Life Style / Technology

This temporary tattoo can control your smartphone 20 Aug 2016 - 03:34 pm

DuoSkin's metallic tattoos allow people to create three types of user interfaces on their skin. (Jimmy Day) By Steven Overly Scientists at the...

“No Man’s Sky”: from a humble shed to a new gigantic universe 11 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

LONDON: A new computer game created by a team of 15 people in a shed in southern England made its highly anticipated debut...

Tips and tricks to get more out of Google Maps 10 Aug 2016 - 06:55 pm

Washington Post screengrab from a Samsung Galaxy S6 by Hayley Tsukayama By Hayley Tsukayama Google Maps consistently makes lists of the top 10...

Mosquito traps laced with human scent help fight malaria 10 Aug 2016 - 06:11 pm

Mosquitoes expert Willem Takken, professor at Wageningen University poses with his mosquito trap in Wageningen, on August 10, 2016. The so-called "odor trap"...

All about Instagram's new Stories feature - which is basically a Snapchat clone 06 Aug 2016 - 05:40 pm

(Courtesy of Instagram) By Hayley Tsukayama Instagram on Tuesday announced a feature called Stories -- which will look very familiar to anyone who...

This company is launching the first-ever private mission to the moon 03 Aug 2016 - 05:15 pm

MISSION 2 - MX-1 Micro-Lander with ILO Telescope at Moon's South Pole (Photo: Moon Express) By Brian Fung For years, the only entities...

New Instagram feature makes content disappear after 24 hours 02 Aug 2016 - 06:26 pm

(Photo : Instagram) Instagram, the photo-sharing app owned by Facebook, is taking aim at fast-growing messaging app Snapchat with a new feature that...

Samsung's new jumbo phone unlocks with iris scanner 02 Aug 2016 - 06:17 pm

A woman walks past a billboard of Samsung Galaxy Note 5 (L) and Galaxy S7 (R) at a mobile phone shop in Seoul...

Healthy clones: Dolly the sheep's heirs reach ripe old age 26 Jul 2016 - 06:04 pm

This file photo taken on February 3, 1997 in Edinburgh shows Dolly the cloned sheep born on July 5, 1996 at the Edinburgh...

Too busy for Pokemon? Get yourself a Pokewalker 23 Jul 2016 - 04:26 pm

Men play the augmented reality mobile game "Pokemon Go" by Nintendo on their mobile phones as they walk at a busy crossing in...

What Pokemon Go Actually Is (and Isn't) 18 Jul 2016 - 12:54 pm

Dozens of people gather to play Pokemon Go in front of the Sydney Opera House on July 15, 2016. (AFP / William WEST) ...

A beginner's guide to Pokemon GO 11 Jul 2016 - 06:21 pm

By Yuji Nakamura Depending on whom you ask, Pokemon Go is either a revolutionary smartphone experience or potentially lethal fad. Either way, here's...

Players in hunt for Pokemon Go monsters feel real-world pain 11 Jul 2016 - 03:08 pm

(photo: pokemongo.com) By RYAN NAKASHIMA LOS ANGELES: Beware: "Pokemon Go," a new smartphone game based on cute Nintendo characters like Squirtle and Pikachu,...

ESSAY: The first Pokemon game for smartphones is not what I expected 11 Jul 2016 - 02:45 pm

Courtesy of Pokemon Company International and Niantic. By Hayley Tsukayama Pokemon Go has a killer concept: to bring the "catch 'em all" experience...

Indonesian volcano puts on spectacular blue light show 09 Jul 2016 - 01:14 pm

This picture taken on June 15, 2016 shows brilliant blue flames lighting up the night sky above Kawah Ijen, casting an eerie electric...

NASA's Juno spacecraft orbits Jupiter, 'king of solar system' 05 Jul 2016 - 09:07 am

This NASA photo obtained July 4, 2016 shows a model of the Juno spacecraft at a news briefing, held before Juno enters orbit...

Fido forever? S. Korea's dog cloning clinic 04 Jul 2016 - 08:41 am

A South Korean researcher playing with cloned dogs in the lawn at the Sooam Biotech Research Foundation. AFP / JUNG YEON-JE Seoul: At...

Chinese 'gamble' on Taylor Swift's love life 01 Jul 2016 - 11:34 am

Taylor Swift (right) and British actor Tom Hiddleston (left). Reuters Beijing: US pop singer Taylor Swift's love life has become the latest unlikely...