Largest prime number ever with over 20 million digits discovered
The largest prime number ever, with 22,338,618 digits, has been discovered by a computer at the University of Central Missouri in the United States,...
Unemployment hits ten year low and employment higher than ever
Britain’s unemployment rate has hit a ten-year low, falling to 5.1% compared to 5.8% one year ago. The employment rate, at 74%, is the...
Fairy tales predate Bible and Roman and Greek mythology study shows
The fairy tales we tell our kids today predate the Bible, Roman and Greek mythology, as well as all modern European languages, say researchers from...
Five planets line up in sky first time since 2005
Five planets will line up in the sky for the first time since 2005. Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Venus and Mercury will appear together and...
Stephen Hawking warns of growing human race self destruction risk
Professor Stephen Hawking warns that there is a growing risk of self-destruction by the human race, caused by perhaps a genetically-engineered virus, climate change,...
Twitter has fixed a glitchy software update responsible for widespread outages
Twitter says that it has fixed a glitchy software update responsible for the recent widespread service outages. An outage occurs when the supply of...
Microsoft to launch ‘Minecraft: Education Edition’ for classroom use
Microsoft has acquired a modified version of Minecraft for use in schools, known as “MinecraftEdu”, from Finland-based TeacherGaming LLC.
The tech giant plans on investing in...
PlayStation VR headset listed for £349 by Swiss retailer
The official price of the PlayStation VR headset has not been announced yet. However, a Swiss retailer called ‘Microspot’ has listed the PlayStation VR...
Asda website bug put sensitive customer info at risk for over two years
A glitch on Asda’s website put the personal information of millions of consumers at risk over the past two years.
The Walmart-owned supermarket chain processes hundreds...
Apple makes progress on racial diversity of its workforce
Apple has made progress on the racial diversity of its U.S. workforce.
The tech giant unveiled new information about the demographics of its workforce in the...