Apple had been seeking damages of $2.2bn after accusing Samsung of copying five patents including the “slide to unlock function”.
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Facebook wants to ‘listen’ to your music and TV
If the song or show is recognised by the app, users can publish the information on their profile or to selected friends.
Bees! Birds! or Flying robots
By Victoria Gill In the journal Bioinspiration and Biomimetics, 14 research teams reveal their latest experimental drones.
Tab to shoot 3D images will produce by Google
The Wall Street Journal quoted sources close to the company as saying a run of 4,000 devices will be manufactured next month.
eBay faces investigations over massive data breach
By Jane Wakefield Three US states are also investigating the theft of names, email addresses and other personal data, which affected up to 145 million eBay customers.
Facebook brings autoplay adverts to UK
By Kevin Rawlinson The social network initially trialled the features in the US and the first ads are expected to play in Britain within weeks.
Facebook developing video-chat app
Facebook has been working for several months on the planned video-chat app, which would allow users to send short video messages using a touch-screen, the FT said, citing people familiar with its plans.
Tiny KickSat Sprite satellites hitch ride into orbit
By Stephen Beckett With each galactic jaunt potentially costing hundreds of millions of pounds and demanding decades of planning, it’s hardly a surprise that we’re not all reaching for the nearest astrophysics textbook.
China denounces US cyber-theft charges
China has denounced charges brought by the US against five army officers accused of economic cyber-espionage. Beijing said it had “never engaged or participated” in cyber theft and that the charges would damage co-operation between the two countries. China summoned…
Apple apps made to run on Android devices
The software, called Cider, has been created by postgraduate researchers at Columbia University.
A brief history of plastics, natural and synthetic
By Laurence Knight Believe it or not, from a chemist’s perspective all these things are made of the same class of materials: Polymers. And the distinction between which ones we happen to call “plastics” and which ones we don’t is…
Researcher creates ‘holodeck’ with Oculus and Kinect
Oliver Kreylos has combined three Kinects with an Oculus Rift to import a 3D representation of himself into virtual reality.
Apple and Google settle patent row
Mobile phone industry giants Apple and Google have agreed to dismiss lawsuits they had brought against each other over technology patents.
The ethics of erasing bad memories
Though the emerging possibility of deleting traumatic memories could provide some people relief, the question remains whether it would fundamentally change who they are.
Braille phone goes on sale in ‘world first’
London-based firm OwnFone has released what it says is the world’s first Braille phone.
iPhone 6 with 1704 x 960 Pixel Screen in Testing
The iPhone 6 is expected to sport a larger 4.7 or 5.5-inch display, but not much has been said about its potential resolution–until now.
Google receives requests to ‘be forgotten’
By Jane Wakefield Google has received fresh takedown requests after a European court ruled that an individual could force it to remove “irrelevant and outdated” search results, the BBC has learned.
Google hopes test drives steer Americans to embrace its robot cars
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California – Google Inc’s self-driving car technology likely will not be available for several more years. But the Internet company is already beginning the job of making the public comfortable with the futuristic vehicles.
Samsung pledges compensation for cancer sufferers
Samsung says it will compensate chip factory workers who developed cancer while working for the firm.
Deep-sea ‘graveyard’ reveals fate of dead ocean giants
By Rebecca Morelle The chance discovery of a deep-sea “graveyard” is helping scientists to shed light on the fate of dead ocean giants, scientists report.
BlackBerry launches low-cost phone
BlackBerry has launched a new low-cost phone “exclusively for Indonesia”, one of the few markets where it is still a key player.
UK based company offers free airline tracking
By Jonathan Amos UK satellite operator Inmarsat is to offer a free, basic tracking service to all the world’s passenger airliners.
Mozilla to test sponsored tabs on Firefox
Mozilla has said it will test a plan that puts ads and sponsored content on the boxes that appear when Firefox users launch a new tab on the browser.
U.S. FDA approves ‘Star Wars’ robotic arm for amputees
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a robotic arm for amputees that is named for the “Star Wars” character Luke Skywalker and can perform multiple, simultaneous movements, a huge advance over the metal hook currently in use.
Our Sun Has a Sister
The ancient Egyptians called it Ra. The ancient Greeks called it Helios. The ancient Mayans called it Kinich Ahau. The ancient Germans called it Sól.
‘Killer robots’ to be debated at UN
Killer robots will be debated during an informal meeting of experts at the United Nations in Geneva. Two robotics experts, Prof Ronald Arkin and Prof Noel Sharkey, will debate the efficacy and necessity of killer robots. The meeting will be…
Samsung Electronics replaces mobile design head
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, the world’s biggest handset maker, has replaced the head of its mobile design team amid criticism of the latest Galaxy S smartphone.
The father of 3D printing says it’s overhyped
In the 31 years since an engineer named Charles Hull invented 3D printing, it has gone from a way for car companies to quickly prototype plastic parts to something that’s touted as a technological cure-all.
‘Digital Shadow’ Exposes Exactly How Much Facebook Knows About You
Ubisoft has created a video game promotion called Digital Shadow, that’s actually one of the best ways to determine exactly what you are sharing online right now.
‘Pinocchio Rex’: T. Rex’s Long-Snouted Cousin Discovered
Dead men tell no lies, but perhaps dead dinosaurs do. A new dinosaur species found in China and nicknamed “Pinocchio Rex” was a long-snouted cousin of Tyrannosaurus rex.