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2024-09-16: Record number of people in space
2024-09-05: Nissan develops paint to keep cars cooler
2024-08-12: Scientists fear people will fall in love with AI voices
2024-08-01: Japan cracks down on electric rideable suitcases
2024-06-20: Top US doctor wants social media health warnings
2024-05-16: Internet access good for our health
2024-04-08: Rockets and planes chase the solar eclipse
2024-04-04: Gmail celebrates its 20th birthday
2024-04-01: AI an 'extinction-level threat' says study by experts
2024-03-25: UN warns of environmental e-waste catastrophe
2024-03-07: Hollywood actor says OpenAI Sora could cause job losses
2023-12-25: Jeff Bezos wants a trillion humans in solar system
2023-12-18: Scientists make biocomputer with brain tissue
2023-11-20: NASA can send your name to Jupiter's moon Europa
2023-08-21: Elon Musk to remove blocking feature on X
2023-07-24: AI could create thousands of jobs in gaming
2023-07-03: Microscopic handbag sells for $63,000
2023-05-18: Self-checkout machines asking customers to tip
2023-01-23: Australian universities to allow AI in assessments
2022-12-08: New iPhone instantly measures a person's height
2022-12-05: Incorrect battery disposal causes needless fires
2022-11-24: Work starts on beaming solar energy from space
2022-09-29: NASA spacecraft hits asteroid in Earth-protection test
2022-06-13: Google Maps now lets you find fresh air
2022-05-16: Google Translate adds 24 new languages
2022-04-18: Electric scooter gets speaker to sound like sports car
2022-03-21: Company makes smartphone you can repair yourself
2022-03-03: TikTok videos to be 10 minutes long
2022-02-17: Flying taxis could be here in next three years
2022-01-06: China's artificial sun five times hotter than real sun
2021-12-02: Scientists create living robots that can have babies
2021-09-09: Mercedes makes mind-control car
2021-08-22: Nuclear fusion test could start an energy revolution
2021-07-03: Flying car flies from one city to another
2021-06-19: World's first wooden satellite tested
2021-05-16: Brain implant lets man write using thoughts
2021-05-12: IBM makes 'next-generation' microchip
2021-04-20: Scientists create human-monkey chimera
2021-02-27: Scientists explain video-conferencing fatigue
2021-01-24: Electric-car battery charges in five minutes
2021-01-20: Wristband lets others know your mood
2021-01-04: 2021 to be huge for space exploration
2020-12-09: Lab-grown meat given green light in Singapore
2020-11-07: Nintendo Switch game console shatters sales forecasts
2020-09-18: Photo of Andromeda Galaxy wins astronomy prize
2020-08-31: Brain-hacking chip could give us superpowers
2020-07-28: Gorilla Glass toughest ever smartphone screen
2020-07-20: Scientists attach a camera to a beetle
2020-04-29: Google Meet video conferencing platform improved
2020-04-03: Computer translates brainwaves into sentences
2020-03-12: Amazon starts selling cashier-less technology
2020-02-29: Microsoft Flight Simulator includes all world airports
2020-02-17: Scientists start huge search for ET
2019-12-29: Satellites may obscure our views of the stars
2019-10-28: Russian eagle creates huge data roaming phone bill
2019-09-06: Deepfake app puts your face in famous movie scenes
2019-07-14: Turkey's Russian missile defense system purchase angers U.S.
2019-07-12: Amazon Alexa to answer questions on health
2019-06-08: China's Huawei will build Russia's 5G network
2019-05-17: San Francisco bans facial recognition software
2019-05-07: Breakthrough in bio-printing of new body organs
2019-04-01: Passwords to be replaced by Web Authentication
2019-03-30: Europe's cars to have speed limiters
2019-03-14: Inventor of World Wide Web says it must change
2019-03-06: Scientists gave mice night vision
2019-03-04: Satellites launched to provide worldwide Internet
2019-01-07: China first to land on dark side of the moon
2018-11-13: Posting selfies on social media can be bad
2018-11-05: Lie detector tests at airports are coming
2018-09-12: U.S. to spend $2 billion on artificial intelligence weapons
2018-09-04: Astronauts plug space station hole with finger
2018-08-04: France bans smartphones in schools
2018-07-29: Scientists record the sounds of the Sun
2018-07-15: Flying 'car' could be on sale next year
2018-06-11: Scientists close to turning air into fuel
2018-05-14: Robo-caller fined for 96 million phone calls
2018-05-02: Every Indian village now has electricity
2018-04-02: Robots to help us make our own furniture
2018-03-15: 3D-printer homes to reduce homelessness
2018-03-09: Japanese robot-wolf to protect farms
2018-02-23: NASA spacesuits with built-in toilet
2018-02-05: Chinese women spend $30 million on virtual boyfriends
2018-02-03: All New York prisoners to get free tablet computer
2017-12-16: Mysterious space object could be monitoring us
2017-12-14: Social media 'destroying how society works'
2017-11-30: Soft, robotic muscles 1,000 times stronger
2017-11-12: Lip-syncing video app sells for $1 billion
2017-11-06: Australia broadband network under attack from birds
2017-10-27: UAE will train a million people in coding
2017-08-30: New device can smell bombs and diseases
2017-08-06: Charity warns against uploading photos of children
2017-07-07: Volvo will start making only all-electric cars
2017-05-30: 'Robocop' – first robot police officer starts work
2017-05-28: Fitness trackers 'poor at measuring calories burned'
2017-05-18: Microsoft blames U.S. spy agency for WannaCry
2017-04-28: China launches first Chinese-made aircraft carrier
2017-03-29: Laptop ban goes into effect in certain countries
2017-03-17: Social media sites face heavy hate speech fines
2017-03-15: World Wide Web inventor worried about its future
2017-02-23: Slippery ketchup bottle helps zero-waste economy
2017-02-15: New, super-thin material cools buildings
2017-01-14: Scientists make super-strong spider web silk
2016-12-17: Scientists unlock secrets to seahorses
2016-11-23: Seriously powerful weather satellite put into space
2016-09-21: Internet addiction sign of mental health problems
2016-08-16: Scientists make self-repairing clothes
2016-07-24: Perfect body to survive traffic accidents created
2016-06-24: Fake tech support scams on the rise
2016-06-04: Breaking News English good to go on mobile devices
2016-05-31: International Space Station gets air-filled extension
2016-05-21: Get an electric shock to stop buying things
2016-05-19: Scientists make see-through wood
2016-05-01: New gym opens to train robots
2016-04-03: New device keeps air in your house safe
2016-02-22: Over 18,300 apply for 14 astronaut jobs
2016-02-18: What life will be like in 2116
2016-02-14: Researchers find Einstein's space waves
2015-09-26: More people die from selfies than shark attacks
2015-09-11: Top soccer video game has women's teams
2015-08-30: A billion people on Facebook in one day
2015-08-15: Twitter ends 140-character Direct Message limit
2015-07-30: Technology goods to become cheaper
2015-07-21: Electric car does 0 to 100kph in 2.8 seconds
2015-05-16: Young Brits on Internet 27 hours a week
2015-04-28: We need to prepare for the Internet of Things
2015-02-18: 13-year-old invents new Braille printer
2014-12-31: Xiaomi becomes third-largest smartphone maker
2014-12-27: Video games should be in Olympics
2014-12-09: Famous scientist says A.I. could destroy us
2014-12-05: Bacteria-filled concrete to end holes in roads
2014-12-01: Sony plans to launch electronic-paper watch
2014-11-05: Europe needs to support technology more
2014-11-03: Hungary freezes Internet tax plan
2014-10-26: Web full of energy but also has 'dark side'
2014-10-18: Teens like voice search, adults not so keen
2014-09-12: Apple unveils new Apple Watch
2014-08-25: Shoppers in Venezuela to be fingerprinted
2014-08-17: No work E-mail for workers on vacation
2014-06-20: 250 extra characters added to Internet
2014-06-18: Google to launch wearable health monitor
2014-05-01: New paint to say goodbye to car washes
2014-04-17: Companies still fixing Heartbleed bug
2014-03-18: EU votes for universal phone charger
2014-03-12: Texting while walking is dangerous
2014-03-10: Minecraft video "more popular than Bieber"
2014-02-26: Robots smarter than humans by 2029
2014-02-12: No free wi-fi biggest tourist complaint
2014-01-19: IBM to invest $1.2 billion in cloud services
2014-01-03: Candy Crush Saga most downloaded app
2013-12-18: Jade Rabbit sends photos from the Moon
2013-12-04: Amazon.com testing drone delivery service
2013-11-26: Xbox One has technical problems on day one
2013-11-20: Campaign to ban car hands-free phones
2013-11-14: "Invisible" helmet for cyclists invented
2013-09-09: Police arrest a coconut
2013-09-07: Samsung unveils new smartwatch
2013-08-16: Google starts one-dollar charity app
2013-07-15: Typewriters to stop Russian computer leaks
2013-05-02: Eye-tracking software will look at you shop
2013-04-12: Pass-thoughts to replace passwords
2013-04-08: Scientists say they can read dreams
2013-02-07: Internet safety lessons for 5-year-olds
2013-01-10: Digital fork helps you lose weight
2013-01-08: Toyota shows video of driverless car
2012-12-05: Text messaging turns 20
2012-12-03: Bread that stays fresh for 60 days
2012-10-22: Jeans that clean the air
2012-05-22: Remote control inventor dies aged 96
2012-04-25: Google to offer free 5GB of cloud space
2012-04-22: Germany rules against YouTube in copyright case
2012-03-05: Speech jammer invented by Japanese
2012-02-25: Women more cautious on social media
2012-01-26: Apple briefly world's most valuable company
2012-01-23: Megaupload boss pleads innocence
2011-11-21: World's lightest material invented
2011-11-03: Angry Birds downloads hit half a billion
2011-09-13: News can help predict the future
2011-09-07: Scientists make molecule-sized electric motor
2011-09-04: Scientists warn of danger of space junk
2011-08-14: Amazon airbags for dropped cell phones
2011-07-06: South Korea to swap textbooks for tablets
2011-06-30: Pope sends first tweet, on an iPad
2011-05-10: Apple now world’s most valuable brand
2011-03-29: Scientists create energy-making artificial leaf
2011-03-08: Microsoft campaign to end Explorer 6
2010-11-22: Digital newspapers on their way
2010-11-16: Internet safety for children
2010-10-29: One-way ticket to Mars mission
2010-10-11: Google testing self-driving car
2010-10-02: Computers to boot up in seconds, not minutes
2010-07-16: The chicken came before the egg
2010-06-10: Internet addiction – A growing problem
2010-05-08: Arabic in first non-English web addresses
2010-03-09: Internet access is a human right
2010-03-03: Noses to be used in fight against terrorism
2009-12-06: i-Phones are now musical instruments
2009-11-30: New machine sucks CO2 from the air
2009-10-10: Miley Cyrus quits Twitter
2009-09-01: EU switching to greener light bulbs
2009-07-24: Artificial brain ten years away
2009-07-15: Microsoft to offer Windows online
2009-07-12: South Korea hit by cyber attacks
2009-06-18: Homer Simpson now on GPS systems
2009-06-03: Microsoft launches Bing decision engine
2009-04-19: Court jails Pirate Bay file-sharers
2009-04-04: Twitter helps stop California suicide
2009-03-20: World’s first flying car makes its debut
2009-03-08: NASA telescope to look for other Earths
2009-01-25: China closes 1250 sites for healthier Web
2008-12-17: Security alert for Internet Explorer users
2008-12-11: Computer mouse turns 40
2008-10-21: Internet helps families stay more in touch