Rise of the robo-drama: Young Vic creates new play using artificial intelligence
Inspired by a Guardian article, the theatre’s surreal and spellbinding show AI is a collaboration between humans and the system GPT-3
Disinfection robots and thermal body cameras: welcome to the anti-Covid office
A workplace in Bucharest filled with anti-virus innovations could become the new normal in office design, its creators hope
I’m Your Man review – Dan Stevens is the perfect date in android romance
Near-future tale of a woman who accepts a male ‘companion’ robot played by Stevens is laboriously told and not really funny enough
Artificial intelligence could be used to diagnose dementia
Researchers say AI tool could lead to earlier diagnoses that could improve patients’ outcomes
Emojis aren’t debasing language – they’re enriching it
With a new set about to be released, it’s time to consider how these symbols enhance the way we communicate, says cognitive scientist Benjamin Weissman
Ex-SpaceX engineers in race to build first commercial electric speedboat
LA-based Arc Boat company announces $4.25m seed fund to start work on 475-horsepower craft
Can Australia fix its CovidSafe app and turn the pandemic into a ‘pingdemic’?
The Australian government is refusing to adopt technology used overseas that could speed up notification of close contacts
Jeff Bezos offers Nasa $2bn in exchange for moon mission contract
Billionaire lost out to Elon Musk’s SpaceX in lunar bidBezos claims Nasa’s decision will delay moon mission
Jeanette Winterson: ‘The male push is to discard the planet: all the boys are going off into space’
The writer’s new essay collection covers 200 years of women and science. She discusses burning books and the ensuing Twitter storm, the end of her marriage, and why a move into politics could be next
Jeff Bezos’s vision of life among the stars won’t mend a broken world
The Amazon founder returned to Earth last week with a pledge to help save the planet, but technology alone is not the answer
New device could help visually impaired avoid obstacles, research suggests
Chest-mounted video camera and vibrating wristbands developed by US team reduce collisions by 37% in small study
AI firm DeepMind puts database of the building blocks of life online
AlphaFold program’s prediction of nearly 20,000 human protein structures now free for researchers
Why does Jeff Bezos’s rocket look like that? An inquiry
Experts weigh in on the ‘anthropomorphic’ design of New Shepard, the Amazon CEO’s Blue Origin rocket
Jeff Bezos hails ‘best day ever’ after successful Blue Origin space flight
Suborbital flight on New Shepard rocket lasted 11 minutes, but Bezos condemned for travelling to space while Amazon workers toil
Government sets up £375m fund for ‘gamechanging’ UK tech firms
Future fund scheme will see the Treasury co-invest with private enterprise in bid to make UK a ‘science superpower’