Amazon posts record profits but shares plunge
Online retail giant Amazon posted a significant increase in profits in its fourth quarter, but failed to meet Wall Street expectations, sending shares in...
Microsoft shares surged on growth in its booming cloud business
Microsoft shares surged by over 5 percent in after-hours trading on better-than expected fourth quarter results which showed growing demand for the company’s cloud...
Facebook shares surged 15.5% on Thursday after impressive quarterly earnings
Shares in Facebook rose 15.5 percent on Thursday, the biggest surge since July 2013, after the company reported much better than expected fourth quarter results.
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More greenhouse gas emission cuts needed says UK adviser
More aggressive greenhouse gas emission cuts will probably be needed, says the Committee on Climate Change, the UK Government’s global warming adviser, following the...
Artificial Intelligence AlphaGo stunned experts won at toughest game ever
An artificial intelligence called AlphaGo stunned experts when it won against a grand master five consecutive times in the toughest game in the world....
Mega planet in giant solar system 1 trillion km from its star discovered
Imagine a mega planet with up to 15 times the mass of Jupiter in a giant solar system 1 trillion km from its star,...
Google has shipped 5 million units of the Cardboard VR viewer since launch
Google announced that it has shipped 5 million units of the Google Cardboard viewer since the wearable VR device launched a year and a...
Google artificial intelligence beat human grand master at Go
A Google artificial intelligence called AlphaGo beat a human grand master at the demanding game of Go - a game of profound complexity which...
Mega Scottish wildcat survey aims to prevent extinction
A mega Scottish wildcat survey is underway as wildlife conservationists fight to save the animal from certain extinction in Scotland. According to Scottish Wildcat...
Brexit threatens environment due to regulation removal
Brexit threatens the UK’s environment because European regulations and safeguards would be removed, say fourteen academics and former bosses of environmental bodies and Government...