Technologies to manage climate change already exist – but UK needs to scale up efforts urgently

Dec 03, 2019 03:30 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology

When it comes to tackling climate change the UK is still taking baby steps. A lot more needs to be done and fast to hit the 2050 net zero carbon emission targets, which involves offsetting any emissions by absorbing an...

Blockchain Revolution Series

Blockchain's first revolutionary product could be online ID

Dec 03, 2019 03:29 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology

In an interview, PayPals chief executive, Dan Schulman, recently discussed the prospects for blockchain the encrypted, decentralised online ledger system that underpins Bitcoin and myriad other cutting-edge projects....

Virtual reality won't make cows happier, but it might help us see them differently

Dec 03, 2019 03:21 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology

Earlier this week, Russian farmers announced they are testing virtual reality (VR) for dairy cows. Conducted at the RusMoloko farm near Moscow, the trials supposedly use specially adapted goggles to show the animals a...

The internet's founder now wants to 'fix the web', but his proposal misses the mark

Dec 01, 2019 03:47 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology

On March 12, the 30th anniversary of the World Wide Web, the internets founder Tim Berners-Lee said we needed to fix the web. The statement attracted considerable interest. However, a resulting manifesto released on...

You can join the effort to expose Twitter bots

Dec 01, 2019 03:43 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology

In the lead-up to the 2018 midterm elections, more than 10,000 automated Twitter accounts got caught conducting a coordinated campaign of tweets to discourage people from voting. These automated accounts may seem authentic...

Driverless vehicles and pedestrians don't mix. So how do we re-arrange our cities?

Dec 01, 2019 03:39 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology

Videos showing autonomous or self-driving vehicles weaving in and out of crossroads at speed without colliding suggest this technology will solve traffic problems. You almost never see pedestrians or cyclists in these...

‘PUBG Mobile’ update: Patch 0.16.0 could arrive in December and add Death Race mode

Nov 29, 2019 09:28 am UTC| Technology

The end of 2019 is getting closer, but PUBG Mobile players still have many things to look forward to before the New Year. Many fans may have observed by now that the developers are following a somewhat consistent timetable...