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Amazon removes doormats with images of Quran from sale 06 Jun 2016 - 01:34 pm

ANKARA: Online retailer Amazon has removed doormats featuring religious images, including pictures of the Quran and Mecca’s Kabaa, from sale. By Monday, mats...

Oracle whistleblower suit raises questions over cloud accounting 06 Jun 2016 - 01:02 pm

The Oracle logo is seen on its campus in Redwood City, California June 15, 2015. REUTERS/ROBERT GALBRAITH By Sarah McBride SAN FRANCISCO: A...

Australia to trial ground-level traffic lights for smartphone users 02 Jun 2016 - 10:55 am

Traffic lights at pedestrian crossing in Germany. Augsburg.de / Facebook Sydney: Ground-level traffic lights for pedestrians constantly looking down at smartphones are set...

Apple plans to sell $1 bln of 30-yr bonds in Taiwan -sources 01 Jun 2016 - 09:21 am

By Roger Tung TAIPEI: Apple Inc plans to issue bonds in Taiwan for the first time with the aim of raising $1 billion,...

The words most associated with men and women, according to Facebook statuses 30 May 2016 - 04:02 pm

By Abby Ohlheiser Researchers examining more than 10 million Facebook statuses across 65,000 users who opted in to having their posts analyzed found...

From Easter Island to Stonehenge, climate change threatens iconic tourist sites 30 May 2016 - 11:59 am

File photo of 'Moai' statues in Rano Raraku volcano, on Easter Island, 4,000 km west of Santiago. REUTERS/CARLOS BARRIA By Magdalena Mis LONDON:...

Luxury brands struggle to attract Internet generation 29 May 2016 - 10:34 am

San Francisco: Seducing hyper-connected "Millennials" poses an increasing challenge for luxury brands, which find their markets slowing as young, skeptical consumers force them...

Netherlands wants to grow human embryos for 'limited' research 28 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Human genetic material is stored at a laboratory in Munich. REUTERS/MICHAEL DALDER The Hague: The Dutch government on Friday announced it wants to...

Netflix, Amazon face quotas for European movies 26 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Brussels: US firms like Netflix, Amazon and Apple face quotas for European movies and television shows under EU proposals unveiled Wednesday that also...

Giant Chile telescope moves ahead with signing of construction contract 26 May 2016 - 12:00 am

A handout image released by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) on 25 May 2016 shows an artist’s rendering of the European Extremely Large...

Asia hotbed of IT piracy despite economic growth: report 25 May 2016 - 12:58 pm

Singapore: More than 60 percent of all computer software installed in the Asia-Pacific in 2015 was unlicensed, the worst of any region, despite...

Twitter drops photos, videos from 140-character limit 25 May 2016 - 12:00 am

A 3D printed Twitter logo is seen in this illustration picture made in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina February 3, 2016. Reuters / Dado...

With HoloLens, Microsoft aims to avoid Google's mistakes 23 May 2016 - 04:03 pm

A Microsoft employee demonstrates HoloLens during the Microsoft Build 2016 Developers Conference in San Francisco, California March 30, 2016. (Reuters/Beck Diefenbach/File Photo) By...

Revealed: How Earth got its oxygen 18 May 2016 - 12:25 pm

New York: In a fresh look at how Earth's atmosphere became oxygenated, a team of researchers has found that the rise of oxygen...

China's Midea makes takeover offer for German robotics firm 18 May 2016 - 10:51 am

Robots covered in plastic sheets are seen at a plant of Kuka Robotics in Shanghai August 13, 2014. REUTERS/PETE SWEENEY Shanghai: Chinese appliance...

Apple chief Cook unveils app design centre in India 18 May 2016 - 10:44 am

Apple CEO Tim Cook has announced plans to build an app design facility in the southern Indian city of Bangalore. AFP /Josh Edelson ...

Glass beads found in Australia point to huge asteroid hit 18 May 2016 - 09:23 am

Image for representation only. Sydney: Australian scientists have found evidence of a huge asteroid they say slammed into Earth some 3.46 billion years...