This Tuesday, we're testing concrete speakers, blissful Dreamcast games reimagined in VR, and a robot that will copy your moves. The FCC's plan to undo net neutrality is about to be revealed According to reports, Ajit Pai will unveil the details of his plan to roll back Title II net neutrality protections later today. Timed during a short holiday week, the plan is expected to follow what we heard in April -- with rules preventing ISPs from blocking, slowing down or charging extra for different kinds of content removed, and responsibility for managing disputes pushed to the FTC. Concrete speakers are heavy on the wallet. Master & Dynamic's concrete speaker is equal parts sound and spectacle If you're a fan of well-designed headphones that have a unique aesthetic, Master & Dynamic should be at the top of your list.

SoftBank Group Corp. said it has upgraded the customer service capabilities of its Pepper humanoid robot, aiming to create demand in the business sector as Japan struggles with manpower shortages. The upgraded Pepper can take orders in English and Chinese, a new feature mainly designed to attract the restaurant industry, which is expected to see more foreign customers thanks to an increase in visitors from abroad, SoftBank said Monday. Customers can select a language on a screen located on Pepper's chest. The robot can recommend the day's special in the customer's preferred language. Orders can be placed via Pepper's chest screen, the company said.

Rumors continue to back up claims that Samsung will include 3D facial recognition technology on the upcoming Galaxy S9 smartphone. Most recently, Korean media shared reports that Samsung has ordered the components needed for 3D technology upgrades on the Galaxy S9 front camera. These upgrades are expected to improve both facial recognition and iris scanning technology Samsung already uses on its predecessor devices. News of Samsung using 3D facial recognition technology surfaced after the announcement and release of the iPhone X, which features Face ID as its sole biometrics option. Meanwhile, Samsung's recent flagships, including the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy Note 8 include 2D facial recognition and iris scanning technology, in addition to a rear fingerprint scanner. Though Samsung has not confirmed any rumors about the Galaxy S9, the device will likely include this same biometrics configuration with the aforementioned upgrades.

Huawei is going to unleash the next full-screen smartphone in a few days, on November 28 at the Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium. The new model is the Huawei Honor V10, which has been designed for younger customers like its predecessor. Therefore, it is going to be priced affordably. Seems nothing surprising, but the manufacturer has started a huge promo campaign sending invitations and posting giant ads in various big cities of China such as Hangzhou, Zhengzhou, Nanjing, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Chengdu, Beijing, and Xi'an. Both of them show the phone will have a few selling points such as an AI, full-screen, and dual-camera. Looking at the invitation envelopes we can see the Honor V10 will sport an AI-based chip, which will also provide faster and smoother performance than the previous models.

The latest Android smartphone from Chinese upstart OnePlus hopes to tempt users looking for the new all-screen experience, but at less than half the price of an iPhone X. The 5T is a revamped version of the 5 launched in June and marks the second time the company has updated its smartphone line more than once in a year. According to co-founder Carl Pei, this is because "when we've got new technology ready to go we don't want to leave our users with older devices". Launched in New York, the 5T is essentially a OnePlus 5 on the inside, with the same Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor, memory and storage options, fast-charging system and Oxygen OS software based on last year's Android 7.1.1, It even costs the same, priced at £449, undercutting rivals by at least several hundred pounds. But the 1080p AMOLED screen has been stretched to the now popular 18:9 ratio, filling the front of the display with thin bezels at the top, bottom and sides.

When it's not busy making billion-dollar acquisitions to expand its robotics line-up, Japanese mobile carrier SoftBank is pursuing its other hobby: smart cars. Central to this endeavour is its partner, and fellow Japan native, Honda. Last year, the two announced plans to make cars emotive using cloud-based tech based on SoftBank's Pepper robot (think Knight Rider's KITT). The fruits of that colloboration are beginning to emerge, in the guise of the auto-maker's AI-assisted NeuV and Sports EV concepts. With the clock ticking down to Honda's 2025 deadline for driverless cars, the duo are moving on to the next phase in their connected cars project, which is all about 5G.

The downtown home of the NBA's Wizards and NHL's Capitals is now called Capital One Arena. Owner Ted Leonsis announced the change from Verizon Center along with an investment of $40 million in the arena. Leonsis' Monumental Sports & Entertainment is not disclosing the financial terms or length of the new naming-rights agreement. It goes into effect immediately, with new signage expected by the fall. Telecommunications has long been one of the most data-intensive industries, and some of the earliest analytical marketing initiatives originated at established firms like AT&T.

Whilst these technologies have exciting potential, are we overlooking the human and ethical dimensions of data and its uses? Join us on campus to hear leading UTS academics - along with industry and government speakers - discuss the evolving challenges and opportunities at play in our increasingly data-rich world. This UTS Conversation on Humans, Data, AI & Ethics will feature thought-provoking panel discussions, TED-style talks and poster presentations showcasing research and expertise at the intersections between people, processes, technologies, data and ethics. For catering purposes, please register for our Conversation event on this page by Monday, December 4th. A detailed schedule for the day will be published on our event webpage soon.

While we prepare for The Engadget Experience today in Los Angeles, you can take a look back Monday's biggest stories, including yet another terrifying robot from the good folks at Boston Dynamics. No PC or base station required.HTC Vive Focus is a standalone VR headset with'world-scale' tracking After a couple of teases earlier this year, HTC has finally unveiled its upcoming standalone VR headset at today's Vive Developer Conference in Beijing. Dubbed the Vive Focus, this all-in-one device features inside-out 6-degree-of-freedom (6DoF) "world-scale" tracking, meaning it doesn't require external base stations nor sensors, so you can get positional tracking anywhere at any time -- even on a train or plane, should you wish to. It's official.Amazon is making a'Lord of the Rings' TV series Here's what we know so far: Amazon's series "will explore new storylines preceding J.R.R. Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring," and there's a possibility of a spinoff in the future. Now that Boston Dynamics has moved from Google/Alphabet ownership to Softbank, it apparently plans to keep the funky robot concepts coming.

From its humble beginnings in the AMPLab at U.C. Berkeley in 2009, Apache Spark has become one of the key big data distributed processing frameworks in the world. Spark can be deployed in a variety of ways, provides native bindings for the Java, Scala, Python, and R programming languages, and supports SQL, streaming data, machine learning, and graph processing. You'll find it used by banks, telecommunications companies, games companies, governments, and all of the major tech giants such as Apple, Facebook, IBM, and Microsoft. Out of the box, Spark can run in a standalone cluster mode that simply requires the Apache Spark framework and a JVM on each machine in your cluster. However, it's more likely you'll want to take advantage of a resource or cluster management system to take care of allocating workers on demand for you.