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Social media frenzy fuels bank busting panic

Fearful Twitter posts and anxious WhatsApp exchanges coupled with online banking ease are seen as helping power a run on a pair of now-collapsed American lending institutions.

3 years ago
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Odds drop newly-found asteroid will hit Earth in 2046

The asteroid, which is named 2023 DW and is estimated to be around the size of a 50-metre Olympic swimming pool, was first spotted by a small Chilean observatory on February 26. ...

3 years ago
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At San Francisco expo, AI 'sorry' for destroying humanity

The pieces in this temporary show mix the disturbing with the comic, and this first display has AI disburse pithy observations to the visitors that cross into its line of vision. ...

3 years ago

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Samsung weighs dropping Bixby as Google dangles new mobile apps deal

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd is considering dropping its Bixby virtual assistant and Galaxy Apps Store from its mobile devices as part of a new global revenue-sharing deal with Alphabet Inc's Google, according to correspondence seen by Reuters on Tuesday.

5 years ago
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CES global gadget fest goes digital due to pandemic

Consumer Electronics Show organizers on Tuesday reversed course on plans to go through with the massive annual gathering in Las Vegas, saying it will go digital due to the pandemic.

5 years ago
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Quest advances to recreate sun's energy on earth

Fourteen years after receiving the official go-ahead, scientists on Tuesday began assembling a giant machine in southern France designed to demonstrate that nuclear fusion, the process which powers the sun, can be a safe and viable energy source on Earth.

5 years ago
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Dusting off the past: London's Natural History Museum prepares to re-open

London's Natural History Museum is dusting off the blue whale that soars above its central hall, its dinosaur skeletons and thousands of other exhibits in preparation for re-opening next month after COVID-19 forced its closure in March.

5 years ago
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India bans 47 more Chinese mobile apps

India has banned 47 more Chinese apps just weeks after blocking the highly popular video-sharing platform TikTok and 58 others over national security and privacy concerns, an information ministry official and media reports said Monday.

5 years ago
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Google employees to work from home until July 2021: Report

Google LLC will allow its employees around the world to work from home until July 2021, altering an earlier plan to resume office work from next January amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, US media said Monday.

5 years ago
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What is the bidirectional V2G technology being tested by auto manufacturers?

Audi is just the latest in a string of manufacturers to announce work on a bidirectional recharge system. 

5 years ago
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Quantum loop: US unveils blueprint for 'virtually unhackable' internet

US officials and scientists have begun laying the groundwork for a more secure "virtually unhackable" internet based on quantum computing technology.

5 years ago
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NASA announces plans to study the cosmos with a high-flying balloon

NASA announced a new method which it will be using to better study newly-formed stars: a stratospheric balloon floating 24.6 miles above the Earth's surface.

5 years ago
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'Ghost of Tsushima' becomes PlayStation 4's fastest-selling new franchise

Samurai action adventure "Ghost of Tsushima" gallops past "Horizon Zero Dawn".

5 years ago
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Pencil-aesthetic adventure 'Creaks' welcomed as odd, atmospheric, engaging puzzle favorite

Mobile, console and computer game "Creaks" is the latest from the whimsical and talented Amanita Design, previously lauded for its "Botanicula", "Samorost" and "Machinarium" games.

5 years ago
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TikTok launches $200 million 'creator fund'

TikTok unveiled plans for a $200 million "creator fund" to add content from emerging social media personalities to the fast-growing video-sharing app.

5 years ago
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Good vibrations? COVID quiet time soothes Earth's seismic shakes

COVID-19 lockdowns worldwide led to the longest and most pronounced reduction in human-linked seismic vibrations ever recorded, sharpening scientists' ability to hear earth's natural signals and detect earthquakes, a study found on Thursday.

5 years ago
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Facebook allows users to broadcast live large video calls

Facebook Inc said on Thursday it was rolling out a feature that would allow users to broadcast live a video call with up to 50 people.

5 years ago
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More than 1,000 people at Twitter had ability to aid hack of accounts: Sources

More than a thousand Twitter employees and contractors as of earlier this year had access to internal tools that could change user account settings and hand control to others, two former employees said, making it hard to defend against the hacking that occurred last week.

5 years ago
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How does coronavirus spread during a concert? A new study will soon find out

While mass cultural gatherings are still on hold in reaction to the coronavirus pandemic, researchers from the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg are recruiting volunteers to study how the virus spreads during a concert. 

5 years ago
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Game festival kicks off in virtual space for first time in Korea

Due to coronavirus setback, a game festival kicked off Wednesday in virtual space for the first time in South Korea.

5 years ago
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Humans in America 30,000 years ago, far earlier than thought

Tools excavated from a cave in central Mexico are strong evidence that humans were living in North America at least 30,000 years ago, some 15,000 years earlier than previously thought, scientists said Wednesday.

5 years ago
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Spotify launches video feature for podcasts

Spotify Technology SA said on Tuesday it was rolling out a video feature for its podcasts, letting select creators bring both audio and video content to the music streaming app.

5 years ago
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Brave new technology for post-pandemic society

We can also utilize technology to substitute physical contact. As people are required to avoid direct or indirect physical contact, conventional attendance or barrier gate systems that use card tapping or fingerprints are no longer relevant.

5 years ago
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Facebook slaps disclaimer on Trump post on mail voting

Facebook placed an informational disclaimer Tuesday on a post from President Donald Trump claiming mail-in voting would lead to a "corrupt" election.

5 years ago
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Pakistan warns video-sharing app TikTok over 'immoral content'

Pakistan has issued a final warning to Chinese-owned social media app TikTok to clamp down on what it called "immoral, obscene and vulgar" content on the video-sharing platform.

5 years ago
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Scientists identify 37 recently active volcanic structures on Venus

Scientists have identified 37 volcanic structures on Venus that appear to be recently active, painting the picture of a geologically dynamic planet and not a dormant world as long thought.

5 years ago
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Champion Canadian gamer speaks out over harassment at Ubisoft, elsewhere

When she arrived in 2009 at the Montreal offices of giant video game publisher Ubisoft, Stephanie Harvey says she suffered sexual harassment or sexism "from Day One."

5 years ago
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Zuckerberg says he has 'no deal of any kind' with Trump

Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg said in an interview published Monday he has "no deal of any kind" with President Donald Trump on content moderation on the social media giant.

5 years ago
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Astrophysicists unveil biggest-ever 3D map of Universe

Astrophysicists on Monday published the largest-ever 3D map of the Universe, the result of an analysis of more than four million galaxies and ultra-bright, energy-packed quasars.

5 years ago
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Afghan all-girls robotics team designs low-cost ventilator to treat coronavirus patients

The all-female Afghan Robotics Team started work in March on an open-source, low-cost ventilator as the coronavirus pandemic hit the war-torn nation

5 years ago
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TikTok considers London and other locations for headquarters

TikTok has been in discussions with the UK government over the past few months to locate its headquarters in London, a source familiar with the matter said, as part of a strategy to distance itself from its Chinese ownership.

5 years ago
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Two US astronauts to come home on SpaceX ship on Aug. 2

The two US astronauts who reached the International Space Station (ISS) on board the first crewed US spacecraft in nearly a decade will leave for Earth on Aug. 1, NASA's chief said Friday.

5 years ago
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Twitter says hackers 'manipulated' employees to access accounts

Twitter said Saturday that hackers "manipulated" some of its employees to access accounts in a high-profile attack, including those of Joe Biden and Elon Musk, and apologized profusely for the breach.

5 years ago
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