Sci-Tech

Studies suggesting that the humble octopus might be from outer space have seized the attention of would-be xenobiologists.

US internet giant Amazon will block Australian shoppers from its international websites to counter new tax laws on online purchases, it announced...

Visibility in the mass media matters for scientists. It gets funders’ attention. It attracts top students. It can be a pathway to policy influence. Media coverage may even boost the number of times a...

Getting more girls to participate in technology is one of the challenges in an increasingly digital world.

Goliath and Goliath CEO Kate Goliath is encouraging small businesses to ramp up security measures after her comedy and entertainment agency fell...

African high-tech startups are minuscule compared with their US and European peers but they are finally gaining momentum and attention in some of...

Days ahead of the implementation of a sweeping European privacy law, debate is swirling on whether the measure will have negative consequences for...

The Gauteng Department of Infrastructure Development launched a drone on Monday to monitor and collect data in a bid to improve inefficiencies and...

Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg has agreed to live-stream his meeting with European Parliament members as he answers questions in the wake of the...

The United States Wednesday voted to invalidate the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) ruling on net neutrality by June 11, creating...

Understanding Earth’s species and ecosystems is a monumentally challenging scientific pursuit. But with the planet in the grip of its

With a science paper published after his death, Stephen Hawking has revived debate on a deeply divisive question for cosmologists: Is our Universe...

Cambridge Analytica, the British marketing analytics firm, announced on Wednesday that it was closing and would file for insolvency in Britain and...

Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg announced on Tuesday the world's largest social network will soon include a new dating feature – while vowing to...