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At a new exhibition at the reopening of the Smithsonian Arts and Industries Building, technology and designs for a better future are on display If America has stood for anything, it’s surely forward-looking optimism. In New York, Chicago, Detroit and other shining cities, its soaring skyscrapers pointed to the future. But has the bubble burst …

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We map out the rising number of high-tech surveillance and deterrent systems facing asylum seekers along EU borders From military-grade drones to sensor systems and experimental technology, the EU and its members have spent hundreds of millions of euros over the past decade on technologies to track down and keep at bay the refugees on …

Fortress Europe: the millions spent on military-grade tech to deter refugees Read More »

Bitget reportedly loses licence after it promoted Army Coin, named after group’s ‘BTS army’ followers Singapore’s financial regulator has reportedly suspended Bitget, a crypto exchange that is mired in a row involving South Korea’s biggest boyband, BTS. Bitget has removed the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s logo from its website, the Guardian confirmed. The platform still …

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Vodka, jet fuel, protein… according to a new clutch of carbon-to-value startups, these are just some of the things that can be manufactured from thin air In a warehouse laboratory in Berkeley, California, Nicholas Flanders stands in front of a shiny metal box about the size of a washing machine. Inside is a stack of …

From pollutant to product: the companies making stuff from CO2 Read More »

The inventor on the joy of Hockney, a fear of forgetfulness and how his father taught him to sink or swim Born in Norfolk, Sir James Dyson, 74, studied at the Royal College of Art. He spent four years developing the cyclonic vacuum cleaner and went on to set up his company in 1992. Dyson …

James Dyson: ‘The worst thing anyone has said to me? That my father had died. I was nine’ Read More »

Jack Dorsey will no longer steer the company he founded, but is this due to stagnating profits or a more fundamental change of direction? So Jack Dorsey has stepped down as the CEO of Twitter. This means that the company has had four CEOs in its 15 years of existence, with Dorsey occupying the role …

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‘The ibex couldn’t care less about me. He was just there, magnificent, on his stage’ As so often, says Eric Bouvet, the stage was set, the actors ready. “You get this amazing orchestra,” he says, “and you’re the conductor. You decide your point of view, your frame, you hit the button. A second either way, …

Get your goat: Eric Bouvet’s best phone picture Read More »

Every year Grattan Institute compiles a list of essential reads for the PM. Here’s what it has recommended this time As 2020 drew to a close, Scott Morrison may have looked towards 2021 with a sense of optimism. But Covid-19 had other ideas, and Australia’s attention was soon fixed upon combating the deadly new Delta …

Novel ideas: the books Scott Morrison should have on his summer reading list Read More »

Revelation comes just weeks after the Biden administration placed NSO on a US blacklist The iPhones of at least nine US state department officials were recently hacked by a government using NSO Group spyware, according to a new report that raised serious questions about the use of Israeli surveillance tools against US government officials around …

NSO Group spyware used to hack at least nine US officials’ phones – report Read More »

Firm has hired 2,000 staff in a matter of months in Wiltshire town, with ripple effect on other businesses On an industrial estate outside Swindon, it’s the busiest time of year at Amazon’s newest warehouse in Britain. Black boxes rattle along miles of conveyor belt, carrying everything from toys to painkillers amid a cacophony of …

When Amazon came to town: Swindon feels strain as new depot sucks up jobs Read More »