Artificial intelligence tells nightmare-inducing tales of terror
24 October 2017
The Shelley AI is writing its own horror stories after learning from reddit. Some are weird, some are spine tingling, and others? Well, see for yourself...
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History of zero pushed back 500 years by ancient Indian text
14 September 2017
Carbon dating has revealed that the Bakshali manuscript housed in Oxford contains the earliest known version of our modern zero symbol -- and it is nearly 2000 years old
Lego-like vacuum robot climbs walls and sorts your containers
30 August 2017
The first robots in your home probably won’t look like Terminator, instead they’ll be little odd-job loving plug-and-play suckers like these ones
Tiny robots crawl through mouse's stomach to heal ulcers
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Bacterial infections in mice have been cleared up by bubble-propelled micromotors that swim through the stomach and release antibiotic payloads - and then dissolve in stomach acid
You could finally control your Facebook data if UK law is passed
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Data protection overhaul means you can soon ask companies to delete your entire social media history or personal information – and breaches of the new law will carry heftier fines
Hacking a US electronic voting booth takes less than 90 minutes
1 August 2017
At security conference DEF CON hackers proved it is possible to manipulate votes on the same voting machines used in US elections in the time it takes to watch a movie
Maths explains how bees can stay airborne with such tiny wings
25 July 2017
The tiny wings on bees shouldn’t be able to lift their big bodies. How they fly has eluded mathematicians since the 1930s, but the mystery is now solved
Dark web crackdown as two biggest markets are taken offline
20 July 2017
The police sting hit two markets, AlphaBay and Hansa, that were responsible for the trading of over 350, 000 illicit goods such as drugs, firearms and cybercrime malware
Laws of mathematics don’t apply here, says Australian PM
14 July 2017
Inspired by the UK’s Investigatory Powers Act, Malcolm Turnbull has proposed a new cybersecurity law to circumvent encryption – and he won’t be beaten by maths
Google DeepMind’s NHS data deal 'failed to comply' with law
3 July 2017
Last year New Scientist revealed that DeepMind had made a deal to access NHS patient records. Now the UK's data watchdog has found shortcomings
