Emerging technologies
Facebook Team Working On Brain-Powered Technology
Facebook says it is working on technology to allow us to control computers directly with our brains. It is developing...
Facebook Shares Brain-Control Ambitions
Facebook says it is working on technology to allow us to control computers directly with our brains. It is developing...
Baidu To Share Self-Drive Car Technology
Chinese internet giant Baidu has said it will share much of the technology it has created for its self-driving cars....
Apple Gets Permit To Test Self-Driving Cars
Apple has joined the list of companies with permits to test self-driving cars in California, according to an updated...
Google’s Driverless Cars Make Progress
The number of human interventions in journeys made by driverless cars from Google company Waymo in California more than...
Laser Weapons Edge Toward Use In US Military
A sci-fi staple for decades, laser weapons are finally becoming reality in the US military, albeit with capabilities a...
Graphene-Based Sieve Turns Seawater Into Drinking Water
A UK-based team of researchers has created a graphene-based sieve capable of removing salt from seawater. The...
Quadriplegic Man Regains Use of Arm In Medical First
A decade after a bike crash that left an American man paralysed from the shoulders down, he can again feed himself,...
EU Nations Vote Against GM Crops
A majority of EU nations voted against genetically modified corn during a meeting of the EU appeals committee. However,...
Unproven Stem Cell Therapy Causes Three Women To Go Blind
An unproven stem cell therapy that involves extracting a patient's fat tissue and injecting it into the eyes has caused...
California Gives Green Light To Self-Driving Car Tests
The US state of California is easing its rules for autonomous car testing, by allowing testing of vehicles in which...
IBM’s Online Quantum Machine Gets Faster
IBM has made its quantum computing system commercially available to businesses and beefed up an existing system used by...
Africa Is Not Ready For Smart Cities
Vice President for Sale in Africa at Japanese technology company NEC, Chad Baker told Adom News in an exclusive...
UPS Tests Residential Delivery Via Drone Launched From Truck
UPS has announced that it had successfully tested a drone that launches from the top of a UPS package car, autonomously...
Google’s Self-Driving Firm Sues Uber
Uber is being sued for stealing trade secrets and technology from Google. Waymo, set up by Google owner Alphabet, is...
UAE Grapples Drones After Airport Closures
Dubai authorities are grappling with new ways of keeping the emirate's skies safe after drones halted air traffic at...
Gene Editing Mulled For Improving Livestock
Gene editing, which has raised ethical concerns due to its capacity to alter human DNA, is being considered in the...
Iran Bans Drones In Tehran After Device Shot Down
Iranian officials have banned the flying of all private drones over Tehran after two recent incidents led to one of the...
Advances In Imaging Could Deepen Knowledge of Brain
New imaging techniques enable exploration of the brain in much more detail than ever before, opening the door to...