“China and Russia are putting a new spin on the term ‘Cold War’ in the Arctic”: Senate hearing
An ocean of opportunity awaits in the Arctic. As the sea ice recedes, it is opening major travel routes that...
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Russia to launch oil-backed cryptocurrency
According to a report by a local news source, Russia plans on regulating cryptocurrency whilst also launching it’s own oil-backed digital...
Space Force ‘should leverage commercial space technology’: Deputy Defense Secretary
When US President Donald Trump announced he was going to launch a new branch of the military, the Space Force,...
VisionHack – First international hackathon on computer vision for unmanned vehicles
Recently, the words “Russia” and “Hack” have been paired together in the news with some pretty negative stigma, however VisionHack...
US, Russia repeating same mistakes in Syria as in Afghanistan
With the US and Russia backing opposite military forces in Syria, they are creating the same mistakes as they did in...
Russian email services grow as Gmail & Outlook.com battle for 1st place in Europe
ComScore data shows that more Europeans use Outlook.com than Gmail but Google's email service is growing faster, although it's still not growing as fast as Russia's Mail.ru & Yandex Mail
Google search results reveal our new obsession for the London 2012 Olympic Games
Google search results for the London 2012 Olympic Games reveal we have a new Olympic obsession - the medal table.
In which country is Twitter more popular than Facebook?
Japan is the only country in the world where Twitter has a higher number of monthly unique visitors than Facebook, that’s according to Business Insider quoting comScore data.
NASA promises Saturday’s Lunar eclipse will be super-sized and colorful
When the Lunar eclipse takes place on Saturday the Moon will appear super-sized and blood red, according to NASA. But you will have to get up early to see it in the US.
How to use the web to scare yourself stupid this Halloween
As Halloween approaches we have collected some of the scariest sources online.
Facebook launches new inline translation service
Facebook quietly rolled-out a new inline translation feature last night. The service, which uses Bing Translate, allows users to translate public Facebook Page content, like comments, into their own language.
Wikimedia uploads previously unpublished photographs from The Second World War
The Russian International News Agency and Wikimedia have released over one hundred never-before-published photographs from The Second World War.
BBC releases 60 years of Reith Lectures from radio archive online
The BBC has released over 60 years' of audio archive from its acclaimed Reith Lectures online as part of its plan to make its archives more accessible.
Scientists make a Mammoth decision – to bring back the extinct creature
It has been extinct for over 12,000 years but a team of Japanese, Russian and American scientists hope to be able to clone a Woolly Mammoth within the next five.
Follow the partial solar eclipse online with NASA and Google Maps
The solar eclipse which darkened the morning sky over Europe, Russia and the Middle East isn't over yet. People in...
January’s solar eclipse likely to be overcast, health warnings issued
Ireland and the UK will see their first solar eclipse of the new year on Tuesday (4th January). The partial eclipse will be visiable across the British Isles from 8:00am and will last until about 9:30am. At its peak the moon will obscure about 66% of the sun, although the amounts will vary depending on location. The eclipse will also be visible over much of Europe, North Africa and central Asia.
