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On an overheating planet, parched nations look to the clouds 23 Sep 2017 - 10:19 am
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Around the world, a muted launch for Apple’s iPhone 8 23 Sep 2017 - 12:08 am
A customer purchases a new iPhone 8 at the Fifth Avenue Apple Store, September 22, 2017 in New York City. The new iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, as well as the updated Apple Watch and Apple TV, go on sale today. Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP
As Apple slows, fast-moving Chinese rivals gain in wealthy markets 21 Sep 2017 - 01:30 am
Men try out Xiaomi smartphones at the company's store in central Kiev, Ukraine May 17, 2017. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
Google is said close to buying HTC assets to boost hardware 21 Sep 2017 - 12:00 am
Google logo at the Google headquarters in Mountain View, California on September 1. 2015. (AFP / Getty Images North America / Justin Sullivan)
Facebook’s harm is taking life out of context: Tyler Cowen 20 Sep 2017 - 11:56 pm
The Facebook logo is displayed on the company website in an illustration photo taken in Bordeaux, France, on February 1, 2017 (Reuters / Regis Duvignau)
Scientists edit embryos’ genes to study early human development 20 Sep 2017 - 08:08 pm
REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE: A handout photograph published May 19, 2005, shows a cloned human embryo, created at the Centre for Life in Newcastle upon Tyne, three days after the nuclear transfer took place. Reuters
Biggest and smallest creatures at top risk of extinction: study 18 Sep 2017 - 09:14 pm
For big creatures -- including whale sharks, Atlantic sturgeon, Somali ostriches, Chinese giant salamanders and Komodo dragons -- people are the top threat to their survival, said the study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a peer-re
Got old phones? Here's how to reuse, recycle or sell them 16 Sep 2017 - 10:38 am
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Trump administration orders purge of Kaspersky products from US government 13 Sep 2017 - 10:08 pm
An employee works near screens in the virus lab at the headquarters of Russian cyber security company Kaspersky Labs in Moscow, July 29, 2013 (Reuters/Sergei Karpukhin)
Elephants hide by day, forage at night to evade poachers 13 Sep 2017 - 08:30 pm
This file photo taken on September 19, 2016 shows elephants roaming through trees and low bush at the Pilanesberg National Park in the North West province, South Africa. AFP / Gianluigi Guercia
Toshiba picks US-led consortium for chip business sale 13 Sep 2017 - 09:17 am
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Apple lays claim to smartphone future with new flagship iPhone X 12 Sep 2017 - 11:04 pm
Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing at Apple Philip Schiller introduces the new iPhone lineup during a media event at Apple's new headquarters in Cupertino, California, on September 12, 2017. / AFP / Josh Edelson
iPhone X has USD999 price tag and richer display 12 Sep 2017 - 10:26 pm
Apple Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing, Phil Schiller, introduces the iPhone X during a launch event in Cupertino, California, U.S. September 12, 2017. REUTERS/Stephen Lam
Apple unveils three new iPhones, hails 'biggest leap forward' 12 Sep 2017 - 10:04 pm
Apple Senior Vice President of Software Engineering Craig Federighi introduces the new iPhone X during an Apple special event at the Steve Jobs Theatre on the Apple Park campus on September 12, 2017 in Cupertino, California. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images/A
Chinese video site offers virtual escape from 'boring' reality 11 Sep 2017 - 11:02 am
This photo taken on July 21, 2017 shows dancers performing during Bilibili Macro Link 2017, an annual convention of animation, comic and game (ACG), in Shanghai. AFP / STR
Code leaks show Apple's new phone to be called iPhone X 10 Sep 2017 - 10:52 pm
FILE PHOTO: Apple Vice President Greg Joswiak introduces the iPhone SE during an event at the Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California, March 21,  2016. (REUTERS / Stephen Lam)
Can Apple recapture iPhone magic from its first release a decade ago? Wait till Tuesday 10 Sep 2017 - 08:32 am
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Pratt's Balky new jet engines get stepped-up scrutiny from India 10 Sep 2017 - 01:49 am
Pau mayor Francois Bayrou (C), French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe (L), French lawmaker Jean Lassalle (Rear C) and prefect of the Pyrenees Atlantiques department, Gilbert Payet (R) visit the stand of French multinational aircraft engine, rocket engine,