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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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Govt aims for nationwide 4G coverage by 2022

Out of 82,218 villages and subdistricts, 12,548 do not have access to 4G services, says ministry

4 years ago
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TikTok users get access to Sony Music songs

Video-snippet sharing sensation TikTok on Monday announced a deal to give users access to Sony Music Entertainment's massive archive of hit tunes.

4 years ago
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Twitter board backs chief Jack Dorsey after ouster bid

Twitter's board on Monday said Jack Dorsey will remain chief after a management review prompted by an activist investor's effort to push him out of the job.

4 years ago
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Apple to hold Nov 10 event, analysts expect new Mac computers

Apple Inc on Monday announced a special event for Nov. 10 but gave no further details aside from a tag line of "one more thing".

4 years ago
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Real-world politics invade video games ahead of US election

Real-life politics have invaded video games, echoing divisive themes raging in the streets and leaving some players lamenting that their cherished fantasy worlds are being violated.

4 years ago
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'Made-in-Gaza' device fights coronavirus spread

Entering a Gaza City restaurant, customers are welcomed by a multi-tasking disinfection machine designed by a Palestinian businesswoman to curb the spread of the coronavirus in the crisis-hit enclave.

4 years ago
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An AI bot is making Banksy-inspired art

While prices for Banksy originals climb ever higher, a new AI has been programmed to create artworks that resemble those by the famous British street artist himself. 

4 years ago
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Man and dog: Ancient genetics study reveals complex history

Much of the diversity seen in modern dog populations was already present around the time the last Ice Age had ended 11,000 years ago, a global study of ancient DNA revealed Thursday.

4 years ago
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NASA says probe successfully stowed sample from asteroid

NASA said Thursday its robotic spacecraft Osiris-Rex was able to stow a rock and dust sample scooped up from the asteroid Bennu, after a flap that had wedged open put the mission at risk.

4 years ago
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Facebook Indonesia discussion forum to highlight mental health

Facebook Indonesia has introduced an online discussion forum for young people to increase their communal spirits amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

4 years ago
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Apple's subscription bundle of news, music and services to launch Friday

Apple One, the bundle of Apple Inc's paid online services, will launch on Friday, chief executive Tim Cook told Reuters in an interview.

4 years ago
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TikTok countersues rival video app Triller in patent defense

TikTok and its parent firm ByteDance have fired back in court against a patent lawsuit by rival video-sharing app Triller, in a move aimed at heading off infringement claims.

4 years ago
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How to stay safe during video conferences

Harris Iskandar, who heads the COVID-19 task force’s division for education and behavioral change, said we were currently in an era of great disruption as a result of the 5 Ds: digitalization, demographic bonus, decentralization, de-bureaucratization and the pandemic disease.

4 years ago
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Indonesian space agency to kick off search for ‘extraterrestrial life’ next year

A groundbreaking new project to search for exoplanets – planets orbiting distant stars – will begin for the first time in Indonesia following the construction of the National Observatory on Mount Timau in East Nusa Tenggara.

4 years ago
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Hotly-anticipated Cyberpunk 2077 game delayed again, to December 10

The Polish developers behind hotly-anticipated PC and console game Cyberpunk 2077 said Tuesday they would have to delay its release for a third time, pushing it back to December 10.

4 years ago
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Waymo, Daimler to partner in developing self-driving semi trucks

Daimler AG's commercial truck unit and Alphabet Inc's Waymo said they will collaborate on development of self-driving Class 8 semi trucks, applying Waymo's automated system to Daimler's Freightliner Cascadia.

4 years ago
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TikTok moves into ecommerce with Shopify partnership

Canadian e-commerce company Shopify announced a partnership with TikTok that will allow its more than one million online retailers to hype their wares on the teen-centric platform for short-form videos.

4 years ago
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Frankfurt starts building fuel station for world's biggest zero-emissions train fleet

German regional transport group RMV began construction of a filling station near Frankfurt that will use hydrogen generated as a by-product of chemicals manufacturing to fuel the world's largest fleet of zero-emissions passenger trains.

4 years ago
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NASA to launch delicate stowing of Osiris-Rex asteroid samples

NASA's robotic spacecraft Osiris-Rex is set to begin on Tuesday a delicate operation to store the precious particles it scooped up from the asteroid Bennu, but which were leaking into space when a flap got wedged open.

4 years ago
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Facebook takes mobile games into the cloud

Facebook on Monday put its spin on cloud gaming by letting players instantly hop into an array of mobile games at the social network without downloading apps -- but won't be offering the service for Apple iOS devices.

4 years ago
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Moon richer in water than once thought

There may be far more water on the Moon than previously thought, according to two studies published Monday raising the tantalizing prospect that astronauts on future space missions could find refreshment -- and maybe even fuel -- on the lunar surface.

4 years ago
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Instagram changes nudity policy after campaign by plus-sized Black model

Instagram will introduce a new nudity policy this week following a campaign by a Black British plus-sized model, who said the removal of images showing her covering her breasts with her arms betrayed "racial biases" in its algorithm.

4 years ago
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Dubai introduces facial recognition on public transport

Dubai is introducing a facial recognition system on public transport to beef up security, officials said Sunday, as the emirate prepares to host the global Expo exhibition.

4 years ago
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US insists on need to ban TikTok

US President Donald Trump's administration has insisted on the need to ban TikTok due to national security concerns in a new court filing ahead of a plan to make the video app unavailable on November 12.

4 years ago
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NATO to build 'Space Center' in Germany

The NATO alliance is to build a headquarters for space operations at its airbase in Ramstein in Germany, to counter a rising Russian and Chinese threat.

4 years ago
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NASA asteroid surface sampling likely successful

NASA released its first images of a sampling operation carried out on the asteroid Bennu, which appeared to show successful recovery of rock and dust, or as one official put it, "the kind of mess we were hoping for".

4 years ago
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Three-man US-Russian crew returns to Earth from ISS

An American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts touched down safely on the Kazakhstan steppe on Thursday, completing a 196-day mission that began with the first launch under lockdown conditions.

4 years ago
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Quibi streaming service to shut down

Short-form streaming service Quibi announced Wednesday it is pulling the plug on the platform aimed at smartphone users hungry for entertainment on the go.

4 years ago
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Naver accused of excessive censorship of webtoons after string of controversies

Internet portal site Naver was plagued this summer by a series of scandals concerning violence and sexual references in some of its webtoons, resulting in the removal or re-editing of certain scenes. 

4 years ago
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PayPal to allow cryptocurrency buying, selling and shopping on its network

PayPal Holdings Inc joined the cryptocurrency market on Wednesday, allowing customers to buy, sell and hold bitcoin and other virtual coins using the US digital payments company's online wallets.

4 years ago