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09:56 • 04.11.14Facebook sets up ‘dark web’ service to ccess network via TorWhile it was already possible to access Facebook via Tor, the new set-up means all data is encrypted and Tor users are not mistaken ...
09:52 • 04.11.14Original Apple computer to fetch over $500K at auctionThe so-called Ricketts Apple-1 Personal Computer, named after its original owner, Charles Ricketts, and being sold Dec. 11, is the only known surviving Apple-1 documented as having been sold ...
09:12 • 03.11.14Solid Concepts announces new 3D-printed metal gun“We’re proving this is possible, the technology is at a place now where we can manufacture a gun with 3D Metal Printing ...
10:06 • 02.11.14Virgin Galactic crash: SpaceShipTwo probe 'may take year'The US National Transportation Safety Board team had completed its first full day of investigation, Mr Hart said, and would be examining evidence at the scene for four to seven days…
16:58 • 31.10.14Micro-rockets 'can destroy chemical weapons'"It needs no external stimuli, just expose it to seawater, it then generates a bubble and moves around. In the past, people needed external fuel but here we use seawater as the fuel…"
16:28 • 29.10.14White House unclassified computer hackedAn official said “activity of concern” was detected while assessing numerous possible cyberthreats ...
10:13 • 29.10.14Salt destroying fertile land, UN warns"To feed the world's anticipated nine billion people by 2050, and with little new productive land available, it's a case of all lands ...
21:40 • 28.10.14Autopsies without scalpel: pathologists conduct full post-mortem examinations using just CT scanIt will allow pathologists to conduct fully analyze dead bodies using a computer mouse instead of a scalpel and the results will be made available almost immediately…
19:32 • 27.10.14New windowless plane beams in panoramic views, allows passengers to surf internet on full-length screens fitted to cabin wallsThe concept is the brainchild of the Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) and is still in its design phase, but developers believe it could become the world’s first windowless commercial aircraft in...
17:27 • 27.10.14Keyless cars 'increasingly targeted by thieves using computers'"Nevertheless we are taking this issue very seriously and our engineering teams are actively working in collaboration with insurance bodies and police forces to solve this continuously evolving..."
13:26 • 27.10.14How cocoa before bed can help fight dementiaThe study found that a key ingredient in chocolate may even reverse age-related memory decline ...
10:12 • 27.10.14Ebola crisis may set back malaria fightThe disease caused almost 4,000 deaths in Sierra Leone in 2012 - as well as around 2,000 deaths in Liberia and approximately ...
10:16 • 25.10.14Cancer killing stem cells made in labIn experiments on mice, the stem cells were genetically engineered to produce and secrete toxins which kill brain tumours ...
16:23 • 24.10.14Surgeons transplant heart that had stopped beating"It is too early to predict how many lives could be saved through transplantation each year if this technology were to be adopted as standard transplant practice in the future…"
13:01 • 24.10.14Heartwarming photos of apes reveal amazing similarities with humansNewborn-obsessed photographer and animal handler Sonja Probst, 46, from Bavaria took a 3,600 mile whirlwind tour of zoos in Germany and Tenerife to capture ...