Some of the country's leading veterinarians say pets could potentially be receiving better medical care than their owners.
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Saturday, December 31, 2016
Friday, December 30, 2016
How Leia could live on in the Star Wars franchise
If you've watched the latest Star Wars film, Rogue One, its final scene now seems poignant.
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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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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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