This is the most boring possible Terminator sequel – the robots are here to text you snidely that you won’t need to come into work ever again We were initially anxious about the introduction of robots into our workforce because of the potential disappearance of manual labor jobs. Robots would take over factories, we were …
My grandfather Tom Barker, who has died of cancer aged 84, was a pivotal figure in mechanical engineering. He collaborated with some of the world’s best architects, putting heat, sound, light and air at the forefront of design. As director of Ove Arup & Partners (now Arup Group), the global engineering company, he was known …
A revolutionary new class of amphibious vehicle will transform the search for lost vessels on the ocean floor, says marine archaeologist Dr Robert Ballard He is the celebrated deep-sea explorer who discovered the Titanic, as well as the German battleship Bismarck and other historic sunken vessels around the world. Now Dr Robert Ballard is pioneering …
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Fitness firm’s new Apple Watch-rival looks the part and tracks loads of data but lacks some real smarts Garmin’s latest device aims to beat the Apple Watch and rivals at their own game, offering longer battery life and better fitness tracking in a more traditional touchscreen smartwatch body. The Venu 2 comes in either 40mm …
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The veteran US pilot is set to become the oldest woman in space – the only snag is she has to go with the Amazon billionaire You have to feel for the American pilot Wally Funk. You would sympathise with anyone with that name, but she has had a particularly mixed week. On one hand, …
Hack closes Swedish grocery stores as head of targeted software supplier Kaseya says it is preparing a patch Businesses across the US rushed on Saturday to contain a ransomware attack that paralyzed computer networks around the world, a situation complicated in the US by offices being lightly staffed at the start of the Fourth of …
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Radio 4 series on Britney Spears’s troubles and Elon Musk’s space ambitions highlight society’s double standards Pieces of Britney (Radio 4) | BBC SoundsElon Musk: The Evening Rocket (Radio 4) | BBC SoundsHuman Resources Broccoli Productions | SpotifyThe Essay: Caribbean Voices (Radio 3) | BBC SoundsThe Kindness Experiment (Radio 4) | BBC Sounds Britney Spears …
The computer restoration of this masterpiece illustrates both the benefits and the dangers of AI In the late 1970s I lived and worked briefly in the Netherlands. Often, on Sundays, I would travel to Amsterdam, go to the morning concert in the Spiegelzaal of the Concertgebouw, and afterwards walk over to the Rijksmuseum, Holland’s national …
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Nissan’s ‘gigafactory’ in Sunderland must be the first of many sites if the UK is to compete in the electric vehicle era The British government’s £100m-plus commitment to secure Nissan’s battery gigafactory for Sunderland has been like gadget-shopping on Amazon writ large: splurging on some new technology that has suddenly become essential – and then …
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Internet cons have surged in the Covid crisis, with some victims left with little recourse to recover cash In early May, James Evans* met a man on the dating app Grindr. The man, who said his name was David, was friendly and chatty. “It started off as a normal conversation,” says Evans. “We moved to …
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