Google was forced to backtrack on their use of the word 'family' in 2017 when staff in California complained the term was used in the context of having children, it has been reported. | Continue reading
A leaked internal Google discussion thread reportedly indicates that the tech giant regularly manipulates certain controversial search results . | Continue reading
A camera deployed on Chang'e-4 took a photo that was released by the China National Space Administration shows the grey moonscape, the lander and the rover with the track marks it left. | Continue reading
Experts from British Columbia University in Canada believe they are likely to be caused by the left overs of an exploding star - or supernova - or a a supermassive black hole. | Continue reading
Tesla has found itself the cause of yet another self-driving car accident – and this time, its victim was a $2,000-per-day rentable humanoid robot. Promobot says the damage to its bot is likely irreparable. | Continue reading
NASA's Osiris-Rex spacecraft took the picture before going into orbit around asteroid Bennu. Earth appears as a white dot in the lower left, with the moon an even smaller dot but still clearly visible | Continue reading
Tesla has found itself the cause of yet another self-driving car accident – and this time, its victim was a $2,000-per-day rentable humanoid robot. Promobot says the damage to its bot is likely irreparable. | Continue reading
Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, 18, says she is '100 per cent' sure her abusive family will kill her if she is repatriated. She is being held by Thai officials after trying to reach Australia via Bangkok. | Continue reading
Segway is branching out from its eponymous 'personal transporters' with a lineup of autonomous delivery robots, called Loomo, and next-generation scooters called the Model Max. | Continue reading
Facebook-owned WhatsApp in Menlo Park, California, is beginning to implement adverts in the status feature of WhatsApp. | Continue reading
An armed bank robber in the world's northernmost settlement in the Arctic circle has been mocked online after he was captured today shortly after his crime, having nowhere to run to. | Continue reading
The brown bears sniff kerosene and gasoline from containers left in the Kronotsky Nature Reserve in the far east of Russia, before digging a shallow hole and lying in a 'nirvana' position. | Continue reading
Two drones spotted flying near the runway brought Gatwick airport to a standstill last night with thousands of passengers diverted as far away as Bordeaux and warned the chaos could last all day. | Continue reading
The problems unnerved cops, Detective Karla Fernandes told Brazilian daily Folha de Sao Paulo, but didn't stop them getting the testimony from faith healer, João Teixeira de Faria (pictured). | Continue reading
Researchers from Made by AI trained a neural network by inputting one hundred Christmas tunes in the form of Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) files. | Continue reading
Dear Mr President, I wish to formally apply to be your new Chief of Staff. You might not immediately see my qualities. But here are ten reasons you should hire me immediately. | Continue reading
Dr. Katelyn Allers (top right), a Bucknell University physics professor, and Ashley Watson (bottom right), a former assistant, say Neil deGrasse Tyson made inappropriate advances. | Continue reading
In a surprising new letter, 500 employees urge the company to continue work on Project Dragonfly, saying it aligns with Google's broader mission 'to organize the world’s information.' | Continue reading
The Mail on Sunday can reveal that 17 pupils at a single British school are in the process of changing gender. According to a whistleblower most of the youngsters have autism. | Continue reading
Scientists from the Rockefeller University and the University of Basel surveyed genetic 'bar codes' of five million animals and deduced that we sprang from a single pair. | Continue reading
A study led by Sungkyunkwan University in South Korea analysed the Instagram feeds of 179 students who took part in a an online questionnaire to explore how colour links to personality. | Continue reading
The virus, developed by Oxford University, can kill tumours as well as healthy cells that have been 'tricked' into protecting cancers from the immune system, without causing any toxicities. | Continue reading
One of the assisting medics in Newcastle had his arms knocked by the robot which was being used to repair retired music teacher Stephen Pettitt's heart valve, an inquest was told today. | Continue reading
Experts from the University of Roehampton asked 114 volunteers to watch a video in which a woman had her bag stolen and then answer a questionnaire about what they could recall. | Continue reading
Ancient ruins examined using satellite imagery provide evidence that the city's huge harbour walls once stood in southern Spain, claim experts at Yorkshire-based private firm Merlin Burrows. | Continue reading
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 29, shocked Washington by knocking off powerful Queens Rep. Joe Crowley but now must figure out how to stretch finances until January and find and apartment. | Continue reading
A new AI system is 100% accurate in its predictions of Alzheimer's made based on subtle metabolic brain changes - and it catches the the disease six years early, a University of San Francisco study shows. | Continue reading
Using a laser focused through a huge telescope, the MIT researchers say this ‘porch light’ could be seen from as far as 20,000 light-years away. The system could also be used to send messages. | Continue reading
Darren and Valerie Lee own or manage 17 buildings in San Francisco that house a total of 45 residential units. Prosecutors said they illegally turned their properties into hotels. | Continue reading
The WikiLeaks founder (pictured) was woken up in the night after an alleged intruder attempted to enter a window at the front of the embassy building in Knightsbridge, west London. | Continue reading
Captain Louis Rudd, 47, will attempt to cross 1,500km of Antarctic ice in a 75 day solo expedition called the 'Spirit of Endurance.' He will face temperatures as low as -50C. | Continue reading
Google employees across the globe will take part in a walkout at 11.10am local time on Thursday to protest the protection of Android creator Andy Rubin who is accused of sexual misconduct. | Continue reading
Saudi Arabia has executed an Indonesian maid, Tuti Tursilawati,who killed her employer during a rape attack, sparking outrage in Jakarta | Continue reading
A passenger plane has crashed near Indonesia shortly after taking off from Jakarta. | Continue reading
Antipsychotic drugs are common treatments for delirious patients in the ICU, and have been for unclear reasons for 40 years. But Vanderbilt University research shoes they have no benefits. | Continue reading
What must it have felt to fly the first plane across the Atlantic? Two intrepid pilots were determined to find out... | Continue reading
Anti corruption officer Colonel Yevhenia Shishkina was shot dead leaving her apartment in Arkhangelskoye on the outskirts of Moscow. | Continue reading
An 85-page document, leaked by an employee of the San Francisco firm, blames a number of reasons for the 'erosion' of free speech online, including harassment, racism and bullying. | Continue reading
An 85-page document, leaked by an employee of the San Francisco firm, blames a number of reasons for the 'erosion' of free speech online, including harassment, racism and bullying. | Continue reading
Turkish police believe Saudi journalist and critic Jamal Khashoggi was murdered inside Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul, a government source said, but Riyadh denied the claim. | Continue reading
In the likely event that you are at this very moment drinking tea, you might care to give a nod to the memory of a tall and lean Scotsman by the name of Robert Fortune. | Continue reading
A former Google boss has launched a withering attack on the firm, calling technology giants deluded.Jessica Powell said she had become tired of defending the company in her role as PR boss. | Continue reading
The bots were attempting to imitate human speech when they developed their own machine language spontaneously - at which point Facebook decided to shut them down. | Continue reading
Spy agencies around the world now have a database of hundreds of Russian agents - all because two of the men caught in The Hague had diplomatic passports using their real names. | Continue reading
Project Guanlan, which means 'watching the big waves' was launched in May at the Pilot National Laboratory in Qingdao in Shandong (stock image). | Continue reading
You could face up to five years' in jail for refusing to give authorities your computer password or phone pin under changes to the law before Australia's Parliament. | Continue reading
The home in California is on sale for a whopping $2.59million. The big price tag, tiny home is just another illustration of the housing crisis making Silicon Valley's real-estate market overheated. | Continue reading
Philip Bunce, from London, claims to split his time 'fifty-fifty' between Pippa and Philip but for many this does not entitle him to a position on the top 100 women in business list. | Continue reading