MetroClosed Captioning Deaf man sues Pornhub over lack of sexy subtitles in its videos metro.co.uk - Jasper Hamill A deaf man has sued Pornhub over allegations that it does not place closed-caption subtitles on its videos. The hearing-impaired man said he couldn’t …
MetroExtinction What killed the dinosaurs? New clues point finger at killer asteroid metro.co.uk - Jasper Hamill The dinosaurs were wiped out by an asteroid and not by a super-volcano explosion, scientists have claimed. A debate has been raging recently among …
MetroSpotify Spotify users claim mysterious glitch has ‘broken’ the app metro.co.uk - Jasper Hamill Spotify users reported problems after the app this morning and claimed it was hit by some sort of outage which has left them unable to search for …
MetroWhatsApp Facebook halts controversial plan to put adverts in WhatsApp metro.co.uk - Jasper Hamill Facebook has halted plans to put adverts into WhatsApp after prompting a huge backlash. It has reportedly disbanded the team working to ‘integrate’ …
MetroWireless Charging Wireless electric car chargers to be installed in the UK for the first time metro.co.uk - Jasper Hamill The technology is to be installed at a taxi rank outside Nottingham railway station as part of a £3.4 million Government investment. Electric taxis in …
MetroGlobal Warming Oceans warming at a rate of 5 Hiroshima nuclear blasts every second, scientists warn metro.co.uk - Jeff Parsons Oceans around the world are heating up at a rate equivalent to four nuclear bomb blasts every single second. As climate change came to the fore in …
MetroApps WhatsApp making final tweaks before releasing much-anticipated ‘dark mode’ metro.co.uk - Jasper Hamill WhatsApp fans might not have to wait much longer to try out the ‘dark mode’ everyone’s been waiting for. The messaging app appears to be making final …
MetroBlack Holes ‘Strange objects’ are lurking near the supermassive black hole at our galaxy’s core metro.co.uk - Jasper Hamill Astronomers have found ‘strange objects’ orbiting the black hole which lurks at the heart of our galaxy. Sagittarius A* is a supermassive black hole …
MetroAsteroids A huge asteroid is breaking apart and it could be ‘dangerous to life on Earth’ metro.co.uk - Jasper Hamill A gigantic asteroid is breaking into pieces which could shower down on our planet, scientists have warned. In Apri 2017, a fireball burned brightly as …
MetroWindows 10 Microsoft Windows 10 hit by ‘severe’ vulnerability that could affect up to one billion users metro.co.uk - Jasper Hamill The US National Security Agency has issued a rare warning about a security vulnerability found in Microsoft Windows 10. Almost one billion computers …
MetroJack Dorsey Twitter will ‘probably never’ let you edit your tweets metro.co.uk - Jeff Parsons The option to edit a tweet has been one of the most requested features since Twitter launched over a decade ago. Even Kim Kardashian has tried to make …
MetroAsteroids Thousands of ‘hazardous’ asteroids with potential to hit Earth identified by artificial intelligence metro.co.uk - Jasper Hamill Thousands of ‘potentially hazardous’ asteroids which could hit Earth have been spotted by a pioneering new artificial intelligence. Scientists from …
MetroAlternative Fuel Toyota’s hydrogen-powered car will do 650km on a single tank metro.co.uk - Jeff Parsons Toyota has unveiled the final production design of its second generation hydrogen-powered saloon car at a special event in the Netherlands. The Toyota …
MetroPersonal Data Thousands of porn stars’ intimate details ‘exposed’ through data breach metro.co.uk - Jeff Parsons The intimate details of thousands of webcam models appears to have been made freely accessible online, according to reports. Cyber security experts at …
MetroGravitational Waves Earth hit by burst of mysterious gravitational wave from unknown source metro.co.uk - Jasper Hamill A burst of gravitational waves has blasted Planet Earth, scientists have announced. Scientists at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave …
MetroEcology City-dwellers need to find nature to help sustainability, study claims metro.co.uk - Jeff Parsons If you live in a city, then chances are you’re going to be less fussed about recycling, buying eco-friendly products or volunteering to help the …
MetroZoology Terrifying new wasp can seize control of victims’ brains and turn them into zombie slaves metro.co.uk - Jasper Hamill Scientists have discovered a new species of wasp that can seize control of its victim’s brains. Lurking in the dark depths of the Amazon rainforest is …
MetroPixelbook Google finally launches Pixelbook Go laptop in the UK metro.co.uk - Jeff Parsons Google has finally launched its latest Pixelbook in the UK several months after it became available in the US. The Pixelbook Go was revealed alongside …
MetroIcon version of the Flipboard logoApps A WhatsApp bug is giving people a glimpse of the much-anticipated ‘dark mode’ metro.co.uk - Jasper Hamill WhatsApp fans are eagerly awaiting a new feature called ‘dark mode’. Now a glitch in the world’s most popular messaging app is letting them get a …
MetroThe Brain Can technology help us speed up time if we want to? metro.co.uk - Alex Wilkins It never feels like there are enough hours in the day. If someone offered you a button to get things done at twice the speed to free up time, you’d …
MetroEarth Flat-Earthers aren’t happy with this stunning photo taken by an astronaut metro.co.uk - Jeff Parsons Astronauts stationed about the International Space Station (ISS) have a lot of important research and technical work to attend to. But they also get …
MetroMobile Technology Apple may be forced to change iPhone charging cables yet again metro.co.uk - Jeff Parsons Apple users had to deal with a big change when the company shifted charging cables from the old 30-pin connector to the newer Lightning port that …
MetroElon Musk Google unveils AI weather forecaster that can predict exactly when it’s going to rain metro.co.uk - Jasper Hamill Google has invented a new AI-powered weather prediction system which can accurately predict whether you’re about to get soaked in a rain shower. It’s …
MetroWildfires Smoke from Australian wildfires will make a ‘full circuit’ around Earth, Nasa says metro.co.uk - Jeff Parsons As the devastating wildfires continue to ravage Australia, the resulting smoke is set to make a complete circuit of the globe. Nasa is currently …
MetroExercise A pill to replace exercise? Scientists make bold claim of new protein metro.co.uk - Jeff Parsons In the future, couch potatoes may get all the benefits of exercise without having to set foot in a gym. Scientists believe they have discovered a …
MetroGalaxies The Milky Way suffered a collision with a mysterious ancient galaxy, astronomers find metro.co.uk - Jasper Hamill Astronomers have found evidence of a cataclysmic ancient impact which shaped the history of humanity’s home galaxy. Early in its history, the Milky …
MetroMacBook Pro Apple secretly working on Mac ‘beast mode’ that offers a huge power boost metro.co.uk - Jasper Hamill Apple is preparing to unleash a new ‘beast mode’ option which will dramatically boost the power of devices. Analysts have been carefully poring over …
MetroInstagram Handy Instagram trick reveals how many people have saved your posts metro.co.uk - Jeff Parsons Instagram has a way for its users to see how many people have saved one of their posts. It involves setting your account up as a ‘Business Profile’ …
MetroSpace Exploration A top-secret Russian military satellite has ‘exploded in space’, astronomer says metro.co.uk - Jasper Hamill A mysterious Russian satellite is feared to have exploded in space. The Kosmos-2491 craft was launched in 2014 on a secret mission, prompting claims …
