Astronomers have taken the first ever image of a black hole, which is located in a distant galaxy.

Computer algorithms must show they are free of race, gender and other biases before they are deployed, US politicians have proposed.

Microsoft has been collaborating with researchers linked to a Chinese military-backed university on artificial intelligence, elevating concerns that US firms are contributing to China’s hi-tech surveillance and censorship apparatus.

A student is suing Apple Inc for $1bn (£0.77bn), claiming that its in-store AI led to his mistaken arrest.

An innovative aircraft that turns into a "lighter-than-air" balloon to propel itself forward has been flown for the first time.

Every drone and model aircraft owner in the UK could be charged £16.50 a year under plans by the aviation regulator.

A simmering volcano in disaster-weary Japan has unleashed a spout of academic misery, generating multiple misconduct scandals and blowing the lid on a little-recognised arena of research fabrication.

It was on the motorway near Phoenix, Arizona, that I realised fully driverless cars might be quite a distant dream.

The subject of Leonardo da Vinci's famous Mona Lisa painting has been brought to life by AI researchers.

A proposal by the UK security agency GCHQ to eavesdrop on encrypted messages has been strongly criticised by big tech firms and rights groups.