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Fearful of bias, Google blocks gender-based pronouns from new AI tool 27 Nov 2018 - 09:29 am
FILE PHOTO: The Google name is displayed outside the company's office in London, Britain, November 1, 2018. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo
Cheers as Mars InSight spacecraft lands on Red Planet 27 Nov 2018 - 08:55 am
People watch the landing of NASA's InSight spacecraft on the planet Mars on television screens at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California on November 26, 2018. / AFP / Frederic J. BROWN
Gene-edited baby claim by Chinese scientist sparks outrage 26 Nov 2018 - 10:03 pm
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Anxiety abounds at NASA as Mars landing day arrives 26 Nov 2018 - 08:45 pm
A full-scale replica of NASA's Mars InSight, a robotic stationary lander that marks the first spacecraft designed to study the deep interior of the Red Planet, or any distant world, is seen inside a large tent on the campus of NASA's Jet Propulsion Labora
Austrian councillor sent to learn online manners after hate posts 26 Nov 2018 - 08:18 pm
A recent advertising campaign by the Austrian state railway company OeBB  showed two men one of them non-white with a baby
What makes a California wildfire the worst? Deaths and size 23 Nov 2018 - 07:49 pm
Helicopter pilots look for a landing spot during a rescue made on the fly during the Woolsey Fire in Malibu, California, in this November 9, 2018 still image taken from helmet camera footage by LAFD David Nordquist. LAFD/David Nordquist/Social Media/via R
Americans more negative on Twitter than Canadians: Study 22 Nov 2018 - 01:22 pm
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‘Don’t Appear Evil’ is Silicon Valley’s credo 21 Nov 2018 - 11:49 pm
In this file photo taken on May 24, 2018 Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivers his speech during the VivaTech (Viva Technology) trade fair in Paris.  AFP / Gerard Julien
Facebook says services tripped up by server problem 21 Nov 2018 - 09:17 pm
A Facebook sign is seen during the China Digital Entertainment Expo and Conference in Shanghai, August 3, 2018. Reuters/Aly Song
Apple Watch can soon protect users from UV light exposure 21 Nov 2018 - 01:05 pm
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4 security steps to defend your company from a cyber attack 21 Nov 2018 - 11:36 am
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Twitter CEO trolled for "hate mongering" against India's Brahmins 20 Nov 2018 - 10:36 am
FILE PHOTO: Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey addresses students during a town hall at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in New Delhi, India, November 12, 2018. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis/File Photo
Spotify announces advertising partners for launch in the Middle East and North Africa 19 Nov 2018 - 03:03 pm
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Samsung sets up 2019 innovation war with foldable smartphone 18 Nov 2018 - 02:51 pm
Justin Denison, Samsung’s SVP of Mobile Product Marketing, introduced Samsung’s vision for the next generation of mobile displays: the Infinity Flex Display. Its foldable design offers users the best of both worlds: a compact smartphone that unfolds to re
Rotten fish to help power Hurtigruten cruise ships after refit 17 Nov 2018 - 12:11 am
Hurtigruten CEO Daniel Skjeldam poses for a picture in Oslo, Norway November 15, 2018. Picture taken November 15, 2018. REUTERS/Ole Peter Skonnord
New discovery shows Glass made from exploding stars 17 Nov 2018 - 12:11 am
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How much does a kilogram weigh? Depends on your 'Planck constant' 16 Nov 2018 - 11:46 pm
A handout photo taken in 2018 and made available on November 12, 2018, by the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (BIPM) in Sevres on the western outskirts of Paris shows a scientist at work on the kibble balance, an electromechanical weight measuri
Facebook says it's getting better at removing hate speech 16 Nov 2018 - 12:24 am
Facebook said that during the April-to-September period, it doubled the amount of hate speech it detected proactively, compared with the previous six months.