Science & Technology
Samsung Z1 Tizen powered smartphone goes on sale in India
Samsung's first Tizen powered smartphones have gone on sale. The Z1 handsets are available in India for 5,700 rupees ($92) and, according to Samsung, offer...
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket recovery test fails
SpaceX says its experiment to bring part of its Falcon rocket down to a soft landing on a floating sea platform has failed. The vehicle...
Je suis Charlie meaning: Message of solidarity with Charlie Hebdo attack victims
French hashtag Je suis Charlie, meaning "I am Charlie", has trended after the attack on Charlie Hebdo magazine’s offices in Paris on January 7. Je...
FBI confident that North Korea was behind Sony attack
FBI director James Comey says the bureau is confident that North Korea was behind the Sony Pictures cyber-attack last year because the hackers "got...
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launch aborted
SpaceX has postponed an experiment to bring part of its Falcon 9 rocket down to a soft landing on a floating sea platform. The space...
CES 2015: Sony CEO Kazuo Hirai condemns vicious cyber attack
In his speech at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Sony CEO Kazuo Hirai has condemned the "vicious" cyber attack that...
iOS 8: Apple sued for not telling users about memory required by operating system
Two iOS 8 users are suing Apple for not telling about the amount of memory required by its flagship operating system. The legal complaint revolves...
Xbox and PlayStation services attacked by hackers
Xbox and PlayStation online services have been disabled after being attacked by hackers. Microsoft and Sony - the companies which make the games consoles -...
Winter Solstice 2014: December 21 is the shortest day of the year in northern hemisphere
December 21 is the shortest day of 2014 in the northern hemisphere. The moment is marked at 22:03 GMT by an astronomical phenomenon known as...
World’s deepest living fish discovered in Mariana Trench
A new record has been set for the world's deepest fish, British researchers have announced. The bizarre-looking creature, which is new to science, was filmed...
Technology in the Field of Medicine
Technology has advanced many fields beyond our wildest dreams. Information technology alone has made the world a smaller place where individuals, families and corporations...
Apple stops Russian online sales over ruble crisis
Apple has announced it stops selling products online in Russia because the ruble's value is too volatile for it to set prices. The technology giant...
Lima climate change talks 2014: UN delegates reach agreement
UN delegates at Lima talks in Peru have reached an agreement on how countries should tackle climate change. They have approved a framework for setting...
Facebook may add Dislike button
Mark Zuckerberg has announced that Facebook may add a way to "dislike" posts on the social network. Speaking at a Q&A session in California, Mark...
Pirate Bay taken offline after Swedish police raid
The Pirate Bay website has been taken offline following a police raid in Sweden. Swedish police seized servers in Stockholm after a complaint was filed...
James Watson to get back auctioned Nobel Prize medal from Alisher Usmanov
Russian tycoon Alisher Usmanov has revealed that he bought James Watson's Nobel Prize gold medal, and intends to return it to him. Steel and telecoms...
Mutant Giant Spider Dog is biggest trending video on YouTube in 2014
Mutant Giant Spider Dog, a short film featuring a dog in a tarantula costume, was the biggest "trending" video on YouTube in 2014, Google...
Hour of Code 2014: Barack Obama writes computer code with school group
President Barack Obama has written a line of computer code to help animate a character from Frozen animated movie. Barack Obama joined a group of...
James Watson’s Nobel Prize medal sells for $4.8 million at Christie’s
James Watson’s Nobel Prize gold medal has sold for $4.8 million at a Christie’s auction. The 1962 prize was awarded to James Watson, Maurice Wilkins...
Orion splashdown: NASA spacecraft ends maiden flight in Pacific Ocean
NASA's Orion spaceship has completed its maiden, unmanned voyage with a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico. Drone video sighted the ship descending gently...
Orion: NASA’s Mars ship set for maiden flight
NASA’s Orion space capsule that is set to get humans to Mars is about to make its maiden flight. Orion will be launched on a...
WMO report: 2014 to become the hottest year on record
2014 is in the running to be the warmest year globally since records began, early estimates show. In the first 10 months of 2014, global...
James Watson becomes first living recipient to auction Nobel Prize medal
Molecular biologist, geneticist and zoologist James D. Watson is to auction off his Nobel Prize medal he won in 1962 for the discovery of...
Kim Dotcom declares himself broke
Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom has declared himself "broke". Kim Dotcom said he had spent $10 million on legal costs since being arrested in New Zealand...
How to Break Through Your Company’s Plateau of Growth by Using a Smartphone
You may have been successfully running your business for quite some time without any major hiccups or complications. However, as is the case with...
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