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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.

4 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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Meet the Indonesian student on Oxford's COVID-19 vaccine team

Indra Rudiansyah– who has a bachelor’s degree in biotechnology and a master’s degree in microbiology from the Bandung Institute of Technology in West Java – is among more than 200 scientists at the University of Oxford involved in the research and development of a possible COVID-19 vaccine.

5 years ago
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Suspected US teen mastermind pleads not guilty to Twitter hack

The suspected teenage mastermind of a huge Twitter hack pled not guilty to allegations he hijacked celebrity accounts to swindle people out of more than $100,000 in a cryptocurrency scheme.

5 years ago
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'Gnarly' tumor shows dinosaurs got cancer, too

Centrosaurus, which lived 76 million years ago, is the first known example of a dinosaur afflicted by malignant cancer.

5 years ago
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Glaciers could have sculpted Mars valleys: Study

The question of whether ancient life could have existed on Mars centers on the water that once flowed there, but new research published Monday suggests that many of the Red Planet's valleys were gouged by icy glaciers not rivers. 

5 years ago
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Pizza restaurant launches Spain's first virtual waiter app

A restaurant on Spain's northeastern Mediterranean coast is pioneering a dining experience that allows customers to avoid most face-to-face contact with staff and minimize the risk of coronavirus contagion.

5 years ago
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Scientists inspired by 'Star Wars' create artificial skin able to feel

Singapore researchers have developed "electronic skin" capable of recreating a sense of touch, an innovation they hope will allow people with prosthetic limbs to detect objects, as well as feel texture, or even temperature and pain.

5 years ago
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Samsung to hold first-ever online 'Unpacked' on Wednesday

Expectations are running high ahead of Samsung Electronics’ first-ever online unpacking event Wednesday, as the South Korean tech giant is expected to introduce the Galaxy Z Fold 2 with a fuller display.

5 years ago
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China's ByteDance to consider international HQ for TikTok, outside US

Chinese tech company ByteDance said it was considering moving the headquarters of its TikTok video sharing platform overseas, following a British media report that the unit could relocate to London.

5 years ago
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Google unveils cheaper Pixel smartphone, teases 5G

Google on Monday unveiled a new. more affordable Pixel smartphone and said it would launch models tailored for super-fast 5G networks later this year.

5 years ago
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TikTok owner ByteDance accuses Facebook of 'plagiarism and smears'

TikTok owner ByteDance has accused Facebook of plagiarism and smears although it did not elaborate on the accusation.

5 years ago
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SpaceX brings NASA astronauts home safe in milestone mission

America's first crewed spaceship to fly to the International Space Station in nearly a decade returned safely to Earth on Sunday, splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico.

5 years ago
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Google teases Pixel 4A release and August 3 launch date

On Thursday, Google went crazy teasing the upcoming budget iteration of the flagship Pixel 4 smartphone.

5 years ago
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SpaceX craft departs ISS for Earth

The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station on Saturday with two US astronauts on board, beginning their journey back to Earth despite a storm threatening Florida.

5 years ago
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TikTok sale uncertain as Trump ban looms: Reports

Negotiations for Microsoft to buy the US operations of Chinese-owned TikTok are on hold after President Donald Trump threatened to bar the social media app and came out against the sale.

5 years ago
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Facebook challenges YouTube with licensed music videos

Facebook on Friday added licensed music videos to the social network in the US, challenging YouTube for the attention of online audiences.

5 years ago
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Netflix raises subscription prices for Indonesians

The platform's cheapest subscription plan, called the Mobile package, which previously cost Rp 49,000 (US$3.35), is now priced at Rp 54,000.

5 years ago
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US teen charged as 'mastermind' in epic Twitter hack

Criminal charges were filed on Friday against the suspected teenage mastermind of an epic Twitter hack and two others who allegedly helped hijack celebrity accounts to swindle people out of more than $100,000 in a cryptocurrency scheme.

5 years ago
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Microsoft weighs TikTok purchase as ad business flattens out

Microsoft Corp could re-energize its advertising business with a huge supply of video if it follows through on acquiring TikTok's US operations from ByteDance.

5 years ago
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Video games seen becoming a new frontier in digital rights

Critical digital rights battles over privacy, free speech and anonymity are increasingly being fought in video games, a growing market that is becoming a "new political arena".

5 years ago
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Ancient 'Acropolis of the sea' opens to divers, guarded by high tech

Hidden and protected for millennia, an ancient shipwreck in Greece opens to the public for the first time on Aug. 3, fusing archaeological wonders in the depths of the sea with the marvels of modern-day artificial intelligence.

5 years ago
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Snap Inc.'s first diversity report exposes company's lack of racial and gender diversity

On Wednesday, Snap Inc. published its first annual diversity report which discloses how white, male employees make up the majority of the company workforce.

5 years ago
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Facebook to get rights to show music videos: Bloomberg News

Facebook Inc has completed a series of deals for the right to show music videos on its platform, raising the prospect of its competing more with Alphabet Co's video platform YouTube in the area

5 years ago
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Taking on SpaceX, Amazon to invest $10 billion in satellite broadband plan

Amazon.com Inc said it will invest more than $10 billion to build a network of 3,236 satellites that will provide high-speed broadband internet services to people around the world who lack such access.

5 years ago
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Indonesian landmarks, characters featured in town simulator game

Several historical Indonesian landmarks are featured in the town simulator game Fantasy Town.

5 years ago
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Spotify tests tool allowing long-distance friends to simultaneously listen to a playlist

On Tuesday, Spotify announced that after a few months of testing, its tool allowing users to host virtual parties and listen to tunes together while confined in their respective homes has launched as an updated beta.

5 years ago
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Mystery solved: Scientists trace source of Stonehenge boulders

Stonehenge, a Neolithic wonder in southern England, has vexed historians and archaeologists for centuries with its many mysteries: How was it built? What purpose did it serve? Where did its towering sandstone boulders come from?

5 years ago
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UK researchers trial robots to ease social care burden

Scientists at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh have programmed robots, including Pepper -- who was launched as the world's first humanoid in Japan in 2014 -- to perform tasks normally carried out by care workers.

5 years ago
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Holocaust survivors urge Facebook to remove genocide denial posts

Holocaust survivors launched a campaign Wednesday in which they plan to upload daily videos to Facebook urging CEO Mark Zuckerberg to remove posts from the site that deny the Nazi genocide of Jews.

5 years ago
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NASA set to launch robotic rover to seek signs of past Martian life

NASA is set to launch an ambitious mission to Mars on Thursday with the liftoff of its next-generation Perseverance rover, a six-wheeled robot tasked with deploying a mini helicopter, testing out equipment for future human missions and searching for traces of past Martian life.

5 years ago
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Marketers' dilemma: Do we need Facebook and Google?

A month ago, Unilever as one of the biggest advertising spenders in the world joined more than 100 other giant brands like Coca Cola, Starbucks, Honda, Levi’s and Patagonia in boycotting social media.

5 years ago
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