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If a smart home spots cannabis in a teenager’s bedroom, should it tell their parents? Or even the police? One proposal is to let debating AIs decide

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The quest for the ultimate destructive weapon is a convoluted story of egos, charlatanry and deception – with a starring role for mercurial genius Nikola Tesla

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A critical security flaw called Spectre affecting nearly every computer is here to stay. According to Google there isn’t any software that can fix it

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Play the new version of video game Steins:Gate, admire artistic visions of what’s to come, dip into a new popular mathematics book, plus more of this week’s cultural picks

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Tega is a cute, fluffy robot that appears to boost language skills in young children. Soon it will be trialled in a dozen classrooms in the US

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Autotune can often sound robotic because it shifts off notes into perfect pitch, a new version listens to the notes you've already sung and uses them to help fill in the gaps

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Elon Musk-backed firm OpenAI has built a text-generating AI that it says is too dangerous to release because of potential misuse

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A team of AI bots were beaten at the video game Dota 2 by human players in June, but in 2019 they will return with a vengeance to become the world's best

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An autonomous paraglider inspired by nature could help deliver military supplies, such as food or trucks, and airlift people to safety

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AntBot is a six-legged robot that can get home without the help of GPS, thanks to tactics borrowed from desert ants

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The rise of wireless charging for electric cars means you may never have to worry about plugging in again

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Can you tell a guillotine calibrator from a combustion-powered clock? A Victorian roller skate from a laser roulette wheel? Take our antiques quiz to find out

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A smart skin sticker can monitor breathing and send the data to a smartphone. It could one day spot signs of asthma attacks before they happen

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Artificial intelligence has now been used to sort through medical history, lab tests, and symptoms and find a diagnosis for common and life-threatening paediatric diseases

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The US Navy has a project that plans to use an autonomous submarine to launch a swarm of attack drones from underwater

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Investigators are using artificial intelligence to locate children who have been trafficked for sexual exploitation

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Various kinds of electric cars are on their way from manufacturers who have never made them before, such as Volkswagen, Volvo and Audi

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Find out why You Are Not So Smart on the podcast of the same name, get ready to play Evolution the video game, plus more of this week's cultural picks

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Artificial intelligence can diagnosis common and life-threatening diseases in children by reading their medical records — but it's not always right

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We all know about the dark web’s illegal markets and shady deals. But from playing better chess to protecting political freedom, it's full of surprises