Technology (Page 12)

For the last two years a supersonic car has taken shape in an ordinary-looking unit on an industrial estate near Bristol, a joinery on one side, a plumbers’ merchant on the other. On Friday, the car, Bloodhound SSC, will be unveiled for the first time in the much more glitzyContinue Reading

FEELING cold? Your home already knows, and turns up the heat. Sick of the TV show you are watching? Your home changes the channel. No need for a remote controller, just think about what you want and it will happen. Smart homes fitted out with remotely controlled appliances are alreadyContinue Reading

IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the proposals were released to the public without his knowledge. The new law would have forced Indians to store plain-text versions of their encrypted data for 90 days and make it available to security agencies. The draft policy sparked outrage on social media, asContinue Reading

One-in-five young people has been cyberbullied, according to a research across 11 countries. A fifth say they felt suicidal as a result. The survey also found that more than half of the 5,000 teenagers who took part thought being targeted online was worse than face-to-face bullying. Vodafone and YouGov carriedContinue Reading

The experts reported that YouTube did not count many of the “fake views” they directed at their own videos. But it still charged the researchers for many of them. The case highlighted the need for more transparent analytics, said one expert. Google said it would work with the researchers toContinue Reading