Personal data of millions of children and adults may have been compromised after a creepy hack of the toymaker VTech servers happened last month. While the extent of the damage is not yet known, police in the U.K. have arrested a suspect on suspicion of crimes not related to the illegal access to a computer. […]
If you’ve been looking for a “hoverboard” to give as a Christmas gift, you’re going to find it’s much harder than before. Amazon has opted to suspend the sales of the majority of these devices on both its UK and U.S. websites. Amazon’s move comes after a backlash of house fires and explosions linked to […]
Would you eat a gold-coated Kit Kat bar? Chocolate lovers in Japan have the option to do so in December when the company releases its mouth-watering bar for $22 (or 2,016 yen). And, it’s only the Japanese that’ll get lucky. The bars won’t be found anywhere else in the world. Nestle Japan said 500 bars […]
Facebook will start to include relevant results from all public posts in its search results. Facebook confirmed this major enhancement to its search function in an announcement last week. Facebook users can now expect to get better search results but not without some concern over privacy. When Facebook users search using the improved feature, relevant […]
Verizon has been working hard to increase the speed of its wireless network while also surpassing its rivals in the 5G race. According to Roger Gurnani, chief information officer at Verizon, the company is going to test its new 5G (fifth generation) wireless technology sometime in the next year, and could become the first wireless […]
Corduroy, a 26-year-old male cat from Oregon has entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest cat currently alive. Corduroy briefly held the same title in 2014, before Tiffany Two, another cat aged 27, was identified as being slightly older and beat him to the title. Recent death of Tiffany Two at the age of […]
Within a day of launch almost 14 million devices have been installed with Windows 10, claims a blog post by Microsoft. The demand is unprecedented and the feedback overwhelmingly positive according to Yusuf Mehdi, Corporate VP of Windows, who wrote the post. On Wednesday Microsoft launched the much awaited Windows 10 operating system in 190 […]
Taylor Swift donated $50,000 to a young fan fighting blood cancer, proving yet again that she values her fans dearly. Naomi Oakes was diagnosed in late June with acute myelogenous leukemia and the Swift fan is to miss out on the upcoming Taylor Swift concert in Arizona as she is expected to be hospitalized for […]
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has proposed new rules that look to give cell phone owners more tools that will protect them from unwanted phone calls and text messages. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler introduced the proposal that would eliminate the loopholes within the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991. This is a law that restricts […]
The UAE economy, especially in Dubai, is being driven by its travel and tourism industry. It supports the thousands and thousands of jobs that significantly contributes to the country’s gross domestic product (GDP). The country’s goal is to bring more tourists in, and heavily invest in tourist-attracting ventures. The initiative is to create more businesses […]