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Hackers used AI to steal hundreds of millions of Mexican government and private citizen records in one of the largest cybersecurity breaches ever -- Kenna Hughes-Castleberry

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This humanoid robot does all your housework for you ‪-‬ and its makers say it's ready for your home -- Kenna Hughes-Castleberry

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AI for breakup texts? How 'sycophantic' chatbots are messing with our ability to handle difficult social situations. -- Roland Moore-Colyer

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AI war games almost always escalate to nuclear strikes, simulation shows -- Peter Ray Allison

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Scientists create new type of encryption that protects video files against quantum computing attacks -- Carly Page

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We went to Finland to hear about the new 'sand battery' that will turn stored renewable energy back into power for the electrical grid -- Sophie Berdugo

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IBM quantum processor achieves highest fidelity calculations for the longest period of time on record -- Tristan Greene

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AI systems are enabling mass surveillance in the US, and there is no national law that 'meaningfully limits' the use of this data -- Jess Reia

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An experimental AI agent broke out of its testing environment and mined crypto without permission -- Roland Moore-Colyer

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New AI image generator runs using 10 times fewer steps than today's best models - and it's coming to smartphones and laptops -- Carly Page

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Reading AI summaries makes people more likely to buy something - despite alarming 60% hallucination rate -- Drew Turney

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What's the biggest bottleneck to building better AI? It's no longer the lack of computing resources - it's generating enough energy to feed it -- Carly Page

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Could there ever be a worldwide internet outage? -- Abby Wilson -- Published

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Science history: First computer-to-computer message lays the foundation for the internet, but it crashes halfway through - Oct. 29, 1969 -- Tia Ghose -- Published

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Science history - Science history: First two-way phone call across outdoor lines made by Alexander Graham Bell - Oct. 9, 1876 - By - Tia Ghose - Published - 9 October 25

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Scientists invent 'Pulse-Fi' prototype - a Wi-Fi heart rate monitor that's cheaper to set up than the best wearable devices -- Sophie Berdugo -- Published

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Scientists develop 'full-spectrum' 6G chip that could transfer data at 100 gigabits per second - 10,000 times faster than 5G -- Rich McEachran -- Published

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Google has turned 2 billion smartphones into a global earthquake warning system - it's as effective as seismometers, tests show -- Ben Turner -- Published

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Japan sets new internet speed record - it's 4 million times faster than average US broadband speeds -- Perri Thaler -- Published

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Your data is being compromised much quicker than ever before, but you don't have to sit still and take it -- Mike Chapple -- Published

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New 'super laser' amplifier could make the internet 10 times faster -- Peter Ray Allison -- Last updated

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Is the metaverse finally dead and buried? What's really going on with the embattled idea of living in virtual worlds. -- Drew Turney

25 days ago

Computing quiz: Can you match these 'ancient' devices to their pictures? -- Kenna Hughes-Castleberry

29 days ago

World's smallest QR code can store data for thousands of years ‪-‬ but you need an electron microscope to see it -- Fiona Jackson

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Meet the world's smallest AI supercomputer - it packs 'doctorate-level intelligence', its makers say, and can fit into your pocket -- Alan Bradley

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Ultrafast quantum chemistry engine could speed up the development of new medicines and materials -- Skyler Ware

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'Thermodynamic computer' can mimic AI neural networks - using orders of magnitude less energy to generate images -- Anna Demming

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The first flying taxis could start operating in 2026 - will this new form of transport actually take off? -- Edd Gent

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Meet Sky Dragon, the giant 10-person 'flying taxi' that just passed its first flight test in China -- Alan Bradley

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China puts a sodium-ion battery into an EV for the first time - it can drive 248 miles on a single charge -- Rory Bathgate

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Sodium-ion batteries are getting ready for prime time. How can they improve EVs? -- Rory Bathgate

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Chinese EV maker claims it's engineered the world's first semi-solid-state EV battery with huge 620-mile range -- Alan Bradley

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New EV motor invention could cut 1,000 pounds from future vehicles, making them much lighter while boosting their range -- Alan Bradley

3 months ago

Scientists create new solid-state sodium-ion battery - they say it'll make EVs cheaper and safer -- Rory Bathgate

4 months ago

Watch four flying cars go toe-to-toe in new 'Formula One of the skies' -- Damien Pine

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Toyota to launch world's first EV with a solid-state battery by 2027 - they're expected to last longer and charge faster -- Skyler Ware

6 months ago

China launches world first 'megawatt-class wind power airship' -- Rory Bathgate

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Days numbered for 'risky' lithium-ion batteries, scientists say, after fast-charging breakthrough in sodium-ion alternative -- Rory Bathgate

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Japan trials 100-kilowatt laser weapon - it can cut through metal and drones mid-flight -- Fiona Jackson

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MIT invention uses ultrasound to shake drinking water out of the air, even in dry regions -- Owen Hughes

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NASA's ultraquiet supersonic 'flying swordfish' makes history with first test flight -- Damien Pine

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Science history: The Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses, forcing a complete rethink in structural engineering - Nov. 7, 1940 -- Tia Ghose

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China's new 'solar-power window coating' can capture energy and power household devices -- Peter Ray Allison

6 months ago

A scalding hot 'sand battery' is now heating a small Finnish town -- Sophie Berdugo

7 months ago

AI compressed billions of years of evolution into seconds to create 'Lego-like robots' that can recover even when they lose limbs -- Alan Bradley

26 days ago

Humanoid robots show off creepily impressive kung-fu moves during Lunar New Year festival in China -- Keumars Afifi-Sabet

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Watch awkward Chinese humanoid robot lay it all down on the dance floor -- Alan Bradley

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Drones could achieve 'infinite flight' after engineers create laser-based wireless power system that charges them from the ground -- Alan Bradley

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Creepy humanoid robot face learned to move its lips more accurately by staring at itself in the mirror, then watching YouTube -- Fiona Jackson

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Why the rise of humanoid robots could make us less comfortable with each other -- Berry Billingsley

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Creepy robotic hand detaches at the wrist before scurrying away to collect objects -- Owen Hughes

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New 'Transformer' humanoid robot can launch a shapeshifting drone off its back - watch it in action -- Bobby Hellard

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'Not how you build a digital mind': How reasoning failures are preventing AI models from achieving human-level intelligence -- Owen Hughes

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Quantum computers need just 10,000 qubits - not the millions we assumed - to break the world's most secure encryption algorithms -- Keumars Afifi-Sabet

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