Your new best workmate: a cobot

Collaborative robots, which work alongside humans, are pushing the frontiers of automation.

• Clash of Clans leads the rise of mobile gaming
• HP, Apple top companies fighting forced labour
• This guy is dating an Android ..? #Android18isBae?
• Scents are smart sensors’ last frontier

Human trips to Mars still 15 years off

The European Space Agency says the first step would be to build a base on the Moon before heading to Mars

• British astronaut keen to blast off again
• Solar panels thinner than hair
• Not so bird-brained
• Microsoft gets into marijuana business

MTN to extend 3G coverage in Nigeria

Mobile-phone operator MTN plans to substantially increase capital spending in Nigeria in 2017.

• Huge fibre optic boost for KZN
• Nepal earthquake's tech heroes
• Huawei bets on Leica for success
• Women spend more time on the phone - study

Crooks are selling access to your firm’s hacked servers

Kaspersky Lab has uncovered an online marketplace where criminals sell access to more than 70 000 hacked corporate and government servers.

• Lost your phone? Google your name
• LinkedIn moves on compromised accounts
• Log in with your face
• Russian hackers steal millions of email details

Apple enhances Siri but still trails in AI

Apple last week announced major changes to its voice assistant but the company still lags on the AI front.

• Advertising: Instagram more popular than Twitter?
• Facebook adds 360-degree photos to newsfeed
• Microsoft’s strong-arm tactics not good
• Coding is the new language

HP, Apple top companies fighting forced labour

KnowTheChain ranks technology companies based on their efforts to erradicate forced labour.

• Zuckerberg’s philanthropy venture aids startup
• Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for $26bn
• Google to add adverts to Maps
• The man who answered the call to save Blackberry

LG G5 goes all ‘Transformers’ on you

LG’s modular G5 includes expansion slots to add additional functionality to the phone.

• Bose noise-cancelling cans shut out the world
• The sports watch that nags you to get moving
• Not just a TV but a work of art
• The kitchen of the future knows what’s in your fridge

Sony sets date for virtual reality release

Company says it has delayed release of the PlayStation VR headset to ensure games are available at launch.

• Microsoft debuts slimmer XBox One
• XBox gaming gets costly
• Valkyria Chronicles: not to be missed game
• E-sports gets organised

This guy is dating an Android ..? #Android18isBae?

Kay Webster (real name Webster Phasha) is in a ‘loving relationship’ with Dragon Ball Z’s Android 18... and the internet is going nuts!

• Say hello to longer Twitter videos
• Zuckerberg quizzed on ‘reptilian conspiracy’
• Most share news without reading articles – study
• How tech is changing our lives

LG G5 goes all ‘Transformers’ on you

LG’s modular G5 includes expansion slots to add additional functionality to the phone.

• This TV can repel mosquitoes
• Tips: free up space on your smartphone
• The sports watch that nags you to get moving
• Tech wrap: Apple’s glass iPhone

Human trips to Mars still 15 years off

The European Space Agency says the first step would be to build a base on the Moon before heading to Mars

• British astronaut keen to blast off again
• Black holes may not be ‘eternal prisons’
• Mars colonists down to 100
• Universe expanding quicker than thought

The perplexing history of the penis bone

HUman penises contain no bones, and yet that is not always the case in mammalian history.

• 500-year-old ship found full of gold coins
• King Tut’s dagger came from outer space
• Mystery body solved by history
• Caves show off Neanderthal skills

Not so bird-brained

Researchers say that budgies can be taught to recognise basic grammatical patterns.

• The challenge of protecting elephants
• Township owls inspire pupils’ art
• This artificial leaf may power your car
• Stunning silver snake discovery