As soon as it was known that Minecraft creator Markus “Notch” Persson had bought a $70 million mega-mansion in LA it was only a matter of time before someone recreated it in blocky form. One dedicated player took up the challenge immediately and in…

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba says it has spent more than $160m fighting fake goods on its websites over the last two years.

In addition to dealing with symmetrical book stacking and full-torso apparitions in basements New York’s librarians have had to field some pretty crazy questions in their day. Case in point: “What percentage of all bathtubs in the world are in the U…

One of the greatest allures of self-driving cars is the prospect of never needing your own vehicle — you could just catch robotic rides whenever you want personal transportation. Well Singapore is about to explore how well that concept works in pra…

Competitive video gaming – known as e-sports – should be included in the Olympic Games the creator of World of Warcraft has told the BBC.

Google’s Chromecast makes it easy to stream pretty much anything to your TV. Movies TV shows music games photos — whatever you’re interested in there are plenty of smartphone and tablet apps equipped with Google’s little Cast button. So whethe…

2014’s been a year to forget for Travis Kalanick but since there’s still a week to go before 2015 there’s one more nasty surprise waiting for him. South Korea has indicted Uber’s CEO on charges of operating an illegal taxi service in the country w…

Just like that Samsung has decided to close its flagship ‘Experience Store’ in London. Only ten of these retail outlets exist across the UK and the one in Westfield Stratford City shopping center was Samsung’s crown jewel playing host to numerous …