We're accustomed to being told that driving less, wasting less electricty and recycling more can help save our planet, but many of us do things that have a huge impact without us realising it.
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The Matrix is one of the most popular sci-fis of all time, it changed the way we talk about the future. AI may be inevitable, but could they actually use humans to power their grid?
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When combining the major tech companies: Facebook, Google, Netflix, Amazon, Microsoft and Apple, over 40% of the world’s internet activity is spent with these giants. Do they have too much power? A Decentralised web might just provide a solution.
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Since the outbreak came to our news in December 2019, COVID-19 has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives. Our saving grace came late in 2020 in the form of a vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech. But this has since been overshadowed by the emergence of new variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
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There's no question that social media is having a hige impact on the mental health of the younger generations, but compelling accounts from ex-employees of the likes of Facebook show that social media companies want you to be addicted
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The Internet of Things describes the network of things and physical objects around us that are connected to the internet. Over the past decade, the IoT has rapidly increased in size, and continues to do so. It seems as though every year there are new types of objects connected to the internet.
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In recent years, space exploration has taken some giant leaps forward... but why has ocean exploration fallen behind. We take a look at the technology that will be driving us to the bottom of our oceans
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China's Social Credit System is set to be released this year. It will use big data and AI to determine how trustworthy someone might be and could help crack down on fraudulent behaviour
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The recent decision by the UK government to ban Huawei from 5G networks adds to a long list of events that suggest a tech cold war between the US and China
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The big data world is growing each day, and we're running out of places to store it. DNA could provide a huge amounts of data storage in just tiny amounts.
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The sickening murder of George Floyd prompted widespread uproar against ongoing police brutality against the black community. Amidst the riots and the protests, hacktivist movement ‘Anonymous’ seems to have reappeared.
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New techniques in in silico drug testing are being used to find a treatment for COVID-19. Some HIV treatments are proving to be effective against the novel coronavirus.
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The use of AI in law enforcement raises all kinds of legal and ethical concerns. But Marinus Analytics have shown that AI can be a powerful tool in stopping human trafficking.
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15% of climate change is due to deforestation, but researchers and tech giants around the world are using artificial intelligence to beat it.
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We produce 359 million tonnes of plastic rubbish worldwide every year, which is a massive problem, but scientists have developed a novel enzyme which might help us reduce our waste significantly
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'Inception' is one of THE biggest sci-fi movies of our generation: a Christopher Nolan classic, but how much of the film 'Inception' is reality?
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A nanotech firm called Nanotera Group have developed an anti-coronavirus spray for surfaces called MVX Protex, which can also be applied to masks to help protect against COVID-19. How does it work and where can you get it?
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The COVID-19 pandemic has the world on its knees, but reductions in pollution seem to be an unforeseen consequence, one which could have a significant impact on the climate change crisis. But how long will these changes last?
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Deepfake technology is a subset of artificial intelligence (AI). People can creat ultra-realistic media from very little samples using machine learning.
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In wake of the recent crisis, some of the major tech giants are looking to play their part in containing and finding a cure for the COVID-19 disease which has, so far, claimed over 5,000 lives. AI and technology have been progressing exponentially in recent years and healthcare is an industry set to benefit massively.
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In the space of a few months we’ve watched COVID-19 develop from a localised epidemic in the city of Wuhan, China, to one of the largest pandemics of our generation. It’s ridiculously contagious and has the nation in complete panic.
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