Saturday, December 31, 2016

Are pets getting better medical care than humans?

Some of the country's leading veterinarians say pets could potentially be receiving better medical care than their owners.

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Friday, December 30, 2016

Wednesday, December 28, 2016

Police remove 250,000 terror items from web

A police unit dedicated to scrubbing terrorist material from the internet says it will have removed 250,000 pieces of content by Christmas.

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Friday, December 23, 2016

'Bionic eyes' offer hope for blind NHS patients

Ten people with an inherited form of blindness will be fitted with "bionic eye" implants in a procedure funded by NHS England.

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Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Extra 600,000 in line for superfast broadband

Around 600,000 extra homes and businesses are in line for superfast broadband services, it has been announced.

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Technology 'the way forward' to control UK borders

Policymakers have told Sky News that technology should mitigate any changes to UK borders resulting from Brexit.

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Robot reveals rare glimpse under Antarctic sea ice

An underwater robot has revealed a rare glimpse of the beautiful world lying underneath the Antarctic sea ice.

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Mark Zuckerberg shows off robot butler 'Jarvis'

Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg has been showing off his personal robot butler, Jarvis.

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Tuesday, December 20, 2016

Facebook may net EU fine over WhatsApp merger

Facebook has been handed a deadline to confirm whether it gave EU regulators misleading information about its takeover of WhatsApp two years ago.

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Billions of stars could be found in new images

Scientists believe they could discover billions of new stars after a four-year study of the night sky.

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Monday, December 19, 2016

EU 'exceeding powers' with £13bn Apple ruling

Ireland's appeal against an EU ruling that Apple must pay it €13bn (£10.9bn) in back taxes will accuse European authorities of "exceeding" their powers.

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Sunday, December 18, 2016

Uber threatened in self-driving cars row

Uber is on a collision course with regulators in California after vowing that its self-driving cars will continue transporting passengers around San Francisco.

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Friday, December 16, 2016

Investors give thumbs down to Super Mario app

Nintendo shares have tumbled after investors gave the thumbs down to its new Super Mario app.

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Facebook reveals plan to fight fake news

Facebook says fact-checking organisations will help it fight fake news, with users seeing news feed warnings over dubious stories.

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Thursday, December 15, 2016

Europe's GPS satellite tracking rival goes live

A European satellite navigation system which promises to outperform US and Russian rivals has gone live after years of delays.

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Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Amazon makes first drone drop to customer

Online shopping giant Amazon says it has successfully delivered its first package to a customer using a drone.

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More than billion Yahoo users targeted in hack

Yahoo says it believes more than one billion of its user accounts may have had data stolen in a cyber attack in 2013.

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Concerns over battery life of Macbook Pro

Apple is removing the "time remaining" estimate on its 2016 Macbook Pros amid complaints about their battery life.

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UK has worse mobile phone coverage than Albania

Albania and Peru have better mobile phone coverage than the UK, according to a report from the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC).

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Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Google launches self-driving car company Waymo

Google's self-driving car project has been spun off into a separate company, in a move that suggests robot-controlled vehicles may be whizzing around public roads soon.

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Last chance to see a 'supermoon' in 2016

Skygazers are hoping for a gap in the clouds tonight as the last "supermoon" of the year makes an appearance.

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Apple creates 70 new emoji including an avocado

Apple is releasing more than 70 new emoji as part of its latest software update, including slices of bacon, avocado and a selfie.

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Fancy a snooze? Students back £10k 'nap pods'

Students at Edinburgh University have voted in favour of installing "nap pods" in an effort to beat sleep deprivation.

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Saturday, December 10, 2016

Samsung Note 7 to be 'killed' by software update

Samsung Note 7s that have not already been returned will be killed off by a software update released later this month.

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Friday, December 9, 2016

Amazon UK grocery store takes step forward

Amazon has given a clear hint that it intends to expand its cashier-free grocery store into the UK, as the threat to jobs from technology gathers pace.

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John Glenn, first American to orbit the Earth, dies

John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth and one of the US's first astronauts, has died aged 95.

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Tech industry 'still has a problem with sexism'

The technology industry still has a problem with sexism, according to women working in the sector.

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Wednesday, December 7, 2016

Earth heading for 25-hour day as orbit slows

Days on Earth are getting longer, a team of experts has concluded, as they predict in the future there will be 25 hours in a day.

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Tuesday, December 6, 2016

Tech firms unite to 'fingerprint' terrorist content

Major technology companies are joining forces to spot terrorist propaganda and prevent it spreading online.

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App aims to stop lasers targeting planes

A branch of the Ministry of Defence has developed an iPhone app which aims to stop laser attacks on planes.

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Apple investing 'heavily' in driverless cars

Apple has revealed it is investing “heavily” in driverless vehicles and has called on the US highways regulator to promote “fair competition”.

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Sunday, December 4, 2016

Cargo ship destroyed during Space Station launch

A Russian cargo ship bound for the International Space Station has been destroyed shortly after launch from Kazakhstan.

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Friday, December 2, 2016

Hackers guess Visa card details 'in seconds'

Fraudsters can take as little as six seconds to guess the details needed to hack a Visa debit or credit card, research has found.

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