Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge: Best smartphone to buy at present

Latest high-end Android phone raises bar for screen, camera and speed, while bringing back such fan favourites as waterproofing, expandable storage and decent battery lifeSamsung’s latest smartphone takes the best bits of last…

Quitting iPhone apps won’t help save battery, Apple says

Apple’s software chief, Craig Federighi, tells customer it makes no difference and that he doesn’t bother laboriously quitting all iPhone apps when done with themMany people believe that quitting all the apps in the iPhone’s…

Barbie with hijab on has gone viral on Instagram

A hijab-wearing Barbie has become a star on Instagram.The creator, Haneefah Adam, takes Barbie dolls and dresses them up in hijabs she has hand-stitched herself in mini size.Pictures of 'Hijarbie' on social media have already…

ISIS militants assault Misrata’s Abu Grein checkpoint

More than three fighters from a Misrata prominent brigade were killed Wednesday night in an attack carried out by some ISIS militants on Abu Grein security checkpoint, which lies at the eastern entrance of Misrata.The checkpoint…

ISIS commander, Shishani, survived a US air-raid in Syria

A monitoring group says a top commander of so-called Islamic State was badly wounded but not killed in a recent US air strike in north-eastern Syria. On Tuesday, US defence officials said Tarkhan Batirashvili, a Georgian known as Omar…

Singapore is world’s most expensive city, once again

Singapore has again been judged as the world's most expensive city but costs across the world have been highly volatile, according to researchers. The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) ranked Singapore as the priciest ahead of Zurich,…

Toshiba makes robots more human-like

Toshiba has shown off the latest generation of its Chihira robot at a trade fair in Berlin. The machine - which is designed to look as human-like as possible - has had the German language added to its repertoire.The firm also told…