Scramble For Old Book After Elon Musk Tip

Second-hand copies of an out-of-print history book have soared in price from £4.50 to £75 after tech pioneer Elon Musk recommended it.

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Scramble For Old Book After Musk Recommendation

Second-hand copies of an out-of-print history book have soared in price from £4.50 to £75 after tech pioneer Elon Musk recommended it.

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GPS-Equipped Seagulls Are Flytipping Eyes In Sky

Garbage-loving seagulls have been turned into private eyes in the sky and could one day help police swoop on illegal flytippers.

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Google's Wacky Moonshot Ideas Lose $859bn

Google's moonshot factory lost the search giant almost $1bn in just 12 weeks - more than many tech firms rake in each year.

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iTunes Users Targeted In Email Phishing Scam

Scammers have targeted iTunes users with emails telling them they have been charged more than £20 to download a song.

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Fence Could Save World's Largest Living Thing

The world's largest living thing is dying - and building a huge fence around it could be the only way to save it.

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Watch Robot Builder Construct House In Two Days

A new robot builder can construct an entire house in two days - and never needs a tea break.

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Ant Species Named After Game Of Thrones Dragons

Two scary-looking new ant species have been named after Daenerys Targaryan's dragons in Game of Thrones.

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Antibiotic Found In Nose Could Fight MRSA

A new class of antibiotics has been discovered - and it was right under our noses all along.

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Facebook Profits Leap After Push Into Video

Facebook has seen its second quarter profits leap 186% from a year ago to $2bn, the company has announced.

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Purple Orb On Ocean Floor Baffles Scientists

A mysterious purple orb spotted on the sea bed during a live-streamed ocean exploration temporarily stumped scientists.

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Twitter To Show Goals After Sky Sports Deal

Twitter has struck a deal with Sky Sports to show Premier League highlights and goals on the social network.

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YouTube Star's Video Sparks Kidnapping Fears

​A YouTube star's cryptic message sparked panic among her fans - who called police because they thought she had been kidnapped.

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Ice Bucket Challenge Leads To ALS Breakthrough

Money raised by the viral charity campaign where people poured a bucket of ice water over their head has helped researchers discover a new gene associated with ALS.

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Disney Could Track Park Guests Using Their Feet

​Disney has patented a system to track guests at its theme parks using their shoes.

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Twitter Earnings Fail To Meet Expectations

Twitter failed to meet financial analyst expectations in its latest earnings announcement amid another period of slow user growth.

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Spacecraft Has Five Seconds To Vacuum Asteroid

NASA is putting the finishing touches to a spacecraft that will land on an asteroid for just five seconds to scan for the building blocks of life.

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Triple Eruption From Sun Captured On Camera

The sun has fired out the three most powerful solar flares seen this year, NASA has revealed.

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Amazon To Test Drones In UK After Rules Lifted

Amazon's most extensive drone trials yet will take place in UK airspace after strict flying restrictions were lifted.

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Solar Plane On Last Leg Of World Tour

A solar-powered plane has left Egypt on the last leg of the first ever fuel-free flight around the globe.

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Remember VCRs? Production To End As Sales Slump

The world's last maker of VCRs has announced it is going to stop producing the videocassette recorders in the coming days.

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3D Print Of Hand Could Hold Key In Murder Case

​Police are attempting to unlock a murder victim's phone using a 3D replica of his fingertips.

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Japan Goes Wild As Pokemon GO Launches

Pokemon GO has finally launched in Japan - the place where the gaming and cartoon phenomenon was born.

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Some Bacteria Lived In Gut Before We Were Human

Some of the bacteria in our guts was passed down from a time before we were even human, it has been discovered.

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Facebook's Solar-Powered Web Drone Takes Flight

Facebook has completed the first test flight of its unmanned solar-powered internet drone.

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Pokemon GO 'Haram' As Islamic Fatwa Renewed

Saudi Arabia has renewed a fatwa on Pokemon because it violates Islamic rules on gambling and uses images such as Christian crosses and Jewish stars.

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Artificial Intelligence Used To Brew Beer

A pair of London-based entrepreneurs have created a beer that has been brewed with the help of artificial intelligence.

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Experiment Fails To Shed Light On Dark Matter

An experiment to find dark matter using a giant £7m machine - buried under a mile of rock in the Black Hills of Dakota - has failed.

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Humanity Could Be 'Backed Up' On Space Chip

The genetic blueprint for human life and the sum of our knowledge could be fired into the cosmic cloud to "back up humanity".

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Amazon Drones Could Use Lamp Posts As Perches

​Amazon wants to use lamp posts as perches for its high-tech delivery drones.

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Twitter's Blue Tick To Be Available To All

Twitter's blue tick badge is to be made available to all users to "help people find great, high quality accounts to follow", the social network says.

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Right-Wing Writer Banned From Twitter For Life

​Right-wing commentator Milo Yiannopoulos has been permanently banned by Twitter after Ghostbusters actress Leslie Jones was abused by trolls.

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Pokemon Craze Sees Nintendo Value Double

Nintendo's value has more than doubled since the launch of its Pokemon GO mobile game two weeks ago, as the latest surge in shares saw it overtake rival Sony.

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What It's Like To Be Headhunted By Apple

​Landing a dream job at Apple usually requires a gruelling series of interviews and a lot of luck.

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Softbank Shares Plunge On £24bn ARM Deal

Shares in Japan's Softbank have fallen 10% after it agreed a controversial £24.3bn deal to buy UK microchip designer ARM Holdings.

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Old Postcard Twitter Account Is Unlikely Hit

​One man's online tribute to the dying tradition of sending postcards has become an unlikely Twitter hit.

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Why Do Pokemon GO Servers Keep Going Down?

Pokemon GO servers have struggled to cope with the demand of millions of players logging on around the world.

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Kiss Of Death Marks Ants For Assassination

Some adult male ants have their rivals killed by smearing them with bodily fluids - effectively creating a bullseye marking them for assassination by worker ants.

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Ants Mark Rivals For Assassination Using Faeces

Some adult male ants have their rivals killed by smearing them with bodily fluids - effectively creating a bullseye marking them for assassination by worker ants.

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Brexit Brain Drain? Fears Talent Will Leave UK

After the UK voted to leave the EU last month, many observers have predicted an exodus of talent from the country.

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iPhone Chip Supplier ARM In £24bn Takeover Deal

The British company which designs microchips for iPhones is to be bought by Japanese conglomerate SoftBank in a £24.3bn deal.

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1,300 Galaxies In First Super Telescope Image

South Africa's new MeerKAT radio telescope has found 1,300 galaxies in a tiny corner of the universe where only 70 were known to before.

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Pokemon GO Couple Threatened At Gunpoint

A couple playing Pokemon GO in a small town in Australia have been threatened at gunpoint.

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Nintendo Shares Up 56% Amid Pokemon GO Craze

Shares at Japanese firm Nintendo have soared by 56% since the launch of its mobile game Pokemon GO, which has become an instant hit worldwide.

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Underwater Romance: Coral Kissing On Camera

Wild coral has been filmed kissing for the first time.

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Google Facing Third EU Competition Charge

EU regulators have brought a third antitrust charge against Google's parent company, Alphabet Inc.

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Sega Saturn Console Given New Lease Of Life

​The Sega Saturn games console has been saved from extinction after its security systems were cracked after almost 23 years.

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eBay Bans Macabre Auctions Of Human Skulls

eBay has banned the sales of human body parts after hundreds of mystery skulls were sold for up to $5,500 (£4,150).

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Holocaust Museum: Stop Catching Pokemon Here

​The US Holocaust Memorial Museum has told Pokemon GO fans not to play the game on its premises - describing it as "extremely inappropriate".

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'Spider-Man Gene' Is Discovered In Flies

A gene has been discovered in flies that could be switched off to make them stick to the wall like Spider-Man.

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360-Degree Cameras On Sheep Will Help Map Island

Forget Google Street View, now there's Sheep View.

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Mars Curiosity Back In Action After 'Sick Leave'

​NASA's Mars Curiosity rover tweeted song lyrics by English rock band Whitesnake as it got back to work after its first period of "sick leave" in three years.

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Lab-Grown Chicken Could Soon Be On Your Plate

A crowdfunding campaign has been launched that could see chicken meat grown in a lab.

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Blind Mice Get Sight Back In Landmark Procedure

Blind mice have had their sight restored in a landmark procedure which could give hope to millions of glaucoma sufferers.

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Four Cyber Attacks On UK Railways In A Year

Sky News has learned that the UK railway network has suffered at least four major cyber attacks over the last year alone.

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10 Things You Need To Know About Pokemon GO

It's the game everyone is talking about - Pokemon GO is taking over the world and sending Nintendo's share price soaring.

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Elon Musk Teases 'Secret Tesla Masterplan'

Elon Musk has revealed he's working on a "Top Secret Tesla Masterplan" - setting tongues wagging about what the genius inventor is up to.

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US Teens Accused Of Using Pokemon Go To Rob

Four teenagers have been accused of using the popular new Pokemon Go game to lure victims to certain locations before robbing them.

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How To Get Apple's New iPhone Software Today

Apple's new operating system is available to download today - if you're willing to put up with a few glitches and bugs.

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Did Dope Dealers Found Western Civilisation?

The founders of Western civilisation may have been prehistoric dope dealers, a new study suggests.

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Nintendo Surges On Pokemon Mobile App Success

Nintendo shares have surged after its Pokemon GO smartphone game shot to the top of Apple's free app chart following its release this week.

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Astronomer Spots Planet With Three Suns

A planet with three suns has been discovered 320 light years away.

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Doomed Satellite Sends Back Spectacular Images

​A doomed Japanese satellite captured the first ever images of one of the largest weather systems in the universe before it spun itself to pieces.

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Snapchat Rolls Out Biggest Update Ever

​Snapchat is making the biggest change to its app since it launched in 2011.

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Smartwatch Movement Data Could Give Away PINs

Smartwatch owners have been warned that their PIN numbers could be compromised because hackers could potentially track their hand movements.

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Self-Driving Robots To Deliver Food In London

Six-wheeled delivery robots which trundle along at 4mph will soon be used to deliver meals to homes around London.

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Stars Hoover Up Cosmic Dust To Clean Universe

Astronomers have revealed that the universe is becoming cleaner over time, as cosmic dust is mopped up by stars.

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Coconuts Inspire Earthquake-Proof Buildings

Earthquake-proof buildings could be created by using concrete which mimics the structure of a coconut shell.

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'Welcome To Jupiter': Juno Enters Orbit

NASA's Juno space probe has successfully entered orbit around Jupiter.

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Coconuts Inspire Earthquake-Proof Buildings

If textile fibres within concrete are arranged so that they mimic those of a coconut, then it could help make buildings stronger.

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'Welcome To Jupiter': Juno Enters Orbit

Cheers erupt at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory as Juno begins its mission to explore our solar system's largest planet.

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Stars Hoover Up Cosmic Dust To Clean Universe

A study of "almost all of cosmic history" shows that, over time, galaxies get cleaner as stars vacuum up interstellar particles.

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Zapping Cancer Tumours Triggers 'Cell Suicide'

The non-invasive technique could be ideal for treating hard-to-reach cancers such as those on the brain stem or spine.

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Tesla Driver In First Self-Drive Fatal Crash

Joshua Brown was killed when his car's cameras apparently failed to pick out a white trailer against a bright sky.

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Bluetooth Buttons Helping The Visually Impaired

The smart buttons called Pips, are linked via Bluetooth and use sound to help visually impaired people find their way.

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