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Google Offers Peek at New Fuchsia Operating System

The new screenshots show a vertically-scrolling interface laden with app-based cards, known as stories, which can be placed anywhere on a smartphone or tablet t...

Black Ops 3 Zombie Chronicals Gameplay trailer REVEALED

Supply Drops that had disappeared have been returned to players' inventories. Addressed an exploit that allowed users to equip some camos before unlocking the...

HIV patients living 10 years longer thanks to modern drug therapy

Professor Helen Stokes-Lampard, chairwoman of the Royal College of Global Positioning System, said: "It's a tremendous medical achievement that an infection tha...

'Payday 2' puts you inside the bank heist with free VR mode

This sounds like it will be a major addition to the game, and the fact that it's being released for free should make fans of the game happy. There will be two d...

Thala 57: Vivegam Movie Teaser Released; Watch Now

Fans of Ajith are waiting to see their Thala after a long gap. The Film Makers released the Thala Ajith's Vivegam Teaser on May 11. Apart from Ajith ...

Microsoft Build 2017 - Day 1 Early Access

At the 2015 Build conference in April of that year, a few months before Windows 10 launched, Windows chief Terry Myerson predicted the operating system would be...

Xiaomi Opens its First Retail Store in India

The concerns were addressed by Jain at the launch event when he stated that Mi Home would not be out of stock and if "by chance" that happened, customers would ...

Trump defiant after shock Comey sacking

Michael O'Hanlon, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, told Xinhua that he can not get as excited as many Democrats over the issue. The Justice Dep...

Samsung's mobile business struggles in Q1

Samsung's operating profit jumped 48 percent to 9.9 trillion won ($8.73 billion) matching the company's earlier guidance. There was equally good news on the sa...

Hawthorne-Based SpaceX Successfully Launches Spy Satellite

Monday's launch was on behalf of the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) - the U.S. intelligence department which develops and maintains spy satellites. Four...

Snap posts big 1Q loss, higher revenue, misses expectations

Last quarter, the company lost $170 million. The company reported a $US2.2 billion loss (compared to its loss of "only" $US515 million for the whole of last y...

While Facebook thrives, Snap posts $2B loss last quarter

Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news. The company's revenue totaled US$149.6 million in the first three months of the year, up 286% year-on...

Microsoft hurries to patch 'worst' Windows vulnerability

NET , and of course Adobe Flash Player . Worse, MsMpEng is accessible remotely via a number of critical, ubiquitous Windows services, including Exchange ...

Experts urge Gmail users to beware of Google Docs phishing attack

But those who click the link to view the document will instead provide cybercriminals access to their Google accounts, including emails and contacts - accordi...

Global investors, top firms urge USA to stay in Paris deal

However, mixed signals have emerged from his inner circle. The co-authors say the Paris Agreement strengthens competitiveness by ensuring a more balanced glob...

Toyota suffers first profit drop in five years

Sales in Japan went up by 10.75% to 2,273,962 units.Excluding mini vehicles, cars under the Toyota and Lexus brand captured 47.8% of the nation's automotive m...

SpaceX just broke a 10-year monopoly on launching top-secret spy satellites

The Falcon 9 was originally slated to lift off on Sunday, but was canceled at the last minute due to a sensor issue on the rocket's first stage. The launch ...

Contempt of Court: SC sentences Justice Karnan to jail

Justice Karnan had alleged this was done because he is a Dalit. The court ordered the Director General of West Bengal Police to constitute a team for the impl...

PGA Tour extends deal with FedEx through 2027

The FedExCup has been one of the most exciting events on the PGA TOUR since its inception. The trophy, which culminates with the four FedEx Cup Playoffs eve...

Alphabet Acquires 7-Year-Old Virtual Reality Game Developer Owlchemy

We've seen the company make some headway in that regards, and it looks like they're taking things even further as they have announced that they have acquired VR...

Elon Musk's SpaceX successfully launches top-secret spy satellite

Liftoff by a 230-foot Falcon 9 rocket and the National Reconnaissance Office's NROL-76 mission is targeted for 7 a.m., at the opening of a two-hour window. ...

Microsoft to Rival Chromebooks Soon - Hardware Changes Coming

The device has a maximum thickness of 14.5 millimeters and weighs 2.75 pounds. Windows 10 S was also built based on Windows 10 Pro, instead of Windows 10 Ho...

Emmanuel Macron resigns as party chief

However, the former economy minister is in favor of joint bond issuance which, according to Jörg Krämer, would sharply reduce each euro zone government's motiva...

Liberal candidate Moon elected South Korean president

Mr Moon, the Democratic Party candidate, took 41.1% of the vote on Tuesday , while conservative candidate Hong Joon-pyo took 25.5%. Moon also visited a natio...

Macron Will Be Tough on Brexit Without Punishing U.K., Says Aide

Macron is a keen advocate of the European Union and the euro currency, while Le Pen has proposed taking France out of both. Jean-Marie Le Pen said Philippot w...

Amazon gives voice-enabled speaker a screen, video calling

For instance, Show - which comes in black or white - is more box shaped, and, of course, comes with a seven-inch digital screen. That same screen can also p...

Do you see a Surface Laptop in your future?

However, he said that administrators would be able to upgrade Windows 10 S machines to Windows 10 Pro if they needed the computers to be able to use software ...

ASUS Zenfone 3 Zoom now available in the US for $329

Notably, the company has launched the 3GB RAM + 32GB built-in storage variant in the United States while the 128GB inbuilt storage variant with 4GB of RAM was l...

Amazon Echo now has calling and messaging features

The Echo Show is available for pre-order now and will ship on June 28. Here is the Echo Show introductory video Amazon made to show-off Alexa's new ski...

Cook: Apple Spending $1B for Advanced Manufacturing Jobs

For the second quarter, the company's net income rose to $11.03 billion, or $2.10 per share, compared with $10.52 billion, or $1.90 per share, a year earlier....

Rise of China's navy 'not a cause for concern for US'

Missions by U.S. Navy surveillance planes flying in global airspace off the Chinese coast are a particular bone of contention for Beijing. In April 2001, a Ch...

Samsung rolls out Fix for Galaxy S8 Red Tint Display Issue

This could mean that there is a big chance that Samsung could unveil the Galaxy Note 8 in Germany, and the IFA trade show being a possible destination. Samsun...

Amazon sweeps US market for voice-controlled speakers

Amazon is giving its voice-enabled Echo speaker a touch screen and video-calling capabilities as it competes with Google's efforts at bringing "smarts" to the h...

Ann Coulter says speech is "canceled" but she may still visit Berkeley

Instead the university offered her a May 2 speaking date. "I didn't intend to do this, but I'm going to hop on plane, right now, and I'm going to do her spe...

Apple announces $1B fund to create advanced manufacturing jobs in the US

Despite sales slowing down, Apple managed to increase the average selling price per iPhone, seeing it climb to $655, indicating that "Plus" and higher storage...