If you're wondering why your peers seem to be prospering way more than you are, it might not be because they're better at their jobs: it's probably just down to random chance, according to a new computer model of wealth simulation.
A south Indian state has become possibly the first in the world to offer publicly-funded breast implants, its health minister arguing, “Why should beauty treatment not be available to the poor?”
Chinese media reported on Wednesday evening that McDonald’s Chinese business changed its company’s name from Maidanglao, a loose transliteration of the English name, to Jingongmen, or Golden Arches, on Oct. 12.
Facebook and Twitter could be asked to pay a tax to help fund educational campaigns about internet abuse.
A UK supermarket has become the first in the world to let shoppers pay for groceries using just the veins in their fingertips.
New York-based startup Entrupy has invented a small, portable scanner that rich people can use to check the authenticity of designer bags in mere seconds.
The US state’s congress voted to look into the idea as research suggests a large number of current jobs are likely to be replaced by automated technology in the coming years.
Amid fears about robots replacing human jobs, South Korea could become the first country in the world to introduce a "robot tax."
Armenian-based startup Volterman has recently unveiled a smart wallet that takes security to the extreme.
That's the exciting implication of new research out of the University of Washington, where researchers have created a mobile phone prototype that doesn't require a battery to operate.