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P20 Pro crash as Huawei set to reveal a radical update THIS WEEK
There’s a huge week ahead for fans of the Huawei brand with the firm set to announce its all-new P30 Pro. This new device will…
Read More P20 Pro crash as Huawei set to reveal a radical update THIS WEEKGoogle Chrome finally catches up to Safari with this update
Google Chrome regularly receives new upgrades from the American tech firm. Before new features are added to the final version of Chrome they appear in…
Read More Google Chrome finally catches up to Safari with this updateApple auditions for Hollywood: the making of a streaming service
Late last year Howard Gordon, showrunner for the hit TV show 24 and co-creator of Homeland, was in the middle of negotiating a deal with…
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In the coming adventure video game Sea of Solitude, the main character — a young woman named Kay — navigates a partly submerged city as…
Read More Depressed and Anxious? These Video Games Want to HelpIs the revoke Article 50 petition being hijacked by bots? Unlikely, say experts
Over three million people have signed the petition to revoke Article 50 and cancel Brexit. But are they all real? In recent years, automated programs…
Read More Is the revoke Article 50 petition being hijacked by bots? Unlikely, say expertsRacists bombard woman with death threats as she uncovers new Instagram feature
A popular and respected tech researcher has been bombarded by vile threats after uncovering a new Instagram feature. Jane Manchun Wong, an expert who specialises…
Read More Racists bombard woman with death threats as she uncovers new Instagram featureCavemen's diet really did just consist of eating meat, researchers claim
A current trend in health and fitness circles at the moment is to follow the ‘Paleolithic diet’ also known as the paleo diet or just…
Read More Cavemen's diet really did just consist of eating meat, researchers claimIndian state open for talks with Uber rival Ola over ban
BENGALURU (Reuters) – The southern Indian state of Karnataka kept the door open on Saturday to talks with local ride-hailing service Ola to avoid a…
Read More Indian state open for talks with Uber rival Ola over ban‘We need Siri to be Sirius’: genderless voice assistant splits experts
Digital voice assistants Siri, Alexa, Cortana and Google Assistant all have something in common: they have female voices by default. Enter Q, a new “genderless”…
Read More ‘We need Siri to be Sirius’: genderless voice assistant splits expertsElon Musk's lawyers call tweet in US SEC's contempt bid 'not material'
Elon Musk’s lawyers said that the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) failed to satisfy its heavy burden of showing that the Tesla chief executive…
Read More Elon Musk's lawyers call tweet in US SEC's contempt bid 'not material'Pinterest, Ahead of I.P.O., Reveals Fast Growth and Losses
SAN FRANCISCO — Pinterest revealed that it was growing quickly but still losing money in an offering prospectus on Friday, as it officially joined the…
Read More Pinterest, Ahead of I.P.O., Reveals Fast Growth and LossesHow does a $4000 coffee machine stack up against cheaper options?
Australians love coffee. Our baristas frequently beat the Italians in competitions, and it’s the first thing we complain about when we travel to America. We…
Read More How does a $4000 coffee machine stack up against cheaper options?Red Bull was actually behind the fake meteor that freaked out LA
A meteor streaking across the skies of Los Angeles is something we’ve all seen at least once in a big-budget Hollywood flick, but LA residents…
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A Melbourne-based company has launched a smartphone app it claims can help local councils combat illegal rubbish dumping at a fraction of the cost. The…
Read More App gives councils jump on illegal rubbish dumpingSingaporeans spent more time playing video games than South Koreans and Japanese
SINGAPORE – Local gamers spent more time playing video games than their East Asian neighbours, a survey by US-based edge cloud services provider Limelight Networks…
Read More Singaporeans spent more time playing video games than South Koreans and JapaneseFacebook stored passwords unencrypted, visible to employees on internal servers
SAN FRANCISCO – Facebook left hundreds of millions of user passwords readable by its employees for years, the company acknowledged Thursday after a security researcher…
Read More Facebook stored passwords unencrypted, visible to employees on internal serversPopular cash advance app Earnin operating in payday loan ‘gray area,’ critics claim
AJ Smith knows all about folks owing money. After all, he’s a debt collector in Las Vegas, the gambling capital of the world. So last…
Read More Popular cash advance app Earnin operating in payday loan ‘gray area,’ critics claimShocking ‘Terminator-like’ liquid metal developed by scientists
If you thought the shape-shifting T-1000 robot in “Terminator 2: Judgment Day” was the stuff of nightmares, your nightmares may eventually become reality. Researchers have…
Read More Shocking ‘Terminator-like’ liquid metal developed by scientistsEU lawmakers to vote on copyright overhaul next Tuesday
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU lawmakers will vote next Tuesday on whether to endorse an overhaul of the bloc’s two-decade old copyright rules as Google and…
Read More EU lawmakers to vote on copyright overhaul next TuesdayFacebook says ‘hundreds of millions’ users’ passwords were visible to its employees
Facebook disclosed a flaw on its social network that made passwords of hundreds of millions of users visible to employees and said the issue has…
Read More Facebook says ‘hundreds of millions’ users’ passwords were visible to its employeesSemiconductor shares rise as Micron predicts memory recovery
(Reuters) – Shares of semiconductor companies worldwide rose on Thursday, after U.S. chipmaker Micron Technology Inc predicted a recovery in a memory market saddled with…
Read More Semiconductor shares rise as Micron predicts memory recoveryFacebook to re-examine how live videos are flagged after Christchurch shooting
The first user to alert Facebook to grisly footage of the New Zealand terrorist attack clocked in 29 minutes after the video began and 12…
Read More Facebook to re-examine how live videos are flagged after Christchurch shootingPremier League piracy crackdown: Men selling illegal streams jailed for 17 years
Three men who sold illegal streaming services that gave free access to Premier League matches have been jailed for a total of 17 years. Steven…
Read More Premier League piracy crackdown: Men selling illegal streams jailed for 17 yearsI Deleted Facebook Last Year. Here’s What Changed (and What Didn’t).
When Facebook and its family of apps experienced a daylong malfunction last week, millions of people got a taste of what life would be like…
Read More I Deleted Facebook Last Year. Here’s What Changed (and What Didn’t).Cyberattack highlights vulnerability of global supply chains
The ransomware attack crippling one of the world’s top aluminium makers is exposing how crucial sophisticated digital systems have become in the centuries-old industry of…
Read More Cyberattack highlights vulnerability of global supply chainsGiant Military Contract Has a Hitch: A Little-Known Entrepreneur
Deap Ubhi is a restless guy. At 26, he quit his job in private equity in Northern California, where he had grown up and gone…
Read More Giant Military Contract Has a Hitch: A Little-Known EntrepreneurFacebook Messenger’s new feature could save you a lot of embarrassment
There’s nothing more embarrassing than replying to a friend’s message, only to find that the conversation has moved on to something completely unrelated. But Facebook…
Read More Facebook Messenger’s new feature could save you a lot of embarrassmentThis is what Nebraska’s record-setting floods look like from space
Many of NASA’s satellites spend their entire lives pointed deep into the cosmos, but the space agency also has plenty of lenses pointed back down…
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MILAN (Reuters) – Poste Italiane aims to more than double the number of parcels it delivers by 2022, the head of its Mail and Parcel…
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