War in space may happen soon, but it won't be what you expect
11 April 2018
The US is making noises about increasingly militarising space, but orbital conflict won’t be a battle of spaceships and bombs
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The hidden powerhouses that drive the UK economy
11 April 2018
High-growth small businesses play a crucial role in our economic landscape but they need more support, says Chris Hulatt
After the Facebook scandal: The grand plan to hold AI to account
11 April 2018
From next month, EU citizens will have sweeping rights to know what computers are thinking about them – but can that work, and if so how?
Need a new look? Facebook's AI fashion designer has some ideas
11 April 2018
Facebook has built an AI fashion designer that is intended to be truly creative. It has designed more than 1000 handbags, jumpers and T-shirts
Robots don’t take people’s jobs - they make new ones
10 April 2018
A German study casts doubt on the story that automation will destroy jobs. Could it be true elsewhere?
Waggle-dancing robot tells bees where to look for food
6 April 2018
A robotic bee talks to bees in their own language, but not all of them seem to pay attention
Killer AI boycott row shows there is research we can’t accept
5 April 2018
A South Korean university has dismissed fears it would work on killer robots. The dispute reflects growing worries over autonomous weapons, says Paul Marks
How you and your friends can fight back against online trolls
5 April 2018
Squadbox lets people team up with their friends to fight back against trolls, so that together they can filter out abusive messages online
Suit that gives you electric shocks makes VR more realistic
4 April 2018
The Teslasuit is fitted with components that produce electric shocks that make your muscles twitch and is designed to help you immerse yourself more deeply in virtual reality video games
Ultrasonic micro-explosions can harvest gold from old SIM cards
3 April 2018
We waste $22 billion in gold from electronics that are tossed out instead of recycled. A new technique uses ultrasound to harvest that precious metal from SIM cards
