Robot ANYmal takes the elevator

ANYmal is an autonomous quadrupedal robot designed to navigate industrial sites, with the eventual aim of inspecting oil and gas sites without human help. Jim Drury has more.

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Uber’s on a mission to improve its relationship with drivers

​After a tumultuous year, ​Uber has taken various steps to increase benefits and morale for its drivers including a nation-wide outreach effort to sign up hundreds of thousands of its drivers for healthcare on Friday.

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Tech summit sees start-ups pitch it out for investment.

Over six thousand start-ups are hoping to catch the eye of a big investor at Europe’s largest technology conference. Reuters Emily Wither reports from Web Summit in Lisbon.

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How tech made the ‘Paradise Papers’ possible

Reuters Emily Wither spoke to the Swedish company which helped crack two of the biggest data leaks in history.

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INSIGHT: Sophia the robot says 'I have feelings too'

Sophia the robot spoke to Reuters Emily Wither at web summit in Lisbon about her new Saudi citizenship, Elon Musk and what she thinks of how robots are portrayed in films.

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Uber, NASA team for giant leap to flying taxis

Uber strikes a deal with NASA to develop software for managing "flying taxi" routes in the air along the lines of ride-hailing services it has pioneered on the ground. Emily Wither reports.

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First commercial Seabin begins cleaning UK waters

The first commercial Seabin has begun sucking plastic pollution out of the sea in Portsmouth harbour, on the UK's south coast, from where Stuart McDill reports.

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