You Asked: Am I Addicted to My Phone?
Source: Time You check it in the bathroom. You check it at the movies. You check it when you’re having dinner with your friends. But you wouldn’t say you’re addicted—and […]
Pakistan parliament becomes first in world to run entirely on solar power
Source: The Indian express Pakistan parliament on Tuesday became the first in the world to completely run on solar power, a venture supported by China with USD 55 million funding. […]
Uber car-hire app losing $1bn in China every year, says CEO
Source: BBC App-based car-hire service Uber is losing more than $1bn (£699m) a year in China, as it struggles against what it called a “fierce competitor”. Uber CEO Travis Kalanick […]
‘Five-dimensional’ glass discs can store data for up to 13.8 billion years
Source: The Verge Photographs fade, books rot, and even hard drives eventually fester. When you take the long view, preserving humanity’s collective culture isn’t a marathon, it’s a relay — […]
Edward Snowden defends Apple in fight against FBI
Source: CNN Edward Snowden — the ex-NSA contractor who started this whole privacy debate — has joined the ranks of Apple defenders. On Tuesday, a federal magistrate-judge ruled that Apple […]
Freedom 251: India firm launches ‘world’s cheapest’ smartphone
Source: BBC An Indian company has launched what is being billed as the world’s cheapest smartphone. Ringing Bells said their Freedom 251 phone would cost just 251 rupees ($3.67; £2.56), […]
New app helps young Iranians avoid ‘morality police’
Source: Reuters A new smartphone application that helps Iranians dodge the Islamic Republic’s “morality police” is proving popular with the young, tech-savvy population but has quickly fallen foul of the […]
How Google Mulls Muslim Image
Auto-incorrect: Google changes ‘Muslims report terrorism’ to ‘Muslims support terrorism’ US search giant Google has been forced to apologize and alter its search algorithm, after it kept suggesting that those […]
Should your family unplug from smartphones?
A program called Family Day Unplugged is trying to convince people in Alberta to unplug from their smartphones and other devices and instead spend time focused on their family. Could […]
Google takes wider action on ‘right to be forgotten’
Source: BBC Tech giant Google says it will hide content removed under the “right to be forgotten” from all versions of the search engine when viewed from countries where removal […]
Legal breakthrough for Google’s self-driving car
Source: BBC Google’s self-driving car system could soon be given the same legal definition as a human driver, paving the way for vehicles without steering wheels or pedals. The US […]
Google Looks to Divert Extremists With Anti-Radicalization Ads
Source: Time A pilot initiative is aimed at stopping people coming under the influence of extremist groups online Google is experimenting with a program that would direct British users searching for words linked to religious extremism to content designed to counter radicalization, a company executive has said. Anthony House, Google’s […]
The tech giving people power to deal with disability
Source: BBC Worldwide, around a billion people have a disability, says the World Health Organisation. In Europe and America, this is one in five people. And since they are less […]
It Cost Google One Billion Dollars to Keep its Search Bar on iPhones
Source: Gizmodo Google’s search bar has been a fixture on Apple devices for years, something that’s always seemed counterintuitive, what with Android being iOS’s only real competitor. According to Bloomberg, […]
Chips on their shoulders
Source: The Economist China wants to become a superpower in semiconductors, and plans to spend colossal sums to achieve this THE Chinese government has been trying, on and off, since […]
E-learning for Africa held back by power shortage
Source: BBC Is a lack of power holding back educational technology in Africa? There are well-documented problems about access to education. The Africa Learning Barometer at the US-based Center for […]
Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos pour millions into new cancer test
Source: CNN A new cancer test is getting some serious investment from two of the richest people in the world. Tech luminaries Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos have led a […]
Google Cardboard saves baby’s life
Source: CNN (CNN)A toy-like cardboard contraption that sells for less than $20 online has helped save the life of a baby who was so sick that doctors told her parents […]
Couple Spends $100,000 To Clone Deceased Dog, Gets Two Puppies
Source:Huffington Post Losing a dog is heart-wrenchingly sad. But what if you could bring them back after they die? If you could reincarnate your dog in a way, would you do it? Laura Jacques and her partner Richard Remde did just that and celebrated the birth of their first cloned […]
Chinese Biotech Giant Rules Out Cloning Humans… For Now
Source: Time BEIJING — The head of a Chinese firm that is building the world’s biggest animal cloning factory has vowed not to use the technology on people — for […]