
Space Weather Satellite DSCOVR Launched
The tsunami buoy of space has been launched; the DSCOVR (Deep Space Climate Observatory) will be used to monitor the sun and space weather. The satellite was launched from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Florida. The satellite will be able to give advanced warnings from sudden outbursts of solar

First Ubuntu Smart Phone
The E4.5 Ubuntu edition will go on sale on the 9th of February and will be the first ever Ubuntu phone in the world. Here are some of it’s features: 4.5 inch QHD display. MediaTek 1.3GHz Quad Core Cortex A7 processor. 1GB of RAM 5-megapixel front camera 8-megapixel rear camera

US Navy Unveils Their New Electromagnetic Railgun
This week the US Navy and Marine Corps unveiled their new Electromagnetic Railgun at the Navel Future Force Science and Technology EXPO at the E. Washington Convention Center in Washington D.C. The new Railgun was developed by the Office of Naval Research and BAE systems and has the ability to

New Pictures of Pluto from New Horizons
NASA has released new pictures of Pluto and one of its moons taken by the Long-Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) on board the New Horizons spacecraft. The images were taken from a distance of some 200 million km (124 million miles) away. At this distance, Pluto and one of its moons

Website owner convicted over “Revenge porn” extortion
Kevin Bollaert , the owner of a website (UGotPosted.com) in which people uploaded compromising images of ex-partners has been convicted of identity theft and extortion at the San Diego County Superior Court. He will be sentenced at a later date and could face up to 20 years in prison. The

Kevlar Batteries in your Gadgets
Researchers at the University of Michigan have created a lithium-ion battery from Kevlar fibers. Using Kevlar not only prevents fires but can store more power in the same space as traditional lithium-ion batteries or make them smaller for the same amount of power. Kevlar is best known as the stuff

Second Global Xpress satellite launched
Inmarsat (a UK satellite telecommunications company) has launched the second Global Xpress satellite (I5 series) into a super-synchronous transfer orbit at 04:02 GTM on Monday. It is 7m long and weighs 6.1 tonnes. The satellite was launched from Baikonur in Kazakhstan on board a Proton M rocket. Global Xpress is

Latest WhatsApp Emoji bug found in Android
WhatsApp is adding many changes day by day. For example, it has added blue ticks to check the readability of messages sent. But recently, users who have updated the latest version, experienced a little WhatsApp Emoji bug. The Whatsapp Number 6 bug causes the emoji’s for number 6 to display the