This week, 14-year-old Lucas Etter, in Clarksville, Maryland, in the US, set a new world record for solving the classic Rubik’s cube, solving the scrambled cube in an astonishing 4,9 seconds. The maximum number of face turns needed to solve the classic Rubik’s cube, one that is segmented into squares
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Electromagnetic fields are all around us. They are a part of our natural environment, produced by the earth and the sun. But they are also becoming increasingly prominent with advancements in
Terminator Genisys understandably pretends that Terminator 3 and Terminator: Salvation never happened, yet fails to provide much justification for its own existence. It’s an awkward attempt to channel the success of
South Africa has become one of the leading destinations for renewable energy investment, with an estimated R193bn already committed. But there are question marks over how successful the programme has been in balancing the demands of financial
There is widespread acknowledgement that Africa has a long road to travel before it can use the power of technology to improve the lives of people. Broadband coverage outside urban and peri-urban areas is still woefully inadequate
The November 1972 issue of Playboy is the magazine’s bestselling issue of all time. This is not because of the articles, but due to the proliferation of one iconic image from the magazine: that of centrefold model Lena Söderberg. The original image
There have frequently been calls for BT, the former telecoms monopoly, to be broken up. Now, with the company having emerged as the buyer of mobile phone network EE, complaints about BT’s power – which have never gone away – have grown louder. But other than
Another month, another data breach, and another set of proposals for what is seemingly an intensifying cyberattack problem.
When we examine the evidence, though, the actual expenses from the recent and high-profile breaches at Sony, Target and Home Depot
Is it true spies hack technology companies? Can governments really listen to your phone calls? Should we care? The latest details of NSA and GCHQ intelligence agency activities to come from files leaked by Edward Snowden are of the apparently massive theft of mobile
A new arrival into an extremely competitive market, the first Ubuntu-powered phone has finally gone on sale in Europe — two years after a failed attempt to generate crowdfunding nevertheless raised US$12m. A sleek, polished rectangle, it appears much like other