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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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Facebook failing to stop political manipulation: Fired employee

Facebook has fallen woefully short in stopping political manipulation of the platform by governments around the world.

5 years ago
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Apple bundles TV, music, news and more in services push

Apple said it is putting TV, music, news and more in a subscription bundle as it increases its push into services tied to its iPhone "ecosystem".

5 years ago
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Researchers want to create a digital Venice for posterity

After Venice faced historic floods last November, a team of European scientists began digitizing several monuments of the Italian city in July. 

5 years ago
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Scientists create gene-edited animals as 'surrogate sires' to boost food production

Scientists have created gene-edited pigs, goats and cattle to produce sperm with traits such as disease resistance and higher meat quality in what they say is a step towards genetically enhancing livestock to improve food production.

5 years ago
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Facebook lets friends watch shows together while apart

Coronavirus lockdowns have led to a sharp increase in virtual watch parties as a way to get together with friends, and Facebook is getting in on the action.

5 years ago
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ByteDance's Chinese version of TikTok hits 600 million daily users

Douyin, the Chinese version of short video app TikTok, hit 600 million daily active users in August.

5 years ago
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YouTube tests TikTok rival in India

YouTube on Monday began testing a TikTok rival in India, saying it would refine its short video format and roll it out in more countries in coming months.

5 years ago
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ByteDance picks Oracle as partner to try to save TikTok US

Oracle Corp said it would team up with China's ByteDance to keep TikTok operating in the United States, beating Microsoft Corp in a deal structured as a partnership rather than an outright sale.

5 years ago
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Scientists find gas on Venus linked to life on Earth

The atmosphere of Venus contains traces of phosphine gas -- which on Earth can be attributed to living organisms -- scientists said on Monday, in a fresh insight into conditions on our nearest planetary neighbor.  

5 years ago
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See life through Snapchat filters with these mind-boggling glasses

A team of designers have developed a set of glasses or goggles equipped with augmented reality so you can see  all your loved ones in their daily life in a totally new way. 

5 years ago
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Back on track: GrabWheels returns with improved safety measures

Ride-hailing company Grab relaunched GrabWheels in mid-August, with the support of the Transportation Ministry and Jakarta Police.

5 years ago
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Apple out to reignite growth with line updates

Apple is expected to spotlight its smartwatch, iPad, and subscription services on Tuesday as it strives to reignite growth with a must-have holiday line-up.

5 years ago
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TikTok rejects Microsoft buyout offer, Oracle sole remaining bidder

Microsoft said its offer to buy TikTok was rejected, leaving Oracle as the sole remaining bidder ahead of a looming deadline for the Chinese-owned video app to sell or shut down its US operations.

5 years ago
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Yoga devotee bends online search to feed the hungry

Launched this month, Seva bills itself as the world's first independent, socially conscious search engine that lets people feed hungry children by browsing the internet.

5 years ago
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Apple revises App Store guidelines, loosening some in-app payment rules

Apple Inc on Friday published a revision of some of its App Store review guidelines, loosening some restrictions on streaming game services, online classes and when developers must use its in-app purchase system, which charges a 30 percent commission.

5 years ago
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Design meets utility to boost productivity in Samsung Galaxy Z Fold2

The world’s leading mobile phone maker, Samsung Electronics, has launched the next generation of its category-defining foldable device: the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2.

5 years ago
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Facebook goes back to campus, or how the social network can help today's students

Facebook has introduced Campus, a brand new platform for students. Inaugurated in about 30 American universities, it allows them to meet online for work or entertainment. A social network within the network.

5 years ago
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Instagram apologizes for removing images of Black British model

Instagram has apologized to a Black British plus-size model after she said its repeated removal of images showing her covering her breasts with her arms betrayed "racial biases" in its algorithm.

5 years ago
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New research shows COVID-19 may have been in LA before China announces its outbreak

A new study by American researchers, released on Thursday, suggests the deadly coronavirus may have already reached Los Angeles by late December, actively circulating in the area months before the first definitive cases in the United States were identified.

5 years ago
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Apple's nearly 40-year journey in Singapore celebrates architecture and design

Officially unveiled on Thursday, Apple MBS is a giant geodesic dome with an oculus in its ceiling, inspired by the more than 1,800-year-old Pantheon in Rome - a celebration of light through innovative design.

5 years ago
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China would rather see TikTok US close than a forced sale: Sources

Beijing opposes a forced sale of TikTok's US operations by its Chinese owner ByteDance, and would prefer to see the short video app shut down in the United States, three people with direct knowledge of the matter said on Friday.

5 years ago
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Your future smartphone may be able to change color

To stand out from the crowd, Chinese manufacturer Vivo is counting on the wow factor of two innovations: a system to change a phone’s color at any time. 

5 years ago
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China's Huawei to launch HarmonyOS, its rival to Google Android, on smartphones next year

Huawei Technologies plans to introduce its Harmony operating system (OS), viewed as its replacement to Google’s Android mobile operating system, on smartphones next year, as it seeks to overcome curbs placed on it by the US.

5 years ago
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Tesla launches fast electric car charging in Berlin, says more cities to come

Managers at electric carmaker Tesla Inc on Thursday demonstrated new supercharger equipment on a Berlin research campus, saying they were looking at more target cities to attract potential buyers worried about access to charging.

5 years ago
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A scan of 10.3 million stars turns up no sign of aliens, yet

Scientists have completed the broadest search to date for extraterrestrial civilizations by scanning roughly 10.3 million stars using a radio telescope in Australia, but have found nothing - not yet, at least.

5 years ago
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ByteDance in talks with US to avoid selling TikTok: Report

Chinese internet giant ByteDance is in talks with the US about ways it might avoid having to sell its TikTok operations here, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.

5 years ago
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Microsoft's new Xbox Series X set for November launch, from $499

Microsoft said Wednesday its next-generation Xbox game console will launch on November 10, with an estimated starting price of $499.

5 years ago
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Fortnite says gamers can no longer use Apple sign-in system

"Fortnite" users will no longer be able to use Apple Inc's sign-in system to log in to the game as early as Friday.

5 years ago
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Microsoft says small Xbox S game console on the way

Microsoft confirmed that it will launch a small Xbox S game console priced at $299 in November.

5 years ago
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German court opens late daughter's Facebook to parents

Germany's highest court on Tuesday allowed the parents of a teenage girl who was crushed to death by a Berlin metro train in 2012 to directly access her Facebook account.

5 years ago