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17:35 • 13.01.16'Gigantic chasm under Antarctic ice'"We know from other areas of Antarctica that the shape of the ice surface is obviously dependent on the shape of the landscape underneath - because the ice is flowing over that landscape..."
12:21 • 12.01.16Bronze Age houses uncovered in Cambridgeshire 'best ever'Duncan Wilson, chief executive of Historic England, which is jointly funding the excavation with land owner Forterra, described the settlement and contents as "an extraordinary time capsule..."
12:40 • 10.01.16North Korea demonstrates new submarine ballistic missile testAs part of an almost an hour long package into North Korean military preparedness, the Korean Central Television showcased a segment of a ballistic missile launch carried out from a submarine ...
11:30 • 10.01.16New alarm clock that forces you to get out of bed to shut it offLeaving the comfort of a cozy bed is never easy, especially when that snooze button on your alarm is just far too easy to push. But a new alarm called the Ruggie forces sleepy people ...
15:00 • 08.01.16World's first taxi drone unveiled in Las VegasOn-board systems stop it from colliding with other aircraft and buildings, and an emergency system allows it to temporarily hover in one spot mid-air in case ...
09:34 • 08.01.16CES 2016: The toilet you only clean once a year"That's regular tap water we run through a proprietary process that uses an anodic cathode to create what is essentially a weak bleach, and it bleaches the interior, killing anything in the bowl..."
16:23 • 06.01.16Israel's Ceva expands into growing market for auto safety chips"We have significantly increased our customers for visual technology in 2015, the same technology that will be used in cars for ADAS purposes..."
12:44 • 04.01.16Zuckerberg to build artificial intelligence for home and work helpFacebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has said he plans to build artificial intelligence AI to help him around the house and with his work, BBC News reported In a post on the social media site, he said his person
11:33 • 02.01.16Microsoft to warn users of possible government hackingThe policy change comes nine days after Reuters asked the company why it had decided not tell victims of a hacking campaign, discovered in 2011, that had targeted international leaders ...
16:17 • 31.12.15Web attack knocks BBC websites offlineIt is now believed that a web attack technique known as a "distributed denial of service" was causing the patchy response. This aims to knock a site offline by swamping it with more traffic than it can handle...
14:34 • 31.12.15Microsoft to warn email users of suspected hacking by governments"As the threat landscape has evolved our approach has too, and we'll now go beyond notification and guidance to specify if we reasonably believe the attacker is 'state-sponsored'..."
14:00 • 30.12.15Giant squid that swam into Japanese bay guided back out to sea by diverIt is not known why the squid ventured so close to shore, but local dive shop owner Akinobu Kimura, who joined the squid in the water to guide it back out to sea ...
09:51 • 30.12.15Swallowable balloon pill that is less invasive alternative to gastritic bypassDeveloped by Allurion Technologies, a Massachusetts-based company, Elipse is being touted as a “safe and effective weight loss tool” that “empowers overweight and obese ...
08:27 • 30.12.15Samsung files for new smart ring accessory patentLike plenty of other patent filings, this may prove to be nothing for many years yet but as Samsung’s Gear S2 shows with its unique rotating bezel ...
09:53 • 29.12.15First self-drying jacket created“This is something that’s been on my mind for years, but I never thought to actually try to do it,” said Aaron Coleman, lead designer at Falyon Wearable Tech, the company producing ...