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Cannons in a field in Manassas, Virginia

Technology

Big Tech and Civil War enthusiasts clash over historic US battlefields

Northern Virginia is home to many American Civil War battlefield sites as well as the largest concentration of data centres in the world. Plans for more data centres are now pitting preservationists and big technology companies against each other

News

Young woman smiling while riding on a bus listening to music on a smartphone

Technology

Experimental earphone can ‘hear’ commands user is silently mouthing

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Detaching the bioadhesive ultrasound device from the skin

Technology

Ultrasound stickers could continuously image internal organs for days

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Optical fibres

Technology

Fibre-optic cables could be used to spy on people a kilometre away

News

A mission to grab a dead satellite

Space

UK wants to send a spacecraft to grab two dead satellites from space

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Alan Turing

People in Science

Alan Turing

A chip from Google's Sycamore quantum computer

Technology

Quantum computers proved to have ‘quantum advantage’ on some tasks

News

The rise of computer-generated, artificially intelligent influencers

Society

The rise of computer-generated, artificially intelligent influencers

Features

Serah Reikka: What's it like to be a virtual influencer?

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Serah Reikka: What's it like to be a virtual influencer?

Video

Phone low on charge

Technology

Batteries built with bumpy components work better in the freezing cold

Lithium-ion batteries often lose their charge at sub-zero temperatures, but a design incorporating bumps into one of the main components makes them work much better

News

Technology

Watch this cockroach robot squirm through a tricky obstacle course

News

Environment

Do we need nuclear power in the energy mix to stop climate change?

Features

Technology

Invisible 3D printed tags turn simple objects into gaming controllers

News

Environment

Inside big tech's $925 million plan to speed up carbon removal

Analysis