Cryptocurrency hack makes off with $500 million
31 January 2018
Hackers broke into Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck and made off with $534 million-worth of a currency known as NEM
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Disease mapper shows you what infections are hitting your area
30 January 2018
Tracking local diseases, like flu or the common cold, could be as easy as checking the weather with a new app called Doctors Report
Pocket-sized scanner helps fill gaps in the human genome
29 January 2018
A device barely bigger than a USB stick has produced the most complete human genome to date
Facebook is making a chatbot that can fill awkward silences
29 January 2018
Giving chatbots an artificial personality can help them make small talk – though some just end up talking about themselves
Your next job interview could be playing a weird smartphone game
26 January 2018
Big firms like Siemens and Walmart are using video games to filter candidates, with tasks including blowing up balloons and tapping logos on a screen
How do you stop your smart glasses filming in the toilet?
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Body cameras and smart glasses can capture your every waking move, so a new device stares at your eyeball to know when to record
Calm down – China is not racing ahead with human CRISPR trials
25 January 2018
Despite treating 86 people since 2015, China's approach to CRISPR genome-editing in humans is basic and risky
3D ‘holograms’ made with lasers by moving one particle at a time
24 January 2018
By moving a single particle with an invisible laser beam, we can create three-dimensional images like the holograms in sci-fi movies that float in thin air
We've stopped trusting social media – and that's a good thing
23 January 2018
I'm one of the growing number of users cynical about social networks such as Facebook. But there are upsides to all this digital doubt, says Lara Williams
