SAN FRANCISCO (TIP): Facebook launched a check-in feature to let people know that friends in Paris were safe after a series of bombings and shootings in the French capital killed at least 120 people on […]

A Rice anthropologist has identified a new species of extinct antelope that once roamed what is present-day India during the late ice age 10,000 to 100,000 years ago, reports Rice News August Costa, adjunct lecturer […]

WASHINGTON (TIP): Scientists are developing new technologies that will allow computers to recognise non-verbal commands like gestures, body language and facial expressions. For most people, using a computer is limited to clicking, typing, searching, and, […]

LONDON (TIP): British archaeologists have discovered a 6,000year-old `eco-home’ close to the iconic prehistoric Stonehenge monument. The shelter -in a hollow left behind by a fallen tree -at Blick Mead was used over a 90-year […]

Scientists have created the blackest material ever made, so dark that it can absorb almost all light that hits it. The researchers, who were inspired by a completely white beetle, hope that the superblack material could […]

WASHINGTON (TIP): Earthquakes can change elastic properties of the Earth’s crust up to 6,000 kilometres away, altering its ability to withstand stresses for up to a few weeks, a new study has found. The research […]

WASHINGTON (TIP): Researchers have developed a pocket-sized device that plugs into a smartphone and can detect early warning signs of asthma attacks. The device, Wing, is a sensor that works with a companion app to […]

The days of receiving continuous annoying Candy Crush invites may become a thing of the past, according to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. He has promised Facebook users freedom from the annoying Candy Crush game invites. Speaking at […]

New technology created at Oregon State University can boost the bandwidth of Wi-Fi systems by about 10 times, using LED lights to transmit information. The technology uses ordinary LED room lights to transmit data around the house. […]

There’s a new king of the apps that utterly destroy the performance on your phone: Snapchat. Online security company AVG Technologies analyzed data from over a million Android users, and found that Snapchat’s use of your […]

LOS ANGELES (TIP): YouTube on October 21 unveiled a new $10-a-month subscription plan in the US called Red that combines ad-free videos, new original series, movies from top YouTubers, and on-demand unlimited streaming music. Red […]

A large cluster of objects in space look like something you would “expect an alien civilization to build”, astronomers have said. Jason Wright, an astronomer from Penn State University, is set to publish a report on the […]

The Facebook social networking site has launched a new app that will help you take or upload photos and videos or update your status in a jiffy. Called “3D Touch”, the new application allows iPhone […]

WASHINGTON (TIP): Martian pebbles travelled roughly 50 kilometres down a riverbed from their source, according to a new study that provides evidence Mars once had an extensive river system, conditions that could support life. While […]

 Twitter announced today, Oct 13, that it was laying off some of its work force, to cut costs while it tries to find ways to attract new users. The cuts are one of the first major moves by […]