A blood test can tell researchers what a person’s ‘biological age’ is and may help to change the way we think about ageing, researchers have said. It is hoped that new research, which was completed in a seven-year study, could improve how we manage age-related diseases and help to identify the people most at risk of diseases that occur with ageing. Scientist used RNA profiling to compare genes in thousands of human tissue samples and found 150 genes, in the brain, blood and muscle tissue,...

Mark Zuzkerberg has said that the true goal of virtual reality could still be a decade away, in a testimony during a high-profile court case against his company. Facebook, as owner of Oculus, is currently in the middle of being sued by ZeniMax Media for allegedly stealing technology for the virtual reality device. If proved guilty, they will be pursued for the amount of $2bn by ZeniMax. However, perhaps more pertinent to the actual future of virtual reality are comments arising from Mark...

Following its court victory against Oculus earlier this month, in which it was awarded $500m for violation of a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) and copyright infringement, ZeniMax has now filed an injunction demanding that all Oculus Rift products using the infringing code are removed from sale. It’s beginning to seem possible that ZeniMax may be running on pure spite and over-ambition. After asking for $4bn in the earlier lawsuit, the new injunction would essentially grind Oculus sales to a...

Biometrics company Dermalog has announced software for biometric face-matching that it claims is the fastest on the market. The software is reportedly able to make 100 million matches per second, with a low failure rate. “The ‘Face Matching’ enables [users] to match face pictures against each other, or against large databases,” said Dermalog founder and managing director Günther Mull. “With our software, it is possible to match a group with the size of the Chinese population, around 1.4...

Bottom Line Ultimately, I enjoyed the show. Maybe that's coming at it from an already predisposed to positivity perspective. As a fan of the Defender shows, I'm always down to see more and there are actually a fair few elements to Iron Fist which I'm looking forward to them diving into more. There's a lot of potential here if the show can just work out what it is it wants to be. Iron Fist has not suffered critically because it’s only for fans (though, as with Marvel’s other Netflix outings,...