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it's time to honor our future robot overlords I'm Richard Carey and this is your CNET update using FaceTime video chat on the iPhone has always been a Wi-Fi only option but that will change in the fall with the release of iOS 6 and 18 t just announced it would lit I phone customers with a shared data plan to use FaceTime over its cellular network but some are arguing this could be a rule violation of the Federal Communications Commission one outspoken nonprofit group says this discriminates against customers with other data plans a video chat service like FaceTime could be a larger data burden but there's no technical reason you can video chat just because you have a different data plan now ATT responded saying it does not believe it's breaking any FCC rules since it's already available to all customers over Wi-Fi it's just expanding availability even further for those with a mobile shared data plan so as you know we just landed that Rover on Mars and they're still testing out all the systems well NASA is already talking about sending another robot to Mars in 2016 next time it'll be a lander that'll study whether Mars has a solid or liquid core and if the red planet has tectonic plates that slowly move just like on earth anyone who bought a new Windows PC after June 2nd can register online for $15 upgrade to Windows 8 when it comes out on October 26th now you might be thinking wasn't it free for past upgrades for recent PC buyers yeah and this is the pro version this time and it's also a little more than getting the basic version but if you didn't just buy a computer it'll cost $40 for you to upgrade and some news 418 t customers in order to put a focus on new data sharing plans 18t will no longer subsidize the cost of a tablet with a contract verizon also stopped doing that in June there's a very important election coming up that needs your vote I'm talking about the robot Hall of Fame of course for the first time Carnegie Mellon University is allowing humans to elect who should be inducted to its robot Hall of Fame the award has been given to real and fictional robots like the Roomba and c-3po but this year will it be wall-e Rosie or Johnny Five it's the entertainment spot it's up to you and maybe in the future hall-of-fame it'll include the MIMO by Honda a robot that mows your lawn well more like it nips at your lawn it needs to cut several times a week since it's not as powerful or doesn't cut as much as a typical lawn mower it'll first be available in Europe next year starting at 2,500 euros that's your tech news update form or head on over to the blog cnet.com slash from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey