Will Facebook getting rid of click-bait make your News Feed any better?
You may have heard at the weekend that Facebook is planning on reducing the amount of click-bait headlines on your News Feed, but will this really make any difference to our experience of the social network? In case you don’t know what click-bait is, it refers to those articles with really enticing headlines (usually involving…
Mobile rumours: Brand new features for Motorola’s Skip, Another Nokia 830 leak, Microsoft’s streaming dongle?
The world of mobile news is scary and complicated, with rumours flying about all over the place about what the many different companies are planning on doing. If you don’t know what you’re looking for then chances are you won’t get very far, so to ease your burden here are some of today’s biggest mobile…
Apple rumours: iPhone 6 box insert, New features, new spec leaks
Those Apple rumours just keep coming, especially coming up to the iPhone 6′s rumoured launch window, and keeping up with them all is proving to be a difficult task. To keep you up to speed, here is today’s round-up of the biggest Apple rumours and news. 1. An iPhone 6 box insert has leaked, is…
Scientists have made the first working lab-grown organ
British scientists have grown the first working organ made from lab-created cells. (Yes, it’s an organ you might not have heard of before, but it still counts.) The researchers, from the MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Edinburgh, extracted connective tissue cells from a mouse embryo and used a technique called reprogramming…
Wearable tech: this shirt lights up in response to music
New York-based company CRATED has teamed up with BotFactory, a circuitry and electronics start-up, to produce a shirt that incorporates some smart technology, allowing the shirt's logo to light up in response to audio. The garish garment, named 'Sync', features a pulsating LED '+' sign design that changes brightness according to background music - making it great for…
You can now customise an Acura car without leaving Twitter
Just yesterday we told you that you can watch a TV pilot on Twitter, and now it’s also possible to customise a car, an Acura 2015 TLX performance luxury sedan, to be precise, without leaving the social media website. Using the revamped version of the new Twitter cards, which allow you to add photos, videos…
Lasers could replace pinpricks for diabetics
To manage their condition, many diabetics rely on home-testing systems to check their blood sugar levels. This involves pricking a finger to draw blood, which can be painful and isn't ideal if you're out and about. Now a team from Princeton University Engineering School has developed a new technique that measures blood sugar using lasers…
Bio-bean is turning coffee grounds into energy and fuel
When thinking of coffee shop waste, we always tend to think of piles and piles of cups, but the average coffee shop throws out around 22 pounds of coffee grounds a day too. With so many coffee shops (sometimes three or four all within the same square mile) that adds up to A LOT of…
Police could secretly film suspects with special sunglasses
Police could soon be able to take covert photographs and videos of suspects, with the upcoming release of these sunglasses from Canadian wearable tech company Recon. The Recon Jet is being released this autumn, and in this video, it's clear to see that the product has been designed with sportspeople in mind - however, the company…
Is David Cameron the only person alive still using a Blackberry?
In shocking news, David Cameron has confessed his reliance on his BlackBerry smartphone, claiming he can run the government from it, while on holiday. We don't know whether we're more shocked at the fact that there's a person out there still using a Blackberry, or the fact that the Prime Minister has actually confessed this.…
