A man who claims to have memorised the entirety of Google Maps is able to identify any place in the world simply by glancing at a random image from Google Street View. An American, Trevor Rainbolt is one of the world's top…
Clever cockatoos learn from each other how to open rubbish bins put out by residents in Australia, according to new research. And the technique is catching on with peers working out how it’s done – by watching, say scientists. Sulphur-crested cockatoos that…
A gaming journalist says he has finally started playing Fortnite—three years after waking up from a coma and being baffled by how 'obsessed' everyone was by it. Kotaku writer Mike Fahey said that, when he woke up from a six-week coma in…
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5video Engineers have built a special robot to stop elderly people from being injured through a fall or a trip. Known officially as a ‘Mobile Robot Balance Assistant’…
A German designer has invented the perfect prank — 3D-printed shoes that leave Bigfoot-like tracks. The shoes invented by architect Stephan Henrich are called ‘The Cryptide’ and consist of a sole with an open design that has been combined and printed together…
Spotify has seemingly suffered a sudden outage as users across the UK started reporting that the app wasn’t working. According to DownDetector, issues started to appear at around 2.45pm on Monday, September 12th. Within the space of a few minutes, over 200…
Anger at a new 5G mast spilled over into direct action this weekend in Southampton, as an 'angry' mum blocked construction workers by parking her car on the pavement. Jodie Whitworth, 44, took part in a demonstration against a new 5G mast…
Your days of squinting to see the TV could be over. No, Specsavers aren't about to start handing out free glasses. Instead, LG has released one of the world's biggest televisions—a 97-inch OLED whopper that could take over your entire living room….
The US government has decided not to share any more footage of UFOs to the public to protect ‘national security’. In May, Pentagon showed videos of mysterious objects during the first public hearing on UFOs on Capitol Hill since the 1960s. Now…
Ads are coming to Netflix, perhaps even sooner than anticipated. The Wall Street Journal has reported that Netflix has moved up the launch of their ad-supported subscription tier to November. The Sydney Morning Herald, meanwhile, is reporting that Australia is amongst the first countries likely to…