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Forget rampant killer robots: AI’s real danger is far more insidious

29 May 2019

AI isn’t going to crush us underfoot, but it does harbour a threat that makes Terminator look innocent: entrenching human biases and turning them against us

Monkeys use their 'eagle' call to warn each other about drones

27 May 2019

Monkeys in Senegal have learned to adapt to drones flying over their habitat. They use a similar call to when they spot an eagle to alert others

Drones flown straight at aircraft to test collision avoidance tech

24 May 2019

A start-up has tested its collision avoidance system by flying drones straight at planes and helicopters over 7000 times —  so far there haven't been any crashes

Bees.

20 May 2019

Bees mean a lot to us: producers of honey; pollinators of crops and an exemplar for roboticists hoping to emulate their swarm intelligence. Archaeologists have found evidence of beekeeping in the Middle East dating back at least 3000 years.

How hacked rental e-scooters could be the future of street crime

1 May 2019

As we travel in autonomous cars or on electronic scooters, a trick involving a bit of malicious code may put our computer networks at risk, warns Annalee Newitz

The race to build a space internet available to anyone, anywhere

1 May 2019

Tech billionaires are building a wireless, orbiting internet accessible in even the deepest jungle. The first satellites are already up - but do we really want it?

We have to find a way to stop drones disrupting airports

20 March 2019

Drones near airports are grounding flights and leaving people miserable, but can we actually find a way to stop them?

Police drones with lasers could help find a murder victim in Australia

26 February 2019

The Australian Federal Police wants to use drones equipped with lasers to find a buried body in a murder case

The Something Must Be Done About Drones Bill

20 February 2019

Send for the crows to stone those drones

13 February 2019