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India to launch 31 satellite 08 Jan 2018 - 04:06 pm
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Flawed computer chips and how to fix them 05 Jan 2018 - 06:42 pm
These chips are called micro-processors because processor sizes have come down significantly to integrate them into small devices. Processor power is measured in bits, a gauge of how many pieces of information a processor can handle at any one time. (Repr
2017 was second hottest year on record, after sizzling 2016 04 Jan 2018 - 08:54 pm
Last year was slightly “cooler than the warmest year on record, 2016, and warmer than the previous second warmest year, 2015”, it said. Temperature records date back to the late 19th century. AFP / Roberto Schmidt
How a researcher hacked his own computer and found worst chip flaw 04 Jan 2018 - 08:42 pm
Separately, a second defect called Spectre has been found that also exposes core memory in most computers and mobile devices running on chips made by Intel, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and ARM Holdings, a unit of Japan’s Softbank (Reuters TV screenshot)
Apple rolls out $29 battery swap offer for select iPhones 01 Jan 2018 - 10:04 am
A file photo of Apple logo. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo
Inspiring change: When a once-arid village in India becomes a national model 31 Dec 2017 - 11:20 am
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Ad firms using tools to help them read your mind 24 Dec 2017 - 11:10 am
Emily Safian-Demers with the French advertising company Ipsos uses eye-tracking for neuromarketing techniques on December 5, 2017 at Ipos in Norwalk, Connecticut. AFP / Timothy A Clary
Lithuania bans Kaspersky Lab software on sensitive computers 21 Dec 2017 - 07:03 pm
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Oh, how cute: Tokyo crowds flock to see baby panda on first day 19 Dec 2017 - 10:51 am
Baby panda Xiang Xiang plays at its enclosure during a press preview at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo on December 18, 2017. AFP / Pool / Yoshikazu Tsuno
SpaceX poised to launch recycled rocket and spaceship 15 Dec 2017 - 06:47 pm
This photo released by NASA on December 15, 2017 shows a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Dragon spacecraft on Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. / AFP / NASA
Apple to buy music recognizing app Shazam: report 09 Dec 2017 - 09:07 am
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Big Media scrambles to meet challenge from Big Tech 09 Dec 2017 - 08:57 am
File photo of a signage that reads Time Warner at the Time Warner Center in New York City. Reuters
YouTube to expand teams reviewing extremist content 05 Dec 2017 - 08:47 am
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Facebook to launch chat app for kids, with parental controls 04 Dec 2017 - 04:04 pm
Balloons are seen in front of a logo at Facebook's headquarters in London, Britain, December 4, 2017. REUTERS/Toby Melville
Singapore researchers' underwater robot inspired by manta ray 04 Dec 2017 - 01:09 pm
NUS Department of Mechanical Engineering researcher Chew Chee Meng showcases their aquatic robot manta ray
NASA fires up Voyager 1 thrusters after 37 years 02 Dec 2017 - 01:44 pm
The Voyager team assembled a group of propulsion experts to study the problem and eventually agreed on an unusual solution that will try giving the job of orientation to a set of four backup thrusters dormant since 1980. NASA/JPL-Caltech
WhatsApp to let group admins stop other members from posting 02 Dec 2017 - 12:41 pm
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WhatsApp reports outage affecting users around the world 30 Nov 2017 - 10:37 pm
A Whatsapp App logo is seen behind a Samsung Galaxy S4 phone that is logged on to Facebook in the central Bosnian town of Zenica, February 20, 2014 (Reuters)