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Eyes turn to space to feed power-hungry data centers

Tech firms are floating the idea of building data centers in space and tapping into the sun's energy to meet out-of-this-world power demands in a fierce artificial intelligence race.

3 days ago
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OpenAI says a million ChatGPT users talk about suicide

In a blog post published on Monday, the AI company estimated that approximately 0.15 percent of users have "conversations that include explicit indicators of potential suicidal planning or intent." ...

1 week ago
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AI can help double oil-well productivity: Saudi Aramco

President and CEO Amin Nasser said Aramco, the world's biggest oil exporter, was now realising gains after investing tens of billions of dollars in computing and hiring thousands of data scientists.  ...

1 week ago

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Google removes street view virtual tour of Australia's Uluru

Google has removed images from its Street View that allowed users to virtually walk on Australia's Uluru, a sacred Aboriginal site closed to tourists since last year. 

5 years ago
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Google Maps shows COVID-19 hot spots

Google is updating its free mapping service this week with color-coding that maps out areas infected with COVID-19 cases.

5 years ago
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Apple critics form coalition to challenge App Store fees

A group of Apple Inc's critics have joined a nonprofit group that plans to advocate for legal and regulatory action to challenge the iPhone maker's App Store practices.

5 years ago
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Amazon launches Luna cloud-based video game service

Amazon on Thursday unveiled Luna streaming video game service, challenging Microsoft and Google in the fast-growing segment.

5 years ago
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Pandemic offers Tokyo Game Show a chance for reinvention

Once a premier industry event, Tokyo Game Show has been increasingly overshadowed by global competitors in recent years. But as the pandemic forces it online, some see a chance for reinvention.

5 years ago
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Britain finally launches virus app in England and Wales

The British government on Thursday finally launches its troubled smartphone app to help track the coronavirus in England and Wales -- four months behind schedule and with cases once again surging.

5 years ago
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GSMA postpones Mobile World Congress to late June 2021

The organizers of the Mobile World Congress said they were postponing next year's event to late June to make it possible to convene safely despite the coronavirus pandemic.

5 years ago
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Dutch 'living coffin' aims to provide source for life after death

A Dutch start-up has created a biodegradable "living coffin" made of a fungus, instead of wood, which it says can convert a decomposing human body into key nutrients for plants.

5 years ago
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Zynga out to cast spell with Harry Potter mobile game

Social gaming giant Zynga kicked off its global launch of a free puzzle game based on the beloved wizarding world of Harry Potter.

5 years ago
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TikTok urges social media alliance against suicide content

TikTok proposed an alliance with nine other social media platforms to work collectively and rapidly to remove suicide content, following an incident this month when a man killed himself on Facebook.

5 years ago
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ISS moves to avoid space debris

Astronauts on the International Space Station carried out an "avoidance maneuver" to ensure they would not be hit by a piece of debris, urging better management of objects in Earth's orbit.

5 years ago
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Nintendo's Switch faces French claim of 'planned obsolescence'

A French consumer advocacy group said that it had filed a "planned obsolescence" claim against Nintendo's Switch console, saying the Japanese giant knew some controllers were failing too quickly.

5 years ago
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TikTok apologizes for censoring LGBT+ content

TikTok has apologized for suppressing LGBT+ content in the past, with a director telling British lawmakers on Tuesday that the company now removed LGBT+ images only when required to do so by law enforcement agencies.

5 years ago
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Questions swirl about possible racial bias in Twitter image function

Social media giant Twitter said on Monday it would investigate its image-cropping function that users complained favored white faces over black.

5 years ago
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TikTok removes over 104 million videos in first-half for violating guidelines

ByteDance-owned short-video app TikTok said on Tuesday it removed over 104 million videos from its platform globally in the first half of the year for violating guidelines or terms of service.

5 years ago
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Google Doodle celebrates late legendary artist Benyamin Sueb

Google Indonesia has celebrated the inauguration of Benyamin Sueb Park in East Jakarta with a doodle.

5 years ago
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NASA plans for return to Moon to cost $28 billion

NASA on Monday revealed its latest plan to return astronauts to the Moon in 2024, and estimated the cost of meeting that deadline at US$28 billion, $16 billion of which would be spent on the lunar landing module.

5 years ago
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Microsoft steps up Xbox game with ZeniMax Media buy

Microsoft's deal to buy ZeniMax Media and its game studios for US$7.5 billion bodes well for its Xbox consoles and could shift the competitive landscape in an industry shifting to online play.

5 years ago
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Study suggests dengue may provide some immunity against COVID-19

A new study that analyzed the coronavirus outbreak in Brazil has found a link between the spread of the virus and past outbreaks of dengue fever that suggests exposure to the mosquito-transmitted illness may provide some level of immunity against COVID-19.

5 years ago
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Human footprints dating back 120,000 years found in Saudi Arabia

Around 120,000 years ago in what is now northern Saudi Arabia, a small band of homo sapiens stopped to drink and forage at a shallow lake that was also frequented by camels, buffalo and elephants bigger than any species seen today

5 years ago
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Millions of US users to be hit by WeChat block

Washington's crackdown on WeChat will disrupt communications between millions of people in the United States and their friends, families and business partners in China.

5 years ago
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Man 'asleep' in speeding self-driving car charged in Canada

A driver who allegedly set his car to autopilot and then took a nap as it broke the speed limit on a rural Canadian highway has been charged with dangerous driving.

5 years ago
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Trump gives blessing to deal to allow TikTok to continue to operate in US

US President Donald Trump said he supports a deal that will allow TikTok to continue to operate in the United States, after threatening to ban the Chinese-owned app in August.

5 years ago
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Could PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X be swan song for consoles?

The upcoming release of a ninth generation of games consoles by Sony and Microsoft is set to be a sales slam dunk with consumers seeking entertainment during pandemic confinement, but could it also be their swan song as the habits of gamers change?

5 years ago
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Ig Nobel science award: An alligator on helium sounds like ...?

If humans sound like Minnie Mouse after inhaling helium, would an alligator squeak on the gas used to float balloons?

5 years ago
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'Bored by all this drama': TikTok users play it cool over latest US ban threat

Since July, TikTok users have braced for a threatened ban of the ultra-popular short-form video app in the United States, with some opening accounts on rival platforms and encouraging friends to do the same.

5 years ago
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Samsung globally launches Galaxy Z Fold 2

Samsung Electronics announced that the company has officially launched the Galaxy Z Fold 2 in overseas markets.

5 years ago
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Vikings not as blond and blue-eyed as previously thought: Study

In the popular imagination, the Viking warriors who plundered northern Europe from the 8th century were as tall, fair and Scandinavian as they were murderous. In fact, according to a new study, they were far more diverse than previously thought.

5 years ago
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Price, launch dates, games... PlayStation 5 duels Xbox

Targeting system supremacy, gaming behemoths Sony and Microsoft are about to go head to head with their latest offerings -- PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X.

5 years ago
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China's Tencent rebrands WeChat work app ahead of Trump ban

Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings has changed the name of its WeChat Work office collaboration app to WeCom, setting it up as a potential alternative to its messaging app WeChat ahead of a US ban.

5 years ago
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