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Sonic boom wakes up Florida residents as Air Force X-37B lands

The landing marks the first time the X-37B has landed at KSC using the same Shuttle Landing Facility runway as NASA's manned orbiters. OTV-4 was the fourth and ...

Samsung's refurbished Galaxy Note 7 reportedly to go on sale by June

On Thursday, the company's IT & Mobile Communications (IM) division, which includes the company's smartphone business, reported a drop in revenue and profits in...

A Look At Uber's New AI Research Team

It's the ride-hailing company's first such lab outside the United States. In Toronto, as a platinum partner to the Vector Institute , Uber appears to be side-s...

N. Korea detains another American over alleged hostile acts

Kim Hak Song , who worked for the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology, was detained on Saturday, the North's KCNA news agency said . Last month, P...

Gold bounces off lows hit after Emmanuel Macron's French election win

Mr Macron's personal life is certainly of interest to many, as a 16-year-old he fell in love with his 40-year-old teacher, who was married with three children. ...

A Speed Runner has beaten Prey in under 20 minutes

In most games, you are out of luck if you have been hurt and don't have enough medkits or magic to heal your character. Corvo Attano might have had plenty of ...

Healthcare debate continues as Trump returns to the White House

The Congressional Budget Office estimates that as a result, 14 million fewer people would have Medicaid coverage by 2026. She also restates her opposition to ...

Buffett criticizes United and its CEO over dragging incident

Most notably, the plan would repeal Obamacare's tax hikes on wages and investments for high-income households. "I don't know that much about cyber, but I do t...

The Amazon Echo is finally on sale

Able to house more than 400 scientists and engineers when it opens in the autumn, the building underscores the United States group's commitment to Britain, wher...

Slow-Mo Of The Brutal Joshua Uppercut That Sealed Klitschko's Fate

The unbeaten home favourite earned a sensational victory by knocking down the 41-year-old former champion twice in the 11th and penultimate round before the ref...

SpaceX to launch secret spy mission today, land Falcon

U.S. aerospace company SpaceX said Sunday that the launch of its Falcon 9 carrier rocket with a spy satellite was postponed due to technical issues in less than...

Study reveals the shocking extent of revenge porn in Australia

Some 11 per cent of victims saw their images distributed without their consent, with some 40 per cent of those being shared across social media platforms like S...

Musk's SpaceX launches sensitive military mission, nails landing

This launch has great symbolic significance for SpaceX , since it's the 15-year-old company's first mission for the Pentagon. Close-up view of the Falcon 9 F...

Xiaomi explains why the Mi 6 lacks a 3.5 mm jack

Clearly, the small screen phones are out of trend, bezels are slowly phasing out, and well , the 3.5mm audio jack is nearing extinction. Apple ditched the 3....

Pokemon Go Grass Event Starts This Weekend

That means you'll not only see grass Pokemon more often, you'll likely find them in unusual places where this type of pocket monsters isn't regularly encounte...

Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 plus camera tips and tricks

Some units out there suffer from a red tint issue that Samsung claims isn't a real problem. The engineers made sure that the battery in Galaxy S8 and the S8 Plu...

Harman Kardon's Cortana Speaker Revealed

Microsoft shared a year ago that the Cortana Devices SDK was then in private preview and would be made available more broadly in 2017. Though pricing hasn't y...

Apple VP shares thoughts on voice-powered speakers with screens

But now, the leader and its parent company seem to have something new and exciting on the horizon with a device that goes beyond the standard voice controlled a...

Always Dreaming captures Kentucky Derby on muddy track

It's the second Kentucky Derby victory for both Pletcher and Velazquez, and their first together. Todd Pletcher isn't one to lay his cards out on the table,...

Nashville Latin Americans See Cinco De Mayo Differently

And because every triumph deserves a celebration, the Mexican people didn't shy away from this win, they turned into an all day party . The event is held as ...

Facebook launches campaign to combat fake news during general election

Those in charge of the digital campaigns for Donald Trump's Republican Party and the political consultant behind Leave EU's referendum strategy are clear the so...

Russia's proposed Syrian "safe zone" deal goes into effect

A deal hammered out by Russia, Turkey and Iran to set up "de-escalation zones" in mostly opposition-held parts of Syria went into effect Saturday. The governm...

Jio roars again; will offer 100% cashback on JioFi router

With this plan, users will need to purchase a Rs. 1,999 JioFi router, and similarly must recharge for Rs. 408 (Rs. 99 Jio Prime membership + Rs. 309 recharge) o...

Trump to visit Saudi Arabia, Israel & Vatican in first overseas presidential trip

Administration officials provided few details about the dates for the visits or which cities Trump would visit other than to say the stops will occur before t...

Interior Releases List of National Monuments to be Reviewed

Under the Antiquities Act, presidents have had the authority to create national monuments since 1906, with eight Democratic presidents and eight Republican pres...

Military orbiter's landing rattles Florida with sonic boom

The landing marks the first time the X-37B has landed at KSC using the same Shuttle Landing Facility runway as NASA's manned orbiters. The X-37B is the newe...

Researchers Find an Average of ~8400 Pieces of Android Malware Every Day

Those running a beta version of Android Nougat should update to the latest OTA stable version. G Data antivirus software firm has now discovered that the ma...

Secret Air Force plane lands after 2 years in space

Air Force's X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle after its successful landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility in Cape Canaveral, Florida on May 7...

Mourinho says Man Utd may not be last

Jose Mourinho says there is no need to make peace with old foe Arsene Wenger as there are no problems between them. Here is our predicted United XI that w...

Chelsea eye summer move for £17M-rated Celtic starlet

He has already made 71 appearances in all competitions for the Glasgow giants, while he has experience of Champions League football after featuring three times ...

SpaceX launches spy satellite for U.S. in first mission for Pentagon

The first stage was successfully brought down on land , as opposed to many landings that have to take place on SpaceX's drone ship. As John Federspiel, the...

Google Parent Alphabet's Revenue Continues to March Higher

The internet company's revenue rose 22% on the same period a year ago to 24.7 billion dollars (£19.1bn), a figure that was also more than four billion dollars h...

Tim Cook: Apple creating $1B fund to bring manufacturing jobs to US

Cook said, "We give back through our work in the environment, in running the company on renewable energy". He did not provide any specific details about what ex...

New Facebook hires to focus on reviewing violent content

In addition to quickly flagging any violent videos, Zuckerberg said the team will identify false news articles and connect government representatives to their...

SpaceX makes first United States military launch, then lands rocket again

NROL-76 is the payload for the Monday launch. The Falcon's first stage booster isn't the only part of the rocket SpaceX intends to preserve post-launch. Bec...