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The 92-year-old who changed the world

The 92-year-old who changed the world

A textbook inspired Morris Chang to create a company that is now a $US500 billion juggernaut and part of our everyday lives. It also put him at the centre of a technological cold war between the US and China.

  • by Paul Mozur and John Liu

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The ‘Singularity’ is here: Technology nears a tipping point

The ‘Singularity’ is here: Technology nears a tipping point

With the rise of artificial intelligence, it seems the long-promised virtual paradise is finally at hand. But there’s a dark twist.

  • by David Streitfeld
Apple’s cautious step into a brave new world

Apple’s cautious step into a brave new world

Apple has launched a new “mixed reality” headset that could eventually be a platform for the long-awaited mass take-up of virtual and augmented reality technologies.

  • by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Elon Musk’s brain implant company wins US approval for trials in humans

Elon Musk’s brain implant company wins US approval for trials in humans

The Neuralink implant company wants to help restore vision and mobility to people by linking brains to computers.

The keg party that leaves you green – but not hungover

The keg party that leaves you green – but not hungover

Latte milk from a keg: why didn’t someone think of that sooner? Here, four innovations from the food world.

  • by Dani Valent
Why China could dominate the next big advance in batteries

Why China could dominate the next big advance in batteries

China is positioning itself to command the next big innovation in rechargeable batteries: replacing lithium with sodium, a far cheaper and more abundant material.

  • by Keith Bradsher
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It’s time for Mark Zuckerberg to bury his dreams of the metaverse
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It’s time for Mark Zuckerberg to bury his dreams of the metaverse

The billions of dollars invested on the virtual world is increasingly looking like an example of corporate hubris.

  • by Matthew Lynn
Apple is divided over blockbuster new product

Apple is divided over blockbuster new product

As Apple prepares to introduce its long-awaited augmented reality headset in June, enthusiasm at the company has given way to scepticism.

  • by Tripp Mickle and Brian X. Chen
‘No orbit’: 3D-printed reusable rocket debut ends in failure

‘No orbit’: 3D-printed reusable rocket debut ends in failure

The start-up wanted to put the Terran into a 200-kilometre-high orbit for several days before having it plunge through the atmosphere.

  • by Marcia Dunn
Under Joe Biden, Uncle Sam is disrupting Silicon Valley

Under Joe Biden, Uncle Sam is disrupting Silicon Valley

Economic growth this decade could be driven less by Silicon Valley values and more by the values of the Biden administration.

  • by Conor Sen
‘We don’t have any privacy anymore’, says inventor of the mobile phone

‘We don’t have any privacy anymore’, says inventor of the mobile phone

Martin Cooper frets like everybody else about his invention’s impacts on society — from the loss of privacy to the risk of internet addiction to the rapid spread of harmful content, especially among kids.

  • by Kelvin Chan