In this file photo taken on October 28, 2021, a pedestrian walks in front of a new logo and the name 'Meta' on the sign in front of Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, California.

Canadian government to stop buying ads on Facebook, Instagram

The Online News Act, adopted by parliament last month, requires digital giants like Google and Meta to make commercial deals to compensate Canadian news outlets when users access articles through their products, or face binding arbitration.

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Study trips, livestreamed fish: Japan's Fukushima charm campaign

Japan is waging a concerted campaign to calm controversy before it begins releasing treated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea. ...

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Twitter chaos leaves door open for Meta's rival app

Zuckerberg's Meta group, which owns Facebook, has listed a new app in stores as "Threads, an Instagram app", available for pre-order in the United States, with a message saying it is "expected" this Thursday. ...

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Lost In Time

Time stops for no one, or so they say. For most of us, certain special places evoke a world of reminiscence, calling forth precious times in our lives. And when one of those places is removed, a part of ourselves goes away too.

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This image released by NASA on July 12, 2022, from the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) shows never-before-seen details of Stephan’s Quintet, a visual grouping of five galaxies. MIRI pierced through dust-enshrouded regions to reveal huge shock waves and tidal tails, gas and stars stripped from the outer regions of the galaxies by interactions. It also unveiled hidden areas of star formation. The new information from MIRI provides invaluable insights into how galactic interactions may have driven galaxy evolution in the early universe.

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Time appears five times slower in early universe: study

Einstein's theory of relativity predicts that because space is expanding, "we should see the distant universe run in slow motion," said Geraint Lewis, an astrophysicist at the University of Sydney and the lead author of a new study.

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Elon Musk Twitter account verification badge is seen in this illustration taken November 4, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

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Twitter to limit TweetDeck to 'verified' users

The social media firm, bought by billionaire Elon Musk last year, has been thrashing around for ways to make a profit, cutting staff and ramping up its paid-for subscriptions.

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This NASA photo obtained on April 6, 2021, shows Ingenuity helicopter seen on Mars as viewed by the Perseverance rover’s rear Hazard Camera on April 4, 2021. NASA announced on April 10, 2021, that the first flight of its Mars helicopter Ingenuity has been delayed to no earlier than April 14 after the vehicle's last test ended earlier than planned, according to a statement from the agency. The delay is due to an anomaly during a test that aimed to have the helicopter's blades reach flight speed of 2,400 revolutions per minute.

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NASA's Mars helicopter 'phones home' after no contact for 63 days

The mini rotorcraft, which hitched a ride to the Red Planet with the Perseverance rover in early 2021, has already survived well beyond its initial 30-day mission to prove the feasibility of its technology in five test flights.

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Musk says Twitter will limit how many tweets users can read

Verified accounts were initially limited to reading 6,000 posts a day, Musk said, adding that unverified accounts will be limited to 600 posts a day with new unverified accounts limited to 300.

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APRIL Group declares Fire Danger Period in Riau concession areas

Leading fiber, pulp and paper producer APRIL Group has declared a Fire Danger Period across its own and managed concession areas in Riau, Sumatra, including its concessions under the Restorasi Ekosistem Riau (RER) program, lasting from July 1 to Sept. 30.

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Scientists attend the presentation of ESA's Euclid spacecraft in Cannes, south-eastern France, on February 21, 2023. Europe's Euclid space telescope will be launched on July 1, 2023 from Cape Canaveral, Florida, to try to unravel two great enigmas of the universe, dark matter and dark energy, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced on Twitter on June 21, 2023.

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Europe's space telescope to target universe's dark mysteries

The launch is planned from Cape Canaveral in Florida at 11:12 am local time (1512 GMT) on a Falcon 9 rocket of the US company SpaceX.

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Travis Scott performing live music show concert on night club stage in Moscow, Russia on Dec. 6, 2014.

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US rapper Travis Scott won't face criminal charges over concert crush

US rapper Travis Scott will not face criminal charges over the death of 10 people killed in a crush during a Texas concert in 2021.

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Google to block local news in Canada in response to media law

The Online News Act became law last week, aiming to support a struggling Canadian news sector that has seen hundreds of publications close in the last decade.

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This handout picture released by The European southern Observatory on October 12, 2020, shows an illustration depicting a star (in the foreground) experiencing spaghettification as it’s sucked in by a supermassive black hole (in the background) during a 'tidal disruption event'.

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Astronomers reveal evidence of universe's 'background hum'

The breakthrough -- made by hundreds of scientists using radio telescopes in North America, Europe, China, India and Australia after years of work -- was hailed as a major milestone that opens a new window into the universe.

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Screenwriter David Corenswet arrives for the Netflix premiere of “The Politician“ at the DGA theatre in New York City on September 26, 2019.

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US actor David Corenswet cast as next Superman

The 29-year-old, best known as the lead of recent Netflix series "Hollywood," will take on the iconic role for "Superman: Legacy," due in 2025 from Warner Bros.

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Will AI really destroy humanity?

But what are these disaster scenarios and how are machines supposed to wipe out humanity?

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US musician Beck performs on stage in the Festival d'ETE Concert in Quebec City on July 12, 2018. The American singer, songwriter, and record producer will colaborate with French band Phoenix for a North American summer tour “Summer Odyssey“ and will be joined on certain dates by other guest artitsts.

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Beck and Phoenix: old friends unite for summer

The California singer-songwriter joined AFP on a sunny riverside in Paris to talk about their joint single "Odyssey" and upcoming dates in North America.

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Puteri Indonesia 2022 Laksmi DeNeefe Suardana holds a copy of James Joyce’s Dubliners, provided by sponsor Periplus Bookstore, after her reading of excerpts from Joyce’s Ulysses at the Embassy of Ireland’s Bloomsday literary reception at the World Trade Centre, Central Jakarta, on June 14.

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A trip through old Dublin, in Jakarta

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Titan sub: What is a 'catastrophic implosion'?

The remains of the Titanic rest on the seabed in the North Atlantic at a depth of some 3,800 meters.

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In this picture taken on January 9, 2023, content creator Narendra Verma (C) speaks with his team members during the shooting of a scripted video in Sitapur, in India's Uttar Pradesh state.

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Staged online videos feed Islamophobia in Modi's India

Staged videos are peddling disinformation and fanning sectarian tensions in India, which has seen rising Hindu radicalisation under nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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Botanical artist Eunike Nugroho is pictured with her award-winning exhibition at the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Botanical Art & Photography Show in London on June 16, 2023.

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Yogyakarta botanical artist wins gold medal at UK exhibition

Sole Indonesian and Southeast Asian representative Eunike Nugroho, a Yogyakarta-based botanical artist, has won a gold medal at the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Botanical Art & Photography Show at Saatchi Gallery in London, which opened June 16.

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Festivalgoers arrive with their belongings on the first day of the Glastonbury festival in the village of Pilton, in Somerset, southwest England, on June 21, 2023.

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Elton John and Guns N'Roses primed as Glastonbury music festival opens

The iconic Glastonbury Festival opens its doors on Wednesday, with 200,000 music fans set to see acts including Arctic Monkeys, Guns N'Roses and Elton John.

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US actor Ezra Miller arrives for the world premiere of “The Flash“ at Ovation Hollywood in Hollywood, California, on June 12, 2023.

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'The Flash' dashes to box office win but stumbles short of estimates

But the live-action take on the DC Comics superhero only brought in $55.1 million, according to figures released Sunday by Exhibitor Relations -- earnings that analysts said were "far below estimates" for its debut.

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Kerinci Tissue Culture: Meeting sustainability demands with innovative technology

In today's digital age, wood products play an indispensable role in our daily lives. They are used in various essential items, ranging from food packaging, tissues, and shopping bags to books, contracts, and tickets.

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This image released 04 October 2006 by NASA shows the wrinkled border of the Saturn moon Enceladus' south polar region snaking across this view, separating fresher, younger terrain from more ancient, cratered provinces.

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NASA finds key building block for life in a moon of Saturn

The finding was based on a review of data collected by NASA's Cassini probe, and was published Wednesday in the prestigious journal Nature.

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Djibril Gueye, also known as Djibou, the most popular Central African make up artist, work with a customer in his beauty salon in Bangui, on January 28, 2023.

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Using YouTube and TikTok, a make-up artist defies the odds in C.Africa

As a child, Djibril Gueye Marvin dreamed of being a make-up artist, no easy feat in the chronically unstable Central African Republic, where he faced ridicule for doing a "girl's job".

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This photo taken on July 19, 2021 shows people watching the sunrise from the summit of Mount Fuji, some 70 kilometres (43 miles) west of the capital Tokyo.

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Japanese officials call for Mount Fuji crowd control

A surge in demand for rest cabins on Mount Fuji has led Japanese officials to call for crowd control measures during this summer's climbing season.

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This aerial photograph shows the Pyramid of Tirana, in Tirana, on May 24, 2023.

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Albania's communist pyramid at last has a point

Built as a bizarre memorial to Albania's paranoid communist dictator, now a brutalist pyramid hopes to become a beacon of the Balkan country's transformation.

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The Beatles are seen during the recording sessions for their album 'Let It Be' at the Apple Studios, in London, Britain in this undated handout photo obtained September 16, 2020.

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'Final Beatles record' out this year aided by AI

"It was a demo that John (Lennon) had, and that we worked on, and we just finished it up," said McCartney, who turns 81 next week.

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A health worker conducts a chest X-ray scan at Tangerang City General Hospital in Banten, on March 21, 2023.

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Smoking and TB: Dual epidemics leading people to bleak end

Smoking has been the strongest risk factor for tuberculosis (TB) in Indonesia in addition to undernourishment, diabetes and HIV.

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This handout image released on Oct. 28, 2021, by influencer agency SIA Bangkok shows Thai “digital influencer“ Ailynn. A global phenomenon of fictional characters is blurring the lines between virtual and reality, as it establishes a foothold in the lucrative multi-billion-dollar influencer market.

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Creative industry players embrace AI as new tool

Beyond artificial intelligence (AI) machine-learning inclusion from tech to finance industries, its recent progress has also given rise to more sophisticated and refined models, like voice-converting software that mimic other people’s vocals or the language processing chatbot ChatGPT.

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