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Thu May 05 2016
 
     
 

The spy in your fizzy drink

Researchers have come up with a nifty way to use common chemicals such as cola to encode and decode secret messages.

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Like Siri, just better

Siri's creators have been labouring away on Viv, an even better articificial intelligence assistant.

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Smart homes leave door open for hackers

Mark Zuckerberg wants to build a super smart home, but the 'smarter' a home is the more vulnerable it may be

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Apple loses exclusive rights to iPhone in China

Company loses control of the iPhone trademark in China opening the door for other companies to use the brand.

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The Instagram hacker who is too young to use it

Ten-year-old gets $10,000 award for exposing security flaw in Instagram, a service he is too young to use.

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Like Siri, just better

Siri's creators have been labouring away on Viv, an even better articificial intelligence assistant.

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SCIENCE NEWS  

The spy in your fizzy drink

Researchers have come up with a nifty way to use common chemicals such as cola to encode and decode secret messages.

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TELECOMS  

Nepal earthquake's tech heroes

An international telecoms firm assembled a quick-reaction team to assist organisations with recue efforts in Nepal.

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SECURITY  

Smart homes leave door open for hackers

Mark Zuckerberg wants to build a super smart home, but the 'smarter' a home is the more vulnerable it may be

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SOFTWARE  

Google's Chrome is tops

Search engine's web browser now crowned as the most widely used browser on the net.

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BUSINESS  

Apple loses exclusive rights to iPhone in China

Company loses control of the iPhone trademark in China opening the door for other companies to use the brand.

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HARDWARE  

Acer takes a bite of the Big Apple

Acer's new product rollout had a number of highlights, says Alan Cooper.

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GAMING  

Wait! Build your new PC after mid-June

With NVIDIA and Intel both planning big releases for June it makes sense to hold off on building your dream PC.

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INTERNET  

Radiohead tries to erase itself from internet

Fans on Sunday started noticing that pieces of the band's online presence were disappearing

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GADGETS  

Apple needs a big bite of something new

Now that fewer people are buying new iPhones, Apple appears to be pinning its hopes on after sales add-ons, but this may not be enough, says an analyst.

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SPACE  

China targets moon landing

Chinese president Xi Jinping ssays that the country will become a space power with plans of a probe launch in 2020.

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DISCOVERY  

Next-level data storage: DNA

Microsoft is testing a concept to store data inside the human genome which could be the most cost-effective storage method.

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ENVIRONMENT  

Hope the rhino gets pioneering surgery

Shoelaces on steroids: that's the groundbreaking procedure used on the world's most famous rhino, Hope.

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