Science & Technology

Kristoffer Von Hassel: Five-year-old boy finds Xbox Live security flaw

Kristoffer Von Hassel, a 5-year-old boy from San Diego who worked out a security vulnerability on Microsoft's Xbox Live service,…

10 years ago

Obama selfie: White House criticizes Samsung for promoting Barack Obama and David Ortiz selfie

Samsung has been criticized by the White House for promoting a selfie taken by Boston Red Sox player David Ortiz…

10 years ago

ZunZuneo: White House confirms USAID is behind Cuban Twitter

The US government aid agency USAID was behind ZunZuneo, a text-message service that was allegedly designed to foment unrest in…

10 years ago

Turkey Twitter ban lifted following constitutional court ruling

Turkey has lifted the controversial ban on Twitter following Wednesday's constitutional court ruling, officials and media reports say. Turkey’s constitutional…

10 years ago

ZunZuneo: US created Cuban Twitter to foment unrest

According to an investigation by the Associated Press news agency, the US secretly created ZunZuneo, a text-message social network designed…

10 years ago

Turkey Twitter ban illegal, constitutional court rules

Turkey's Twitter ban violates freedom of expression and individual rights, the country's constitutional court has ruled. The court also said…

10 years ago

April Fools’ Day 2014: Top 4 online pranks

Social networks are awash with rumors, gags and elaborate hoaxes on April 1st. Each year, use of the hashtag #AprilFoolsDay…

10 years ago

Dr. Haruko Obokata: Stem cell researcher found guilty of misconduct

An investigation into a supposedly groundbreaking stem cell study in Japan has found lead researcher Dr. Haruko Obokata guilty of…

10 years ago

Facebook to use drones for low-cost net access

Facebook has revealed its plans to connect the two-thirds of the world that has no net access, using drones, satellites…

10 years ago

Scientists create first synthetic chromosome for yeast

The first synthetic chromosome for yeast in a landmark for biological engineering has been created. Previously synthetic DNA has been…

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