Science & Technology
Solar Impulse 2 round the world flight to begin on March 9
Solar Impulse 2’s 35,000km journey around the world is set to get under way on Monday, March 9. The solar-powered plane will take off from...
Dawn spacecraft becomes first mission to orbit dwarf planet Ceres
NASA's Dawn mission has gone into orbit around Ceres, the largest object in the Solar System between Mars and Jupiter. A signal from the satellite...
First human’s jawbone unearthed in Ethiopia
A fossilized jawbone of what scientists claim is one of the very first humans has been discovered un Ethiopia. The 2.8 million-year-old specimen is 400,000...
GDC 2015: Sony’s new Morpheus VR helmet to be launched in 2016
Sony has revealed a new edition of its virtual reality helmet Morpheus, which it says it plans to put on sale in 2016. The new...
MWC 2015: Ford unveils two electric bike models
Ford has launched e-bikes at this year’s Mobile World Congress (MWC), as part of its plans to extend its footprint beyond cars. Increasingly car manufacturers...
MWC 2015: Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon Sense ID 3D Fingerprint Technology
Qualcomm has unveiled the Snapdragon Sense ID 3D Fingerprint Technology - a new type of fingerprint sensor said to be able to read prints...
MWC 2015: IKEA launches wireless charging furniture Home Smart
IKEA has unveiled a range of furniture fitted with wireless charging spots for mobile devices at this year's Mobile World Congress (MWC). The Home Smart...
MWC 2015: Samsung unveils Galaxy S6 Edge with curved screen
Samsung has unveiled two versions of its next flagship phone Galaxy S6, one of which has a screen that curves round its sides. The Galaxy...
Hyperloop: Elon Musk’s ultra high-speed tube train to be built in California
The first full-scale Hyperloop will be built in central California in 2016. Hyperloop is a new transportation method imagined up by entrepreneur Elon Musk. The 5-mile...
New Zealand: More than 100 pilot whales die on Farewell Spit beach
Rescuers are trying to refloat about 90 stranded pilot whales after more than 100 died on a beach on New Zealand's South Island. The rescuers...
Everything You Need to Make Your eReader the Best It Can Be
The new NOOK is as much a tablet PC as it is an eReader, which actually works in the user’s favor when it comes...
Earth’s inner core has a core smaller than Moon
Chinese and the US researchers suggest that the innermost core of the Earth has another, distinct region at its center. The team believes that the...
Netflix launches streaming service in Cuba
Netflix has launched its services in Cuba, as diplomatic relations between the US and the communist island continue to thaw. The internet movie and television...
Samsung Smart TV listens to you and shares information with third parties
Samsung is warning customers to avoid discussing personal information in front of their Smart TV set. The warning applies to TV viewers who control their...
Solar Power: The Future of Renewable Energy Resource
The consumption of non-renewable resources has been increasing around the world at a rapid rate. New technologies have made it possible to harness solar...
Apple reports biggest quarterly profit ever made by a public company
Apple has posted the biggest quarterly profit ever made by a public company. The giant tech reported a net profit of $18 billion in its...
Facebook outage caused by social network’s own engineers
Facebook was down across much of the globe for a time on January 27, before returning to normal service. Millions of users were unable to...
Malaysia Airlines website hacked by Lizard Squad
Malaysia Airlines official website has been attacked by hackers claiming to be from the "Lizard Squad - Official Cyber Caliphate". The national carrier's homepage currently...
Asteroid 2004 BL86 passes Earth on January 26, 2015
Mountain-size asteroid 2004 BL86 will pass in the vicinity of Earth on January 26, 2015. The space rock is roughly a third of a mile...
Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss seek Bitcoin exchange regulation in US
Twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, who clashed with Mark Zuckerberg over Facebook, are seeking approval for a Bitcoin exchange overseen by US regulators. The brothers...
Linear and Rotary Actuators. Where it can be used?
An actuator is a motor accountable for controlling or moving a mechanical system. It follows that such gear can move a system in a...
Windows 10, HoloLens, Cortana: Microsoft announces its future
Windows 10 will bring Microsoft's voice-controlled assistant Cortana to PCs, the company has revealed. Microsoft also unveiled the HoloLens headset that it said would one...
Google’s Push into Robotics
Without sounding cliché the future is certainly paved in robots, or at least robotic design. Society has come a long way, and only continues...
NSA hacked North Korea’s computer networks in 2010
According to the New York Times and Der Spiegel, the US knew North Korea was behind the Sony Pictures hack because it had secretly...
2014 was hottest year on record
According to US scientists, 2014 was the warmest year on record, with global temperatures 0.68C (1.24F) above the long-term average. The results mean that 14...
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