Science & Technologies

Microsoft to unplug Internet Explorer

Microsoft Corp is pulling the plug on its once omnipresent browser, Internet Explorer, next year as it prepares to battle…

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India authorises 5G trials without China’s Huawei, ZTE

India has authorised trials of super-fast 5G wireless technology, giving access to international companies with the notable absence of Chinese…

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China tech stampede into electric cars sparks auto sector buzz

SHANGHAI: Thought Big Tech was taking over your life through smartphones? It may be coming for your car next as…

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Google Earth adds time lapse video to depict climate change

SAN RAMON: The Google Earth app is adding a new video feature that draws upon nearly four decades of satellite…

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Facebook says data on 530 million users ‘scraped’ before September 2019

Facebook Inc on Tuesday said a recently reported data leak affecting potentially 530 million users stemmed from a misuse of…

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Evidence emerges of ‘brand new’ particle at CERN

PARIS: Scientists believe they may have discovered a “brand-new force of nature” at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider that could explain…

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Facebook services including WhatsApp and Instagram suffer global outage

Facebook Inc said on Friday its services were being affected by a number of issues, after nearly a million people…

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Facial recognition payment system launched in Russia

MOSCOW: Russia’s X5 group, the country’s leading food retailer, announced on Wednesday the launch of a facial recognition payment system,…

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Google vows to stop tracking individual browsing for ads

SAN FRANCISCO: Google on Wednesday pledged to steer clear of tracking individual online activity when it begins implementing a new…

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Facebook ‘refriends’ Australia after changes to media laws

Facebook said on Tuesday it will restore Australian news pages after negotiating changes with the government to a proposed law…

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