Science & Technology
Companies that have grown thanks to Apple
The exact number of people who now own an iPhone or iPad is unknown but you would expect it to be a pretty hefty...
Lindsay Lohan sues over Grand Theft Auto 5 character
Lindsay Lohan has decided to sue the makers of Grand Theft Auto as the latest installment of the game, GTA 5, used her image...
IUCN report: Most Caribbean coral reefs may disappear in the next 20 years
According to a report published by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), many of the Caribbean's coral reefs could vanish in...
Facebook reveals fight over New York court data collection request
Facebook is fighting a New York court order in which the social media website was forced to hand over data belonging to 381 people...
Narendra Modi overtakes White House on Twitter
India’s new PM Narendra Modi has overtaken the White House on Twitter, a study of political use of the social network has found. Narendra Modi’s...
Sensor capable of measuring goose bumps in real time developed in South Korea
A South Korean research team has developed a sensor capable of measuring goose bumps on the human body in real time. The sensor uses a...
SkyTran to build first levitating public transit system in Tel Aviv
NASA's skyTran and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) are to build the world’s first public pilot project for elevated transit network in Tel Aviv. A 500m...
Nokia X2: Microsoft launches Android-powered handset
Microsoft is launching its first phone - Android-powered handset Nokia X2 - after completing its takeover of Nokia's handset division. Android operating system, developed by...
How Fast Can Internet Become and What Are the Advantages?
Just a few decades ago dial-up was the norm and broadband was practically nonexistent. Today five megabit per second connections are the normal minimum almost...
Video of Yemeni man giving bath to lion goes viral
A video showing a man giving bath to a lion in Yemen went viral online. It is well known that most lions dislike water and...
Project LiveWire: Harley-Davidson testing first electric motorcycle on Route 66
Harley-Davidson has revealed its first electric motorcycle. The bike will not go on general sale, instead the iconic manufacturer will select customers from the US...
Kill-switch feature added to Android and Windows phones
Google and Microsoft will add a "kill-switch" feature to their smartphones using Android and Windows operating systems. The feature is a method of making a...
Facebook shutdown June 19, 2014
Facebook was inaccessible for at least 1.3 billion users for around 15 minutes this morning. People trying to log on to the site were faced...
Fire Phone: Amazon unveils first handset offering 3D visuals and gesture controls
Amazon has unveiled Fire Phone - its first handset offering 3D visuals thanks to four face-tracking cameras on its front and gesture controls. The Fire...
Fuel for thought – A guide to long-term generator management
Generators are a costly, but essential, piece of equipment for building companies and plant hire managers. People working in these sectors will know only too...
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 it shut down the...
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 accept the virtual currency for...
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 after researchers analyzed the...
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 go on sale in Russia...
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 in 2015. The Solar Impulse 2...
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 March, soon after recordings alleging...
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 deal is thought to be...
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. The deal, formed as two...
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 announced that posts from new...
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 said the database was hacked...
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