Science & Technology

Mark Zuckerberg: I regret ridiculing fears over Facebook's effect on election Sam Levin in San Francisco Facebook founder, who called it ‘crazy’ to suggest misinformation on site affected voters, describes change of heart as company...

UK to ban petrol and diesel cars from 2040 By Rachel Connolly   In a move towards greener electric vehicles, the UK will ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2040. On July 26, the...

Cheddar Man: DNA shows early Briton had dark skin By Paul Rincon Science editor, BBC News website   https://youtu.be/lWDWVDu01P0 DNA shows early Brit had dark skin A cutting-edge scientific analysis shows that a Briton from 10,000 years ago had...

Polar expedition studies climate change effects   Turkey's expedition to the Antarctic has just returned from the White Continent, and aims to track the impact of global warming on the area. A glacier is seen in Half...

WhatsApp makes its own unique emojis – that look similar to Apple's Alex Hern   WhatsApp’s 1.2bn users given iOS-style emojis that differ from those on Facebook and Messenger, adding to general air of cross-platform confusion. WhatsApp has...

Ads don't work so websites are using your electricity to pay the bills Alex Hern   Pirate Bay and Showtime turned to forcing unknowing visitors to mine cryptocurrency, using computers rather than eyeballs on ads to generate...

Cambridge Analytica taken to court over data storage By Jane Wakefield   The company at the centre of the row is alleged to have used data from Facebook to profile voters in the US presidential election   A...

Apple strikes a deal with Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Television By Luján Scarpinelli   Spielberg’s Amblin Television will make 10 exclusive episodes of his 1980s science fiction series Amazing Stories for Apple, each with a budget of more...

DNA confirms amazing Australian isle insect not extinct after all  Will Dunham   WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When black rats invaded Lord Howe Island after the 1918 wreck of the steamship Makambo, they wiped out numerous native species...

How the iPhone X could make Apple a $1 trillion company Jacqui Frank, Kara Chin and Joe Ciolli Business Insider Business Insider CEO Henry Blodget and chief tech correspondent Steve Kovach discuss Apple's new...