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Chipmakers fall most in 7 weeks as Apple ditches Intel chips 03 Apr 2018 - 12:46 am
Semiconductor shares in the S&P 500 Index fell 4.4 percent at the close of trading, their worst performance since Feb. 8, after a report that Apple Inc. plans to start using its chips as soon as 2020 rather than processors made by from Intel Corp.  (Reute
The physics behind an odd-looking 'stormproof umbrella' from the Netherlands 01 Apr 2018 - 01:23 pm
Created by a Dutch student in 2006, the Senz umbrella is designed to redirect gusts of wind. Picture: Senz
Tesla says vehicle in deadly crash was on Autopilot 31 Mar 2018 - 07:52 pm
Rescue workers attend the scene where a Tesla electric SUV crashed into a barrier on U.S. Highway 101 in Mountain View, California, March 25, 2018. Picture taken March 25, 2018. KTVU Fox 2/via Reuters
How you're tracked online & what you can do about it 31 Mar 2018 - 06:38 pm
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Facebook 'ugly truth' memo that called for ‘growth-at-any-cost strategy’triggers new firestorm over ethics 30 Mar 2018 - 08:56 pm
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Promises, promises: Facebook's history with privacy 30 Mar 2018 - 08:46 pm
Silhouettes of laptop users are seen next to a screen projection of Facebook logo in this picture illustration taken March 28, 2018. Reuters/Dado Ruvic
Cracked it! Experts find answer to the knuckle-popping puzzle 29 Mar 2018 - 07:11 pm
Love it or loathe it, knuckle-cracking is very common. Earlier studies have established that not all joints can be cracked, and that -- for that those that can -- the act can't be repeated for another 20 minutes.
Knuckle-cracking is a common habit (Pictu
Road gets tougher for electric car innovator Tesla 28 Mar 2018 - 10:15 pm
Founded 15 years ago by South African-born serial entrepreneur Elon Musk, Tesla has gained fans and acclaim as a company steering toward a world of self-driving cars running on clean energy. In this poto to  Musk pauses at a press conference following the
Facebook tweaks privacy tools to ease discontent over data leak 28 Mar 2018 - 07:58 pm
 Facebook Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, exits the stage during the annual Facebook F8 developers conference in San Jose, California, U.S., April 18, 2017. Reuters/Stephen Lam
Facebook reveals new security settings amid privacy concerns 28 Mar 2018 - 02:46 pm
FILE PHOTO: A figurine is seen in front of the Facebook logo in this illustration taken, March 20, 2018. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
How Facebook was able to siphon off phone call and text logs 27 Mar 2018 - 05:36 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 22, 2018 a cellphone and a computer screen display the logo of the social networking site Facebook in Asuncion.   AFP / NORBERTO DUARTE
Scientists develop brain scanner in a helmet 27 Mar 2018 - 03:08 pm
A woman is seen wearing a lightweight and highly sensitive brain imaging device in this undated handout photograph supplied by Wellcome and released in London, Britain March 22, 2018. Wellcome/Handout via REUTERS
Take a walk on New York's wild side 27 Mar 2018 - 08:00 am
A raccoon rests in the hollow of a tree March 16, 2018 near Orchard Beach in New York. AFP / Don Emmert
Facebook CEO Zuckerberg invited to testify by Senate Judiciary Committee 26 Mar 2018 - 07:18 pm
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg (Reuters / Mariana Bazo)
In trust-deficit age, Facebook back to paper ads to apologise for Cambridge Analytica blot 25 Mar 2018 - 10:40 pm
 A man reads a full-page advertisment, taken out by Mark Zuckerberg, the chairman and chief executive officer of Facebook to apologise for the large-scale leak of personal data from the social network, on the backpage of a newspaper, in Ripon, England on
What Facebook's privacy policy allows may surprise you 25 Mar 2018 - 03:15 pm
Photo: AFP / NARINDER NANU
Can Facebook restore public trust after privacy scandal? 24 Mar 2018 - 05:13 pm
A woman holds a smart phone with the icons for the social networking apps Facebook, Instagram and others seen on the screen in Moscow on March 23, 2018.  AFP / Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV
Uber self-driving crash and death calls safety, rules into question 23 Mar 2018 - 08:03 pm
A self driving Volvo vehicle purchased by Uber moves through an intersection in Scottsdale, Arizona, December 1, 2017 (Reuters / Natalie Behring)