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16 Aug
Peak car approaches: Car ownership will decline after 2034
We are less than two decades away from peak car, where sales of passenger vehicles will reach their all-time high before car ownership begins to decline.
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15 Aug
Spotting and avoiding phishing scams so you don’t get hooked
The BBC recently uncovered that scammers are attempting to trick us through the abuse of multilingual character sets.
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15 Aug
Could the Visit Rwanda Arsenal deal reduce Rwanda’s reliance on foreign aid?
Visit Rwanda donned the arms of Mesut Ozil, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Henrikh Mkhitaryan, some of the biggest names in football, as Arsenal kicked off their 2018/19 Premier League campaign on Sunday.
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14 Aug
Cerys Matthews and The Good Life Experience
Indie-pop legend and BBC DJ Cerys Matthews, once named sexiest woman in rock and now a MBE, has set up her own 5,000-person festival in Flintshire, near the Welsh border.
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13 Aug
What do we know about the Saudi sovereign wealth fund linked to Tesla?
Since Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that he would take the luxury electric car maker private, there has been much speculation as to where that funding has come from and if he really has it.
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9 Aug
Smart city security flaws risk “supervillain” attacks
Smart city security flaws discovered by IBM Security are putting populations at risk to “supervillain” hackers who could manufacturer disasters at the touch of a button.
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9 Aug
Human-level intelligent machines will arrive in a decade: Technology industry veteran
Human-level intelligent machines are just a decade away, according to a leading technology expert and former rocket scientists.
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8 Aug
Impossible Burger creators: ‘innovative’ and ‘sustainable’ will become synonymous for future businesses
Impossible Foods, the company responsible for the meat-free Impossible Burger, has predicted that sustainability and innovation will become synonymous for future businesses as the realities of climate change set in.
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7 Aug
Cyberattack honeypot reveals methods of power grid hackers
A cyberattack honeypot set up by cybersecurity company Cybereason has unearthed insights into the methods and behaviours of hackers looking to gain control of national power grids.
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7 Aug
Maduro drone attack “likely” to be replicated
On Saturday, Venezuelan troops shot down two drones loaded with plastic explosives that were allegedly an attempt on the life of their president, Nicolas Maduro.
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6 Aug
Meet Mino Raiola, the man making millions from football’s transfer market
With just days to go until the Premier League transfer window slams shut, rumours continue to circulate that World Cup winner Paul Pogba is on his way to Spanish side Barcelona after two mediocre seasons with Manchester United.
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6 Aug
SoftBank earnings rise 49%, revealing a growing technology superpower
Japanese technology giant SoftBank Group Corp today reported a 49% surge in first-quarter operating profits, prompting the company’s stock price to climb 2.18%.
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1 Aug
What are 3D printed guns and should we be worried?
From prosthetic legs to cars, 3D printing is a manufacturing game-changer.
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1 Aug
UK Government has created an automated facial recognition “policy void”
A lack of clear government action has created a UK “policy void” when it comes to using automated facial recognition technology in CCTV analytics, according to a leading cyberlaw academic.
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27 Jul
Could Japan have its own millennium bug next year?
With fears of planes falling out of the sky and entire computer systems shutting down, the millennium bug is now widely regarded as the product of media scaremongering.
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27 Jul
Hearts Beat Loud director Brett Haley on music, diversity, and endings
Brett Haley’s latest film Hearts Beat Loud premiered to critical acclaim at this year’s Sundance.
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25 Jul
Amazon vs Apple: Who will become the first trillion dollar company?
The race to become the world’s first trillion dollar company is on.
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23 Jul
Good times lie ahead for drone racing, the sport of the future that’s gunning for your attention
Teens are ditching their dreams of becoming the next Cristiano Ronaldo or LeBron James to set their sights on matching the feats of professional video gamers like Faker and KSharp, as esports continues to rise in popularity.
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23 Jul
Is 3D body scanning the future of fashion?
Online clothes buyers have many expectations of their shopping experience, an important one of which is the ability to return ill-fitting garments for free without hassle.
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19 Jul
Future travellers could be given a Black Mirror-style rating, according to the ODI
Travellers could be ranked based on their reputation when they go on holiday in the future, according to the Open Data Institute (ODI).
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18 Jul
Meet the Japanese company reinventing the wheel(chair)
In an age where technology has infiltrated every aspect of our existence, getting sleeker and sleeker by the day, wheelchairs are stuck in the past.
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18 Jul
Elon Musk and Google’s DeepMind among signatories promising to never develop killer robots
Hundreds of AI-related companies and thousands of AI experts, including Google’s DeepMind and Elon Musk, have signed a pledge promising to not develop so-called killer robots.
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13 Jul
The UK retail crisis: what’s happened so far in 2018
Soaring temperatures, the World Cup, and royal wedding have boosted the UK’s return to GDP growth, yet the retail crisis continues with more store closures and job losses.
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13 Jul
Monzo executive: “Technology can help make money an enabler for everybody”
By now, Monzo is nothing new, with its luminous coral bank cards a common feature of many wallets.
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12 Jul
10 life lessons from a startup pioneer, an astronaut and an MMA champion
A journalist, an entrepreneur, an astronaut and the heavyweight champion of mixed martial arts walk into a bar.
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11 Jul
Reaper drone data leaked on the dark web as US military falls victim to common security issue
Documents containing sensitive information regarding the US military’s MQ-9 Reaper drone have been made available on the dark web in a highly unusual security breach.
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11 Jul
World Population Day: what will life in 2100 be like?
Today is World Population Day, when the urgency of our growing population is brought into focus.
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9 Jul
Gareth Southgate’s secrets to success: 11 leadership lessons from the Three Lions boss
Gareth Southgate has guided England to their first World Cup semi-final since 1990.
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5 Jul
AI, space and augmentation: the future according to a serial tech investor
It’s incredible how far a good book series can take you.
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29 Jun
Is the Apple and Samsung patent war finally over?
Apple and Samsung have finally settled a seven-year patent dispute over the design of the iPhone and the Samsung Galaxy S.