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Unstaffed tills were supposed to revolutionise shopping. Now, both retailers and customers are bagging many self-checkout kiosks.

Mike Johns was on his way to the airport when the Waymo robotaxi began circling a parking lot non-stop

As the clocks go forward for the start of British Summer Time, many of us will rue the loss of an hour in bed. But how did people get to work on time before alarm clocks?

Live facial recognition is becoming increasingly common on UK high streets. Should we be worried?

At Ocado's newest warehouse robotic arms are helping to pack customer orders.

Lego says its new tech-enabled products are its "most revolutionary innovation" since it launched its mini-figurines in 1978.

A new documentary looks at the impact of the ZX Spectrum, the computer that kickstarted a gaming revolution

Songs from the film KPop Demon Hunter have surpassed the success of real-life K-pop bands BTS and Blackpink.

A rare plant has the largest genome of any organism on earth - holding 50 times more DNA than humans.

Paralympic swimmer Jess Smith, says representation means being seen as part of the AI world that's being built.

Generative AI tools have become hugely popular but some experts worry about the effect they have on the brain.

A report also finds right-leaning audiences on X have almost doubled in the UK since Elon Musk's takeover.

Taxi app giant Uber said trials showed some people preferred paying in cash or did not have a bank card.

Makers of a new generation of European electric aircraft are struggling to raise money.

Nasa says that the astronauts stuck on the space station will have to wait even longer to get home.

Farming under solar panels is still in the early stages in India, but will it catch on?

In 1975, a young engineer in the company that made Kodak film took the first picture on a handheld digital camera. Photography would never be the same again.

In Taiwan they call @ "little mouse". It's "strudel" in Hebrew, "dog" in Russian and "monkey's tail" in Dutch. The @ sign is a mirror, and its story goes back thousands of years.

They are televisions from another era, replaced by the flat screen, high-resolution displays of the modern era. Yet cathode-ray tubes are still surprisingly in demand.

Minecraft is the world's best-selling computer game and soon to be a Hollywood film. This is why children can't get enough of it.

In the age of social media, we're living through a communications revolution. But this isn't the first one, nor is it the first time cats have been at the centre of social change.

If you're worried about how AI will affect your job, the world of copywriters may offer a glimpse of the future.

This week UNESCO announced it has found three new shipwrecks, including two that are thousands of years old. But just how many more are out there?

Generative AI is making disinformation far more effective and harder for average users to detect.

The research used hypothetical scenarios, but those situations could get real fast.

55% of those in Gen Z earning more than $100,000 admit they have done it in the last year.

Many within the cohort will live to the 22nd century.

Long-form entertainment is out and snack-sized media is in.

The diamond industry is splitting in two as lab-grown becomes the norm.

Scientists are using generative AI to produce and then filter scads of new proteins.