The virtual currency has continued its breathtaking rise surging past $1,000, after already winning the crown of the best-performing currency in 2016 by more than doubling its value in the course of the year. Bitcoin...
Video game maker Nintendo is launching “Super Mario Run” for the iPhone, marking the company’s first ever smartphone game. With this move, the Japanese pursue a double strategy, market analysts say. Japanese video game publisher...
The massive servers required to process your tweets and videos are set to cause more carbon emissions than aviation. This week, Google pledged to power all its servers from renewables. Believe it or not, when...
The fear is that robots will replace humans in the workplace. But engineers at Technical University Dresden think robots and humans can collaborate – via wearable technology for humans to train robots. DW: How does...
Stockholm is always good for a surprise. Many scientists and journalists had considered it a safe bet that this year’s Nobel Prize for Physics would honor the detection of gravitational waves – it really was one...
The US tech giant is said to be considering a tie-up with the luxury carmaker as part of an effort to invest some of its huge cash reserves in the auto industry. But McLaren has...
Once a year, Apple hosts a September event where it unveils new products – and for nearly the past decade, the main focus at the annual ‘reveal’ has been on an updated iPhone. This year,...
When consumers constantly upgrade to the latest smartphone, this carries a heavy environmental cost. Although recycling helps, the underlying problem is economic growth versus the environment. How can this be solved? One German telecommunications provider...
The Asian city-state has taken the lead in becoming the location of the world’s first public experiment with self-driving taxis. The outcome of the trial is likely to revolutionize the global automotive industry. The world’s...
The pressure is on for US cell service providers to grab a slice of a rare new spectrum going up for bids. With lots of ground to cover, T-Mobile has its wallet wide open. But...
Pokemon Go players have stumbled into places they really shouldn’t be on the hunt for digital monsters. It seems that for some fans of the popular app, catching them all is more important than personal...
Daimler’s ride-hailing Mytaxi and British rival Hailo are willing to merge as both companies take on US-based Uber. The new entity will operate in over 50 cities to become Europe’s largest taxi network. Mytaxi of...
