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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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AI untangles one of biology's great challenges

For decades scientists have been trying to figure out how to swiftly predict the twisting, tangled shape of proteins -- and from there unravel a greater understanding of the machinery of life itself.      

5 years ago
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'Milestone' anti-ageing treatment restores sight in mice

Scientists said they have restored sight in mice using a "milestone" treatment that returns cells to a more youthful state and could one day help treat glaucoma and other age-related diseases.

5 years ago
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Global firms remain upbeat about Indonesia’s digital economy

The Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) revealed in July 2020 that FDI fell 6.9 percent year-on-year (yoy) to Rp 97.6 trillion (US$6,93 billion) in the April-June period. Yet, amid such a gloomy picture, it turns out that global firms are still quite upbeat about the potential of the Indonesian digital economy, particularly that of local e-commerce and financial technology (fintech) platforms.

5 years ago
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Ukrainian student launches initiative to turn fallen tree leaves into paper

Valentyn Frechka was a high school student living in rural Ukraine when he began a science project to turn fallen leaves from trees and plants into paper.

5 years ago
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UGM develops antiviral drug for COVID-19

The university had received a mandate from the government to produce medical kits to test COVID-19, vaccines, as well as medicines for the coronavirus in cooperation with several strategic partners.

5 years ago
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Teen banking app Step reaches for the stars to raise $50 million

Teen banking app Step has raised $50 million from investors led by Coatue Management alongside celebrities such as singer Justin Timberlake, influencer Charli D'Amelio and former quarterback Eli Manning.

5 years ago
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Lab developing device to help Earth dodge asteroids

In a corner of the campus at Riga Technical University, a team of scientists is working on technology that could one day stop asteroids from smashing into Earth.

5 years ago
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Amazon's cloud unit taps own chips for new supercomputing offering

Amazon.com Inc's cloud unit offered a new supercomputing service based on its self-designed processors, a further sign of how chips based on Arm Ltd's technology are encroaching on Intel Corp and Advanced Micro Devices Inc turf.

5 years ago
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BlackBerry, Amazon team up on smart car software platform

BlackBerry and Amazon announced an alliance to create a cloud computing platform that cars could link to for services and insights based on data from vehicles and users..

5 years ago
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Smashed to pieces: Puerto Rico's famed Arecibo telescope collapses

The celebrated Arecibo Observatory telescope in Puerto Rico, which once starred in a James Bond film, collapsed Tuesday when its 900-ton receiver platform plunged 450 feet (140 meters) onto the radio dish below.

5 years ago
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Grab, Banyuwangi build digital economy cooperation

Grab, a leading all-in-one application in Southeast Asia, and the Banyuwangi administration in East Java have announced a strategic partnership to continue developing the regency’s digital economy.

5 years ago
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Australian telescope maps deep space at record speed

A powerful new telescope in outback Australia has mapped vast areas of the universe in record-breaking time, revealing a million new galaxies and opening the way to new discoveries.

5 years ago
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Amazon, Apple stay away from new French initiative to set principles for Big Tech

US tech giants Amazon and Apple have not signed up to a new French initiative to get global tech companies to publicly commit to principles including paying their fair share of taxes.

5 years ago
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Facebook buys online customer service startup Kustomer

Facebook on Monday announced it is buying a startup specializing in helping businesses interact with customers online.

5 years ago
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UK's sole hydrogen car maker bets on green revolution

Hydrogen-powered car manufacturer Riversimple is hoping to steal a march on competitors ahead of Britain's promised "green revolution" that would see petrol-powered cars banned within 10 years.

5 years ago
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Grab strengthens Indonesia’s EV ecosystem

Land transportation that relies on clean energy is the dream of many environmentally conscious leaders, and electric vehicles (EVs) are becoming an increasingly popular alternative for their potential contributions to a pollution-free environment.

5 years ago
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Will the COVID-19 pandemic accelerate RI’s ‘retail apocalypse’?

With most retailers shifting their focus from brick-and-mortar outlets to e-commerce, brands shutting down physical outlets and shopping malls struggling to hold tenants, a phenomenon called “retail apocalypse” has begun across various parts of Asia.

5 years ago
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Indonesian women scientists win fellowships for COVID-19 innovations

Anggia Prasetyoputri and Latifah Nurahmi were found to have made extraordinary contributions to innovations to battle the COVID-19 pandemic.

5 years ago
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Cyprus rocky testing ground for Mars

International and Cypriot experts on Friday discussed a research project to test space equipment on the Mediterranean island before sending it to Mars to measure the age of its rocks.

5 years ago
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UN experts sound alarm over AI-enhanced racial profiling

Countries must do more to combat racial profiling, UN rights experts said, warning that artificial intelligence programs like facial recognition and predictive policing risked reinforcing the harmful practice.

5 years ago
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Waste not, want not: Dutch students build electric car from recycled material

Dutch students have created a fully functioning electric car made mostly out of waste, including plastics fished out of the sea, recycled PET bottles and household garbage.

5 years ago
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Expand your Galaxy: Smart device ecosystem enhances productivity, keeps health in check

When you have a powerful mobile device in your hands that enables you to use many digital tools and platforms, you are more likely to keep up with the latest situation and its rapid changes, whether for work or everyday life.

5 years ago
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SpaceX to press ahead with Starlink tests, delays commercial service

SpaceX will continue beta testing its satellite-based broadband service Starlink into next year, the company said late Tuesday, indicating commercial service would not likely be offered in 2020 as previously planned.

5 years ago
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Didi launches service in Mexico for women to select only female passengers

Chinese ride-sharing company Didi began rolling out a service in Mexico this week to let female drivers select only other women as their passengers.

5 years ago
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Twitter plans to relaunch verification program next year

Twitter Inc released plans for its new policy on how people are "verified" on the site, an area the company has long promised to revamp to address confusion and criticisms over the blue check-mark badges it uses to authenticate the identity of prominent accounts.

5 years ago
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Germany steams ahead with new hydrogen-powered train

Germany will trial a new hydrogen-powered train, signaling a transition away from gas-guzzling diesel engines as it aims for a carbon-neutral future.

5 years ago
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China launches Moon probe to bring back lunar rocks

China on Tuesday launched an unmanned spacecraft to bring back lunar rocks -- the first attempt by any nation to retrieve samples from the Moon in four decades.

5 years ago
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European researchers conduct 'biggest ever' COVID supercomputer test

A European research consortium said it had carried out the most complex supercomputing experiment ever conducted on the new coronavirus, during a 60-hour simulation aimed at modelling the effect of potential new COVID drugs.

5 years ago
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Small US launch firm Rocket Lab recovers rocket, in test of reusability

Small launch firm Rocket Lab was able to safely recover from the ocean a rocket it sent to space, a key test of the company's strategy to slash rocket launch costs via reusability.

5 years ago
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Snapchat challenges TikTok with curated video feed

Snapchat unveiled a new curated short-form video feed in a stepped up challenge to social media rivals like TikTok.

5 years ago
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