How blockchain can democratize green power
Jan 08, 2018 05:39 am UTC| Insights & Views Digital Currency Technology
Imagine buying a solar panel from a hardware store, mounting it on your roof, then selling the green electricity you produce at a price you set. Is this even possible? Some companies certainly think so. These startups...
Amazon’s Alexa Could Soon Bake Cakes While Showering Users With Ads
Jan 08, 2018 04:25 am UTC| Technology
Amazons Alexa smart assistant absolutely dominated the smart technology market in 2017 and it seems the retail giant is set to provide its intelligent machine with even more features for the coming year. Among these is the...
Nintendo Switch Is Officially The All-Time Fastest-Selling Video Game Console In The US
Jan 08, 2018 04:24 am UTC| Technology
Its official. The Nintendo Switch is now the fastest-selling video game home console in the U.S., surpassing the Wiis record. According to the company, the new hybrid gaming unit has sold more than 4.8 million in the U.S....
Mark Zuckerberg Weirdly Makes Fixing Facebook His ‘Personal Challenge’ For 2018
Jan 08, 2018 04:22 am UTC| Technology
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is known for making personal challenges for himself at every start of a new year. A notable example was when he made visiting all 50 states in the U.S. the challenge for 2017. For 2018, the...
New Intel CPU Bugs Is A Nightmare For All PC Users, Fix Could Worsen Performance
Jan 08, 2018 04:17 am UTC| Technology
Intel is not having a very good start of 2018 and neither are the hundreds of millions of PC users. A recently discovered pair of vulnerabilities in the companys CPU makes it possible for hackers to steal information from...
Net neutrality may be dead in the US, but Europe is still strongly committed to open internet access
Jan 05, 2018 16:49 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
The belief that unrestricted internet access is vital to modern life is not necessarily a view held by all businesses that provide internet services. And now that net neutrality the equal treatment of all data sent and...
First Bionic Arm With Functional Touch Sensors Given To Amputee
Jan 05, 2018 11:44 am UTC| Technology
One of the loftiest goals in robotics is to eventually create prosthetics that are as close to natural limbs as possible. This includes bringing back a sense of touch. The world has just come one step closer to realizing...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects