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Breakthrough TAVI Procedure for Bicuspid Valve at Durdans Heart Centre

03 Jun 2019 - 0     - 418

Durdans Heart Centre recently concluded a breakthrough minimally invasive Transcatheter Arterial Valve Implantation (TAVI) on a patient with bicuspid valve.

Lenovo is set to reveal next-gen VR/AR hardware: here's what we know so far

08 Jun 2016 - 0     - 24272

Lenovo and Movidius are working on VR together, using chips used in DJI's latest drones. Lenovo looks like it's set to debut new virtual reality hardware in a year already full of VR surprises, and it's doing it with the help of a chipmaker named Movidius.

Iranian hackers use fake Facebook accounts to spy on U.S., others

19 Sep 2014 - 5     - 36133

In an unprecedented, three-year cyber espionage campaign, Iranian hackers created false social networking accounts and a fake news website to spy on military and political leaders in the United States, Israel and other countries, a cyber intelligence firm said on Thursday.

Google building self-driving cars with no driver seat, steering wheels

19 Sep 2014 - 13     - 26510

Google Inc is building cars that don't have steering wheels, accelerator pedals or brake pedals, in an ambitious expansion of the Internet company's efforts to develop self-driving cars.

Google building self-driving cars with no driver seat, steering wheels

29 May 2014 - 0     - 31977

Google Inc is building cars that don't have steering wheels, accelerator pedals or brake pedals, in an ambitious expansion of the Internet company's efforts to develop self-driving cars.

Iranian hackers use fake Facebook accounts to spy on U.S., others

29 May 2014 - 0     - 46522

In an unprecedented, three-year cyber espionage campaign, Iranian hackers created false social networking accounts and a fake news website to spy on military and political leaders in the United States, Israel and other countries, a cyber intelligence firm said on Thursday.

'Chewbacca' attack hits shops in 11 nations

03 Feb 2014 - 0     - 27589

Swift action has stopped an attack that stole credit and debit card details from retailers in 11 nations.

Gut feelings? Cold feet? Body maps show where emotions go

03 Jan 2014 - 0     - 28464

Where is the love? Experiments with some 700 people in Scandinavia and Taiwan reveal universal locales for emotions from anger to happiness to pride and shame.

Chinese hackers spied on Europeans before G20 meeting: researcher

11 Dec 2013 - 0     - 25899

Chinese hackers eavesdropped on the computers of five European foreign ministries before last September's G20 Summit, which was dominated by the Syrian crisis, according to research by computer security firm FireEye Inc

Google and Microsoft agree measures to block abuse images

18 Nov 2013 - 0     - 26465

Leading search engine companies Google and Microsoft have agreed measures to make it harder to find child abuse images online.

Microwave signals turned into electrical power

12 Nov 2013 - 0     - 26775

An electrical current capable of charging a mobile phone has been created from microwave signals.

U.S. spying harms cloud computing, Internet freedom: Wikipedia founder

08 Nov 2013 - 0     - 26693

The United States' alleged large-scale surveillance of global communications networks will badly harm the U.S. cloud computing industry, the founder of Wikipedia said on Thursday.

Google offers live video chats on range of topics with new service

05 Nov 2013 - 0     - 35320

Google Inc is launching a service that lets consumers pay for live video chats with experts who can provide everything from step-by-step turkey cooking instructions to marriage counseling.

Snowden leaks: Google 'outraged' at alleged NSA hacking

01 Nov 2013 - 0     - 26101

Google has expressed outrage following a report that the US National Security Agency (NSA) has hacked its data links. An executive at Google said it was not aware of the alleged activity, adding there was an "urgent need for reform".

'Anonymous' hack Singapore newspaper's website

01 Nov 2013 - 0     - 28544

The website of Singapore's main paper, The Straits Times, has been hacked by someone who claimed to be a part of the hacking collective Anonymous.

Twitter goes for more eye-catching look

30 Oct 2013 - 0     - 25059

Twitter was born in 2006 as a stream of SMS text messages. Before going public in 2013, it's now reveling in images.

Germany wants a German Internet as spying scandal rankles

25 Oct 2013 - 0     - 24882

As a diplomatic row rages between the United States and Europe over spying accusations, state-backed Deutsche Telekom wants German communications companies to cooperate to shield local internet traffic from foreign intelligence services.

Twitter account of China's state broadcaster hacked

22 Oct 2013 - 0     - 19017

China's state broadcaster CCTV News said on Tuesday one of its Twitter accounts had been hacked, and deleted a tweet claiming the country's president had set up a special unit to probe corruption accusations against a former domestic security chief.

DNA analysis uncovers genetic errors behind 12 major cancers

21 Oct 2013 - 0     - 18168

Thanks to recent advances in genome sequencing that allow scientists to analyze DNA faster and more affordably than ever before, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis say they have found that many types of cancer are driven by the same genetic mutations.

Facebook allows teenage users to post publicly on site

17 Oct 2013 - 0     - 23894

Facebook is allowing users under 18 to post publicly on the site for the first time.

Blackhole malware exploit kit suspect arrested

10 Oct 2013 - 0     - 18699

Russian police have reportedly arrested a man on suspicion of masterminding two infamous hacking tools.

US releases $100 banknote with new security features

08 Oct 2013 - 0     - 18738

The US Federal Reserve has issued a new hi-tech $100 banknote comprising several new security features.

Adobe in source code and customer data security breach

04 Oct 2013 - 0     - 18767

Adobe has confirmed that 2.9 million customers have had private information stolen during a "sophisticated" cyber attack on its website.

Google unveils major upgrade to search algorithm

27 Sep 2013 - 0     - 18020

Google has unveiled an upgrade to the way it interprets users' search requests. The new algorithm, codenamed Hummingbird, is the first major upgrade for three years.

Twitter introduces an alert system for emergencies, disasters

26 Sep 2013 - 0     - 18804

Twitter, which is preparing for its initial public offering, said on Wednesday it will help users receive special alerts from government agencies and aid agencies during emergencies.

Empty F-16 jet tested by Boeing and US Air Force

25 Sep 2013 - 0     - 19161

Boeing has revealed that it has retrofitted retired fighter jets to turn them into drones.

Snowden disclosures prompt warning on widely used computer security formula

20 Sep 2013 - 0     - 19310

In the latest fallout from Edward Snowden's intelligence disclosures, a major U.S. computer security company warned thousands of customers on Thursday to stop using software that relies on a weak mathematical formula developed by the National Security Agency.

Hacker group in China linked to big cyber attacks: Symantec

18 Sep 2013 - 0     - 18024

Researchers have discovered a group of highly sophisticated hackers operating for hire out of China, a U.S. computer security company said on Tuesday, and it linked them to some of the best-known espionage attacks in recent years.

Facebook and Twitter said to be unblocked in Iran

17 Sep 2013 - 0     - 23603

Facebook and Twitter became widely accessible to Iranian users on Monday for the first time since 2009, when the services were blocked in the midst of widespread protests against former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, according to reports emerging from the country.

Microsoft gives Bing a makeover

17 Sep 2013 - 0     - 18477

Microsoft is giving its Bing search engine an overhaul to better compete with Google.

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