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AI cheats at old Atari games by finding unknown bugs in the code
An AI found a bug in the Atari game Q*bert and exploited it to quickly score a million points. It used self-destruction as a winning strategy too
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Why big pharma might pay cryptocurrency for your DNA
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Electronic skin animates heartbeat on the back of your hand
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Will a new wave of smart glasses make us ‘glassholes’ again?
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Chinese police use face recognition glasses to catch criminals
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Big tech is unpopular, but we mostly have ourselves to blame
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Voice assistants dominate CES as Google plays catchup with Alexa
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How to protect yourself from the Meltdown and Spectre bugs
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Time to fix an internet bust by surveillance capitalism’s demand for data
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Drone-controlled movie cameras catch stunts from every angle
Human drone pilots have to be cautious on film sets not to crash into the actors or props, automated smart drones can be far more adventurous
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Your smartphone behaviour may decide whether you get a loan
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Humans
In a Spotify world, why does anyone want to listen to cassettes?
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UK is right to worry that tech takeovers may let hackers in
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Physics
We’ve figured out how to ensure quantum computers can be trusted
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