Technology

Rock-paper-scissors is usually a game of psychology, reverse psychology, reverse-reverse psychology, and chance. But what if a computer could understand you well enough to win every time? A team at Hokkaido University and the TDK Corporation (of cassette-tape fame),...

The idea that we should make lifestyle adjustments depending on where we are in our menstrual cycle is gaining...

The government has launched a new taskforce it says will help women "enter, stay and lead" in the UK tech sector.Led by technology secretary Liz Kendall, it will see female leaders from tech companies and organisations advise the government...

In 1950, the English mathematician Alan Turing devised what he called “the imitation game.” Later dubbed the Turing test, the experiment asks a human participant to conduct a conversation with an unknown partner and try to determine if it’s...

Lyle Feisel, an influential engineering educator and dedicated IEEE volunteer, died on 5 November at the age of 90.Feisel was a professor of electrical engineering and the founding dean of the Watson engineering school at the State University of...

For decades, Parkinson's disease research has overwhelmingly focused on genetics -- more than half of all research dollars in the past two decades flowed toward genomic studies -- but a growing body of evidence now points to something...

Thousands of Spotify users are reporting difficulty accessing the music streaming...

A number of advanced energy technologies — including fuel cells, electrolyzers, and an emerging class of low-power...

AI lets anyone create videos, but many AI video creation tools lack support for audio. Mirelo is building AI that adds soundtracks to match the video’s action.Earlier this year, the Berlin-based startup released Mirelo SFX v1.5, an AI...

The US firm behind the Roomba smart vacuum cleaner, iRobot, has filed for bankruptcy protection after facing competition from Chinese rivals and being hit by tariffs.Under the so-called pre-packaged Chapter 11 process, the main manufacturer of its devices, Shenzhen-based...