Science & Technology

Feds to auction off Silk Road Bitcoins on June 27

The US government will auction $18 million worth of the virtual currency Bitcoin, which was seized by the FBI when…

10 years ago

Expedia to accept Bitcoin payments

Expedia has become the latest company to accept Bitcoin transactions as a form of payment. The travel agency will initially…

10 years ago

Giant impact hypothesis: Traces of Theia planet found on the Moon

Evidence of the world that crashed into the Earth billions of years ago to form the Moon has been found…

10 years ago

Samsung Z: World’s first smartphone using Tizen OS

Samsung Electronics has launched Samsung Z, the world's first smartphone powered by the Tizen operating system. The Samsung Z will…

10 years ago

Solar Impulse 2 plane makes inaugural flight in Switzerland

The Solar Impulse 2 plane has made its inaugural flight. The solar-powered plane will be taken on a round-the-world journey…

10 years ago

YouTube access to be restored in Turkey

Turkey will restore access to YouTube after a ruling by the country's constitutional court. A block was imposed in late…

10 years ago

Apple confirms Beats acquisition for $3 billion

Apple buys headphone maker and music-streaming service provider Beats Electronics for $3 billion, the tech giant has confirmed today. The…

10 years ago

Sony signs partnership to set up PlayStation plant in China

Sony has signed a partnership with China’s Shanghai Oriental Pearl to manufacture and sell its PlayStation consoles on the mainland.…

10 years ago

Facebook announces new default settings and privacy checkup tool

Facebook has announced new default settings and a privacy checkup tool. On Thursday, before the company’s annual shareholders' meeting, Facebook…

11 years ago

eBay cyber-attack: Users urged to change passwords

eBay is urging users to change their passwords following a cyber-attack that compromised one of its databases. The auction site…

11 years ago