Photo: Raul Marrero (Gizmodo) I got to meet Walker at CES, where the hulking robot was performing a reasonably simple demo to show off what it could do around the house. It’s basically a robotic butler with hands that are nimble enough to open doors or pick up objects. It’s also voice-controlled, while its face…

You can do anything at CES, including measuring sperm health.Photo: Victoria Song (Gizmodo) For all the cool gadgets that get shown off at CES, there’s also a bunch of things that make even the most jaded tech bloggers squint in a mix of confusion and amused befuddlement. Some of it you’ll find on the main…

Artist’s depiction of HD 98800, featuring the protoplanetary disk and inner binary pair. The outer binary pair is not shown. Image: University of Warwick/Mark Garlick Astronomers using the ALMA telescope have discovered an oddly tilted planet-forming disk within a double binary star system, a configuration that up until this point only existed in theory. Quadruple…

And art wall at the TikTok US launch partyPhoto: Joe Scarnici (Getty) In the latest extension of the Great Firewall of China, the nation is pushing a set of guidelines on Douyin—the Chinese version of TikTok run by the same parent company—as well as other short-form video apps. These new rules press the social media…

Photo: Getty Images Unmanned delivery drones are one step closer to reality. The federal government on Monday released a set of proposals that could see civilian drones fly over crowds, and end the need for permits for night flights. Currently, the Federal Aviation Administration rules that civilian drones can’t be flown over people, lest they…