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High tech: Goggles propose cure to air sickness through virtual reality
Travel sickness on planes could soon be a thing of the past thanks to a new invention that effectively gives passengers a sense of balance, even though...
Hi-Tech Goggles Set To Combat Air Sickness
Travel sickness on planes could soon be a thing of the past thanks to a new invention that effectively gives passengers a sense of balance, even though...
Abusive anti-transgender Twitter ad urging ‘kill yourself’ is pulled
A troll has used Twitter’s promoted tweets service to urge transgender people to kill themselves. Twitter says it acted quickly to take down...
Air Force minishuttle space plane back in orbit for secret mission
A mysterious space plane rocketed into orbit Wednesday, carrying no crew but a full load of technology experiments. The U.S.
China to spend $182 billion to boost Internet by end of 2017
China will spend more than $182 billion to boost Internet speeds by the end of 2017, a top government body said, as Beijing moves towards a more service-driven...
Rumors nixed: Apple gave up on making a TV a year ago
Despite superstar investor Carl Icahn’s best guess, Apple has given up on any plans to make its own television, according to the Wall Street Journal. In...
Apple gave up on making a TV a year ago, according to WSJ report
Despite superstar investor Carl Icahn’s best guess, Apple gave up on any plans to make its own television as long ago as last year, according to...
Nissan ‘will have autonomous driving technology by 2020’
Nissan Motor Co. will have vehicles packed with autonomous driving technology by 2020 but whether people will be able to drive them on roads is up to government...
Russian rocket carrying Mexican satellite burns up over Siberia
Russia on Saturday lost a Mexican satellite on launch just hours after a glitch with a manoeuvre involving the International Space Station, the latest...
Russian rocket carrying Mexcian satellite burns up over Siberia
Russia on Saturday lost a Mexican satellite on launch just hours after a glitch with a manoeuvre involving the International Space Station, the latest...
Google’s self-driving prototype cars to hit public roads
Google Inc.’s self-driving cars will begin to be tested on public roads this summer, but it turns out they will have steering wheels and brakes —...
Facebook hooks up with publishers for ‘Instant Articles’
Facebook has teamed up with nine news publishers to launch a feature that will allow them to publish articles directly on the network’s mobile news...
Google acknowledges 11 accidents in California with its self-driving cars
Google Inc. revealed Monday that its self-driving cars have been in 11 minor traffic accidents since it began experimenting with the technology six years...
EU launches anti-trust probe into e-commerce sector
The EU formally opened an anti-trust inquiry into Europe’s online shopping marketplace on Wednesday amid concerns about how major websites such as...
Apple has an opportunity to completely change TV if it uses this model
Apple is getting ready to introduce a new television experience. Multiple sources say that Apple will soon debut a new streaming service that offers about...
Tech executive Dave Goldberg died after collapsing in gym
David Goldberg, the SurveyMonkey CEO and Facebook executive Sheryl Sandberg’s husband, was exercising at a gym in a Mexican resort when he collapsed...
High hopes: Pilot to fly solar plane across Pacific for 5 days and nights
André Borschberg, 62, is due to fly over the Pacific Ocean for five days and five nights in the plane that has more than 17,000 solar cells on its...
Electric car creators now want to power home and businesses with batteries
Electric car firm Tesla has confirmed plans to use its battery technology to power homes and businesses. The company, run by the billionaire technology...
Jeff Bezos launched a rocket
Blue Origin, a startup space company owned by Amazon chief Jeff Bezos, launched an experimental suborbital spaceship from Texas, the first in a series...
I can see right through you: Microsoft patents glasses that read emotions
Microsoft has patented internet-connected glasses which can detect and interpret the emotions of people in the wearer’s field of vision. The...
Microsoft developers conference falls flat, is Apple next?
CEO Satya Nadella is leading Microsoft’s developers conference today, outlining Windows 10 and a series of new apps.
Should’ve listened to mom: Wrist tattoos can cause Apple Watch malfunctions
Early adopters of the new Apple Watch have found the device malfunctions when worn by people with wrist tattoos.
Should’ve listened to mum! Wrist tattoos can cause Apple Watch errors
Early adopters of the new Apple Watch have found the device malfunctions when worn by people with wrist tattoos.
Google executive among those killed by Everest avalanche
Dan Fredinburg, a Google Inc executive based in California, was among those killed on Saturday in an avalanche on Mount Everest caused by a devastating...
Core fanbase: Apple Watch goes on sale but only in six cities worldwide
Apple’s much-anticipated Watch device is released on Friday - but unlike past launches do not expect hoards of hyped-up fans outside the company’s...
UK startup creates custom fitted 3D printed bionic arm for less than £1,000
A UK startup has created a custom-built bionic arm using 3D printing technologies for under $1500 - a fraction of the cost of other bionic arms currently...
Don’t expect Google’s wireless phone service to have a major impact just yet
Google Inc. on Wednesday launched a new wireless service called Project Fi that switches between Wi-Fi and cellular networks to curb data use and keep...
Canada Twitter account uses picture of Berlin to promote Toronto
Canadians have raised a polite eyebrow in the direction of the government-run @Canada Twitter account today, after it posted a tweet highlighting Toronto’s...
World’s fastest passenger train breaks its own speed record
A Japanese maglev that is the fastest passenger train in the world has broken its own speed record.
Hubble Telescope at 25: The Trials and Triumphs of a Space Icon
Hubble, the first telescope to revolutionize modern astronomy and change our view of the universe by offering glimpses of distant galaxies, marks its 25th...
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