Tech & Science

Amid the arid desert and mountains of Al Ula in northwest Saudi Arabia, archaeologists are working to excavate the remnants of the ancient and long-forgotten kingdoms of Dadan and Lihyan. ...

Seated cross-legged amid a fog of incense and platters of fragrant offerings, dishes of red chillies, garlic bulbs and frangipani petals, Indonesian shaman Ki Joko Sapu-Jagat prepares at home the ...

The first study to methodically calculate how much food blue whales and some of their close relatives eat has yielded a simple answer: a whole lot. The blue whale, the ...

Nvidia (NVDA.O) is launching new technology to expand its reach in the automotive industry, including a virtual driving assistant that can park a standard car and a system to ...

The digital age has undoubtedly brought remarkable changes to our everyday routine on many levels. The way we work, the way we entertain ourselves, the way information is communicated, the ...

Sega Sammy Holdings (6460.T) on Monday said it is exploring a strategic alliance with Microsoft (MSFT.O) to develop big budget titles using the Xbox maker’s cloud gaming tech, ...

Data from NASA’s Juno spacecraft is providing a deeper understanding of Jupiter’s wondrous and violent atmosphere including its Great Red Spot, finding that this immense swirling storm extends ...

Kyndryl, a managed infrastructure services company, completed its separation from American technology giant IBM on November 3, beginning trading on the New York Stock Exchange the day after. “We are thrilled ...

US technology company Microsoft has acquired content moderation platform and profanity filter Two Hat. Two Hat’s content moderation platform utilises artificial intelligence (AI) to classify, filter and escalate human ...

Britain can revive production of high-powered magnets vital for the ramp up of electric vehicles, but it should copy China’s centralised strategy to make it viable, according to a ...

A sample of Sitting Bull’s hair has helped scientists confirm that a South Dakota man is the famed 19th century Native American leader’s great-grandson using a new method ...

Aerial remote-sensing of a large region of Mexico has revealed hundreds of ancient Mesoamerican ceremonial centers, including a large one at an important site for the ancient Olmec culture that ...

Roche (ROG.S) is launching a new genomic profiling kit that lets cancer researchers explore tumours without having to send tissue samples to centralised laboratories, the Swiss drugmaker said on ...

Tesla Inc is recalling nearly 12,000 US vehicles sold since 2017 because a communication error may cause a false forward-collision warning or unexpected activation of the emergency brakes, the National Highway Traffic ...

The Harvard University scientist who has called for setting aside half the planet as a nature preserve says the slope of human history will always be downward unless there is ...

The Pancyprian Robotex Robotics Competition made its return earlier this month following two years of cancellations due to the pandemic and its resulting restrictions. Organised by the Cyprus Computer Society (...

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N) said it has settled most of the lawsuits it faced by thousands of men who claimed its anti-psychotic drug Risperdal caused them to develop excessive ...

Apple Inc (AAPL.O) lost its crown as the world’s most valuable public company to Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) on Friday, as the iPhone maker’s shares fell about 2 ...

Scientists are venturing inside otherworldly ice caves growing beneath Austria’s doomed glaciers to study why they are melting even faster than expected, and understand the fate that will befall ...

Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) on Thursday said it plans to work with community colleges across the United States to fill 250,000 cybersecurity jobs over the next four years. Microsoft said it ...

Facebook Inc (FB.O) is now called Meta, the company said on Thursday, in a rebrand that focuses on investing in the “metaverse,” a shared virtual environment that it bets ...

Israeli startup AIR on Tuesday unveiled its first “easy-to-operate” electric, vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft that it aims to sell directly to consumers predominantly in the United States starting ...

Nvidia (NVDA.O) suffered a setback on Wednesday as EU antitrust regulators opened a full-scale investigation into its $54 billion bid for British chip designer ARM on concerns the deal could ...

Long before Columbus crossed the Atlantic, eight timber-framed buildings covered in sod stood on a terrace above a peat bog and stream at the northern tip of Canada’s island ...