Throughout history, the pursuit of technology to help us work harder, faster and more safely has led to some truly incredible inventions that have changed the world we live in — from the ancient tools first used by our ancestors to 21st-century breakthroughs such as bionic eyes and artificial intelligence (AI). Our expert writers and editors address the groundbreaking developments in robotics, quantum computing and much more with the latest future technology news, articles and features.
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Buying GuideBest sleep trackers 2025 — From smart rings to fitness watches
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ReviewOM System OM-3 review — a camera for wildlife and astrophotographers alike?
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Best underwater cameras 2025 — take photos of marine and freshwater wildlife and fauna
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Watch first-of-its-kind robot elephant go bowling
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MIT's new AI can teach itself to control robots by watching the world through their eyes — it only needs a single camera
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Scientists achieve 'magic state' quantum computing breakthrough 20 years in the making
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Best lenses for wildlife photography 2025 — crisp, detailed wildlife shots
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AI outsmarted 30 of the world's top mathematicians at secret meeting in California
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New AI system can 'predict human behavior in any situation' with unprecedented degree of accuracy, scientists say
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AI chatbots oversimplify scientific studies and gloss over critical details — the newest models are especially guilty
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OpinionWould outsourcing everything to AI cost us our ability to think for ourselves?
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Threaten an AI chatbot and it will lie, cheat and 'let you die' in an effort to stop you, study warns
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New study claims AI 'understands' emotion better than us
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OpinionYour devices feed AI assistants and harvest personal data even if they’re asleep. Here's how to know what you're sharing.
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AI hallucinates more frequently the more advanced it gets. Is there any way of stopping it?
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Advanced AI reasoning models generate up to 50 times more carbon dioxide than common LLMs
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Japan sets new internet speed record — it's 4 million times faster than average US broadband speeds
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Your data is being compromised much quicker than ever before, but you don't have to sit still and take it
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New 'super laser' amplifier could make the internet 10 times faster
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SpaceX's Starlink satellite constellation 'under threat' by Russia and China
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New 'microcomb' chip brings us closer to super accurate, fingertip-sized atomic clocks
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Google's 'moonshot factory' creates new internet with fingernail-sized chip that fires data around the world using light beams
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Key to faster 6G speeds lies in letting new AI architecture take control, scientists say
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Future wearable devices could draw power through your body using background 6G cellphone signals
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New navigation system uses cellphone signals to fly a plane in case GPS fails
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Scientists achieve 'magic state' quantum computing breakthrough 20 years in the making
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Cosmic images from the world's largest digital camera are so big they require a 'data butler'
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Buying GuideBest laptops for students 2025
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Best laptops for coding and programming 2025: Powerful portable computers for working on the move
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Small, room-temperature quantum computers that use light on the horizon after breakthrough, scientists say
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'Quantum AI' algorithms already outpace the fastest supercomputers, study says
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Millions of qubits on a single quantum processor now possible after cryogenic breakthrough
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Breakthrough quantum computer could solve problems 200 times faster than a supercomputer
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Microsoft breakthrough could reduce errors in quantum computers by 1,000 times
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Penny-sized laser could help driverless cars see the world so much clearer
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This EV battery fully recharges in just 18 seconds — and it just got the green light for mass production
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Self-driving cars can tap into 'AI-powered social network' to talk to each other while on the road
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Electric cars: Facts about the vehicles that are reshaping road transport
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EVs could charge 500% faster in freezing weather after new discovery
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China's superfast charging technology is twice as fast as Tesla's — fully recharging EVs in just 6 minutes
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Alef's Model A — a single-seater 'retro' flying car — is 1 step closer to taking to the skies
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Solar-powered EV can drive 40 miles daily using only the power of the sun
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Cybertruck-looking 'mobile aircraft carrier' developed in China can hide away and launch a 2-person flying car
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BUYING GUIDEBest astrophotography cameras 2025: Get Perseid-ready
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Quantum materials with a 'hidden metallic state' could make electronics 1,000 times faster
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Buying GuideBest laptops for photo editing 2025: Great devices for designers and photographers
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Buying GuideBest MacBooks for students 2025: Find the best Apple hardware for the new academic year
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Buying GuideBest electric toothbrushes 2025: Tried and tested
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BUYING GUIDEBest air purifiers 2025: Banish air pollution from your home
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Buying GuideBest electric toothbrushes for kids 2025
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New liquid metal-infused circuit board can withstand heavy damage and heal by themselves
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Scientists invent weird, shape-shifting 'electronic ink' that could give rise to a new generation of flexible gadgets
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MIT's high-tech 'bubble wrap' turns air into safe drinking water — even in Death Valley
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Scientists invent photosynthetic 'living' material that sucks CO2 out of the atmosphere
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China has developed the largest drone carrier in the world — and it's getting ready for takeoff
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Golden Dome: Everything to know about Trump's $25 billion missile defense plan
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Breakthrough stretchy battery moves like toothpaste and could power pacemakers and hearing aids
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Chinese scientists makes nuclear power breakthrough using abandoned US research
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OpinionHow will the latest generation of fighter jets stand out? The answer lies in stealth tech.
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Stabbed, cut, attacked, twisted — scientists subject new stretchable battery to extreme torture, and it retained 90% of its capacity
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New urinal designs could prevent up to 265,000 gallons of urine from spilling onto the floor each day
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How to turn off web notifications for Google Chrome and macOS
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Quantum internet breakthrough could help make hacking a thing of the past
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Watch first-of-its-kind robot elephant go bowling
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MIT's new AI can teach itself to control robots by watching the world through their eyes — it only needs a single camera
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Meet Skydweller: A solar-powered drone that can fly for 90 days straight — it's wider and 160 times lighter than a Boeing 747
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Scientists burned, poked and sliced their way through new robotic skin that can 'feel everything'
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Intrepid baby-faced robot is the world's humanoid first to fly
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China pits rival humanoids against each other in world's first 'robot boxing tournament'
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Robots run out of energy long before they run out of work to do — feeding them could change that
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Amazon's new warehouse robot has a 'sense of touch' that could see it replace human workers
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Watch robots swarm to flow like water and harden like a solid
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Watch people manipulate 3D holograms thanks to breakthrough technology
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Weird lickable lollipop invention lets you taste in virtual reality
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Future VR headsets could use a new type of lens inspired by holographic tech
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AI-powered app performs full-body motion capture using just your smartphone — no suits, specialized cameras or equipment needed
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Playing with fire: How VR is being used to train the next generation of firefighters
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New display tech paves the way for 'most realistic' holograms in regular eyeglasses
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Meta just stuck its AI somewhere you didn't expect it — a pair of Ray-Ban smart glasses
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New invention transforms any smartphone or TV display into a holographic projector
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VR headsets vulnerable to 'Inception attacks' — where hackers can mess with your sense of reality and steal your data
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