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Facebook unveils tools to tell users when to stop scrolling 01 Aug 2018 - 06:22 pm
People are silhouetted as they pose with mobile devices in front of a screen projected with a Facebook logo, in this file picture. (REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo)
Facebook has identified ongoing political influence campaign: NYT 31 Jul 2018 - 07:50 pm
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French lawmakers ban smartphones in schools 30 Jul 2018 - 11:27 pm
A picture illustration shows YouTube on a cell phone in front of a YouTube copyright message regarding a video on an LCD screen in central Bosnian town of Zenica, June 18, 2014. Reuters/Dado Ruvic
French luxury giants dive into Silicon Valley 30 Jul 2018 - 03:13 am
A woman uses a Dior virtual reality mask at the French multinational luxury goods group LVMH exhibition stand during the Vivatech fair ( (Viva Technology) in Paris.
Tech firms should be made liable for ‘fake news’ on sites: UK lawmakers 30 Jul 2018 - 02:43 am
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Bolivian water frog in lovelorn race against clock 27 Jul 2018 - 10:42 am
Telmatobius frog from northern Chile. (Photo courtesy:  José Grau de Puerto Montt/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 3.0 )
Scientists confirm Einstein's supermassive black hole theory 27 Jul 2018 - 06:50 am
A handout photo released on July 26, 2018 by the European Southern Observatory shows an artist impression of the path of the star S2 as it passes very close to the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way.  AFP / European Southern Observator
Uber resumes testing for autonomous cars in 'manual mode' 24 Jul 2018 - 09:19 pm
A self driving Volvo vehicle purchased by Uber moves through an intersection in Scottsdale, Arizona December 1, 2017. (Reuters / Natalie Behring)
Facebook sets up China subsidiary 24 Jul 2018 - 05:12 pm
A Facebook panel is seen during the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, in Cannes, France, June 20, 2018. (REUTERS/Eric Gaillard/File Photo)
Apple's iPhones trail Samsung, Google devices in internet speeds 23 Jul 2018 - 08:18 pm
The Apple iPhone 8 is displayed at an Apple Store on September 22, 2017 in San Francisco (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images / AFP)
No, Twitter will not ban Trump, here's why 23 Jul 2018 - 08:11 pm
In this file photo taken on November 4, 2016, the Twitter logo is seen on a sign at the company headquarters in San Francisco (AFP / Josh Edelson)
Gmail users warned of cyber threat 23 Jul 2018 - 01:43 am
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NASA prepares to fly probe into Sun's scorching atmosphere 22 Jul 2018 - 01:21 am
Alex Young, solar scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (middle), Nicola Fox, Parker Solar Probe project scientist at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) (right), and Betsy Congdon, Parker Solar Probe Thermal Protection System lead en
Nasa prepares to fly probe into Sun's scorching atmosphere 21 Jul 2018 - 02:13 pm
Technicians and engineers perform light bar testing on NASA's Parker Solar Probe, which will travel through the Sun's atmosphere, in the Astrotech processing facility near NASA's Kennedy Space Center, in Titusville, Florida, U.S., June 5, 2018. (Glenn Ben
WhatsApp launches new controls after widespread app-fueled mob violence in India 20 Jul 2018 - 09:33 pm
Silhouettes of people holding mobile phones in front of the logo of WhatsApp application in Ankara, Turkey on July 18, 2018. ( Aytaç Ünal - Anadolu Agency )
Project 'Fuchsia': Google is quietly working on a successor to Android 20 Jul 2018 - 07:55 pm
Logo of Android mobile operating system seen displayed on a mobile in Ankara, Turkey on July 17, 2018. (Murat Kaynak - Anadolu Agency)
Fighting global warming, one cow belch at a time 19 Jul 2018 - 10:20 pm
Cows are seen in a farm in Tipaza, Algeria, April 21, 2018. (Reuters / Ramzi Boudina)
Shooting stars on demand: Japan start-up plans 2020 meteor shower 19 Jul 2018 - 10:19 pm
The satellites can be used separately or in tandem, and will be programmed to eject the balls at the right location, speed and direction to put on a show for viewers on the ground. (Reuters file photo used for representation/  Daniel Aguilar)