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The SpaceX Starship lifts off from the launchpad during a flight test from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, on April 20, 2023.
The SpaceX Starship lifts off from the launchpad during a flight test from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, on April 20, 2023.
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Musk's dreams for Starbase city in Texas hang on vote

Tech billionaire Elon Musk's dream of gaining city status for his SpaceX spaceport in the southern US state of Texas could become a reality on Saturday, with voters set to green light Starbase as a new municipality.

2 days ago
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Rediscovering the beauty of travel through the Trip.com light and music show

Vibrant colors and luminous light reflections coming together, the Trip.com light and music show awakes the magical desire of wanderlust with its picturesque graphics projected into a cascading waterfall.

3 days ago
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Oldest-known ant preserved in 113 million-year-old Brazilian fossil

This ant is roughly 13 million years older than the previous oldest-known ants, specimens found in France and Myanmar that were preserved in amber, which is fossilized tree sap.

1 week ago

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Netflix partners with Microsoft to offer cheaper streaming plan

Netflix will work with Microsoft to launch a cheaper subscription plan that includes advertisements, the firms said on Wednesday, as the streaming giant fights to attract customers.

2 years ago
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Scientists find oldest Martian meteorite's original home

The meteorite NWA 7034, nicknamed Black Beauty, has fascinated geologists since it was discovered in the Sahara Desert in 2011.

2 years ago
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Webb Telescope: What will scientists learn?

Here are some of the things scientists now hope to learn.

2 years ago
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Cosmic cliffs and dancing galaxies: Webb begins era of discovery

"Every image is a new discovery," said NASA administrator Bill Nelson. "Each will give humanity a view of the universe that we've never seen before."

2 years ago
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Webb telescope reveals clearest infrared image of early universe

The James Webb Space Telescope, the most powerful observatory to be placed in orbit, has revealed the "deepest and sharpest infrared image of the early universe" ever taken, going back 13 billion years, NASA said on Monday.

2 years ago
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Webb telescope reveals deepest image of early universe

The James Webb Space Telescope, the most powerful to be placed in orbit, has revealed the clearest image to date of the early universe, going back 13 billion years, NASA said Tuesday.

2 years ago
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Oldest European human fossil possibly found in Spain

A jawbone fragment discovered in northern Spain last month could be the oldest known fossil of a human ancestor found to date in Europe, Spanish paleontologists said Friday.

2 years ago
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James Webb Space Telescope opens its eyes on the Universe

Distant galaxies, bright nebulae and a faraway giant gas planet are among the observatory's first targets, US space agency NASA said Friday.

2 years ago
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Nigerian soccer joins video game big league as local stars get avatars

After three years of tinkering and hundreds of lines of code, Nigerian Victor Daniyan launches what he believes is the first African soccer game — Vikseen Virtual.

2 years ago
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Apple to release new 'Lockdown Mode' as it battles spyware firms

Apple Inc. said on Wednesday it planned to release a new feature called Lockdown Mode this fall that aimed to add a new layer of protection for human rights advocates, political dissidents and other targets of sophisticated hacking attacks.

2 years ago
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TikTok sued in US after girls die in 'Blackout Challenge'

Video-sharing sensation TikTok is being sued in California after children died while taking part in a "Blackout Challenge" that makes a sport of choking oneself until passing out.

2 years ago
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Twitter challenges Indian orders to block content: reports

Twitter is challenging the Indian government's orders to block content on its social media site in court.

2 years ago
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Freeze-dried mice: how a new technique could help conservation

Japanese scientists have successfully produced cloned mice using freeze-dried cells in a technique they believe could one day help conserve species and overcome challenges with current biobanking methods.

2 years ago
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Mumbai turns to Twitter for help mapping India's monsoon floods

This year, a research institute hopes social media can play a more practical role - asking residents to tweet details about floods in their neighborhoods and using the data to issue geographically specific flood alerts in real-time.

2 years ago
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Google to delete US users’ location history to abortion clinics

Google announced on Friday it would delete users' location history when they visit abortion clinics, domestic violence shelters and other places where privacy was sought.

2 years ago
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TikTok seeks to reassure US lawmakers on data security

Chinese-owned social-media site TikTok told United States senators it was working on a final agreement with the Biden administration that would "fully safeguard user data and US national security interests," according to a TikTok letter seen on Friday.

2 years ago
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Astronaut study reveals effects of space travel on human bones

A study of bone loss in 17 astronauts who flew aboard the International Space Station is providing a fuller understanding of the effects of space travel on the human body and steps that can mitigate it, crucial knowledge ahead of potential ambitious future missions.

2 years ago
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Fossil discovery solves mystery of how pandas became vegetarian

Fossils dating back about six million years found in southwest China's Yunnan province included a greatly enlarged wrist bone called a radial sesamoid.

2 years ago
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Google to delete user location history on US abortion clinic visits

Google announced Friday it would delete users' location history when they visit abortion clinics, domestic violence shelters and other places where privacy is sought.

2 years ago
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TikTok tells US senators data not shared with Chinese Communist Party

TikTok sought to reassure US senators this week that it is taking all necessary steps to limit access to users' data from outside the United States, including by employees of its parent company, the Chinese group ByteDance.

2 years ago
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Early human ancestors one million years older than thought

The Sterkfontein caves at the Cradle of Humankind world heritage site southwest of Johannesburg have yielded more Australopithecus fossils than any other site in the world.

2 years ago
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Meet the 'zombie star' that survived a supernova blast

Astronomers have observed a star in a relatively nearby galaxy that not only survived what ordinarily should have been certain death, a stellar explosion called a supernova, but emerged from it brighter than before the blast. 

2 years ago
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Canadian gold miners find rare mummified baby woolly mammoth

Miners in the Klondike gold fields of Canada's far north have made a rare discovery, digging up the mummified remains of a near complete baby woolly mammoth.

2 years ago
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The hangover: Japan city admits data lost after night out

A Japanese city has been left with more than a headache after admitting a contractor lost a USB containing personal data on all 460,000 residents during a night out.

2 years ago
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Indonesia in need of better cybersecurity skills, Fortinet says

A global report from security company Fortinet shows that cyberattacks in Asia mostly take place because of the countries’ shortage of specialists.

2 years ago
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Facebook agrees to safeguards in ad discrimination case

Facebook owner Meta has agreed to change its ad targeting technology and pay $115,000 to settle US government allegations the social media giant allowed discrimination in who saw housing advertisements, authorities said Tuesday. 

2 years ago
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Seaweed and 3D printers: Chile's innovative approach to feeding kids

Some dehydrated "cochayuyo" seaweed, some instant mashed potatoes and hot water: these are the ingredients for a nutritious menu of 3D printed food that nutritional experts in Chile hope will revolutionize the food market, particularly for children.

2 years ago
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The battle to build a child-friendly metaverse

Meta and many of its competitors market immersive products with a lower age limit of 13 -- though it is widely accepted that younger children will use the tech.

2 years ago
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Apple store workers vote to form their first US union

A majority of employees at an Apple outlet in the United States has voted to form a union, a first for the tech giant that has so far tried to discourage unionization attempts.

2 years ago
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RIP Internet Explorer: South Korean engineer's browser 'grave' goes viral

South Korea, which has some of the world's fastest average internet speeds, remained bizarrely wedded to Microsoft's Internet Explorer, which was retired by the company earlier this week after 27 years.

2 years ago