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Sverker Johansson whose bot has authored over 2.7 million Wikipedia articles

How one man 'wrote' 8.5 per cent of Wikipedia

Eryk Bagshaw Swedish physicist Sverker Johansson is, arguably, the world's most prolific writer.

Phase-changing robots ahead

Lance Ulanoff New material that can switch between pliable and solid could give future robots shape-shifting capabilities.

Boy found to be allergic to his iPad

Drones pose growing privacy risk: report

LG builds flexible TV you can roll up

Internet makes us stupid: study

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Humanoid robots dressed in the colours of Germany and Brazil at the Institute for Computer Science at the University of Bonn ahead of the 2014 RoboCup.

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Robots take the field in RoboCup

Football-playing machines line up for their chance to take the cup. Their ultimate goal? To beat the human World Cup champs within the next 35 years.

Silent Circle's encrypted calling service works across iOS, Android and desktop devices.

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Silent Circle's private calling plans

Eric Auchard Company unveils one of the best commercial options for individuals and business to make encrypted phone calls.

MIT's prototype for a device to help blind people read non-brail texts.

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Finger device reads to blind

MIT scientists developing an audio reading device to be worn on the index finger of people whose vision is impaired.

What the LIFX light-bulb looks like.

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Vulnerability found in bulbs

Ben Grubb Thought your connected smart light bulbs were safe?

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Raija Ogden is taken away on a stretcher.

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DPP given drone collision evidence

Ben Grubb Operators of a drone involved in injury athlete referred to DPP.

Synchronised Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites floating in zero-gravity in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

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NASA robots get Android brains

3D-sensing Google  smartphones will become the brains and eyes of ball-shaped hovering robots.

Flatbed: Bandits made off with truckloads of Samsung gadgets after attacking a factory in Brazil.

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Bandits in brazen Samsung heist

Thieves make off with $6.6m worth of devices in attack on factory.

Passwords alone are not as secure enough by themselves these days without two-factor authentication.

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Taxis tied to card skimming

Rose Powell Sydney taxi users targeted bsyndicate of fraudsters.

The dominance of online marketplaces may end the internet as we know it today.

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How free will the net be in 2025?

Elizabeth Weise Future generations' may have "limited" idea of web.

People ride through the smog in Daqing, Heilongjiang province.

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China's drones to combat polluters

Kari Paul Drones can detect pollution from factories even at night.

BAE's transforming jet.

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Plans for self-healing jets

Jets with 3D printers on-board could heal themselves.

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Gadgets on the Go

Hands on: FRITZ!Box 7490 modem/router

Adam Turner With a super-fast 802.11ac wi-fi revamp, the flagship FRITZ!Box 7490 is the Swiss Army knife of prosumer modem/routers.

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Street photography rules

Terry Lane David Gibson, author of The Street Photographer’s Manual, is very prescriptive when defining street photography.

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Time for an iWatch

Garry Barker The sum of Apple's latest developments is much greater than its parts.

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Astronomy

Buzz Aldrin saw 'unidentified' object during 1969 Apollo 11 flight

David Milward Second man to walk on moon convinced life exists elsewhere in space but denies his sighting was extraterrestrial.