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USA

Bat robots could be flying around disaster zones within five years

This bat robot flaps its wings for better aerial manoeuvres, glides to save energy and dive bombs when needed

Business Series

Uber and Tesla take different roads over immigration row

Uber's Travis Kalanick has quit President Trump's business advisory group while Tesla's Elon Musk stays to raise objections for "the greater good".

Business Series

Snapchat sets out its stall for huge shares sale

Mobile messaging service Snapchat has started a marketing campaign to convince investors to buy its shares when they go on sale in March.

Sci-Tech

Too much bum time says Experimentarium

Museum where the exhibits interact with you

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Business Series

Apple bounces back, overtakes Samsung in smartphone sales

Apple is back as the number one seller of smartphones for the first time in five years, beating Samsung which recalled its fire-prone Galaxy Note 7.

Sci-Tech

Classroom robots prepare pupils for high-tech industry

Dancing to a robot in the classroom with robots.

Business Series

Pokemon and Super Mario help Nintendo back into profit

Nintendo reports first quarterly profit in a year thanks to its growing mobile games division, the focus now is on its upcoming Switch console.

Japan

The father of PAC-MAN dies in Japan

The founder of Japanese toy and game software makers Bandai Namco Holdings has died at the age of 91. Masaya Nakamura was known as the "Father of PAC-MAN".

Economy

Technology firms angered by Trump's immigration executive order

Many in the US technology industry, a major employer of foreign workers, have been speaking out against Trump's immigration executive order.

Business Planet

Why the Fashion Tech business model is taking Europe by storm

This episode of Business Planet comes from the Germany’s capital city, Berlin, where we visited a Fashion Tech hot spot to find out about its business model, the opportunities it presents and the secr

Economy

CeBIT technology trade fair: coping in an ever more digital world

The transformative power of digitalisation is the theme this year at CeBIT, the world's largest technology trade fair, previewed by Euronews.

Cult

Sustainable and hi-tech fashion at Berlin's Green and Ethical Fashion Show

Off the shoulder dresses, flower prints in varying colours.

Sport

German Bundesliga first to get assistant video referees

The Germans are going to take some of the luck out of football with the introduction next season of assistant video referees able to countermand on-pitch decisions.

United Arab Emirates

Firefighters in Dubai to use jetpacks

Dubai’s civil defence force showcased their futuristic new fire-fighting tools on January 20, which included a water-powered jetpack.

Business Series

Samsung blames faulty batteries for Galaxy Note 7 fires

Faulty batteries have been blamed by South Korean tech giant Samsung for fires that forced the withdrawal of its Galaxy Note 7 smartphone.

World News

MEPs demand EU-wide rules on robots and AI

MEPs have called for the adoption of EU-wide rules on how humans and robots interact.

Norway

Norway first country to switch off FM radio

DAB radio is coming to Norway as the country becomes the first to switch off FM. But in this avid radio nation, will everyone be able to listen?

Belgium

Nuns have fun on YouTube

The savvy Belgian Benedictine sisters have launched their own channel and it is already proving to be a holy hit.

Sci-Tech

Consumer Electronics Show opens in Las Vegas celebrating 50 years

A bustling Las Vegas has been hosting the 50th edition of the Consumer Electronics Show.

United Kingdom

OPINION: Robots could put most humans out of work. What then?

By Sean Welsh, researcher in robot ethics at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand Robots will replace many humans: perhaps most humans in the workplace.