VTech data breach exposed personal data of 200,000 children
The personal data of over 200,000 children was exposed after VTech, which sells electronic learning products, had its app store database, Learning Lodge, hacked.
The...
Microsoft rolls out Cortana app for iOS beta testers
Microsoft has rolled out the iOS Cortana app for beta testers. Cortana is Microsoft's answer to Siri. It is the intelligent personal assistant for...
Supermassive black hole swallows star then spits our flare
A supermassive black hole was observed swallowing a star the size of our Sun and then spitting out a flare of matter moving at...
Snakes lost legs to live and hunt in burrows, new study suggests
Snakes lost their legs when they evolved and started living and hunting in burrows, a team of scientists from Scotland and the United States...
Treachery and moral disputes triggered rapid human global expansion
Treachery, moral disputes and feelings of betrayal triggered a significant increase in the rate at which humans spread across the globe about 100,000 years...
Paris Climate Summit aims to avoid rift between richest and poorest nations
One of the aims of the Paris Climate Summit, which starts on November 30 and continues until December 11, is to avoid a rift...
Spencer the robot takes you to your airport gate
Spencer the robot is on hand at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport to guide lost passengers to their airport gate. Spencer, created by scientists at Örebro...
Robot makes eye contact said to be sexiest ever
An incredibly-human like robot that makes eye contact and is said to be ‘the world’s sexiest’ has been by far the largest crowd-puller at...
Birds moving towards poles and higher ground as their habitats get warmer
Birds across the world have been migrating towards the poles or higher ground because climate change has started to warm up their habitats, says...
Scottish scientists sending kit to space to test an Einstein theory
Scottish scientists are sending a special kit they have built into space in an attempt to crack one of Albert Einstein’s theories – to...