Category: Technology
‘I did things I cringe at’: Alex Warren, rough-sleeper, viral prankster and now No 1 pop sensation
At 18, Alex Warren was homeless, sneaking into the gym of a gated community in his home town of Carlsbad, California, to shower for job [more…]
Drones could deliver NHS supplies under UK regulation changes
Drones could be used for NHS-related missions in remote areas, inspecting offshore wind turbines and supplying oil rigs by 2026 as part of a new [more…]
Cloud review – bizarre internet action thriller descends into hail of bullets
Here to prove once again that movies about internet crime can so easily unravel into implausible silliness is that otherwise estimable Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa, [more…]
China pits humanoid robots against humans in half-marathon for first time
Twenty-one humanoid robots joined thousands of runners at the Yizhuang half-marathon in Beijing on Saturday, the first time these machines have raced alongside humans over [more…]
Dramatic rise in fake political content on social media as Canada prepares to vote
More than a quarter of Canadians have been exposed to fake political content on social media that is “more sophisticated and more politically polarizing” as [more…]
‘One minute it’s “would you like to listen to Galaxie 500?”, the next humanity’s enslaved’: can anyone escape Spotify?
Laura Snapes, deputy music editor I was set the task of not listening to Spotify for a week, but Alexis, your task was much worse: [more…]
Royal Mail trials postbox with parcel hatch, solar panels and barcode scanner
Royal Mail has unveiled a solar-powered “postbox of the future” with a built-in barcode reader and a hatch to accept parcels larger than letterbox size. [more…]
Revealed: Big tech’s new datacentres will take water from the world’s driest areas
Amazon, Microsoft and Google are operating datacentres that use vast amounts of water in some of the world’s driest areas and are building many more, [more…]
UK creating ‘murder prediction’ tool to identify people most likely to kill
The UK government is developing a “murder prediction” programme which it hopes can use personal data of those known to the authorities to identify the [more…]
Alvin Lucier is still making music four years after his death – thanks to an artificial brain
In a darkened room, a fractured symphony of rattles, hums and warbles bounces off the walls – like an orchestra tuning up in some parallel [more…]
