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Bill Gates has clearly been using his time in lockdown productively. The billionaire philanthropist has been working hard to fund research and development into a…

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WASHINGTON — The Justice Department plans to accuse Google of maintaining an illegal monopoly over search and search advertising in a lawsuit to be filed…

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ViacomCBS has restructured its streaming operations with a global lens: Tom Ryan, currently CEO of Pluto TV, will assume the role of president and CEO…

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Watching on-demand TV owes a lot to Google’s Chromecast. The tiny gadget was first launched in 2013 and created a bridge between our TV sets…

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Electronics and furniture retailer Courts has been fined $9,000 for failing to secure customers’ personal details such as names, mobile numbers and addresses, the second…

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Pakistan has lifted the ban on popular video application TikTok in the country after a period only spanning 11 days. The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority reported…

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2K Games has come under fire again after placing unskippable advertisements in NBA 2K21. The latest installment of the basketball video game has garnered praise…

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The Orionids meteor shower is one of the most spectacular displays in the astronomy calendar. Occurring every year in the autumn, the Orionids is caused…

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From her home in Beaverton, Ore., Jamie Davila leads a team of eight engineers in seven states for the technology start-up Ultranauts. Like millions of…

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Factory workers are getting Ironman-like suits that let them lift huge weights. The Chinese mech-suits are hoped to reduce injuries and let older workers carry…

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This is the perfect Christmas present for Mario Kart fans. Nintendo bosses have taken their classic race game, burgeoning Labo physical build concept and Augmented…

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Alexa and other AI robots will soon be able to tell us off for being rude, an expert claims. Dr Ayanna Howard, 48, said she…

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By John Herrman Zoom fatigue, layoffs in Slack chat, reply-all meltdowns and the general destruction of work-life boundaries: The digitized plight of the white-collar office…

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Twitter is keeping itself in front of the political firing line by inconsistently applying policy to a series of unconfirmed reports by the New York…

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With the 2020 presidential election less than a few weeks away — encumbered yet again by questions and concerns surrounding ballot security and fraud —…

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A ‘modest fraction’ of the money earmarked for Covid-19 recovery could help in the efforts to tackle climate change, scientists have said. More than 12…

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SEOUL (Reuters) – LG Chem, the world’s top electric vehicle (EV) battery maker, is in talks with a “couple” of automakers to create joint ventures…

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It’s had its share of delays and leaks but Apple’s iPhone 12 Hi-Speed event didn’t disappoint this week as four shiny phones were launched with…

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They’re on to us. A humanoid robot astronaut with a fierce social-media presence was removed from Twitter after publicly accusing two former cosmonauts of getting…

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Conservatives said they would subpoena the chief executives of the social networks, which had blocked an unsubstantiated New York Post article. By Mike Isaac and…

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Can’t remember the name of a song, but you can hum a few bars? Google has felt your pain — and now has a solution…

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