Prepare for more disruption
Just as companies have adjusted to the now well-established wave of digital intermediaries – think Netflix, Expedia, Amazon – they must prepare for what comes next.
Sensors track bee behaviour
Micro-sensors are helping to track bees, providing information on their behaviour and environment that can help to alleviate threats to the creatures, which are essential for the pollination of about one-third of the food we eat. Australian research organisation CSIRO...
Cosmic meeting of star, nebula
The Hubble telescope has captured the spectacular cosmic pairing of a star and a nebula 15 000 light years away. The star Hen 2-427 – more commonly known as WR 124 – is pictured with the nebula M1-67 which surrounds it. Both objects, captured here by the...
Tech brings families closer
Contrary to popular opinion, communication technologies could be bringing families closer together. If you’ve ever wondered about the impact that communication technology is having on the modern family, then a new report from Ericsson ConsumerLab will make interesting reading. The report, Bringing Families Closer Together, provides a snapshot of the impact of communication technology on families in the US.
No danger of asteroid impact
Recent blogs and Web postings are claiming that an asteroid will impact Earth, sometime between 15 September and 28 September 2015. On one of those dates, as rumours go, there will be an impact – “evidently” near Puerto Rico – causing destruction to the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the US and Mexico, as well as Central and South America. NASA has published some facts to debunk the rumours.
Details of online cheaters leaked
Details of about 37-million users of the Ashley Madison cheating site have been dumped online as hackers make good on their promise to leak details gleaned from last month’s hack of the site. The details, which have yet to be confirmed as legitimate, are contained in a massive file that contains personal information and some credit card details of site users. Security expert Brian Krebs, writing on his Krebs on Security blog, believes the files could be the real deal – a fact he points out that Ashleymadison.com subscribers would wish otherwise.