China now has 649 million internet users – more than double the US population
China has 649 million internet users according to a recent report by China Internet Network Information Center (CINIC). The number of people going online...
Lewis Pugh to swim in freezing Antarctic in just Speedos in Ross Sea conservation...
Lewis Pugh, a maritime lawyer from London, plans to do five successive one kilometer swims in the Antarctic, where the water temperature will be...
Sony’s 2015 range of TVs come with YouView directly integrated
Sony announced that nearly its entire range of 2015 TVs will be running Android and that all their TVs will also offer built-in YouView...
iPhone accounted for 20 percent of UK smartphone sales in December
Apple's iPhone 6 accounted for 20 percent of smartphone sales in the UK in December. This is the first time that Apple has a...
Jupiter moon Europa’s life-seeking mission gets green light
The White House has proposed NASA receives $18.5 billion in 2016, which includes $30 million towards a mission to determine whether there is life...
Google Project Tango, 3D scanning camera, is a step closer to being unveiled
Google is a step closer to unveiling its highly anticipated 3D scanning camera. The company announced that Project Tango, its 3D scanning camera, has...
One ton rodent with a bite like a tiger’s related to modern-day guinea pig
The largest fossil rodent ever found was an animal that weighed 1,000 kilograms, had huge front tusk-like teeth, and a bite as powerful as that...
Twitter rolling out “instant timeline”, hopes to boost rate of user growth
Twitter is rolling out a new feature called "instant timeline" which allows new users to instantly see a stream of content from the social network without...
Tesco rewards disastrous ex-bosses with £2.1m Golden Goodbyes
Tesco plc, the world’s second largest retailer, is rewarding two ex-bosses who were at the helm as the company rapidly lost market share and...
UK construction activity picks up in January, but outlook falls
UK construction activity accelerated in January after December’s low, according to Markit Economics. However, job creation fell to a 13-month **trough while construction companies’ assessment...