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Alexa and Cortana to join forces 30 Aug 2017 - 07:17 pm
An Amazon Echo voice-controlled virtual assistant at its product launch in London, Sept. 14, 2016. Reuters/Peter Hobson
How Apple plans to change the way you use the next iPhone 30 Aug 2017 - 01:29 pm
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Some birds smell to navigate, experiment shows 29 Aug 2017 - 07:35 pm
.Temporarily deprived of the ability to smell, Scopoli's shearwaters had trouble finding their way home after embarking from the Spanish island of Menorca to forage, researchers reported in the journal Scientific Reports. (Photograph courtesy: Malta Seabi
Samsung heir sentenced to 5 years in prison 26 Aug 2017 - 09:20 am
Samsung Group heir Lee Jae-yong leaves court in Seoul after being sentenced to five years in prison. (Chung Sung-jun / AFP).
Shark-detecting drones to patrol Australian beaches 25 Aug 2017 - 03:54 pm
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First impressions of Samsung's Galaxy Note 8 24 Aug 2017 - 02:56 pm
A man tries the new Samsung Galaxy Note8 smartphone during a launch event, August 23, 2017 in New York City. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP)
Ex-CIA agent campaigns to block Trump from Twitter 23 Aug 2017 - 09:35 pm
This file photo taken on October 18, 2010 shows Joe Wilson and Valerie Plame-Wilson attending the 2010 AFI DC Labor FilmFest closing night screening of
#HappyBirthday! Hashtag turns 10 23 Aug 2017 - 06:25 pm
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Merkel hits games convention in bid for vanishing youth vote 22 Aug 2017 - 11:03 pm
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (centre) and Sony’s Jim Ryan (second left) at a presentation of Sony Playstation during the opening of the world’s largest computer games fair Gamescom in Cologne, Germany.
Japan launches satellite for better GPS system 19 Aug 2017 - 09:40 am
In this photo provided by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), an H-2A rocket carrying the Michibiki No. 3 global positioning system satellite lifts off from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, on Aug. 19, 2017.
Lowly algae key to rise of complex life: study 16 Aug 2017 - 08:12 pm
A fisherman fills his cupped palms with water from the algae-filled Chaohu Lake in Hefei, Anhui province, June 16, 2009. (Reuters)
Neo-Nazi group moves to ‘Dark Web’ after website goes down 15 Aug 2017 - 08:30 pm
Four-year-old Leo Griffin leaves a protest against the alt-right movement held to mourn the victims of yesterdays rally in Charlottesville, Virginia on August 13, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson/Getty Images/AFP
China’s Guizhou to oversee Apple’s data project 15 Aug 2017 - 12:40 am
An Apple logo is seen in a store in Los Angeles California March 24, 2017 (REUTERS /Lucy Nicholson)
Neo-Nazi site moves to Google after GoDaddy dumps it 14 Aug 2017 - 09:06 pm
FILE PHOTO: The logo for internet company GoDaddy inc is shown on a computer screen in this illustration photo in Encinitas, California May 3, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Blake
SpaceX to launch super-computer to space 14 Aug 2017 - 07:30 am
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Facebook envisions Watch feature as TV for social media 12 Aug 2017 - 07:11 pm
The Facebook logo is displayed on the company website in an illustration photo taken in Bordeaux, France on February 1, 2017. (REUTERS / Regis Duvignau)
Facebook discretely fields China photo-sharing app 12 Aug 2017 - 04:25 am
(file photo) Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, jogging in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square last year. AFP
Scientists on research vessel spot rare whale in Bering Sea 12 Aug 2017 - 01:30 am
A research vessel in the Bering Sea photographed two of the animals Sunday and obtained a biopsy sample from one.