Technology & Science
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71Computer programs recognise white men better than black women
SOFTWARE that recognises faces has bounded ahead in recent years, propelled by a boom in a form of artificial intelligence called deep...
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61For artificial intelligence to thrive, it must explain itself
SCIENCE fiction is littered with examples of intelligent computers, from HAL 9000 in “2001: A Space Odyssey” to Eddie in “The Hitchhiker’s...
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Boston Dynamics' latest SpotMini robot opens doors
Boston Dynamics’ latest SpotMini robot opens doors – BBC News “)}elsej.write(‘”)},confirm:function(a)return true,setFig:function(a,b)(function())(),deserialise:function(b)var a=;b.replace(/([a-z]2):([0-9]+)/g,function()a[RegExp.$1]=+RegExp.$2);return a}})();fig.manager.include();/*]]>*/ ‘); } } oqsSurveyManager(window, ‘ON’); /*]]>*/ ‘); }...
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84Snapchat revamp gets full-scale UK rollout
Image copyright Snapchat Image caption Snapchat’s new design was rolled out to UK users on Wednesday Snapchat has begun a full-scale rollout...
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67The Falcon Heavy’s successful flight is another vindication for Elon Musk
IT WAS not the most powerful launch ever seen at the Kennedy Space Centre’s Pad 39A; almost half a century ago the...
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83Apple removes Telegram from app store
Image copyright Getty Images Telegram’s official app has been removed from Apple’s App Store. It had been removed because it had made...
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64Genes play a role in the likelihood of divorce
THAT the children of divorced parents are more likely, when they grow up, to get divorced themselves is well known. What is...
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Slime takes over at the toy fair
Slime takes over at the toy fair – BBC News “)}elsej.write(‘”)},confirm:function(a)return true,setFig:function(a,b)(function();a.orb.figState=b)(),deserialise:function(b)var a=;b.replace(/([a-z]2):([0-9]+)/g,function()a[RegExp.$1]=+RegExp.$2);return a}})();fig.manager.include();/*]]>*/ ‘); } } oqsSurveyManager(window, ‘ON’); /*]]>*/ ‘); }...
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66Livers for transplant can now be kept alive at body temperature
Now for a bit of metra-analysis WHEN Constantin Coussios, a biomedical engineer at Oxford University, arrived one day in 2013 at the...
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Hyperloop: A visit to the test site of Virgin's train of the future
Hyperloop: A visit to the test site of Virgin’s train of the future – BBC News “)}elsej.write(‘”)},confirm:function(a)return true,setFig:function(a,b)(function())(),deserialise:function(b)var a=;b.replace(/([a-z]2):([0-9]+)/g,function()a[RegExp.$1]=+RegExp.$2);return a}})();fig.manager.include();/*]]>*/ ‘); }...
