our everyday lives requires urgent EU rules such as “kill switches”, European Parliament members warned Thursday as they passed a resolution urging Brussels into action on automaton ethics.

CES to highlight technology that could transform hospitality industry

Shawn DuBravac, chief economist of the Consumer Technology Association, presents a pre-CES 2017 session on tech trends at the Las Vegas Convention Center Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2016. . IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR LG ELECTRONICS – LG Electronics’ vice president David VanderWaal and Amazon Echo vice president Mike George present the LG Smart InstaView Door-in-Door Refrigerator to CES 2017 attendees at the LG Electronics press conference on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017, in Las Vegas.