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Second time lucky? Stonehenge first erected in Wales, archaeologists say 12 Feb 2021 - 02:54 pm

LONDON: Archaeologists believe they have discovered the origins of the Stonehenge prehistoric monument after they uncovered the remains of an ancient stone circle...

Twitter says will not fully comply with India govt orders to take down some accounts 10 Feb 2021 - 11:36 am

New Delhi: Twitter Inc said on Wednesday it would not fully comply with orders from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government to take down...

Facebook steps up vaccine misinformation efforts. Will it work? 09 Feb 2021 - 11:25 pm

As inoculation efforts for the coronavirus ramp up around the world, Facebook says it’s going all in to block the spread of bogus...

Apple iPhone 12 mini sales slow as smaller smartphones lose appeal: Report 09 Feb 2021 - 04:15 pm

Apple Inc's iPhone 12 mini U.S. sales were just 5% of overall sales of its new phones during the first half of January,...

Elon Musk puts up $100 mln for global carbon reduction competition 08 Feb 2021 - 04:21 pm

Tesla Inc boss and billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk is offering a $100 million prize in a four-year global competition to find a way...

Meet Robby Megabyte, Bosnia's first robot rock band musician 06 Feb 2021 - 03:35 pm

Sarajevo: Bosnia's most popular rock band, Dubioza Kolektiv, has a new recruit who sings and plays musical instruments - a humanoid robot called ...

Mars ready for its close-up: China releases space probe's first image 05 Feb 2021 - 06:59 pm

BEIJING: China's maiden space exploration mission to Mars has captured its first image of the red planet, the space agency said on Friday,...

Instagram disables hundreds of accounts tied to hacking of 'OG' usernames 04 Feb 2021 - 09:18 pm

Facebook Inc on Thursday took down hundreds of Instagram accounts that were hacked and sold for their high-value usernames, including the accounts of...

Google phone cameras will read heart, breathing rates with AI help 04 Feb 2021 - 07:39 pm

Cameras on Google Pixel smartphones will be able to measure heart and breathing rates starting next month, in one of the first applications...

German sniffer dogs detect COVID-19 with 94% accuracy 04 Feb 2021 - 09:35 am

Hanover, Germany: A German veterinary clinic has trained sniffer dogs to detect the novel coronavirus in human saliva samples with 94% accuracy. The...

SpaceX Starship prototype rocket explodes on landing after test launch 03 Feb 2021 - 12:36 am

A SpaceX Starship prototype rocket exploded on landing after an otherwise successful high-altitude experimental launch from Boca Chica, Texas, on Tuesday, in a...

Kenyan recycles plastic waste into bricks stronger than concrete 02 Feb 2021 - 01:16 pm

Nairobi: Nzambi Matee hurls a brick hard against a school footpath constructed from bricks made of recycled plastic that her factory turns out...

As Google eyes Australia exit, Microsoft talks Bing with PM 01 Feb 2021 - 09:50 pm

SYDNEY - Software giant Microsoft Corp is confident its search product Bing can fill the gap in Australia if Google pulls its search...

Facebook tests pop-up for iPhone users before ad tracking update 01 Feb 2021 - 07:23 pm

Facebook Inc. is testing a new full-screen prompt for iPhone users about the social network’s data collection in an effort to get ahead...

Elon Musk says he wired up a monkey’s brain to play video games 01 Feb 2021 - 10:53 am

Elon Musk says one of his startups has a monkey with wires going into its brain that’s able to play video games. "He’s...

Facebook's Zuckerberg reached out to Australian lawmakers over new media rules 31 Jan 2021 - 08:36 pm

SYDNEY - Facebook Inc CEO Mark Zuckerberg called Australian lawmakers last week to discuss rules that would make internet giants pay news outlets...

How do I look? SoftBank's Zozo offers tech specs to help buyers get skin tone right 29 Jan 2021 - 03:20 pm

TOKYO: Japanese online fashion retailer Zozo Inc on Friday launched skin tone measuring glasses for ordering cosmetics online, making its latest fashion tech...