Japan’s Nintendo Co Ltd is expected to extend its decade-high earnings streak when it reports fourth-quarter results next week, powered by the hit Switch console which is expanding its reach among locked-down consumers.

Sony Pictures Television producer Stellify Media has landed one of the more unusual TV commissions to emerge from the coronavirus pandemic — it is strapping cameras to dogs and letting them roam the homes of their celebrity owners. The Northern Irish ...

Windows 10 is now showing adverts within the search box which are attempting to persuade people to switch to Microsoft Edge, in yet another move to promote the revamped browser which runs the risk of starting to irritate people – given how prevalent ...

Skywatchers had high hopes that a comet called ATLAS would light up the night sky this spring, with forecasts suggesting it could become bright enough to see with the unaided eye. Instead, the icy object crumbled to pieces — but it's still putti ...

President Donald Trump weighed allowing the novel coronavirus to "wash over" the US as he considered strategies for dealing with the growing crisis in March, The Washington Post reported. In a Situation Room meeting on March 14 — the same ...

The Diaphragm Global Radio Telescope (FAST), with a 500-meter diameter in Guizhou, China, was tested in 2016 after its 5-year construction phase and was launched earlier this year. Giant radio telescope, which is said to contribute to studies on life ...

Verizon is one of numerous home-Internet providers offering temporarily free service to low-income households during the pandemic. But a big restriction on Verizon's offer makes it impossible for many people to get the deal. The Verizon problem ...

The human dimensions of the COVID-19 pandemic reach far beyond the critical health response, as all aspects of our future will be affected - economic, social and developmental. Our response must be urgent and coordinated on a global scale, and should ...

If nothing else, the global pandemic of the Coronavirus has slowed the world down and in effect, our minds too. In our socially-distanced states, we are bound to be thinking more about what we are doing in our lives, where we are heading, and what ou ...

Walmart said it will pay nearly $550 million in bonuses to hourly employees — including special bonuses to reward its workforce for keeping shelves stocked as customers flock to stores. In an interview on “Squawk Box” Friday morning, Walmart’s execut ...

As the world continues to combat the fast-spreading coronavirus, health and government officials are taking serious steps to protect the most vulnerable members of society. States including California are encouraging everyone over 65 years old to sta ...

In-display fingerprint sensors are commonplace on flagship phones and some mid-range devices, but they require an OLED screen. Thankfully, biometric authentication companies like Goodix have previously confirmed plans to bring the technology to LCD s ...

Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei is confident some European telecoms will choose it to provide 5G technology for their core networks, the firm’s chief representative to the EU, Abraham Liu, told Reuters on Friday. “It’s important to let them ( ...

This week a new phrase – social distancing measures – entered our lexicon. Introduced by Dr. Nancy Messonnier, director of the Center for the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the CDC, she described “social distancing measu ...

At least 1,000 donkeys are slaughtered every day in Kenya for export to China, where their boiled-down skin is used to make ejiao.

“I understand it’s easy to keep watching videos,” the smiley guy said. “And trust me, I’ve been there before. But those videos will still be there tomorrow. Go get some extra sleep, turn your phone off, do yourself that favor, and have a great night. ...

Whether you’re in poor lighting or your subject is too far away, sometimes getting the perfect photo just isn’t possible without the right equipment. To solve this, the Galaxy S20’s camera seamlessly combines a cutting-edge camera hardware system wit ...

More than 10,000 people in villages near Vietnam's capital were placed under quarantine Thursday after six cases of the deadly new coronavirus were discovered there, authorities said. In the first mass quarantine outside of China since the virus ...

A new species of tyrannosaur — the oldest ever found in Canada — has been discovered in Alberta. Thanatotheristes degrootorum was as long as two cars lined up bumper to bumper and would have towered over an adult human. It stood about 2.4 metres tall ...

Another major bug hits Windows 7 after the January 14 end-of-life (EOL) deadline.