Life Style / Technology

Video game makers finding their way in virtual worlds 16 Jun 2016 - 12:10 pm

A man plays Sony Playstation's Farpoint Impulse Gear Virtual Reality game at the E3 Electronic Expo in Los Angeles, California, U.S. June 14,...

Live-streaming of attacks a challenge for social media 16 Jun 2016 - 08:23 am

A woman reads The Los Angeles Times at her computer on June 15, 2016 in Washington,DC. AFP / Karen BLEIER Washington: As more...

Apple opens Siri to developers, unveils iOS 10 14 Jun 2016 - 11:31 am

Apple's Vice President of Software Engineering, Craig Federighi spoke during the keynote presentation atApple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference at the Bill Graham Civic...

PlayStation VR headset to hit market in October 14 Jun 2016 - 10:20 am

People try the new Sony VR headset during Sony Corporation's PlayStation 4 E3 2016 event in Los Angeles, California, U.S. June 13, 2016....

Spider-Man, Batman coming to PlayStation 14 Jun 2016 - 10:11 am

The crowd watches a trailer for the new "Spider-Man" game during the Sony Corporation's PlayStation 4 E3 2016 event in Los Angeles, California,...

Microsoft touts smaller, faster Xbox One game consoles at E3 14 Jun 2016 - 10:07 am

Hideki Kamiya, Director at Platinum Games, introduces the video game "Scalebound" during Microsoft Corp. Xbox at the Galen Center on June 13, 2016...

30 years ago scientists warned Congress on global warming. What they said sounds eerily familiar 12 Jun 2016 - 10:21 am

Pieces of ice fall from the front of Argentina's Perito Moreno glacier near the city of El Calafate, in the Patagonian province of...

Need a reminder to breathe? 11 Jun 2016 - 10:04 am

By Daniele Seiss A meditation teacher once told me that monks at a Zen center in the South of France regarded a ringing...

Facebook testing new 'Hide from your Timeline' feature 09 Jun 2016 - 11:08 am

New York: Social media giant Facebook is testing a new post that allows a status update that's only visible to the News Feed...

Fish eyes life inside a jelly's belly 09 Jun 2016 - 09:22 am

An undated handout picture taken by Tim Samuel and provided through his instagram account shows a small fish swimming inside the belly of...

Snapchat seen surging past Twitter, Pinterest in US 09 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

San Francisco: Ephemeral messaging app Snapchat by year's end will have more US users than either Twitter or Pinterest, a market tracker said...

France launches attack alert app ahead of Euro 2016 08 Jun 2016 - 12:53 pm

PARIS: France launched an app to alert users to attacks on Wednesday, two days before the Euro 2016 soccer championship gets underway under...

Verizon plans Yahoo bid: report 07 Jun 2016 - 12:36 pm

New York: US telecom giant Verizon is planning to make a $3 billion bid for Yahoo's core internet business, the Wall Street Journal...

Amazon removes doormats with images of Quran from sale 06 Jun 2016 - 01:34 pm

ANKARA: Online retailer Amazon has removed doormats featuring religious images, including pictures of the Quran and Mecca’s Kabaa, from sale. By Monday, mats...

Oracle whistleblower suit raises questions over cloud accounting 06 Jun 2016 - 01:02 pm

The Oracle logo is seen on its campus in Redwood City, California June 15, 2015. REUTERS/ROBERT GALBRAITH By Sarah McBride SAN FRANCISCO: A...

Australia to trial ground-level traffic lights for smartphone users 02 Jun 2016 - 10:55 am

Traffic lights at pedestrian crossing in Germany. Augsburg.de / Facebook Sydney: Ground-level traffic lights for pedestrians constantly looking down at smartphones are set...

Apple plans to sell $1 bln of 30-yr bonds in Taiwan -sources 01 Jun 2016 - 09:21 am

By Roger Tung TAIPEI: Apple Inc plans to issue bonds in Taiwan for the first time with the aim of raising $1 billion,...

The words most associated with men and women, according to Facebook statuses 30 May 2016 - 04:02 pm

By Abby Ohlheiser Researchers examining more than 10 million Facebook statuses across 65,000 users who opted in to having their posts analyzed found...