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Ethical trap: robot paralysed by choice of who to save

Life

Ethical trap: robot paralysed by choice of who to save

Can a robot learn right from wrong? Attempts to imbue robots, self-driving cars and military machines with a sense of ethics reveal just how hard this is

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Targeted TV ads sell different people different stuff

Technology

Targeted TV ads sell different people different stuff

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Ferguson protests spark calls for cops to wear cameras

Technology

Ferguson protests spark calls for cops to wear cameras

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Race to electrify rural Africa could help the West too

Technology

Race to electrify rural Africa could help the West too

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Traffic light hackers could cause jams across the US

Technology

Traffic light hackers could cause jams across the US

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The secret system controlling your Facebook News Feed

Technology

The secret system controlling your Facebook News Feed

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When NASA space crews play make believe

Space

When NASA space crews play make believe

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The new Google? Baidu's big plans to bust out of China

Technology

The new Google? Baidu's big plans to bust out of China

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Ethical 3D printing begins with plastic waste pickers

Technology

Ethical 3D printing begins with plastic waste pickers

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ButtonMasher: Photorealism takes gaming deeper

Technology

ButtonMasher: Photorealism takes gaming deeper

A new wave of games uses thousands of photos to recreate every detail of the real world and heighten our sense of immersion

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Earth

How to cash in on cheap Earth-watching satellites

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Technology

Harvey, the robot farmer fixing the US labour shortage

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Earth

China battles to be first ecological civilisation

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Technology

Law by algorithm: Are computers fairer than humans?

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