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
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North Korea fires ballistic missile over Japan for first time
29 August 2017
North Korea has succeeded in firing a ballistic missile over Japan into the Pacific Ocean, bringing it closer to a possible attack on the US
Thorium could power the next generation of nuclear reactors
25 August 2017
The first thorium research project in 45 years has kicked off in the Netherlands with the goal of making thorium work in a molten salt reactor
Google-sponsored private moon race delayed for the fourth time
16 August 2017
Competitors in the Google Lunar X Prize now have until 31 March 2018 to land a spacecraft on the moon
Tiny robots crawl through mouse's stomach to heal ulcers
16 August 2017
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
7 August 2017
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
North Korea launches ICBM with potential to reach New York
28 July 2017
An intercontinental ballistic missile launched by North Korea landed in Japanese waters. Experts say the range of such a missile could reach the US east coast
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
