Future tech
Increasingly people are starting to acknowledge the importance of strategic planning for sustainable development. This might mean horizon scanning for your organisation or perhaps reading one of the government's Foresight Reports. Whether it is touchscreen tablets, holograms, robotics or cloud computing, technology can have a huge impact on our future. The internet, invented only 25 years ago, is a good example of how information technology has changed our world.
Prostate cancer is not just one disease, reveals new study
Prostate cancer affects one in eight men. Now, AI has helped scientists make a discovery that could revolutionise future treatment.
What is ImageFX? All you need to know about Google's new AI image generator
Like OpenAI’s Dall-E, ImageFX can create full images from just your prompts but is it any good and can you use it now?
10 of the world's worst-ever inventions
From the electric tricycle to parachute coat, these are some of the most poorly received devices developed around the globe.
AI snore pillows and very cute robots: The 7 best trends from 2024’s biggest tech show
CES 2024 has come to an end, and these are the biggest trends from the event that are shaping the future.
The Best AI chatbots in January 2024
From ChatGPT, to Google Bard andHuggingChat, a selection of AI chatbots are currently available for use.
The biggest science breakthroughs to look out for in 2024
Science in 2024 will see cutting-edge advances in everything from AI to health and space exploration. Here's what we have in our diary.
17 absurdly brilliant (and bizarre) gadgets that defined 2023
2023 has been a great year for innovation. And while there have been thousands of amazing new gadgets, these were our favourites.
This high-tech robot farm could change our food supply forever
Join the BBC’s Planet Earth III crew and go behind the scenes in the city farm that’s transforming fields into towers and running almost everything with robots.
‘Would you swear at ChatGPT if it had a head?’: RI Christmas lectures preview
Prof Mike Wooldridge gives us an early peek at the demonstrations his Christmas Lectures will include - plus an insight into how he thinks AI is going to change the world for children.
11 totally ridiculous high-tech gifts billionaires can buy this Christmas
From personal aircraft to sports teams, here’s what billionaires will be buying each other this Christmas (with some more modestly priced alternatives for the rest of us).
Police line-ups suck at catching criminals. Here’s how AI could fix them
How can we catch more bad guys and fewer innocent people? Spoiler: not through an Internet community of cat lovers.
Behind the bold mission to upload every immune system in the world - including yours
The Humane Immunome Project could solve the next pandemic and make healthcare equal for all – but it has a long way to go.
A mysterious force under Antarctica is changing how its ice melts
Scientists hope new, autonomous drones will reveal the geological secrets that have lain hidden beneath Antarctica's ice for millions of years.
Shoe computers and regenerating kidneys: 12 strangest devices unveiled at 2023's biggest tech event
Bizarre robots, tiny factories, and helmets that send signals to your brain, GITEX 2023 had an array of strange new tech to check out.
These 185mph self-driving AI cars will soon race on F1 tracks
Look, no hands…! Or a driver at all.
These vibrating vests bring music to life for deaf gig-goers
Through a collaboration between tech company Not Impossible and production company Newmarket Collective, deaf poet Walter Kadiki experiences his music via vibrations.
Dall-E 3: AI image generator unveils major new upgrades and ChatGPT integration
Covered in bubblewrap, the latest version of Dall-E promises more safety measures, fewer ways to break the model, and the option for artists to opt out.
The best AI art generators in September 2023
We compared the best AI art generators out there, free and otherwise.
AI | Why the next call from your family could be a deepfake scammer
Scammers are now using artificial intelligence to replicate voices and faces, making scams even more realistic – here's what to look out for.
The threat of AI is real. But there is a way to avoid it, this tech expert explains how
AI can do impressive things, but even the experts say it poses a very real threat to us. So should we put a hold on its development or is it already too late?
AI can now find out passwords by listening to you type. But it isn't as scary as it sounds
New research has discovered a way to use machine learning to understand exactly what you’re typing, including passwords and secret information.
An AI friend will always be on your side... until it threatens your free will
A real friend has a shoulder you can cry on. AIs may not have shoulders, but they'll listen to your troubles at any hour.
How AI is changing the world of scams
Scammers can now create audio deepfakes of your friends and family.
AI becoming sentient is risky, but that’s not the big threat. Here’s what is…
What if ‘will AIs pose an existential threat if they become sentient?’ is the wrong question? What if the threat to humanity is not that today’s AIs become sentient, but the fact that they won’t?