
It's time to embrace video games as an Olympic sport
16 August 2018
They may compete from the comfort of a chair, but video gamers are in the mix at this year's Asian games and are on track for Olympic stardom, says Mark Zastrow

16 August 2018
They may compete from the comfort of a chair, but video gamers are in the mix at this year's Asian games and are on track for Olympic stardom, says Mark Zastrow

15 August 2018
No time to chat? A jacket that literally spells out to colleagues when you are busy is the high-tech office wear you need

14 August 2018
Police in Orlando have been testing a system that automatically scans CCTV looking for potentially illicit activity – with some success

14 August 2018
DeepMind's system trains on eye scan data taken from thousands of NHS patients and determines which should be seen sooner

14 August 2018
To reach quantum supremacy, a quantum computer has to do a task no ordinary computer can. Google has made that harder with an algorithm that beefs up regular PCs

10 August 2018
When blockbuster game Fortnite hits Android phones, gamers will be able to get it outside Google Play, which could leave them vulnerable to scams

10 August 2018
Psychologists use Amazon’s Mechanical Turk platform to study our behaviour, but now bots are spoiling things by pretending to be human

8 August 2018
The US Navy wants to make super-expanding weaponised slime, inspired by the hagfish, that can trap boats in the water