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The journals of the man who investigated the famous Roswell crash site in New Mexico have been opened for the first time. Intelligence officer Jesse…

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Get ready to trip a little light fantastic with these week’s selection of gadget goodness. Philips has arrived with a new TV sporting its Ambilight…

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SINGAPORE – Experts at a Straits Times webinar on digitalisation and cyber security on Wednesday (Dec 9) tackled questions from a live audience on topics…

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SINGAPORE – Artificial intelligence (AI), 5G and cyber security will be the key drivers in growing Singapore’s digital economy in a post-Covid-19 world. Outlining the…

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BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Alphabet unit Google and digital advertising firms were hit with fresh privacy complaints to national watchdogs in six EU countries on Thursday over…

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LONDON (Reuters) – Central banks are split over whether to collaborate with the private sector in payments, a think-tank said on Thursday, underscoring questions over…

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Scientists are ‘highly confident’ they have found an entirely new species of beaked whale on Mexico’s Western coast. If the sighting was confirmed, the animal…

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SINGAPORE – Thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic, 2020 has been a year marked by rapid digitalisation at an unprecedented pace. But this process has also…

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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Alphabet unit Google and digital advertising firms are the targets of fresh privacy complaints filed in six EU countries on Thursday over…

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Taking a screenshot is one of the most common things we do on phones and computers, but the method is different on all of them.…

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Chinese officials have said they will expand their use of ‘weather modification’ technology over the coming decades. In a move that sounds like it came…

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A dog’s brain cannot tell the difference between similar sounding words such as dog and dig, according to a new study. The discovery could explain…

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As the saga of the mystery monoliths continues to rumble on, it seems residents in Texas aren’t putting up with it. One of the strange…

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Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg pressured Matt Hancock to loosen regulations with the threat of pulling investment, according to newly released government documents. At a meeting…

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Facebook, faced with two major antitrust lawsuits, could be forced to breakup, settle with changes to its business, or it could prove…

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Apple is planning a series of new Mac processors, for introduction as early as 2021, that are aimed at outperforming Intel's fastest. Chip engineers at…

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Plastic face shields don’t protect against Covid-19, according to new research. The shields – worn by many hairdressers and some key workers – were touted by industry experts…

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