Love it or hate it, Tesla's Cybertruck is revolutionary
Dec 04, 2019 11:23 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
With a collective gasp and puzzled looks, the world was recently introduced to Teslas newest vehicle. The so-called Cybertruck is an angular, stainless steel, all-electric pickup truck that quickly became...
'The Sims 5' release date, gameplay: Will the next life simulation title appear at EA Play 2020?
Dec 04, 2019 09:19 am UTC| Technology
EA has made a huge change in 2019 by abandoning its usual E3 media event and organizing its own convention named EA Play. While it was deemed a successful event, fans of the companys life simulation video game series were...
We need a full public service internet – state-owned infrastructure is just the start
Dec 03, 2019 03:50 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
The UK Labour Partys 2019 election manifesto contains plans to bring BTs internet infrastructure business into public ownership by creating British Broadband and to roll out and provide superfast broadband free to all...
How art and technology helped bring faces of the dead to life
Dec 03, 2019 03:46 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Facial reconstruction is best known as a forensic tool that can help identify human remains and reconnect them with families for burial or memorialisation. The technique has a potent claim on our imaginations. These...
Electric cars might not yet be green, but we should buy them anyway
Dec 03, 2019 03:45 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Transforming the way we travel is an essential part of tackling the climate crisis. The transport sector contributes about 20% of global carbon emissions. In the UK the figure is 33%, and the country has made virtually no...
Dec 03, 2019 03:36 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Australians like to think of themselves as living in the land of the fair go. Problem is, not all of us get one. As part of a new research project, we surveyed nearly 6,000 Australians over three waves between May 2017...
Banning Huawei could cut off our nose to spite our face. Good 5G matters
Dec 03, 2019 03:35 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Productivity growth matters. In advanced economies over the past 15 years it has fallen by half. Which is why it doesnt make much sense to risk damaging one of the most important potential sources for future growth in...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects