In his 1992 novel Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson described the “metaverse”: an immersive online simulation of the real world, visited by millions through virtual-reality goggles. Palmer Luckey, a fast-talking 21-year-old, was not yet born when the sci-fi author ...

9 ways you can 'consciously uncouple' yourselves Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin have consciously uncoupled. Yep, we were confused too… (Picture: AP). Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin's not-so-shock split has had a somewhat unexpected reaction ...

... 2014. • Follow our live coverage of Flight MH370. A multimillion-dollar lawsuit has been initiated against Malaysia Airlines and Boeing over the crash of MH370, as the son of the pilot criticised the “baseless accusations against my father”. The lawsuit was ...

SEOUL — North Korea test-launched two medium-range ballistic missiles early Wednesday off its east coast in its longest-range launch since 2012, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported, citing military sources. The South Korean military say the ...

HTC is not being greedy with its new version of BlinkFeed home screen introduced in HTC One (M8), and has decided it will allow other Android devices to install it via the Google Play store. It has not detailed an exact timeline for this release however, with ...

HTC is not being greedy with its new version of BlinkFeed home screen introduced in HTC One (M8), and has decided it will allow other Android devices to install it via the Google Play store. It has not detailed an exact timeline for this release however, with ...

North Korea reportedly test-fired two medium-range ballistic missiles today in a challenge to a rare three-way summit of its rivals Seoul, Tokyo and Washington which focused on the North's security threat. The launch of the Rodong missiles, the first time since ...

FREMANTLE, PERTH – Australia will send the first team of air-crash investigation experts to the remote Indian Ocean search area for Flight 370 in the next few days, following a request from the Malaysian government, which has taken over command of the ...

It is a bizarre phrase which up until tonight most of us had never heard of. When celebrity couple Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow announced they were splitting up, they used the phrase 'conscious uncoupling'. But what exactly does it mean?

Facebook has paid $2bn (£1.2bn) for a start-up working on virtual reality headsets that raised cash for product development on crowd-sourcing site Kickstarter. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said the acquisition of Oculus was a long-term bet that making ...

SAN FRANCISCO, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Authorities in the northwestern U.S. state of Washington recovered two more bodies on Tuesday, bringing the confirmed death toll from Saturday's landslide to 16. Meanwhile, some reports said rescuers are believed to ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian accused Ukraine on Wednesday of violating international conventions and putting lives at risk by preventing Russian pilots and crew disembarking after passenger flights to Kiev. Citing information from Russian carrier Aeroflot, ...

The HTC One M8 launched yesterday amidst much fanfare is all set to enter the Indian market next month. According to a report by The Times of India, the One M8 will reach some markets as early as April 1. However, there is no word on the pricing or specific ...

Russia on Wednesday accused Ukrainian officials of barring crews of Russian commercial airlines from going outside of their aircraft in Ukrainian airports. Russia's Foreign Ministry said that Ukrainian border guards have been barring cabin crews of Aeroflot, ...

JAKARTA, March 26 (Bernama) -- Indonesia will soon send a special envoy to Malaysia to seek complete information on the investigation into a Malaysian airliner that is believed to have gone down in the southern Indian Ocean. "I think this is good thing to do ...

The announcement by Facebook on Tuesday that it is acquiring Oculus, the makers of the Rift virtual reality headset, comes as a bit of a surprise. The social network is paying $400 million in cash, and also handing over shares for a total payout of over $2 ...

The Soyuz TMA-07M spacecraft is lifted to its launch pad at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. - Reuters/File Photo. Published 2014-03-26 12:41:20. Share. Email. Receiver Email Sender Name Your Email Cancel. 0 Comment(s). Print. MOSCOW: A ...

After 10 years of marriage, Iron Man actress Gwyneth Paltrow and her husband Chris Martin of Coldplay have decided to go their separate ways. Now, who saw that coming? There are rumours that Paltrow's highly-publicised Vanity Fair tell-all article – which ...

London: The HTC One, the most awarded smartphone of 2013, has widely been considered the best phone on the market. That is, until now. Today, the Taiwanese company launched the much anticipated HTC One M8. Weighing in at 160 grams with a 5-inch ...

Updated: 18:21, Wednesday March 26, 2014. Air pollution 'kills 7 million people'. Air pollution by sources from cooking fires to auto fumes has become the globe's worst environmental health problem, contributing to a shocking seven million deaths worldwide, ...