The genetic change discovered in the Bajau tribe who live in Jaya Bakti is the first known example of a human adaptation to deep diving, researchers from Cambridge University found. ... more

Starting on Thursday, users can watch 30-second previews of TV shows and movies in Netflix's iOS app. The trailers play vertically, so you don't have to flip your phone to watch. ... more

Bill Gates is backing Washington-based, EarthNow, a startup that plans to launch 500 satellites to cover Earth's atmosphere in real-time video surveillance. ... more

The findings were made by a team of researchers, which included the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, who looked at mammal sizes from 66 million years ago to the present day. ... more

The track (concept image) - which will be around  six miles (10km) long - will be close to Al Maktoum International Airport, on the border of the Abu Dhabi and Dubai emirates. ... more

Viewers in the UK and Ireland will only be able to view the New York fortnight via Amazon's Prime Video channel. In recent decades the event has been broadcast either by Sky or Eurosport. ... more

Unusual experiment could provide insights into addiction to rewarding substances ... more

Lyft is launching a program to offset emissions from the 1.4 million cars that drive for the U.S. ride-hailing service by investing in projects to reduce other sources of greenhouse gas. ... more

Scientists think Bajau people of Indonesia's enlarged spleens give them the ability to hunt for longer underwater ... more

Apple could be gearing up to launch a second version of its popular budget phone, the iPhone SE, as well as a cheaper, bigger version of the 10th anniversary iPhone X, according to reports. ... more

The new ant is one of 15 new species of exploding ants that has been found by researchers from the Natural History Museum Vienna and colleagues on the island in Southeast Asia’s Malay Archipelago. ... more

Research led by the University of Manchester found that among more than 475,000 people those who had a firmer hand grip performed better in tests of reaction time, reasoning and memory. ... more

'Daisy' is part of a mission to use only recycled components in the iPhone ... more

Around 80 per cent of the mice survived the operation and within two weeks their brain implants (pictured) were spawning new neurons, according to researchers from the Salk Institute in San Diego. ... more

Under the trending Twitter hashtag #GameStruck4, video game fans have spent the day listing the four titles that defined their love of gaming. Some are predictable, others not so muchIt’s a question video game fans often discuss: which games have defined your life? Now that question has become a trending… ... more

The writing, which appeared above Phoenix yesterday, was designed to attract attention to computer networking firm Cisco, which is currently hosting its annual conference in the city. ... more

Global leaders call on the Commonwealth to halve malaria in next five years ... more

The cow's skull is between 5,000 and 5,400 years old and was unearthed at a Neolithic site at Champ-Durand in France by the French National Centre for Scientific Research. ... more

Trawling through screws and being confused by instructions could become a thing of the past ... more

Nintendo Labo – the new, strange, cardboard accessory for the Switch – is finally about to arrive. ... more

Buzz Aldrin pictured on the moon (Source: AFP) Earlier this week, it was claimed that Buzz Aldrin saw aliens during the historic 1969 Apollo moon mission. But it turns out that the second man on the moon did not have a close encounter with extraterrestrial life. Read the full story ... more

MOTOROLA will reveal the new Moto G6 and Moto G6 Plus in a less than an hour at event in Brazil. Here’s everything we know so far including release, price and every new feature. ... more

The mentally ill man was reunited with his brother after a facial recognition firm helped to identify him ... more

The 'Kilopower' project could be used to generate clean energy on the moon, Mars and further into the universe ... more

The 'Kilopower' project could be used to generate clean energy on the moon, Mars and further into the universe ... more

Jim doesn’t want his emails scanned for targeted ads, but while there are ways to avoid it, surveillance-based advertising is rifeWhat’s the best free email service provider that does not scan or use the data in your emails for advertising? JimFree email services are usually paid for by showing you… ... more

The latest Switch game offers almost unlimited content to anyone with a creative head on their shoulders ... more

SKY has held its latest financial earnings, revealing some new figures around its satellite television business and next-generation Sky Q system. ... more

A total of 1.5 billion international Facebook users will not be protected under GDPR. ... more

Amazon, Google, Facebook and Apple have accrued so much power, it has damaged American democracyFor those Democrats who dream of being president, it’s no longer safe to play it safe. We live in a dangerous, unstable time in a democracy that is far from healthy. Many of the forces corroding… ... more

In a letter to shareholders on Wednesday, the Seattle-based retail giant's CEO wrote of the need to maintain 'high standards' to keep pace with customers who are 'divinely discontent'. ... more

A secretive US company has created a portable device that can break into iPhones within minutes. Anonymous sources who have seen the documents are urging Apple uses to change their passcodes. ... more

Company moves responsibility for users from Ireland to the US where privacy laws are less strictFacebook has moved more than 1.5 billion users out of reach of European privacy law, despite a promise from Mark Zuckerberg to apply the “spiritâ€� of the legislation globally.In a tweak to its terms and… ... more

California base faces claims of unreported injuries as it struggles to roll out Model 3Tesla is facing an investigation by Californian safety regulators into reports of serious injuries at its factory in Fremont, California, where it is struggling to scale up production of its Model 3 mass-market electric car.The California… ... more

Service that bundles fast delivery with video and music streaming edges closer to Netflix’s 125 million subscribersAmazon has revealed that it has more than 100 million subscribers to its Prime service, which bundles free shipping with video and music streaming services and other perks to keep shoppers locked into its… ... more

The strange looking black stone was apparently found by a soldier in Myanmar. The video sparked conspiracy theories, with some saying it must have been left by an ancient civilisation. ... more

THE FIRST advertisement for OnePlus’ forthcoming flagship smartphone – OnePlus 6 – has leaked online, and has teased one of the biggest selling points of the handset. ... more

Show your mates who’s boss with a new feature designed to slap down people who try to lord it over group chats (Photo: Reuters) We’ve all had friends who like to lord it over the rest of us in real life as well as the virtual world. But now you’ll… ... more

Herwig Czech, a historian of medicine at the Medical University of Vienna, made the discovery after looking at Asperger's Nazi-era publications along with documents from Austrian archives. ... more

Elon Musk is currently staying overnight at Tesla's factory in Freemont, California. The hard-working boss sent an-email to his employees revealing six tips to boost their productivity. ... more

Stratolaunch will conduct its first flight this summer, the company revealed at the 34th Space Symposium in Colorado. The aircraft still has to go through three taxi tests. ... more

The odd jobs marketplace has been investigating a "cyber-security incident". ... more

Many of Facebook's global members, whether they know it or not, are currently governed by terms of service agreed with the company's international headquarters in Dublin. ... more

TalkTalk, Vodafone and BT drew the most complaints for their services, the regulator says. ... more

A NEW generation of doping for athletes could see sportsmen genetically modify their genes to get an advantage over their competitors, scientists have warned. ... more

The C-Thru lens uses augmented reality to improve firefighters’ sight in poor visibility. ... more

Could our beautiful planet literally turn into hell on Earth? We love to grumble about life here on Earth, but it’s basically the nicest place in the known universe. But it could one day follow in the footsteps of Venus to become a ‘hellish’ death planet with clouds of corrosive… ... more

An edible board game and a trickster goose were among offerings at London’s Now Play This experimental games showcaseNow Play This is an exhibition of experimental game design and a regular feature of the annual London games festival. For this year’s Now Play This, at Somerset House earlier this month,… ... more

The site says the decision will not matter to users since they will be protected anyway ... more

Nasa's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (Tess) searches for new planets. ... more

SCIENTISTS have controversially yet successfully grown part of a human brain inside a mouse and the organ even managed to survive for months in a major scientific breakthrough. ... more

The planet-hunting craft blasted off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket (Photo: AP) Nasa has launched a bold new mission which could finally answer the biggest question in the universe. The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) spacecraft blasted off last night on a quest to find new worlds around neighbouring stars…… ... more

APPLE may be about to refresh its popular iPhone SE with a version thought to be coming in the next few months. Rumours suggest that Apple's WWDC developers conference could be used to show off the company's new hardware. ... more

Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation is forcing big changes at tech’s biggest firms – even if the US isn’t likely to follow suitDespite the political theatre of Mark Zuckerberg’s congressional interrogations last week, Facebook’s business model isn’t at any real risk from regulators in the US. In Europe, however, the… ... more

THE END of the world has been forecast for April 23 by David Meade, a Christian numerologist, who has promoted his shocking prediction and declared it is backed up by a prophesy in the Bible. But will it be painful if the rapture strikes? ... more

Graphs made by students at University of California San Diego have revealed that how people think they will die often does not match up with actual rates for the most common causes of death in the US. ... more

British dive instructor Dominick Martin-Mayes discovered the shocking 'ghost net' drifting north of the Cayman Islands, on Monday afternoon. ... more

SPACEX has finally launched its first high-priority science mission for NASA after delays. A Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Florida on Wednesday with a planet-hunting orbital telescope designed to detect worlds beyond our solar system that might be capable of harbouring life. ... more

The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) blasted toward space atop a Falcon 9 rocket at 6:51 p.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. ... more

Parents are outraged after their children were forced to view offensive ads as they played what they thought were harmless puzzle apps. The ads appeared in games Crazy Cake Swap and 2048. ... more

Experts say that the history had to be found and made public – but caution that it should cause no distress to anyone who identifies with the syndrome that took his name ... more

Who wouldn’t want to look like this cute doggo? (Picture: Getty) It turns out that dogs really do resemble their owners. Genes from the dog gut ‘microbiome’ – the community of vital bacteria that support digestion and metabolism – show many similarities to those of humans, scientists have found. Games… ... more

India's youngest billionaire, Vijay Shekhar Sharma, says Indian firms are ready to challenge the West. ... more

The DOJ's Amber Alert webpage, the Department of Commerce's Weather.gov and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration webpages have been hit by the bug. ... more

A NASA satellite has embarked on a quest for planets where life might exist. ... more

An unsettling new study led by the US Geological Survey has examined the devastation that would ensue if a magnitude 7.0 earthquake were to occur along the Hayward fault in San Francisco Bay Area. ... more

A SHARK so rare it has not been seen in over a decade has finally been spotted – dead, and on sale in an Indian fish market. ... more

Investigation has alleged Tesla underreported injuries ... more

Boulder is facing $100 million in extra climate change costs over the next three decades ... more

Researchers from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore can build an Ikea chair in under nine minutes. People, according to Ikea, take around 15 minutes to build the same item. ... more