TECHNOLOGY

Nintendo has announced that in its first ten months on sale, its new Nintendo Switch console has become the fastest-selling video game system of all time in the United States.

Android users should be on alert for a new malware variant posing as ride hailing app Uber in an attempt to steal passwords, security researchers warn.

Michael Gove set to tell farmers the current subsidy scheme will be replaced by a pro-environment system.

Fashion shoppers who shudder at the idea of buying clothes without trying them on could soon be able to buy direct from Amazon, without ever leaving their home.

After battering Britain and Ireland, Storm Eleanor slammed into western Europe, derailing trains, toppling trees and halting flights.

The device has already shown signs of promise, reducing the severity of the condition in 20 patients.

"Over my dead body," one Twitter user wrote.

Archaeologists have discovered a stone shrine build in pre-Hispanic times, along with ceramic fragments, lithic materials, lapidaries and organic remains.

Modders have added Saturday Night Live character Matt the Radar Technician to EA DICE's Star Wars Battlefront 2.

People have been prohibited from going within 8km of Mount Agung's volcano crater ever since it erupted in November 2017.

Extreme cold weather has caused parts of the Niagara Falls to freeze as a massive winter storm, followed by possible record-breaking cold, moves up the eastern US.

New report warns automation might be deployed to mitigate effects of a higher wage bill.

Twitter's response has already prompted fierce backlash and protests with people accusing CEO Jack Dorsey of being "complicit" in Trump's behaviour.

The unique service, launched jointly by California-based start-up Zipline and Rwanda government, delivers crucial blood bags to remote regions of the nation in 30 minutes or less.

Archaeologists discovered heavily burned stones in a pit at the centre of the site, along with stones they believe may have been discarded outside the two entrances.

Users are even asked to sign and agree to an end-user licence agreement (EULA) that describes the information to be gathered and used by the app.

The flaws potentially affect nearly all processors built in the last two decades and impact almost any device that uses the hardware.

Unlike previous versions, the novel robotic hand is compact enough to be carried and used outside a laboratory.

"Please be assured that we will make every effort to ensure this does not happen again," the DHS said in a statement.

The Mariana snailfish has been documented at depths of more than 8,000 metres below the ocean surface.

Scotland's Highland Wildlife Park has welcomed a polar bear cub, announced just a day after a cub in Tierpark Berlin was found dead. Cubs have a high mortality rate in captivity.

Die-hard Apple fans who bought in early to the iMac Pro are making decent money back by selling the accessories on eBay.

The new findings confirm a decades-old hypothesis describing how the supermassive black holes at the centre of galaxies influence the birth of new stars.

KFC has taken on Ronald McDonald by clearly referencing Donald Trump's provocative nuclear threats against North Korea.

The president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, is considering the development of a state-run cryptocurrency that could be used to shirk international sanctions.

Flach's new book, Endangered, features over 180 images of remarkable animals such as the mandrill and the Yunnan snub-nosed monkey.

Dating website eHarmony has been banned from using an advertisement that claimed its service used science to help its users to "stack the odds of finding lasting love".

Tabby's Star aka KIC 8462852 appears to be inexplicably dimming and brightening sporadically like no other star known to science.

Entertainment consumers are turning to streaming channels and digital downloads faster than ever before.