McDonald’s to offer wireless charging at 50 UK restaurants
McDonald's customers in the UK will be able to recharge their smartphone batteries at 50 restaurants across the country wirelessly, i.e. without needing to...
Milky Way core drives wind at 2m mph Hubble Space Telescope discovers
The Hubble Space Telescope has discovered that a gigantic eruption occurred at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy about 2 million years ago,...
Tesco to close 43 stores and its headquarters
Troubled supermarket giant Tesco plc announced it is set to close 43 unprofitable stores across Britain, many of which are local convenience shops, as...
Google had 345m takedown requests in 2014, a 550,000,000% increase on 2008
Google informed that it had 345 million requests for link takedowns in 2014, nearly one million each day, which was 550,000,000% more than the...
Foreign students can stay in UK after graduation, Osborne blocks May’s plans
Theresa May, UK’s Home Secretary, had wanted non-EU foreigners who had recently graduated from British universities to leave the country immediately and apply for visas and...
Massive Andromeda galaxy image taken by Hubble Space Telescope
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has assembled the largest image yet of a portion of the Andromeda galaxy (M31), our galactic next-door neighbor which is...
Intel to invest $300m on tech diversity, hails computing into the next dimension
Intel Corporation announced several technology advancements and initiatives at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) aimed at "accelerating computing into the next dimension". The...
Boohoo.com profit warning sends shares plummeting
Boohoo.com, the British fashion brand that was floated on the London stock market in March 2015, saw its shares plummet by nearly half after...
Kepler Space Telescope finds 8 planets in ‘Goldilocks’ zone
NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has found eight new planets orbiting sun-like stars at just the right distance for liquid water to exist on their...
What is the Internet of Things (IoT)?
The Internet of Things (IoT) is a term which refers to the idea of hooking up virtually everybody and everything to the internet, even...