Germany Gets Serious With Fake News, Facebook Could Face Fines Over Inaction

Dec 19, 2016 05:42 am UTC| Technology Law

At least one country seems to be taking the rapid proliferation of fake news in Facebook seriously, with Germanys leaders actually considering legislative options with regards to the trend. The EU nation is now considering...

Facebook’s Drone Crashed Over The Arizona Desert, Suffered Substantial Damage

Dec 19, 2016 05:20 am UTC| Technology

Facebook has been touting a possible future where its drones would be filling the skies, beaming fast internet access to remote regions. To do so, the Aquila drone was tested over the skies of the Arizona desert....

Second revealed Yahoo hack means it really is time to delete your Yahoo account

Dec 19, 2016 00:19 am UTC| Technology

To paraphrase Oscar Wilde; to have all of your user accounts hacked once may be regarded as a misfortune, but to have it happen again looks like gross carelessness. Yahoo not only announced that the details of one billion...

Humans strive for efficiency but could learn so much from nature's resilience

Dec 17, 2016 06:49 am UTC| Nature Technology

Since the industrial revolution, humans have been driving towards ever greater efficiency. In fact, efficiency making the best possible use of the resources at hand has become the core concept of how we run the...

In China, low-speed electric vehicles are driving high-speed urbanisation

Dec 16, 2016 15:06 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology

As nations around the world struggle to halt the Earths rising temperature, China has made the transition to low-carbon transport a priority. As part of the effort to develop low-emission vehicles, national electric car...

Ford Wants To Pair Autonomous Vehicles With Drones For Road Guidance

Dec 16, 2016 10:18 am UTC| Technology

Different automakers often have different ways of approaching the development of new technology, and its hard to argue that driverless cars are the next big thing right now. In order to make itself stand out as well as to...

Elon Musk Joins Trump Side, Changing Sides?

Dec 16, 2016 09:33 am UTC| Technology Politics

Elon Musk is often considered the poster boy for overly optimistic progressive goals, which is exemplified by his forward-looking attitude towards technology, renewable energy, and transportation. However, it would seem...