Snapchat has its risks but it's a powerful tool for youth creativity and socialisation
Jun 16, 2016 17:46 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Charlene takes a picture of her dog with her smartphone and morphs his face onto hers to make a hybrid creature. She sends it to dozens of her friends and acquaintances. Over the next 23-hour period, 70 of Charlenes...
Losing control: The dangers of killer robots
Jun 16, 2016 15:55 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology Law
New technology could lead humans to relinquish control over decisions to use lethal force. As artificial intelligence advances, the possibility that machines could independently select and fire on targets is fast...
Why the NHS should prescribe wearable fitness trackers
Jun 16, 2016 15:32 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health Technology
Its not yet clear whether wearable fitness trackers, such as Fitbits, Jawbones and Microsoft Bands, really do encourage us to become healthier over the longer term. They might make us move more and eat healthier in the...
Tech Companies Wage War Over Messaging, ‘Apple’ And ‘Facebook’ Among Combatants
Jun 16, 2016 10:01 am UTC| Technology
For a while, it seemed that the next stage of battle for tech companies was live streaming, with giants like Facebook and Twitter getting their own platforms for the feature, and paying a lot of money in the process....
‘Monohm’ Sells Game Changing Smartphone Pocket Watch For $399
Jun 16, 2016 09:24 am UTC| Technology
The smartphone market is full of units that have different processors, apps, cameras, and even smart assistants, but they all share rectangular features. Monohm aims to change the way users think of smartphones by offering...
‘Oculus’ Doubles Down On Exclusivity Debate, In It For The Long Haul
Jun 16, 2016 09:01 am UTC| Technology
Oculus has been receiving a lot of heat from the gaming community about its attitude towards VR exclusivity. The company wants to make as many of the games that it helped develop to only run on the Oculus Rift, but many...
‘Facebook’ Spamming Cost Man 30 Months Prison Time And $310K
Jun 16, 2016 08:08 am UTC| Technology
Facebook is full of people who spam other people. That is just how the social media landscape works these days. However, when the spammer starts accessing the accounts of users and even taps into the social networks system...