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Japan preschools using tablets to prep tots for digital age 25 Sep 2018 - 11:42 am
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Instagram co-founders resign from Facebook-owned company 25 Sep 2018 - 09:10 am
FILE PHOTO: Instagram founders Mike Krieger (L) and Kevin Systrom attend the 16th annual Webby Awards in New York May, 21 2012. REUTERS/Stephen Chernin/File photo
Loss of bird species hampers forecasting for Zimbabwe's farmers 24 Sep 2018 - 07:30 pm
Picture of a Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri, taken in Kruger National Park. (Wikimedia Commons/ Kore / CC BY-SA 3.0)
Instagram not planning 'Regramming' feature anytime soon 24 Sep 2018 - 02:08 pm
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Is $1,100 too much for an iPhone? Get an older one for less 21 Sep 2018 - 07:41 pm
A customer compares the sizes of the latest iPhones at an Apple store in Sydney on September 21, 2018. AFP / Saeed Khan
Amazon unveils new $50 Echo Dot with better quality speaker 20 Sep 2018 - 10:00 pm
A shipment moves on a conveyor belt at an Amazon Fulfillment Centre (BLR7) on the outskirts of Bengaluru, India, September 18, 2018. Reuters/ Abhishek N Chinnappa
'Catastrophic' floods rising on Amazon River, say scientists 20 Sep 2018 - 09:02 pm
Residents paddle their canoe in a street flooded by the rising Rio Solimoes, one of the two main branches of Amazon River, in Anama, Amazonas state, Brazil on May 28, 2015. Bruno Kelly/Reuters
Indonesia's 'Paris of Java' on high-tech mission to cut emissions 20 Sep 2018 - 08:41 pm
An urban farmer at work in a sub-district of Bandung city, Indonesia, August 23, 2018. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Michael Taylor
Seeking fun and glory, prospective pro gamers hone their skills in digital dojos 20 Sep 2018 - 03:54 pm
Aiden Keneally, Roman Wright and Benny O'Neill enjoy a game of Super Smash Brothers at a Game Gym camp in Potomac, Maryland, in late August. (Photo: Doug Kapustin / Washington Post)
Taking back carbon 'imperative' to stop planet overheating 19 Sep 2018 - 08:39 pm
A man removes dirt from an oven to retrieve baked bricks at a brickyard in the outskirts of Islamabad December 28, 2011. Reuters/Faisal Mahmood
Musk names Jap billionaire for ‘dangerous mission’ to moon 19 Sep 2018 - 03:21 am
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk speaks at a press conference at SpaceX headquarters where he announced the Japanese billionaire chosen by the company to fly around the moon, on September 17, 2018 in Hawthorne, California.  Mario Tama/Getty Images/AFP
Apple's new iPhones a slight notch above the X: reviewers 18 Sep 2018 - 10:16 pm
An Apple iPhone Xs Max and iPhone Xs rest on a table during a launch event on September 12, 2018 in Cupertino, California (AFP / Noah Berger)
First private moon flight passenger to invite creative guests 18 Sep 2018 - 08:48 am
Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa reacts near a Falcon 9 rocket during the announcement by Elon Musk to be the first private passenger who will fly around the Moon aboard the SpaceX BFR launch vehicle, at the SpaceX headquarters and rocket factory on Se
WikiLeaks files expose group's inner workings 18 Sep 2018 - 12:38 am
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Inclusive or invasive? Digital ID stirs debate 17 Sep 2018 - 08:57 pm
A Swiss Customs officer checks an identity card with UV light at the Swiss-Italian border station in Stabio, March 2, 2011. Reuters/Fiorenzo Maffi
Apple, Firefox tools aim to thwart Facebook, Google tracking 15 Sep 2018 - 03:01 pm
Apple CEO Tim Cook waves to the audience during an event on September 12, 2018, in Cupertino, California. (AFP / NOAH BERGER)
Three 'hardcore' fish species discovered on Pacific floor 15 Sep 2018 - 01:32 am
 Picture obtained from the University of Newcastle on September 14, 2018 shows Atacama snailfish, a newly discovered species of fish discovered at 7000m below sea level. AFP photo /University of Newcastle
Colombian zoo celebrates birth of endangered spider monkey 15 Sep 2018 - 01:32 am
A spider monkey cub (Ateles hybrids), born two days ago, and its mother are pictured, at Santa Fe zoo, in Medellin, Antioquia department, Colombia on September 13, 2018. AFP / Joaquin Sarmiento