Latest articles by Nicole Kobie
Microsoft has told workers in China to ditch Android and use iPhones – here’s why
News Microsoft said it will buy employees iPhones to ensure they use verification or authentication apps when accessing corporate networks
Peloton faces lawsuit amid claims it allowed marketing firm to train AI on user chat data
News Peloton is accused of allowing marketing firm Drift to read and process data without user consent
Why cutting-edge innovation is killing the planet
In-depth AI and robots will do our work, we’ll get paid in cryptocurrency, and cars will drive themselves – but each of these technologies is a massive energy hog
Why 2024 won’t be the year of AR, VR or any kind of immersive tech
In-depth Whether it’s Apple’s Vision Pro or Meta’s continued metaverse push, many predict we’re at the turning point for mixed reality, but there’s little evidence to show for that
Meet the CAVForth project: The world's first autonomous bus
Case Study Edinburgh's AB1 route, in Scotland, lets the public catch a ride on an self-driving bus over the Forth Road Bridge. But is this really the future of public transit?
Innovation is harder than it looks – we should go easy on tech firms
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
GPT-4 shouldn’t worry anybody – we just need to be better
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
Stop worshipping CEOs – tech is a team sport
Opinion Tech leaders are showing themselves for who they are, and it shouldn’t come as a surprise
The Cookie Law is finally crumbling – good riddance
Opinion The stalest of all laws is getting an overhaul after years of menacing the web, and its end can’t come soon enough
How quantum computing can fight climate change
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
The best email sign-offs and 14 to avoid
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
Smart contact lenses could kick AR into the mainstream
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
Social media engineers should stop copying TikTok
Opinion Instagram is foolish to mimic its rival instead of offering a calmer alternative better suited to its own users
No Wi-Fi is better than slow Wi-Fi
Opinion Struggling with internet connections isn’t worth the time, but it’s hard to resist the temptation when it’s just within reach
Fighting wildfires with sensors, AI and drones
In-depth Wildfires are dangerous to battle, although machine learning predictions and sensor-based alerts could make fighting them safer and more successful
Mapping an entire country: Meet Singapore’s digital twin
In-depth Digital twins are the future of urban planning – disclosing insights we could have once only dreamed of
We aren’t spending too much time on our smartphones, actually
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
Cambridge-1 and the future of medicine
Case Studies Nvidia’s first public supercomputer could change healthcare in the UK and around the world
Watching the oceans using off-the-shelf tech
Case Studies Drones and AI are helping researchers monitor the safety and behaviour of whales and seabirds
Robot dogs won't save policing – but AI just might
In-depth Some police forces are turning to robots, AI and facial recognition, but high-profile failures harm public trust
Have driverless cars stalled?
In-depth Self-driving vehicles are taking a circuitous route to becoming reality. What’s holding up automotive automation?
Facial recognition for bears
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
The quantum internet is on its way
In-depth A pair of key experiments show how quantum tech could add unbreakable security to the internet
