Technology
With 900M users, WhatsApp solidifies Facebook’s dominance over social apps
Messaging app WhatsApp keeps growing more popular with users each month. The Facebook-owned app, which is used by people around the world to send texts...
3D-printed robotic hand custom-made in 40 days wins top design award
A 3D-printed robotic hand has been developed that can be custom-made in just 40 days and costs a fraction of other bionic limbs.
Swatch boss to Apple: One more thing, your smartwatch is just an ‘interesting toy’
Watchmaker Swatch has taken a swipe at Apple’s smartwatch – days after it trademarked Apple founder Steve Jobs’ “one more thing”...
M is not for murder, it’s for Marshmallow, says Google
All the speculation about what the “M” stands for in Android M, Google’s next mobile operating system, can finally come to an end: it’s...
Amazon boss Bezos hits back at ‘soulless and dystopian’ workplace claims
Amazon boss Jeff Bezos has hit back at a scathing article on “soulless, dystopian” working practices at the multibillion-dollar company. A...
It’s over between us! Tinder tweetstorm after hurtful Vanity Fair story
Tinder has reacted furiously after Vanity Fair published a scathing 6,000-word article saying it was responsible for a “dating apocalypse”. The...
New Google CEO ascended ranks quietly with Chrome on his resume
A low-key style and an unusually firm handle on diplomacy propelled new Google chief executive Sundar Pichai to the top of the search engine giant, former...
No one says LOL anymore, says Facebook study
Users of social media are no longer seeing the funny side of LOL. A Facebook study of “e-laughing” says it has been replaced by “haha”...
Are you still using LOL? Hahaha - don’t make me laugh…
Users of social media are no longer seeing the funny side of LOL. A Facebook study into “e-laughing” says it has been replaced by “haha”...
Samsung and Google to issue ’ biggest updates ever’ for Android flaw
Google and Samsung will release monthly security fixes for Android phones, a growing target for hackers, after the disclosure of a bug designed to attack...
Woah baby! Netflix to give new parents a year off on paid parental leave
Netflix announced Tuesday it will begin offering “unlimited” paid time off to employees during their first year as new parents, one of the...
Netflix to give new parents a year off on paid parental leave
Netflix announced Tuesday it will begin offering “unlimited” paid time off to employees during their first year as new parents, one of the...
Facebook ready to test solar-powered drone for internet access
Facebook has said it will begin test flights later this year of a solar-powered drone with the wingspan of a Boeing 737, the next stage of its campaign...
The perfect pick me up: Toyota’s robot designed to help the disabled
Toyota’s new robot that glides around like R2-D2 is devoted to a single task - picking things up.
Air-heads! Rejected $150,000 start-up stake now worth $2bn
As bad business decisions go, it may sit alongside music executive Dick Rowe turning down then-unknown band The Beatles in 1962.
Fancy a Googleburger? Tech giant’s $300m bid for veggie burger business
Google has tried to buy a vegetarian burger business called Impossible Foods for up to $300m, it has been revealed.
Fiat Chrysler recalls 1.4M vehicles to prevent hacking
Fiat Chrysler has decided to recall about 1.4 million cars and trucks in the U.S.
Game over: Competitive video gamers to face random drug testing
Doping scandals frequently rock the world of athletics, but now it seems there is a growing problem in the world of competitive video gaming.
Stopping the cheats: Competitive video gamers face random drug testing
Doping scandals frequently rock the world of athletics and cycling… now it seems there is a growing problem in the world of competitive video gaming.
Teenager’s ‘gun-firing drone’ investigated by U.S. aviation watchdog
A viral online video apparently showing a home-made drone firing a handgun in the US is being investigated by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
See if you can catch it tonight: $5.5trn asteroid will fly past Earth
An asteroid will pass just 1.5 million miles from Earth tonight with some onlookers interested in more than just its scientific importance. Asteroid...
Fiat Chrysler says it has a software fix to prevent hacking
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles said Wednesday that it has a software fix that will prevent future hacking into the Jeep Cherokee and other vehicles. The...
Hackers drive Jeep into ditch exposing potentially fatal security flaw
Hackers have managed to take control of a Jeep car and drive it into a ditch, leaving the driver powerless to prevent it.
Teenager’s ‘gun-firing drone’ investigated by U.S. aviation watchdog
A viral online video apparently showing a home-made drone firing a handgun in the US is being investigated by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
Co-founder of music streaming site Grooveshark found dead
Joshua Greenberg, the 28-year-old co-founder of the music streaming website Grooveshark, was found dead in his home in Gainesville, Florida, over the weekend,...
Hackers threaten to publish sex fantasies of 37m married users of adultery site
An adultery website with 37 million members looking for secret affairs has been hacked and personal details posted online.
Cyber-jihadist Babar Ahmad slips back into Britain after 11yrs in jail
A Briton who was sentenced more than 12 years in jail after pleading guilty in the U.S.
See if you can catch it tonight: $5.5trn asteroid will fly past Earth
An asteroid will pass just 1.5 million miles from Earth tonight with some onlookers interested in more than just its scientific importance. Asteroid...
How the Internet has responded with glee to #WorldEmojiDay
It has been hailed as the fastest-growing language in the world — and now the all-conquering emoji has its own day.
New York transforming rubbish bins into free wi-fi hotspots
Rubbish and recycling bins in New York City are being transformed into solar-powered Wi-Fi hotspots.
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