Japan’s decluttering guru Kondo now has an app for tidying up
The newest tool for internationally acclaimed organizing guru Marie Kondo in her global battle against messy rooms is an app. “My goal is to have
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Apple’s Siri learns Shanghainese as voice assistants race to cover languages
By Stephen Nellis With the broad release of Google Assistant last week, the voice-assistant wars are in full swing, with Apple Inc, Amazon.com Inc, Microsoft
Wikileaks’ CIA hacking dump sends tech firms scrambling for fixes
Tech companies must rapidly step up information sharing to protect users from prying eyes, a security software executive said on Wednesday after WikiLeaks released a
Spotify sets the pace for Apple Music
When Apple launched Apple Music in June 2015, many people thought it would be a question of ‘when’ rather than ‘if’ Apple would catch up
Samsung’s mobile business still lagging behind Apple’s
Samsung will unveil its new flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S8, at a special event in New York on March 29. Any remaining hopes of a
Arctic sea ice may vanish even if world achieves climate goal – study
Arctic sea ice may vanish in summers this century even if governments achieve a core target for limiting global warming set by almost 200 nations
Work on brain’s reward system wins scientists a million euro reward
Three neuroscientists won the world’s most valuable prize for brain research on Monday for pioneering work on the brain’s reward pathways – a system that
Scientists create first artificial mouse ’embryo’ from stem cells
Scientists in Britain have for the first time created a structure that resembles a mouse embryo using a 3D scaffold and two types of stem
Canadian bacteria-like fossils called oldest evidence of life
Microfossils up to almost 4.3 billion years old found in Canada of microbes are similar to the bacteria that thrive today around sea floor hydrothermal
Facebook turns to artificial intelligence to tackle suicides
Facebook plans to use artificial intelligence and update its tools and services to help prevent suicides among its users. The world’s largest social media network
Twitter turns to algorithms to clamp down on abusive content
Twitter on Wednesday launched a wider effort to use algorithms to identify accounts as potentially engaging in abusive behaviour, a departure from its practice of
SpaceX to send first paying tourists around moon next year
SpaceX plans to launch two paying passengers on a tourist trip around the moon next year using a spaceship under development for Nasa astronauts and
Samsung launches new tablets in flagship phone hiatus
Samsung Electronics launched two new tablets on Sunday, marking its first major announcement since being forced to withdraw the flagship Galaxy Note 7 smartphone after
Cypriots are addicted to social media, but not so keen on e-commerce
The increase in social media use has been so huge that Cyprus has the highest percentage of Facebook users in Europe. Nearly all internet users,
Google to help publishers find malicious comments on articles
Alphabet Inc’s Google and subsidiary Jigsaw launched on Thursday a new technology to help news organisations and online platforms identify abusive comments on their websites.
Tech breakthroughs take a backseat in upcoming Apple iPhone launch
By Stephen Nellis When Apple Inc launches its much-anticipated 10th anniversary iPhone this fall, it will offer an unwitting lesson in how much the smartphone
Astronomers find seven Earth-size planets where life may be possible
Astronomers have found a nearby solar system with seven Earth-sized planets, three of which circle their parent star at the right distance for liquid surface
Cayla, the talking doll is not an “espionage device” – Vivid GmbH
The distributor of a talking doll which has been banned by German authorities due to security risks said on Monday the toy was not an
SpaceX rocket is launched from historic NASA pad in Florida
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off on Sunday from a historic NASA launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida that has sat
Scientists claim existence of drowned Pacific Ocean continent
A continent two-thirds the size of Australia has been found beneath the south-west Pacific Ocean, scientists reported in the journal of the Geological Society of