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Bitcoin hype has reached an all-time high. But if running the bitcoin network uses up as much yearly electricity as a medium-sized country, is it worth it?
Damon Albarn explains how the cartoon band is collaborating with technologists to merge the virtual and the real on a live stage.
The astrophysicist talks to WIRED about the need for an educational revamp, science in popular culture and the impact of finding alien life.
Too many bikes and not enough demand? That's not the case, says Ofo co-founder Yanqi Zhang
Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro has proposed the launch of an oil-backed cryptocurrency to solve the country's economic crisis. But he's barking up the wrong tree.
Brexit is bad, but AI could be good, says the former deputy prime minister, whose new think tank will be intervening on the fraught relationship between tech and politics.
The tech sector has long been part of the problem when it comes to gender equality. Now, the head of the UN’s HeForShe campaign is asking it to find a solution.
The BBC is re-releasing the entirety of Blue Planet II in UHD, HDR and wide colour gamut.
The theoretical physicist has faith that reason will triumph over ignorance, but warns that now more than ever we can't be complacent.
Researchers taught an algorithm to identify cars on Google Street View for faster, cheaper census taking.
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