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New species of ghost shark may have been found in Costa Rica

Three species of ghost shark, a type of fish that is related to sharks, have been discovered elsewhere, in waters off South Africa, Taiwan, Australia, Japan and in the Atlantic between Greenland and Brazil.

1 week ago
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Meta lashes Australia's bid to make tech giants pay for news

Traditional media companies around the world are in a battle for survival as readers increasingly consume their news on social media. ...

1 month ago
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New York Times publisher slams AI companies' 'brazen theft' from news outlets

AI companies' "hijacking of the public square is made possible by the original sin that animates their A.I. products -- a brazen theft of intellectual property that has occurred at an unprecedented scale," said A.G. Sulzberger, according to his published remarks. ...

1 month ago

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Germany halts Facebook sharing WhatsApp data

WhatsApp on Friday stepped back from its plan to require users to accept the new terms which critics said could expand data collection from its two billion users around the world.

5 years ago
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US space probe Osiris-Rex heads home with asteroid dust

The probe still has a vast distance to cover before it lands in the Utah desert on September 24, 2023. 

5 years ago
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US states oppose a children's version of Instagram

Four decades since his death, Bob Marley lives on as a voice of the dispossessed.Officials representing most US states on Monday called on Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg to nix plans to launch a version of Instagram for children.

5 years ago
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SpaceX to launch lunar mission paid with cryptocurrency Dogecoin

The satellite, dubbed DOGE-1, will be launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in the first quarter of 2022, the Calgary-based company said in a statement.

5 years ago
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Archaeologists uncover Neanderthal remains in caves near Rome

Eight of the remains are dated to between 50,000 and 68,000 years ago, while one, the oldest, is dated to between 90,000 and 100,000 years ago, the ministry said in a statement.

5 years ago
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WhatsApp delays enforcing new privacy terms

WhatsApp, which was set to enforce its new data-sharing policy on May 15 -- following a delay in response to a user outcry -- revealed on its website that it would not immediately cut off users who don't accept the new terms, although it would send reminders to those who don't opt in.

5 years ago
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Large Chinese rocket segment disintegrates over Indian Ocean

Officials in Beijing had said there was little risk from the freefalling segment of the Long March-5B rocket, which had launched the first module of China's new space station into Earth orbit on April 29.

5 years ago
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China says rocket debris landed in Indian Ocean west of Maldives

The coordinates given by state media, citing the China Manned Space Engineering Office, put the point of impact in the ocean, west of the Maldives archipelago.

5 years ago
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Chinese rocket debris set for re-entry in coming hours- tracking centers

While there were still varying estimates of where the rocket would land, recent predictions were still tracking it from Costa Rica all the way to Australia and New Zealand

5 years ago
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Italy begins to restore Colosseum floor

The 2,000 year old structure is currently floorless, the ruins of the underground levels' walls and tunnels exposed to the open air save for a small platform.

5 years ago
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Facebook fights influence-for-hire campaigns

The campaigns aimed posts or comments at people in Azerbaijan, Central African Republic, Mexico, Palestine, Peru, and Ukraine, according to the leading social network.

5 years ago
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Twitter lets people leave tips for some tweeters

A limited number of users around the world who tweet in English can add a "Tip Jar" feature to their profiles, according to Twitter senior product manager Esther Crawford.

5 years ago
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The earliest known human burial discovered in Africa

The sunken pit, in a cave complex along the coast of Kenya, was bereft of ornaments, offerings or ochre-coloured clay carvings found in the region's more recent Stone Age graves, they detailed in the journal Nature. 

5 years ago
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SpaceX Starship rocket prototype achieves first safe landing

The feat marked a key milestone for the private rocket company of billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk in its development of a resusable heavy-lift launch vehicle to eventually carry astronauts and large cargo payloads to the moon and Mars.

5 years ago
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Egos clash in Bezos and Musk space race

Musk aimed low with a recent tweet saying "can't get it up (to orbit)" in response to a post about Bezos-founded space company Blue Origin protesting NASA's choice of Musk's SpaceX team to build a module that will land the next US astronauts on the moon.

5 years ago
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Ingenuity exceeds all expectatition, now shifts into new operational phase

The US space agency announced on Friday that Ingenuity is shifting from a pure proof-of-concept, technology demonstration mode to a more ambitious mission gauging how aerial scouting and other functions might benefit future scientific exploration of the Red Planet.

5 years ago
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Japan universities develop speedier analysis of coronavirus mutations

Researchers say they hope the system will expedite the development of novel therapeutics and preventative measures for COVID-19. The virus has claimed more than 3.10 million lives worldwide as of late April, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

5 years ago
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China launches first module for new space station

Billions of dollars have been poured into space exploration as China seeks to reflect its rising global stature and growing technological might, following in the footsteps of the United States, Russia and Europe.

5 years ago
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Spotify counters Apple with podcast subscriptions

The updated podcast platform for the United States, set to expand internationally in coming months, lets podcasters make episodes available only to subscribers.

5 years ago
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Facebook, Spotify team up to allow in-app music listening

Starting Monday in 27 markets including the United States, paying Spotify subscribers will be able to listen to audio content -- including full music tracks and podcasts -- on Facebook, using a miniplayer to allow continued scrolling within the networking app.

5 years ago
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Japan gov't warns Line over insufficient personal data protection

The administrative guidance, which also requires a report from Line by late May, was issued as the Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry judged the app operator failed to provide a sufficient surveillance system to protect the "secrets of communications" as required by law.

5 years ago
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NASA's Mars helicopter's third flight goes farther, faster than before

After two initial flights during which the craft hovered above the Red Planet's surface, the helicopter on this third flight covered 64 feet (50 meters) of distance, reaching the speed of 6.6 feet per second (two meters per second), or four miles per hour in this latest flight.

5 years ago
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SpaceX launches third crew to ISS on recycled rocket

The Crew-2 mission, the first involving a European, blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 5:49 am Eastern Time (0949 GMT).

5 years ago
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A black hole dubbed 'the Unicorn' may be galaxy's smallest one

The researchers said the black hole is roughly three times the mass of our sun, testing the lower limits of size for these extraordinarily dense objects that possess gravitational pulls so strong not even light can escape. A luminous star called a red giant orbits with the black hole in a so-called binary star system named V723 Mon.

5 years ago
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In first, Perseverance Mars rover makes oxygen on another planet

"This is a critical first step at converting carbon dioxide to oxygen on Mars," said Jim Reuter, associate administrator for NASA's space technology mission directorate.

5 years ago
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Apple adds podcast subscriptions as competition mounts

Beginning in May, podcast fans around the world will be able to sign up for subscriptions for perks such as ad-free listening or exclusive content from creators, the tech giant said during a streamed media event Tuesday.

5 years ago
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Apple powers up iPads after pandemic-fueled surge

Apple has unveiled a new lineup of powered-up iPads including some with 5G connectivity.

5 years ago
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How Tokopedia opens doors to local Muslim wear businesses

With the holy month upon us, the owner of Tazkia Hijab Store shares his inspiring story on how he launched his online clothing business and survived the pandemic.

5 years ago
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Russia to withdraw from ISS, will launch own space station

Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin said work had begun on the fist module of a new station, after officials warned that Russia was considering pulling out of the ISS, one of the few successful examples of cooperation with the West.

5 years ago
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Key things to know about NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter

The rotorcraft's first flight lasted 39.1 seconds as Ingenuity lifted itself to a height of 10 feet (three meters) and then returned to the Martian surface. 

5 years ago
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