WATCH: Genetic Engineering Will Change The World
We’ve written about the possibilities of gene editing and genetic engineering before, back when scientists were debating the ethics of a technology with a wide scope for misuse.
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The Kings of Kickstarter XLVII
Welcome to the forty-seventh instalment of our weekly series: The Kings of Kickstarter. From flying landmine detectors to homegrown furniture, our last Kings brought some serious design to the Roundtable.
Was Palestine Really Deleted From Google Maps?
The internet is in a furore over Palestine being “airbrushed” out of Google Maps. Here’s why the petitioners got it wrong.
Meet The UK’s Biggest Tech YouTuber – SuperSaf
Safwan Ahmedmia (better known by his stage name SuperSaf) is the largest Tech YouTuber from the UK with over 300,000 subscribers and 60 million total views.
DNA Skin Suits: 4 Ways Your Biology Is Changing Fashion
Years ago, fashion and science was the last combination anyone would think of. Now cutting-edge fashion designers are using biology to create everything from skin suits to MRI dresses.
5 Ways Pokémon Go Will Change the World
The Before Time is over; now we all live in a post-Pokémon Go world. Here’s how Nintendo’s latest bid at relevance will affect civilisation as we know it.
Why Anti-Virus Is Becoming Obsolete
Turns out that expensive Anti-Virus making your computer run like crap could actually be… Pro-Virus?
Pokemon Go Could Change the Series Forever
Nintendo’s latest smartphone app Pokémon Go is a milestone for augmented reality, and fans are already hacking their way past a delayed UK release.
Screeners: Glasses That Cut Screens Out of the Picture
While the wearables industry is busy making glasses that bring the screen to you, one man is going against the grain. Can Screeners really change your behaviour?
2016 Will be the Year eSports Cracks the Mainstream
eSports has long been the target of derision and patronisation from the mainstream press, with many critics looking down on it as an activity for “basement dwellers” and “not a…
Why You’re Never Going to Meet Aliens
According to new reports, we could wait as much as 1500 years before first contact with aliens. Is there even a point to looking?
5 E3 Announcements That Show Gaming Is Dead
I’m no longer excited for E3. Is it a sign of the times, that the games industry is no longer doing anything interesting? Have I grown out of pre-release hype?
Robot Sex Is Inevitable, and It’ll Destroy Us All
The robot revolution is coming. First we gave them creativity, then we gave them the ability to feel pain, and now we’re going to give them our virginity.
The Kings of Kickstarter XXXIX
Welcome to the thirty-ninth instalment of our weekly series: The Kings of Kickstarter. From ping pong robots to coffee making alarm clocks, our last Kings brought some serious design to the Roundtable.
Why Google Wants You to Forget Your Passwords
From birth, our lives have been a collection of passwords; our money, our identity and our porn all rely on us remembering a string of characters, but that’s about to…