The US Navy is researching how to use lasers to form plasma into 2D or 3D infrared images of aeroplanes that can distract heat-seeking missiles

An AI-powered application lets you create real-time deepfakes during video calls, making you appear to be speaking as anyone from Albert Einstein to the Mona Lisa

A cheap, lightweight smartphone-heated device can test for DNA in blood, urine and other samples in a fraction of the time it takes to test in a lab

AI can check satellite images of the ocean and distinguish between floating materials such as seaweed or plastics, which could help clean-up efforts

Bamboo is a renewable material that when microwaved becomes stronger by weight than steel or concrete – which could make it ideal for constructing buildings, cars and planes

Black paint usually absorbs heat, but a new two-layer polymer paint reflects infrared light and keeps objects 16°C cooler, which could help make buildings more energy efficient

A 3D printed grate can be used to make a smart window that blocks heat from sunlight out in the summer while letting it through in the winter, conserving energy

Psychologist Pete Etchells explores what the scientific research has to say about game violence and addiction and busts some myths

Robots made of 3D-printed muscle and rat spines could help us understand conditions like motor neurone disease and the technique may eventually be used to build prosthetic devices

In TV series Devs, a tech company has built an extremely powerful quantum computer. The show is both beautiful and captivating, says Rowan Hooper

A robot that uses artificial intelligence to find and remove weeds could eventually be used as an alternative to chemical insecticides

Can you really be addicted to your smartphone? Daria Kuss has shown that it is only a problem for a small number of people - and she knows how to help

Martha Wells's action-packed novel Network Effect puts you inside the head of a Murderbot. It raises fascinating questions you will think about for a long time, says Sally Adee

The UK government will begin trials of its coronavirus contact-tracing app this week, but what impact it will have on slowing the spread of covid-19 is unclear

In a new photography book, the home computer revolution of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s is told through nostalgic industrial-design images

Telling Lies is a game where you sift through video calls to solve a mystery. Half the time you don't know what you should be doing, but that's part of the fun, says Jacob Aron

People in lockdown are no longer trying to use technology to get their old lives back and that's a good thing, says Annalee Newitz

Four decades ago, we introduced a standard way of encoding digital sound. Its first ever upgrade could lead to new genres of music and ways of experiencing sound

पश्चिमी यूपी के विभिन्न जिलों में कोरोना दोबारा अपने पांव पसार रहा है वहीं संक्रमण को लेकर लोग अभी भी संजीदा नहीं हैं -

देश के साथ-साथ उत्तर प्रदेश में भी कोरोना संक्रमितों की संख्या में इजाफा होता जा रहा है।

दिल्ली में कोरोना वायरस के बढ़ते प्रकोप के कारण हरियाणा और उत्तर प्रदेश सरकार ने अपनी सीमाओं पर सख्ती बढ़ा दी है। लॉकडाउन के दौरान दिल्ली से सटे गुरुग्राम, नोएडा और गाजियाबाद के बॉर्डर को सील कर दिया गया है।

Watch everything unfold in real time, rather than reading about it later.

This could be a trial run for the rest of Disney’s parks in the US, Japan, France, and Hong Kong.

TfL as in Transport for London. Greeeeeaaat.

On bank holiday... Friday. For NHS charities.

Sonos has been busy these past few months.

Plus you'll know where everything's come from, so it'll be even more delicious.

Why? Because that’s our reality here in the year 2020.

Get an all day breakfast on a pizza before you go on your killing spree. Only psychopaths will order this, is what I'm saying.

While such a plan might sound appealing, it’s likely to provide a false sense of security

The company could be preparing to release a new iMac, a new pair of AirPods, and an updated Apple TV 4K.

It's called the Wireless Charging Specification, or WLC for short.

Personally, I welcome whatever reality TV drivel Twitch dreams up to feed our insatiable appetite for content.

Not because of public concerns, although there are plenty of those, but because of the pandemic-induced plunge in local real estate.

This unusual contraption recreates the sounds of an old-school mechanical typewriter on a modern keyboard.

These findings suggest that scientists may need to broaden their definition of what a life-supporting planet might look like.

In addition to being a hotbed for pandemics, the cruise industry is an ethical and ecological abomination.

Scientists are speculating as to how the two creatures managed to become preserved in such an unusual way.

Sony has managed to best its top-of-the-line noise cancelling earbuds with a new, improved, and best of all, cheaper model.

However, this new arrival isn't exactly great news for the environment.

McDonald's is opening (some of) its doors next week, but if you want a bank holiday Big Mac fix, here's how.

With the acquisition of a start-up specialising in encrypted messaging and cloud services, Zoom will finally be able to make good on its claims of offering end-to-end encryption.

Because Amazon movie purchases are really just long-term rentals that can disappear from your library at any time.

Don't analyse them too closely, they didn't have HD in the 1970s.

Perhaps astronomers need help from something that thinks a bit less like a human.

Exhaust fumes and cold KFC?

Strange as it may sound, Animal Crossing: New Horizons feels like where Breath of the Wild should have ended up gameplay-wise.

No going out to buy ingredients you don't already have, though. Crumpets are treats.

As well as announcing reminders to stay away from each other, the robots also estimate how many people are in the park at any given time.

It does make several enormous assumptions about the future that now seem perilously flaky.