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WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As we enter the era of digital programmable money China has now started introducing money…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Wirelessly charging your smartphone is easy, but wirelessly charging an electric train moving at over…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Transistors are getting smaller, but there are limits, and increasingly it’s the Chinese who are…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Every country says they will never engage in fully autonomous war or develop fully autonomous…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Drone cameras give users a new take on life as tech miniaturises concepts like this…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Future national currencies will be digital, and China is in the lead to create one…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF There is a difference between managing a smart city and being responsible for meeting the…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Cholesterol can be a killer but detecting and measuring it is normally invasive and tricky,…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF People with electric cars often talk about range anxiety, but this latest EV from China…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF You can change your password but you can’t change your face… and biometric authentication systems…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF VR headsets are getting smaller and slimmer and it’s only a matter of time now…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Aluminium is one of the Earth’s most common minerals but now AI’s are designing alloys,…