Apple increased shareholder capital return program to $200 billion
Apple announced that it will increase its shareholder capital return program to $200 billion.
The company raised its dividend by 11 percent to $0.52 per share...
Best Buy will accept Apple Pay mobile payments
Later this year big-box retailer Best Buy will accept Apple Pay mobile payments. In addition, people will be able to use Apple Pay to...
75% of very hot days due to man-made global warming, study claims
Man-made global warming is currrently responsible for 75% of extremely hot days across the world, say two Swiss scientists, who added that we are...
Facebook Messenger now features video chat
Facebook is entering the mobile video calling market in a big way. The company announced that Facebook Messenger will feature video chat, allowing users...
4,000 year-old Ashbrittle Yew, UK’s oldest tree, may be dying, says churchwarden
Britain’s oldest tree, a 4,000 year-old Ashbrittle Yew, which is also the oldest living organism in the country, could be dying, churchwarden of the...
Google opening experimental marketplace to buy patents
Google announced that it is opening an experimental marketplace called the Patent Purchase Promotion.
The marketplace will allow patent owners to sell their patents directly...
Beautiful wild lynx closer to returning to the UK
The beautiful Eurasian wild lynx, which has been extinct in the UK for over 1,300 years, is now closer to making a comeback. Lynx...
Super strong mini robots climb walls carrying things 100 times their weight
A series of super strong mini robots has been created by Stanford University engineers that climb walls gecko-style carrying and pulling things 100 times...
Giant carbon release from Arctic as planet warms, scientists warn
Huge amounts of ancient carbon stored in Arctic permafrost are being transformed into carbon dioxide and released into the atmosphere because temperatures are rising,...
Integrity of climate change reports to be checked by international team
Have climate change reports exaggerated, making the global warming threat seem much worse than it really is? The Global Warming Policy Foundation, a London-based...