Underground cities have long been sci-fi fodder, but now governments and planners are taking them seriously. One of the biggest challenges to overcome is convincing people to be comfortable underground | Continue reading
Crossrail, Europe’s biggest infrastructure project, is facing up to two years of further delays, but the cause of the hold up isn’t what you might expect | Continue reading
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Cassie Kozyrkov wants to use applied data science, AI and analytics to create better tools and products – a discipline that she calls decision intelligence | Continue reading
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The Nordic state plans to prepare prisoners for the digital job market | Continue reading
In Firefox 70, Mozilla is introducing a new dashboard that shows you how many trackers each website you visit uses | Continue reading
A pro-independence group is leveraging social media and peer-to-peer technology to orchestrate massive protests. The catch? No one knows who runs it | Continue reading
Sea level rise, subsidence and political inertia, could soon see Jakarta become the first megacity claimed by climate change. A last-ditch plan to save the city may not be enough | Continue reading
You've spend years growing your business – but now you want to sell. We ask veteran investors, founders and experts how to get the best deal | Continue reading
Google's added a second camera to the rear of its phone for the first time. However, the Pixel 4's still a software powerhouse | Continue reading
It started with a dream in 1993 and ended due to economic uncertainty in 2019. This is how Dyson’s attempt to compete with Tesla foundered | Continue reading
It'll come with a redesigned controller when it lands at the end of next year. Oh, and it's called the PS5 | Continue reading
The future of music streaming is radio, but not as we know it. Here's what next for Apple Music, according to Oliver Schusser and Zane Lowe | Continue reading
Duolingo is turning its attention to literacy. Its upcoming ABC app is aimed at helping children to learn the script of their native language | Continue reading
Facebook will oppose a ruling that says EU laws do not preclude demands that illegal content be taken down in non-EU countries, Kaspersky caught Uzebk intelligence services developing new spyware | Continue reading
For 15 days in September, 5,873 accounts generated 52,166 mentions of anti-vaping legislation hashtags. Almost 1,000 of the accounts, accounting for 11,651 hashtag usages, were created in September | Continue reading
A hacker has revealed an iOS exploit that's unpatchable and could impact millions of iOS devices. But, it's 2019. A jailbreak is only really useful for security researchers | Continue reading
Now Google’s Jacquard hardware is more dinky, Levi’s looks like it is finally working on touch-sensitive jeans | Continue reading
Amazon's new Sidewalk protocol and Apple's experiments with ultra-wideband signal a new battleground that gets Amazon out of the house and Apple inside it | Continue reading
Technology is increasing the number of hours we are working. Cramming five days worth of work into four can work in some roles, but not for all | Continue reading
In a leaked paper, Google revealed it had built a quantum computer that solved a problem that would take supercomputers 10,000 years. Now things are about to get really exciting | Continue reading
Forget facial recognition. Researchers around the world are creating new ways to monitor you. Lasers detecting your heartbeat and microbiome are already being developed | Continue reading
Beset by doubts from investors, the WeWork has delayed its IPO. If it wants to restore confidence, it'll have to fix its corporate structure and decide whether it's really a tech company | Continue reading
Apple wearable is by any standards a runaway success, leaving competitors looking like they're standing still. Conversely, the iPhone is suffering declining sales and a lack of innovation. Can both these devices really be made by the same company? | Continue reading
A research group attached to Tesla has been experimenting with battery pouches that last for decades and that could eventually be used for lorries and autonomous taxis | Continue reading
Population growth and environmental catastrophe mean that the very future of humankind is threatened. In the Netherlands, a group of scientists is working on an urgent challenge: feeding the 11 billion | Continue reading
The Myers-Briggs personality test has long been shunned by scientists, but a dedicated cadre of online enthusiasts are convinced the test has more to offer than it seems | Continue reading
The block might appeal to users, but is potentially worrying to publishers | Continue reading
Google has pushed RCS messaging – a superior alternative to SMS – to Android phones in the UK and France. But only 43 mobile operators, out of around 850 globally, are working with the company | Continue reading
Cheap, data-savvy, and ideologically agnostic, NationBuilder provides campaigning software to politicos of all stripes. From Boris Johnson to Tommy Robinson | Continue reading
Bristol-based Graphcore's "intelligence processing unit" aims to do for AI what the graphics processing unit did for computing | Continue reading
All living things are built from proteins created from the same 20 chemical units, called amino acids. Now, scientists at Cambridge are developing new ones | Continue reading
Experimental Gastronomy matches chefs with artists to create meals served off tubular plates and with double-headed spoons | Continue reading
New research shows cyber espionage groups linked to China are targetting medical research data and the intellectual property for medical devices | Continue reading
When you're done with Vollebak's Algae tee, you can bury the shirt in the garden where it will be devoured by worms within 12 weeks | Continue reading
There’s evidence of a cultural shift in French entrepreneurship. Now startup founders want to create global companies | Continue reading
Scrolling through the results of YouGov polls reveals a country that is deeply confused on a lot of seemingly straightforward issues. One in 20 Brits don't know whether or not they pick their nose | Continue reading
Monzo has surpassed two million users and its growth doesn't show any signs of slowing. But should you ditch your traditional bank for this challenger? | Continue reading
Dublin boasts a thriving VC scene, plenty of co-working spaces – and tech giants co-existing with more than 2500 startups. The Irish city has lately morphed into a true tech metropolis – on a small scale | Continue reading
After losing an obscene amount of money on previous iterations of smart glasses, Snapchat is back with Spectacles 3. They may take AR footage, but, crucially, still look terrible. Is there any method in the madness? | Continue reading
Silicon Valley companies' only goal is maximising profit. Why do we keep forgetting it? | Continue reading