Amazon stops selling hoverboards over safety fears
Amazon has stopped selling hoverboards following various reports of fires caused by the self-balancing scooters.
Links to a number of different hoverboards on the retailer's...
New York Attorney General asks for help from public in broadband probe
New Yorkers are being asked to monitor their Internet speeds for a potential lawsuit.
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has asked the public to...
National Front party pushed into third place in French regional elections
Latest exit polls indicate that France’s ultra-right wing Front National has been beaten into third place. It appears the Front National has not won...
Death Star a la Star Wars style made from asteroids, says NASA scientist
If you want to make a Death Star like the one in Star Wars, you don’t do so out of thin air, like the...
Storm Desmond partly caused by climate change, say Oxford scientists
Storm Desmond, which caused devastating flooding in parts of northern England, Scotland, and some areas in Ireland, was probably partly caused by climate change,...
Corbyn wants his army of supporters to have control over policy
Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the UK’s Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition, wants his army of supporters to have control over policy,...
Microsoft Band 2 update: All-new music controls and activity reminders
Microsoft announced a major update for its flagship fitness product the Band 2.
The Microsoft Band 2 only launched recently, but the update adds several...
Google held meetings with UK government over driverless cars
Google held meetings with the Department for Transport (DfT) about the future of driverless cars in the UK, according to documents obtained by the Telegraph.
The...
Oil price plunges and takes stock markets down with it
As the oil price plunges it is taking stock markets across the world down with it, with investors running for cover. The looming US interest rate...
Mozilla gives up on Firefox OS for smartphones
Mozilla is giving up on Firefox OS for smartphones after the initiative failed to attract enough consumer interest.
The first commercial Firefox OS based phone,...