Tag: Technology

Car of the future emerges at Las Vegas electronics show

LAS VEGAS- It has four wheels, is always connected and the driver is optional: the car of the future is starting to take shape from...

Raise your home’s IQ: smart gadgets take center stage at CES

LAS VEGAS— Imagine a world in which your garage door opens automatically as you pull into the driveway. The living room lights and heater...

‘Connected life’ at the heart of International Consumer Electronics Show

WASHINGTON- In the air, in your car, on your back -- new technology at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show is showcasing the growing number of...

Hawking warns artificial intelligence ‘could mean end of humanity’

LONDON - British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking has warned that development of artificial intelligence could mean the end of humanity.     In an interview with the...

Hawking’s speech software goes open source for disabled

LONDON- The system that helps Stephen Hawking communicate with the outside world will be made available online from January in a move that could help...

Facebook launches tech news page

SAN FRANCISCO- Facebook on Tuesday launched FB Techwire, billed as a showplace for technology talk shared by influential sources. "The goal of FB Techwire is to...

Fitness apps not effective

NEW YORK- Smartphone apps that promise to help you lose the extra kilos may not actually be doing so as most users leave them...

SMS alerts cut deaths from elephants in rural India

VALPARI- Geetha Thomas owes her life to a text message. The 38-year-old tea plantation worker was able to scramble onto the roof of her home...

We have liftoff: ‘Hoverboard’ takes flight

LOS GATOS  - Ever since Marty McFly rode on one in 1989 s hit film "Back to the Future Part II," fans have dreamed of...

Are wireless phones linked with brain cancer risk?

NEW YORK- Swedes who talked on mobile or cordless phones for more than 25 years had triple the risk of a certain kind of...

Japan’s smartphone ‘zombies’ wreak havoc on the streets

TOKYO- When the lights change at the Shibuya crossing in Japan's capital, one of the world's busiest pedestrian thoroughfares, hundreds of people with their...

Deaf entrepreneurs develop tablet to translate signs into spoken language

WASHINGTON-   While 70 million deaf people use sign language as their mother tongue, not everyone has knowledge of the language so communicating can still be...

Finding hidden gems in cities and countries with new apps

TORONTO- News apps are helping users share information about sights and hidden gems in cities and countries around the globe so other people can benefit...

Mobile app helps track Ebola epidemic

NAIROBI- A new mobile telephone based mapping service has been created in a bid to track Ebola and better help communities hit by the...

New wearable smartphone can be strapped to your arm

A new wearable smartphone that features a flexible 6-inch display and can be wrapped around the lower arm has been invented. The Android based smartphone,...

‘Bash’ computer bug could hit millions

WASHINGTON- The US government and technology experts warned Thursday of a vulnerability in some computer-operating systems, including Apple’s Mac OS, which could allow widespread and...

Pentagon Working On Tiny Implants That Could Give Humans Self-Healing Superpowers

    Wolverine, Ghost Rider, the Incredible Hulk — all of these characters have at least one awesome trait in common: the ability to heal themselves....