Technology

Apple has updated its 12-inch MacBook, first launched in March last year, with the latest Intel Skylake processors, better graphics and longer battery life. The design remains unchanged. It still features a 13.1mm-thin all-metal unibody frame that weighs a mere 920g, but now comes in four aluminium finishes instead of …

Emojis have become embedded into the way we communicate over Facebook, texting, and other social media. They seem to stand in when we feel a loss of words. For me, I use them when I feel they are appropriate for me to accentuate what I am talking about. Some of …

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Anyone running QuickTime on their Windows computer is being urged by the government to uninstall the program right away. The Department of Homeland Security issued an alert on Friday, noting that Apple will stop providing security updates for QuickTime for Windows. That change can leave users vulnerable, and there’s a risk hackers …

The training engines are off people! There is now a real hoverboard that would get the Green Goblin giddy with maniacal delight and it’s called the Flyboard Air. Oh, and it can go up to 93 mph and fly 10,000 feet in the air. No, you did not read those numbers wrong. The Flyboard Air …

Tesla Motors says worldwide orders for its new lower-priced Model 3 electric car have hit 325,000. CEO Elon Musk says on Twitter Thursday that the number is still rising. Over 325k cars or ~$14B in preorders in first week. Only 5% ordered max of two, suggesting low levels of speculation. — Elon …

Here’s a great way to trick people into thinking the N64 is capable of running new PC games, without using any emulators. Modder Istartedthewar has hidden a small PC inside an old Nintendo 64. Nothing suspicious on the front. The back of the case reveals that something’s not quite right with the …

Samsung’s long-rumoured foldable smartphone could be coming out in 2017, according to reports. Korean technology site ETNews, who cite industry insiders, said the device will look like a regular 5-inch smartphone, slightly smaller than the new Samsung Galaxy S7. Once unfolded, the device’s screen will expand to seven inches, the size of a small tablet.   …

A Hong Kong man has created a $50,000 life-size humanoid robot prototype in the image of Hollywood actress Scarlett Johansson. Ricky Ma, a 42-year-old product and graphic designer who has been obsessed with robots since his childhood, spent more than a year building a lifelike bot from scratch. Named Mark …

An April Fools’ Day joke created by Google as an add-on to Gmail, intended to amuse, jumped up and bit the Internet giant when users complained en masse about the “stupid prank.” Gmail users awoke to a new feature on Friday, Send+Mic Drop, next to the regular Send button. Pressing …

At an event in Los Angeles — near midnight East Coast time — Tesla Motors chief executive Elon Musk unveiled his new creation, the Model 3. Starting at $35,000, the car represents Tesla’s first effort to bring an electric car to the masses. Musk said the car will be able to travel at …