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Singapore central bank mulls virtual banks

Singapore central bank mulls virtual banks

-- 2019-05-07 19:09:38

Singapore’s central bank said it is studying whether to allow financial technology firms to operate digital-only banks in the city-state, as regulators in other Asian markets begin issuing virtu...

Drive for economic growth puts one million species at risk of extinction

Drive for economic growth puts one million species at risk of extinction

-- 2019-05-07 17:58:20

One million animal and plant species are at imminent risk of extinction due to humankind’s relentless pursuit of economic growth, scientists said on Monday in a landmark report on the devastatin...

Google spends hundreds of millions of dollars on content review

Google spends hundreds of millions of dollars on content review

-- 2019-05-03 18:48:04

Alphabet Inc's Google unit told a US House panel it spends hundreds of millions of dollars annually on content review and said it manually reviewed more than one million suspected "terrorist videos" o...

Drone delivers kidney to US surgeons

Drone delivers kidney to US surgeons

-- 2019-05-03 17:07:37

A donor kidney has been delivered to surgeons at a US hospital via drone, in the first flight of its kind. Many see huge potential for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) delivering medical products, wit...

Ancient humans lived at high altitudes

Ancient humans lived at high altitudes

-- 2019-05-02 19:17:13

Scientists have found evidence that an ancient species of human called Denisovans lived at high altitudes in Tibet. The ability to survive in such extreme environments had previously been associated...

Facebook settlement with US may include privacy oversight

Facebook settlement with US may include privacy oversight

Reuters 2019-05-02 11:10:46

Facebook and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) are negotiating a possible settlement that would require the company to create an independent privacy oversight committee and take other steps to safegu...

Boeing says optional 737 MAX alert was 'not activated as intended'

Boeing says optional 737 MAX alert was 'not activated as intended'

-- 2019-05-01 20:39:38

  SINGAPORE: Boeing Co said an alert for angle-of-attack (AOA) sensors on its 737 MAX jets was "not activated as intended" for some customers, responding to reports it failed to tell Southwest A...

Fossil of 85-foot blue whale is largest ever discovered

Fossil of 85-foot blue whale is largest ever discovered

-- 2019-05-01 19:39:09

The blue whale is not only the largest animal alive today, it is the largest one that has ever lived, reports MSN.com. Now, analysis of a fossil found on the shore of an Italian lake hints at when,...

Yeti footprints found in Nepal !

Yeti footprints found in Nepal !

-- 2019-05-01 16:34:15

  Someone found the footprints of a yeti, yet again. Mountaineers from the Indian Army spotted the 32-inch footprints near the Makalu Base Camp in Nepal, the army said Monday on Twitter. It is...

Student discovers oldest human footprint in Chile

Student discovers oldest human footprint in Chile

-- 2019-04-28 18:48:59

A 15,600-year old footprint discovered in southern Chile is believed to be the oldest ever found in the Americas, according to researchers.  The footprint was first discovered in 2010 by a stude...

Elon Musk reaches deal over tweets

Elon Musk reaches deal over tweets

-- 2019-04-27 12:36:14

The US financial markets regulator has resolved its row with Tesla chief executive Elon Musk over his use of Twitter. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) accused Mr Musk of breaching a court...

Facebook keeps growing despite privacy outrage

Facebook keeps growing despite privacy outrage

Reuters 2019-04-26 12:57:02

Facebook is preparing for a record-setting fine from US regulators over privacy issues, but Wall Street shrugged at the looming penalty after the company added users and trounced profit expectations f...

India lifts ban on Chinese social media app TikTok

India lifts ban on Chinese social media app TikTok

-- 2019-04-25 13:58:37

An Indian court on Wednesday lifted its ban on Chinese social media video-sharing app TikTok on the condition that the platform popular with teenagers would not be used to host obscene videos. Justic...

Google Doodle celebrates Earth Day

Google Doodle celebrates Earth Day

-- 2019-04-22 11:01:07

Search engine giant Google has created a special Doodle, featuring fun facts about six fascinating creatures to celebrate Earth Day 2019. The doodle on its homepage is showing a series of animations...

SpaceX capsule suffers  'anomaly’ during test

SpaceX capsule suffers 'anomaly’ during test

-- 2019-04-21 17:04:43

CAPE CANAVERAL, Apr 21 (AP): Officials say SpaceX's new capsule for astronauts suffered an ‘anomaly’ during a routine engine test firing in Florida, causing smoke to be seen for miles. Fo...

China launches new BeiDou satellite

China launches new BeiDou satellite

-- 2019-04-21 14:03:02

China sent a new satellite of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province at 10:41pm Saturday. Launched on a Long March-3B car...

SpaceX suffers capsule anomaly during engine tests

SpaceX suffers capsule anomaly during engine tests

-- 2019-04-21 12:05:33

Elon Musk’s SpaceX suffered an anomaly in one of its Crew Dragon capsules while conducting engine tests at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Saturday, the company said. “...

China issues new rules on for publishing online games

China issues new rules on for publishing online games

-- 2019-04-20 19:42:15

China’s press and publication regulator has issued new rules on applications for publishing online games in China, signalling a possible acceleration in the handing out of formal approvals. Chi...

Scientists use rice straw to desalinate seawater

Scientists use rice straw to desalinate seawater

-- 2019-04-18 13:19:39

Scientists have developed an innovative desalination technology that uses rice straw and sunlight for clean water production. Solar steam generation is considered to be a promising strategy for purif...

Facebook 'unintentionally' uploads email contacts of 1.5m users

Facebook 'unintentionally' uploads email contacts of 1.5m users

-- 2019-04-18 12:57:12

Facebook said on Wednesday (local time) it may have “unintentionally uploaded” email contacts of 1.5 million new users since May 2016, in what seems to be the latest privacy-related issue...

Huawei holds Global Analyst Summit-2019

Huawei holds Global Analyst Summit-2019

-- 2019-04-16 18:54:14

Huawei held its 16th annual Global Analyst Summit in Shenzhen, China titled "Building a Fully Connected, Intelligent World". More than 680 industry and financial analysts, key opinion leaders, and me...

UK proposes banning social media ‘likes’ for children

UK proposes banning social media ‘likes’ for children

-- 2019-04-15 19:53:23

Britain’s privacy regulator wants to stop kids from being able to “like” posts on Facebook and other social media sites as part of tough new rules it’s proposing to protect chi...

Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp restore services after outage

Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp restore services after outage

-- 2019-04-15 11:46:38

Facebook Inc said it restored services on Sunday after some users could not access its social networking site, photo-sharing network Instagram and messaging app WhatsApp. However, Facebook did not sp...

Microsoft issues security alert over cyber attack

Microsoft issues security alert over cyber attack

-- 2019-04-14 21:56:47

Microsoft has alerted some of its webmail users of possible hacker attacks that could access their email accounts illegally, according to media reports. The technology company said it became aware of...

Major social media outage hits popular services

Major social media outage hits popular services

-- 2019-04-14 18:25:24

Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram users appear to be unable to access social network sites and apps as the sites are experiencing offline server issues. Twitter is also packed full of complaints with...

Israeli spacecraft crashes on moon

Israeli spacecraft crashes on moon

-- 2019-04-12 11:20:28

The first privately funded mission to the Moon has crashed on the lunar surface after the apparent failure of its main engine. The Israeli spacecraft - called Beresheet - attempted a soft landing, bu...

Scientists reveal first image ever made of a black hole

Scientists reveal first image ever made of a black hole

-- 2019-04-10 19:51:42

Scientists on Wednesday revealed the first image ever made of a black hole, depicting its hot, shadowy edges where light bends around itself in a cosmic funhouse effect. Assembling data gathered by e...

UK plans to implement 'online safety laws'

UK plans to implement 'online safety laws'

-- 2019-04-08 13:47:57

Britain proposed new online safety laws on Monday that would slap penalties on social media companies and technology firms if they fail to protect their users from harmful content. Easy access to dam...

Google dissolves AI ethics council after controversy

Google dissolves AI ethics council after controversy

Reuters 2019-04-05 14:32:00

Alphabet's Google said on Thursday (local time) it was dissolving a council it had formed a week earlier to consider ethical issues around artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies. T...

Bayer says has detected, contained cyber attack

Bayer says has detected, contained cyber attack

-- 2019-04-04 15:05:25

Germany’s largest drugmaker, Bayer, said it had detected and contained a cyber attack on its computer networks, highlighting the risk of data theft from industrial data systems. Bayer found inf...