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This artist's impression shows a group of archaic humans hunting in a forest roughly 1 million years ago in China's Hubei Province.
This artist's impression shows a group of archaic humans hunting in a forest roughly 1 million years ago in China's Hubei Province.
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Ancient skull from China may shake up timeline of human evolution

The findings are based on a reconstruction of a crushed skull discovered in China in 1990, and have the potential to resolve the longstanding "Muddle in the Middle" of human evolution, researchers said.

4 days ago
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Music industry group says AI firms guilty of 'wilful' copyright theft

"The world's largest tech companies as well as AI-specific companies, such as OpenAI, Suno, and Udio, Mistral, etc. are engaged in the largest copyright infringement exercise that has been seen," John Phelan, director general of the International Confederation of Music Publishers (ICMP), told AFP.

1 week ago
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Southeast Asia's smoke-dried bodies could be world's 'oldest mummies': study

While the bandage-bound bodies of ancient Egypt date back perhaps as far as 4,500 years ago, the oldest previously known examples of mummification are from ancient Chilean societies.

2 weeks ago

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Italy fines Facebook 7 million euros over data protection

According to the authority, known as AGCM, the US social media giant fails to properly inform users about how it collects and uses their data for commercial purposes.

4 years ago
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Russian scientists probe prehistoric viruses dug from permafrost

The Siberia-based lab said in a statement that the aim of the project was to identify paleoviruses and conduct advanced research into virus evolution. 

4 years ago
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Comet from edge of solar system killed the dinosaurs: study

A pair of astronomers at Harvard say they have now resolved long standing mysteries surrounding the nature and origin of the "Chicxulub impactor", a huge celestial object that triggered a catastrophic "impact winter" that eventually wiped out three-quarters of life on Earth

4 years ago
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5G phones may interfere with aircraft: French regulator

The potential phenomenon is due to "signal interference from a close frequency source of a strength that is similar or even superior to that of  altimeters." 

4 years ago
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Perseverance rover lands on Mars this week

The Mars 2020 mission, which set off late from Florida in late July, includes the largest ever vehicle to be dispatched to the Red Planet.

4 years ago
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UAE's 'Hope' probe sends home first image of Mars

The picture "captured the largest volcano in the solar system, Olympus Mons, emerging into the early morning sunlight," it said in a statement.

4 years ago
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Maryland becomes first US state to tax digital ad revenue

Legislators in the state senate mustered enough votes to override a veto by Republican Governor Larry Hogan, who had sought to derail the tax on revenue taken in from online ads shown in Maryland.

4 years ago
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China's Mars probe sends back video of Red Planet

In the video, published by state broadcaster CCTV, the surface of the planet is seen coming into view out of a pitch black sky against the outside of the Tianwen-1, which entered the orbit of the Red Planet on Wednesday.

4 years ago
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Twitter chief Dorsey teams with Jay-Z to back bitcoin

Dorsey, who is also founder and chief of financial services and mobile payments firm Square, said in a tweet that he and Jay-Z are giving 500 bitcoin to fund an independent endowment called "Btrust."

4 years ago
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Scientists detect water vapour emanating from Mars

The traces of ancient valleys and river channels suggest liquid water once flowed across the surface of Mars. Today, the water is mostly locked up in the planet's ice caps or buried underground. 

4 years ago
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Indonesian tech companies to go public?

Vaccine rollout plans and the prospect for economic recovery have boosted optimism in the Indonesian stock market once again after 2020 when the stock exchange recorded a five-times record low because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

4 years ago
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UAE on edge as 'Hope' probe poised to enter Mars orbit

If successful, the probe which is designed to reveal the secrets of Martian weather, will become the first of three spacecraft to arrive at the Red Planet this month.

4 years ago
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DoorDash buys startup behind salad-making robot

DoorDash said it would use Chowbotics to help merchants expand their menu offerings as they get into new markets "without investing in an entirely new store."

4 years ago
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World's tiniest reptile found in Madagascar

Tiny enough to perch comfortably on a fingertip, the ultra-compact chameleon -- dubbed Brookesia nana -- has the same proportions and world-weary expression as its larger cousins around the world.

4 years ago
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China's space probe sends back its first image of Mars

The spacecraft, launched in July around the same time as a rival US mission, is expected to enter Mars orbit around February 10.

4 years ago
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Activision earnings a winner as Call of Duty rockets

Video game franchise Call of Duty racked up a record year in 2020, with 128 million people playing the video game monthly in the fourth quarter.

4 years ago
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For billionaire Jared Isaacman, the space tourism era begins

Inspiration4 mission commander Jared Isaacman, founder and chief executive officer of Shift4 Payments all-civilian Inspiration4 mission will raise $200 million for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital through a donation based sweepstakes to select a member of the crew.

4 years ago
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SpaceX Mars rocket ends up in fiery crash, again

It was the second such accident after the last prototype of Starship met a similar fate in December.

4 years ago
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SpaceX aims to launch 'all-civilian' trip into orbit

Entrepreneur Jared Isaacman is to be joined by three other novice astronauts for a multi-day journey into space, including one lucky winner of a drawing.

4 years ago
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Facebook 'supreme court' overturns four content-removal rulings

The initial batch of rulings did not include Donald Trump's indefinite suspension from Facebook and Instagram after the storming of the US Capitol, but the board said last week it agreed to consider that case.

4 years ago
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Singapore launches new self-driving bus trial

Orderly and high-tech, the Asian city-state has become a testbed for self-driving vehicles and has developed home-grown technology while inviting foreign companies to trial their own.

4 years ago
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Everything or nothing: Galaxy S21 Series 5G shines bright, even in low light

In an era of rapid-fire technological advancements, your smartphone can be your ticket to an ever-increasingly connected world. Certainly, long gone are the days where you need to carry multiple devices for the demands of daily life.

4 years ago
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US leading race in artificial intelligence, China rising: survey

The study by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation assessed AI using 30 separate metrics including human talent, research activity, commercial development and investment in hardware and software.

4 years ago
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SpaceX rocket deploys record-setting cargo

The rocket successfully launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida at 10:00 am (1500 GMT), 24 hours after its initial take-off had been scrubbed due to bad weather.

4 years ago
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Google closes down internet balloon network project 'Loon'

The idea behind Loon was to build a network of balloons to expand internet connectivity to underserved areas and disaster zones and was initially part of an Alphabet "moonshot factory" known as X, which aims to create projects to disrupt new sectors.

4 years ago
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New Patagonian dinosaur may be largest yet: scientists

Human-sized pieces of fossilized bone belonging to the giant sauropod appear to be 10-20 percent larger than those attributed to Patagotitan mayorum, the biggest dinosaur ever identified, according to a statement Wednesday from the National University of La Matanza's CTYS scientific agency.

4 years ago
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Panasonic, Grab team up to offer passengers more hygienic premium vehicle

The COVID-19 pandemic has made many people more aware of air hygiene – maintaining the cleanliness of air for the health – especially in closed, air-conditioned spaces like our homes and offices as well as public facilities, but also both private and public vehicles.

4 years ago
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Grab Financial Group secures more than $300 million in series A funding

Grab Financial Group (GFG), a Southeast Asian financial technology platform, part of Singaporean technology company Grab, has secured more than US$300 million in series A funding, led by South Korea’s leading asset management company Hanwha Asset Management, to help bolster financial inclusion in Southeast Asia.

4 years ago
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Egypt unveils 3000-year old coffins in latest discovery

Egypt has unveiled a significant new archaeological discovery at the Saqqara necropolis south of Cairo, including 54 wooden coffins, many of which can be traced back 3,000 years to the New Kingdom period.

4 years ago
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Japan government secures funding for AI to help singles find love

With Japan's birthrate long in the doldrums, the central government has pledged to put funding toward AI capabilities that can help singles registered with locally-run matchmaking services find their soulmate.

4 years ago