EmDrive: Roger Shawyer is patenting a new design for next-gen superconducting thruster
The Intellectual Property Office has published Shawyer's application featuring novel superconducting end plates.
Sacked male executive suing Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer for discrimination
The former employee accuses Mayer and two other female executives of illegally purging male workers.
Samsung tried to ignore another exploding Note 7 but made massive fail by texting owner by mistake
User complains replacement Galaxy Note 7 goes up in smoke, Samsung texts back 'I can try and slow him down'.
World's smallest transistor enables scientists to push the laws of physics further
Scientists have challenged the laws of physics by creating a 1 nanometre transistor gate for semiconductors.
An app for talking to the dead? Woman brings best friend back to life as AI chatbot
The founder of the Luka AI bot messenger has immortalised her friend as a bot using text messages he sent her.
My Grandmother's Lingo: Help save the Aboriginal language Marra by playing this interactive game
An Australian TV network has a game controlled by sound to teach younger generations a dying language.
CIA using deep learning neural networks to predict social unrest five days before it happens
The CIA is analysing data on the internet in order to predict when protests and riots might break out.
The future of 4G: How EE is using drones, satellites and lighthouses to connect the UK
EE wants to speed up mobile network repairs by delivering equipment using drones to fly beyond the line of sight.
Look out Elon Musk, Boeing wants to beat you to Mars using hypersonic rocket engines
Boeing envisions orbiting factories and hotels, as well as beating SpaceX to take the first humans to Mars.
Facebook's Marketplace is already being used to sell drugs, animals and weapons in the UK and US
Marijuana, pirated software, prescription drugs, rentals, adult services and tobacco are on the Marketplace.
What October Surprise? WikiLeaks to release data on three organisations and wants an army to defend itself
Julian Assange's #OctoberSurprise was a letdown for WikiLeaks fans as no new documents were released at all.
Is Amazon testing out delivery drones in secret on a farm in Cambridgeshire?
A multitude of clues have pointed to Amazon testing its Prime Air drones somewhere in Cambridge, UK.
Largest ever DDoS attack: Hacker makes Mirai IoT botnet source code public
The botnet code that took journalist Brian Krebs and French web host OVH offline is now freely available.
Kim Dotcom hopes Megaupload 2.0 will bring micropayments and blockchain to the masses
Dotcom is using a bitcoin-only approach to fundraising in order to try to make bitcoin adoption mainstream.
What is Houseparty? Behind the social media video app craze 1 million young people are using
Meercat has returned with a spontaneous live group video chat app that has spread via word of mouth.
London Sperm Bank creates Tinder-style app that lets women swipe right on donors
App lets women create a wish list of the type of donor they want and review profiles.
Nissan has developed autonomous self-driving chairs so you can queue in absolute comfort
Nissan develops autonomous chair with built-in camera and sensors for people who hate standing in line.
Quantum computing breakthrough as scientists develop entanglement tech to make qubits last longer
University of Tokyo scientists have figured out how to sustain the lifetime of qubits.
Quantum computing breakthrough: Israeli scientists invent cannon for entangled photon clusters
Scientists have developed a device that can guarantee producing an endless sequence of entangled photons.
Global music industry suing YouTube-Mp3 for 'helping people easily pirate music from streams'
The IFPI recently found that ripping music from YouTube is now a much bigger problem than illegal downloading.
DJI launches Mavic Pro 'selfie drone' to follow consumers around
DJI is getting into the personal selfie drone market, improving on earlier concepts by Zano and Lily.
Microsoft to kill malware by placing Edge web browser within its own virtual machine
Microsoft is putting Edge in a virtual machine to protect users from malware, viruses, phishing and zero-days.
Hate spam emails? This man built a bot to annoy spammers until they give up
Fed up of intrusive email spam, a developer built a bot that keeps replying to spammers until they get fed up.
These Chinese employees will get the sack if they buy the iPhone 7
A firm in Henan is demanding employees boycott iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus and all foreign luxury goods.
Bikinis, balloon art and bitcoin: Meet the cutesy idols hoping to turn Japan on to cryptocurrencies
Japan is combining its idol culture with cryptocurrency in order to teach people about the blockchain.
Scientists one step closer to the future of the internet by teleporting light across 6km
Physicists have set a new world record in distance of transferring a quantum state by teleportation over 6km.
Abductions, beatings and death: The horrifying truth behind China's internet addiction boot camps
Schoolgirl that starved her mother to death exposed a school where teenagers suffer terrifying abuse.
Ethereum network hit by computational DDoS attack
Ethereum's founder says attackers are laying siege to its network, causing it to slow down greatly.
En-Gedi scroll: How computer algorithms unlocked the mystery of a 1,400-year-old Hebrew artefact
Google-funded software used to 'unwrap' burnt artefact will be released for free public use in late 2017.
Apple infringed Nokia and Sony's ring-silencing patent for the iPhone says court
MobileMedia Ideas has won a patent lawsuit against Apple over the ring-silencing feature on mobile phones.
