Nicole Kobie

Opinion From Google’s bungled generative Bard launch to Twitter’s ongoing troubles, we must remember the often-forgotten truth that innovation is slow and software is difficult to build

Opinion Although generative AI tools like GPT-4 and ChatGPT have many industries worried, humans just need to find new ways to prove their worth

Opinion Tech leaders are showing themselves for who they are, and it shouldn’t come as a surprise

Opinion The stalest of all laws is getting an overhaul after years of menacing the web, and its end can’t come soon enough

In-depth Quantum computers could help unpick the challenges of climate change and offer solutions with real impact – but we can’t wait for their arrival

Opinion There are good ways and bad ways to sign-off from your emails. Here's everything you need to know to avoid a digital etiquette misstep

In-depth Smart contact lenses will let you see directions, messages and data in the blink of an eye, leaving cumbersome headsets in the past

Opinion Instagram is foolish to mimic its rival instead of offering a calmer alternative better suited to its own users

Opinion Struggling with internet connections isn’t worth the time, but it’s hard to resist the temptation when it’s just within reach

In-depth Wildfires are dangerous to battle, although machine learning predictions and sensor-based alerts could make fighting them safer and more successful

In-depth Digital twins are the future of urban planning – disclosing insights we could have once only dreamed of

Opinion The web is stuffed with articles making us feel guilty about staring at our phones, but five hours or more of screen time makes perfect sense for me

Case Studies Nvidia’s first public supercomputer could change healthcare in the UK and around the world

Case Studies Drones and AI are helping researchers monitor the safety and behaviour of whales and seabirds

In-depth Some police forces are turning to robots, AI and facial recognition, but high-profile failures harm public trust

In-depth Self-driving vehicles are taking a circuitous route to becoming reality. What’s holding up automotive automation?

In-depth Researchers have paired a neural network and a facial detection system used in a “dog hipsterisation” app to help manage and protect grizzly bears

In-depth A pair of key experiments show how quantum tech could add unbreakable security to the internet

In-depth The psychological contract can build our new work world if we get it right on all sides

In-depth Keeping employees motivated – through the good and the bad – is not always easy

In-depth What will life be like when Zoom fatigue is a thing of the past and tech actually helps make work easier and our lives better?

In-depth Could digital voting have prevented the chaos before the US election? And can blockchain help now or in the future?

In-depth Open banking and digital innovation mean banking is no longer about queuing at the branch. This is what you and your business need to know about challenger banks

In-depth Researchers are leaping the hurdles holding back optical networks, opening the door to a faster, greener future

In-depth We’ve struggled to find a use for chatbots, 3D printers and drones, but innovative tech is now being used to fight COVID-19