If you’ve ever dreamed of becoming a multi armed cyborg, then a new firm could have the perfect product for you. Youbionic claims the bizarre contraption can give you ‘extraordinary abilities.’ Controlled by moving your fingers, it can open and close, and its makers say it will let you easily grip objects. It is controlled …

A bright fireball lit up the night sky Tuesday over eastern and western Japan, the Japans Times reports, citing multiple witnesses. Saitama Prefectural Police received several phone calls on their emergency hotline from people who saw a “blue light in the sky” around 9:30 pm in places such as the city of Kawagoe, north of …

Apple is developing a foldable iPhone that can be ‘opened and closed like a book’. The tech giant has applied for a patent for the unnamed device, and is believed to be working with LG to develop the screen technology. Samsung is also believed to be working on a similar handset, which could be revealed …

A 3-mile (5 km) wide asteroid named 3200 Phaethon will brush past Earth just before Christmas. The huge object is named after the Greek demi-god Phaethon, who according to legend almost destroyed Earth. It will brush ‘quite close’ with Earth on December 17, Russian astronomers have shown. Experts at the Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University …

Apple’s augmented reality glasses have taken a big step forward with the $30m purchase of a Canadian firm that makes AR headsets. According to TechCrunch, Apple has acquired Vrana, which makes an AR headset called Totem, which received rave reviews from journalists – but was never shipped. Apple is already believed to have a large …