Government
UK AI defence "gap" exposed as Keir Starmer vows to make Britain a world leader
Stifling bureaucracy, uncompetitive wages and a dreary lack of innovation hampering defensive and offensive artificial intelligence research.
Jasper Hamill
Crime
Stem cell clinics are tricking the sick and elderly into "expensive, unproven" therapies
Desperate people targeted by companies that claim to be able to cure everything from AIDS to Multiple Sclerosis.
Crime
Invisible "face cloaking" camouflage can dodge facial recognition, defence contractor claims
Researchers discover a new way of protecting your identity with little more than small cosmetic touches.
Government
British defence firms "find it easier to land contracts with Nasa than the MoD"
"We must open up more opportunities for SMEs to contribute to our defence and innovation in that sector," MP demands.
Quantum
Commercialising the "second quantum revolution"
Andrei Dragomir, CEO and Co-Founder of Aquark Technologies, reveals the challenges and opportunities in quantum.
AI
Sam Altman reveals OpenAI's dreadful original name for ChatGPT
"We are much better at research than we are at naming things."
Predictions 2025: Robots, quantum Q-Day, flying cars and Donald Trump
Insiders share their analyses of the trends that will matter in tech, science and ideas over the next 12 months.
AI
2025 AI predictions: AGI, GenAI, pilot purgatory and a plateau of productivity
Find out what's will happen as AI hype turns to action over the next year.
Quantum
Quantum "magic" found in the Large Hadron Collider
"We created a new bridge between two exciting areas of physics...."
AI
AI "superstar effect" warning: LLMs pose risk of "narrowing global knowledge"
The conformist tastes of large language models are having a globally homogenising effect.
Robots
Is this Google and Apptronik's vision of the robot takeover?
"Autonomous robots can replace one, some, or all of the human workers," writes robotics firm that's just announced a partnership with Google.
Security
Extortion for Xmas: The 35th anniversary of ransomware
Toasting the unlikely birth of an illicit industry that now turns over more than $1 billion each year.