Samsung raises the bar with S8

Samsung raises the bar with S8

Samsung Electronics is wooing consumers back into the fold with its new Galaxy S8 smartphone, featuring an Infinity Display for immersive viewing and launching with a range of services and apps. “The Samsung Galaxy S8 ushers in a new era of smartphone design and...
Machine-brain interface the next step?

Machine-brain interface the next step?

The human brain could be the next networking component if plans to build a brain-computer interface come to fruition. The idea has been promulgated by Elon Musk, the South African-born founder of PayPal, Tesla and SpaceX, who also imagined the Hyperloop mass transport...
Decoding DNA to fight disease

Decoding DNA to fight disease

Scientists hope to combat the West Nile virus by understanding vulnerabilities in the DNA of the mosquito that carries the disease. A team led by researchers from The Centre for Genome Architecture (TC4GA) at Baylor College of Medicine have used technologies from IBM,...
New galaxies defy convention

New galaxies defy convention

Some galaxies are harder to classify than others, and Hubble’s trusty Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) has captured a striking view of two such interacting galaxies located about 60-million light-years away in the constellation of Leo (The Lion). The more diffuse and...
US senate votes to curb Internet privacy

US senate votes to curb Internet privacy

Internet users will have less privacy protection if a resolution passed yesterday (23 March) in the US senate is passed into law. The Senate passed a resolution of disapproval to overturn the Federal Communications Commission’s landmark broadband-privacy rules...
iCloud data safe, says Apple

iCloud data safe, says Apple

Apple has poured cold water on claims that up to 300-million iCloud accounts have been compromised. This follows reports that a group calling itself the Turkish Crime Family had gained information on 300-million Apple iCloud users. The group apparently demanded a...