Get Google’s Pixel phones out of their box and there’s nothing much new you can do. The new phones have no spicy new features, no novelty that marks them out, and even the 5G connection that gives them their name is largely useless given the infrastructure is not yet...
Researchers have developed a groundbreaking system that uses the sun’s energy to harvest drinkable water from the air, even in dry regions.A team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) demonstrated how the device uses solar energy to extract moisture...
A "short, sharp" two-week lockdown over the October half-term could prevent more than 7,000 deaths, according to a paper by two of the government's leading scientific advisers. The paper, which has not been peer-reviewed, suggests that a full lockdown, with...
The UK may have already "missed the boat" for a pre-planned lockdown, forcing the government to introduce emergency restrictions like the ones in March, a leading government scientific advisor has warned. Professor Graham Medley, who sits on the Scientific Group for...
A man from the UK had sudden hearing loss after testing positive for COVID-19, a medical journal has reported. The 45-year-old man who suffered from asthma but was described as "fit and well" was admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) after contracting COVID-19....
A trio of astronauts have reached the International Space Station in just three hours by using a new fast-track manoeuvre. NASA's Kate Rubins, alongside Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchko, blasted off from the Baikonur facility in Kazakhstan...
Facebook is banning adverts that discourage people from having vaccinations, but posts from anti-vaxxers will still be allowed on the platform. Adverts that perpetuate false information about vaccinations, such as the discredited theory that they give people autism,...
Apple has just unveiled four new 5G iPhones, while simultaneously slashing the price of its existing lineup.The most expensive iPhone 12 Pro Max is now nearly three-times more expensive than the bottom-of-the-range iPhone SE.Along with the iPhone 12 Mini, iPhone 12,...
This incredible image of a Siberian tiger, a species which has previously been "hunted to the verge of extinction", has won the Wildlife Photographer Of The Year award for 2020. Selected from more than 49,000 entries from around the world, Sergey Gorshkov's photograph...
Apple has wrapped up its “Hi, Speed” event, showing off a fleet of new iPhones alongside a smart speaker and a range of other advances.This year will see the launch of the first ever 5G iPhones, the biggest display ever found in an iPhone, and the smallest model...
Apple has unveiled four new 5G iPhones, together with other new and updated devices.The new iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max come with a complete redesign and a range of new colours. Inside is a new camera system including new...
Apple has revealed the iPhone 12 Mini, its smallest phone in years.The company claimed the device is the “smallest, thinnest and lightest 5G phone in the world”, and that it has all the same features as the bigger iPhone.The iPhone 12 Mini will start at $699, while...
Apple has revealed the iPhone 12, a new handset with the first full redesign in years.It will be the first of Apple’s phones to include 5G, which chief executive Tim Cook claimed would represent a step change in the way the phone works.The larger phone starts at $799,...
Apple has revealed the iPhone 12 Pro, the premium version of its new handsets.In addition to the features found on the normal iPhone 12, the Pro models comes in a range of more expensive finishes. It also has a vastly improved camera, keeping the three lens system...
The information confirms rumours that Apple is preparing four versions of the phone, in three different sizes: the smallest iPhone Mini; the equally-sized iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro; and the iPhone 12 Pro Max, which will be the biggest handset Apple has ever made.The...
Apple has announced 5G iPhones, the first time it has ever integrated the new network technology.Proponents claim the 5G technology will be both far quicker and more reliable than the existing 4G technology.Tim Cook, Apple’s chief executive, insisted that the company...
Apple has revealed four versions of its new iPhone 12, running from the tiny Mini to the very large and premium Pro Max.Pricing will remain the same for the new handsets as it was for the old ones. The iPhone 12 Mini will start at $699 while the iPhone 12 Pro will...
A month after holding its first September event for years without announcing a new iPhone, Apple has released four models in its new iPhone 12 range, all of which are 5G-compatible. They include a new line for Apple in the iPhone 12 Mini, which measures just 5.4in...
Apple has launched the HomePod Mini, a smaller and cheaper version of its Siri-powered speaker.It follows the HomePod, which was first announced in 2017. When that speaker was introduced, it focused on sound and was more expensive than competitors like the Amazon Echo...
Facebook says it will finally ban anti-vax ads.But it will still allow ads that push against governments policies that promote vaccines, it said.The decision comes amid increasing concern about the movement’s dangers for public health, as well as worries that Facebook...
The first wave of COVID-19 vaccines are unlikely to end the pandemic, the UK vaccines chief has told Sky News. The UK has 340 million doses of six prototype vaccines in its stockpile - more than any other country. But Kate Bingham, who heads the Vaccine Taskforce,...
Facebook has announced an update to its Messenger app, giving it a new logo, more chat themes, and custom reactions.The update focuses on aesthetics; the Messenger app now has a purple-red gradient logo rather than the previous blue and white one, and Facebook is also...
More than a year after smartphone giants Huawei and Samsung launched their first 5G phones, Apple is set to unveil its first 5G iPhone.The predecessor of 5G proved to be an era-defining technology. Launched shortly after the first iPhone, 4G transformed Apple’s first...
More than a year after smartphone giants Huawei and Samsung launched their first 5G phones, Apple is set to unveil its first 5G iPhone.The predecessor of 5G proved to be an era-defining technology. Launched shortly after the first iPhone, 4G transformed Apple’s first...
Hackney Council has reported a data breach after being hit by what it described as a "serious cyber attack" on Tuesday morning, which is still affecting many of its services and IT systems. The council says it is working with the UK's National Cyber Security Centre...
Receiving an unexpected knock on the front door in the early hours of the morning does not usually bring good news - but it is how one man found out he had won a Nobel Prize. Economist Paul Milgrom won the prize for economics, alongside his colleague Robert Wilson....
A remote Native American tribe is among the first users of Elon Musk’s Starlink space internet project after it connected to SpaceX’s constellation of satellites.The Hoh Tribe in Washington State said Starlink’s high-speed broadband enabled remote learning and...
Facebook has updated its policies to prohibit content that "denies or distorts the Holocaust" - just two years after Mark Zuckerberg suggested such posts were permissible under freedom of speech. The social network says it will also re-direct anyone who searches for...
Facebook has announced that it is updating its hate speech policies to explicitly ban Holocaust denial.The site had previously allowed such content to be posted on the site, with CEO Mark Zuckerberg saying that he found it “deeply offensive” but that his company would...
An advanced artificial intelligence was able to post to Reddit and interact with other users for more than a week before anyone realised it was a bot. The AI posed as a human user under the username ‘thegentlemetre’, posting to Q&A forums AskReddit and AskScience...
End-to-end encryption lets users use messaging services without the owners of those services being able to access the conversations.Government representatives, including Home Secretary Priti Patel, US Attorney General Bill Barr, and others, said they are concerned...
Apple has removed the “Beats by Dre” page from its website ahead of the upcoming launch of the iPhone 12.However, despite the removal of the page, Apple is still selling Beats products in its online store.It comes as Apple is launching new audio hardware, according to...
The virus that causes COVID-19 can survive on surfaces including mobile phones and banknotes for up to four weeks, according to new research. Australia's national science agency CSIRO found that Sars-CoV-2 was "extremely robust" at 20C (68F), or room temperature. The...
A tuberculosis (TB) vaccine given to more than 100 million babies each year could help adults fight coronavirus, health experts have said, after trials showed it stimulates the immune system. Some 10,000 people in the UK will be recruited to investigate whether the...
Facebook was responsible for 94% of the 69 million child sex abuse images reported by US technology companies last year. The figures emerged as seven countries, including the UK, published a statement on Sunday warning of the impact of end-to-end encryption on public...
The Duchess of Sussex has spoken about the "almost unsurvivable" online abuse she experienced in a podcast to mark World Mental Health Day. Appearing alongside her husband Prince Harry on the popular Teenage Therapy podcast, Meghan said she was told that "in 2019, I...
Scientists say they have discovered the fastest possible speed of sound. Researchers found soundwaves travelled at 36km per second in solid atomic hydrogen. That is about twice the speed at which they can travel through diamond - the hardest known material in the...
The inside of Asteroid Bennu could be less dense than its outer layers – like a chocolate egg filled with cream, Nasa’s OSIRIS-Rex spacecraft has shown.Bennu is a dark “rubble pile” asteroid, held together by gravity. It is thought to have been formed from the...
Sony has said that some older games could “exhibit errors or unexpected behavior” when played on the new PlayStation 5.The company has released a new FAQ detailing how backwards compatibility will work on the new console. Though it has been less focused on allowing...
Twitter is rethinking how the labels it applies to misinformation look and work, its head of site integrity told Reuters in an interview, as the social media company tries to make these interventions more obvious and cut its reaction times.Twitter's Yoel Roth said the...