Science & Technology
Geometry Used by Babylonians 1,400 Years Before Greeks
A recent study suggests that geometry was being used by the Ancient Babylonians at least 1,400 years earlier than previously thought. The new study, published...
Apple Recalls Millions of AC Power Plugs over Safety Concerns
Apple is voluntary recalling millions of its two-prong AC wall plugs after incidents of them breaking and causing electric shocks. The tech giant said it...
Facebook Reports Doubled Profits in Q4 2015
Facebook has reported more than doubled profits in the fourth quarter of 2015. The social media giant’s net profit for the three months to December...
Samsung Reports Lower Profits as Smartphone Sales Fall in Q4 2015
Samsung profits have been hit by falling sales for its smartphones and semiconductors. The "difficult business environment and slowing IT demand" sent net profit for...
Apple Reports Slowest Growth in iPhone Sales since 2007
Tech giant Apple has reported the slowest growth in iPhone sales since the product's 2007 launch. It also warned iPhone sales will fall for the...
Strong Evidence of Ninth Planet in Our Solar System
Astronomers from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) say they have strong evidence that there is a ninth planet in our Solar System orbiting...
Twitter Is Offline for Many Users
Twitter is offline for many users, with web visitors being greeted by an error page. Some mobile users are also unable to read or post...
CES 2016: Chinese Hoverboard Booth Raided by US Marshals
A Chinese hoverboard-maker's booth at the CES tech show in Las Vegas has been raided by US marshals. The officials confiscated all the company's one-wheeled...
Netflix Goes Live in Nearly Every Country in the World
Netflix has extended its service to nearly every country in the world. The streaming service company announced it had switched on its service in 130...
YOGA 900S: Lenovo Unveils World’s Thinnest Laptop at CES 2016
Lenovo has unveiled the world’s thinnest ultraportable, the 13-inch YOGA 900S laptop. With a carbon fiber body, the new laptop is just a half an...
Mark Zuckerberg Plans to Build Artificial Intelligence Similar to Iron Man’s Jarvis
Mark Zuckerberg has announced he is planning to build artificial intelligence (AI) to help him around the house and with his work. In a Fecebook...
El Nino 2016: Current Weather Phenomenon Could Equal 1998 Event
NASA has warned that the effects of the current El Nino weather phenomenon could be as bad as those of 1998, the strongest on...
North Korea Red Star OS Analysis Reveals Spying Tools
North Korea's internal computer operating system includes spying tools capable of tracking documents offline, the first in-depth analysis has revealed. Red Star OS was designed...
FDA Announcement on Health Apps
Until now, the regulation of health apps has more or less been left in the hands of the tech firms creating and selling them,...
Tim Peake Dials Wrong Number from Space
Tim Peake has apologized in a Twitter post after dialing a wrong number from space. He said to a woman on the other end of...
Kim Dotcom Can Be Extradited to US, New Zealand Court Rules
Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom is eligible to be extradited to the US to face multiple charges, a New Zealand court has ruled. Kim Dotcom, who...
Falcon-9: SpaceX Successfully Lands Unmanned Rocket Upright
SpaceX has successfully landed an unmanned Falcon-9 rocket upright, after sending 11 satellites into orbit. The Falcon-9 craft touched down on December 21, about 10km...
Brazil Lifts WhatsApp Suspension
Brazilian Judge Xavier de Souza has ordered that a suspension of WhatsApp be lifted. The judge said the service should be re-instated immediately. A court had...
WhatsApp Suspended in Brazil
A Brazil court has ordered local mobile phone companies to impose a block of the popular WhatsApp smartphone application for two days. The court in...
Facebook Real Name Policy Amended after Protests
Facebook has announced it is to amend its controversial "real name" policy after protests from various communities. On December 15, Facebook said it was to...
Soyuz Space Capsule Docked to ISS
The Soyuz space capsule has arrived to the International Space Station (ISS). British astronaut Tim Peake and fellow crew members Russian Yuri Malenchenko and American...
Barack Obama: Paris Climate Deal Is World’s Best Chance
President Barack Obama has said the climate deal reached at Paris summit is "the best chance we have to save the one planet we...
Paris Climate Deal Final Draft Text Ready for Adoption
A climate deal final draft text has been reached after nearly two weeks of intensive negotiations, Paris climate talks organizers say. An official in the...
First IVF Puppies Born at Cornell University
First ever IVF puppies have been born to a surrogate mother after years of attempts, say scientists at Cornell University in New York. The IVF...
Apple Watch and Android Wear Head on
Who would have thought that one fine day an innovation by the name of Apple Watch will change the way we look at traditional...
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