Tech giants don't want you fixing your phone. Time to fight back
26 July 2017
Laws that would force gadget-makers to release repair manuals and tools are starting to win support, but meanwhile consumers are taking a DIY approach
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Donate your voice so Siri doesn’t just work for white men
26 July 2017
Voice assistants can struggle with accents outside their test base of white, male users. Mozilla wants samples to create systems that can handle diversity
AI suggests recipe for a dish just by studying a photo of it
20 July 2017
An algorithm trained on over one million online recipes can tell you what's in a dish and how to make it
Quantum simulator with 51 qubits is largest ever
18 July 2017
Although not a full-blown quantum computer, the simulator could be used to study the interactions between atoms
AI coach will train hopeless chatbots to pass the Turing test
14 July 2017
A neural network trained to rate how human-like an AI is could turn Alexa and Siri into much more convincing conversation partners
Why your favourite websites are protesting over the net's future
12 July 2017
A campaign on 12 July opposes repeal of US net neutrality laws that ensure all web traffic is treated equally, but to succeed it must spark a wider discussion
Quantum cheques could be a forgery-free way to move money
10 July 2017
Using IBM’s cloud-based quantum computer, researchers have shown that it’s possible to create ultra-secure cheques with quantum technology
Neural network poetry is so bad we think it’s written by humans
7 July 2017
A machine learning algorithm trained on thousands of lines of English poetry can now mimic different poetic styles - but its verse doesn’t quite ring true
UK's first public autonomous taxi trial to begin soon
5 July 2017
Thousands of people could be ferried along a 2-kilometre route including the O2 Arena in Greenwich, south London, in a four-week test of driverless shuttles
Peering inside an AI's brain will help us trust its decisions
3 July 2017
A tool that reveals which aspects of a task an artificial intelligence is focusing on will help us understand why machines can be tricked
