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16:21 • 30.03.16Microsoft's AI chatbot is back online, spamming everyoneIt's not clear exactly what happened, but it's been suggested that the account may have been hacked. The Verge says it reached out to Microsoft for more detail ...
15:27 • 30.03.16Twitter lets users add image descriptions to help the visually impairedAlthough screen readers and braille technology work efficiently with text posts, images have been out of reach — until now. Starting today, people using the iOS and Android apps will be able ...
18:48 • 29.03.16Instagram changes cause growing backlash among postersPortuguese clothes vendor New Fangle Clothing posted: "It's still happening - Instagram is changing and if you don't want to miss any of our updates please turn on post notifications..."
09:25 • 29.03.16Smartphone-shaped gun allows users to carry arms ‘on any occasion’The Ideal Conceal pistol, which is slated to go on sale for $395 later this year, allows its owner to “carry with confidence, conceal in style ...
09:11 • 29.03.16FBI breaks into gunman’s iPhoneApple had been resisting a court order issued last month requiring the firm to write new software to allow officials to access Syed Rizwan Farook's ...
16:53 • 28.03.16Alaska volcano 'abruptly erupts', sending ash 20,000ft into skyImages of the volcano were captured by Colt Snapp, a passenger on a Penair flight from Dutch Harbor to Anchorage in Alaska yesterday evening. He said the pilot flew closer ...
14:51 • 28.03.16US tech giants face fight in Europe over encrypted dataIn the United States, the FBI’s demands that Apple help “unlock” an iPhone used by a mass killer in California opened a heated debate on privacy. After recent attacks on the Continent ...
13:35 • 28.03.16Facebook apology after Lahore attack"This kind of bug is counter to our intent. We worked quickly to resolve the issue and we apologise to anyone who mistakenly received the notification..."
14:56 • 26.03.16Researcher creates necklace that counts calories by listening to chewsThe wearable tech device, known as AutoDietary, works on the simple idea that different foods make different sounds when chewed. So Wenyao Xu – the brains behind the innovative gadget ...
15:02 • 25.03.16Great Barrier Reef: aerial survey reveals extent of coral bleaching in AustraliaLast week Terry Hughes, a professor at James Cook University and convener of the National Coral Bleaching Taskforce, told the British publication that Australia he planned to hire a charter plane ...
11:44 • 25.03.16Chevrolet debuts new Camaro modelThe new Camaro is lighter, tighter and mightier than it's predecessor, dropping 200 pounds, adding a tauter frame and increasing the horsepower by 60 points to 640, matching the equally impress ...
10:12 • 25.03.16Swedish company creates world’s first musical tablecloth (video)Li Guo and Mats Johansson, the brains behind the company, explained that making a musical tablecloth is all about using ...
17:00 • 24.03.16Microsoft chatbot taught to swear on Twitter"The AI chatbot Tay is a machine learning project, designed for human engagement. As it learns, some of its responses are inappropriate and indicative of the types of interactions some people are having ...
18:06 • 23.03.16Women more religiously devout than men, study findsAccording to the respected Pew Research Center, 83.4% of women around the world identify with a faith group, compared with 79.9% of men ...
17:46 • 23.03.16Lost for words: Astronomers discover 'outrageous' galaxies as bright as 100 trillion suns"We've taken to calling them 'outrageously luminous' among ourselves, because there is no scientific term to apply..."