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Satellite throws net to catch space junk

Satellite throws net to catch space junk

-- 2018-09-19 18:01:20

A British satellite has successfully deployed a net in orbit to demonstrate how to capture space debris. The event took place more than 300km above the Earth. It was part of a series of trials that...

IBM launches bias detector for AI

IBM launches bias detector for AI

-- 2018-09-19 13:57:51

IBM is launching a tool which will analyse how and why algorithms make decisions in real time. The Fairness 360 Kit will also scan for signs of bias and recommend adjustments. There is increasing co...

Japan billionaire to take first ‘Moon loop’

Japan billionaire to take first ‘Moon loop’

-- 2018-09-18 14:03:56

Elon Musk's company SpaceX has unveiled the first private passenger it plans to fly around the Moon. Japanese billionaire and online fashion tycoon Yusaku Maezawa, 42, announced that he is ready for...

Audi launches electric SUV on Tesla turf

Audi launches electric SUV on Tesla turf

-- 2018-09-18 12:54:18

German luxury car brand Audi on Monday staged the global launch of a new electric sport utility vehicle on the home turf of rival Tesla, and highlighted a deal with Amazon.com to make recharging its f...

Battery woes haunt Samsung again!

Battery woes haunt Samsung again!

-- 2018-09-17 18:13:39

A woman in Long Island, US, has filed a lawsuit against Samsung alleging that her brand-new Galaxy Note 9 smartphone burst into flames inside her purse. Diane Chung, a real estate agent, claims that...

NASA launches laser satellite ICESat-2 to measure ice loss

NASA launches laser satellite ICESat-2 to measure ice loss

-- 2018-09-16 13:38:45

NASA has launched a laser satellite to track the loss of ice sheets and glaciers across the world as the climate warms. The ICESat-2 was sent into orbit by a Delta II rocket from Vandenberg Air Force...

Cactus 'under threat'

Cactus 'under threat'

-- 2018-09-15 19:09:29

The iconic cactus plant is veering into trouble say researchers. The most serious problem is illegal smuggling. Despite the international ban on uncontrolled trade in cacti, policing the smuggling f...

Cryptocurrency project Tezos to launch soon

Cryptocurrency project Tezos to launch soon

-- 2018-09-15 13:25:24

The Tezos cryptocurrency project is preparing to launch the long-awaited main version of its network that underpins a new virtual token on Monday, a Swiss foundation that promotes the initiative said...

Farmers can boost harvest, slow climate change: Studies

Farmers can boost harvest, slow climate change: Studies

-- 2018-09-14 20:45:08

Two new studies have confirmed that farmers can win both ways -- achieving a boost in harvests and helping to slow climate change. One study says that they can successfully farm with techniques that...

SpaceX signs first passenger to fly around the moon

SpaceX signs first passenger to fly around the moon

-- 2018-09-14 15:17:41

Elon Musk’s SpaceX said it has signed the world’s first private passenger to fly around the moon aboard its Big Falcon Rocket (BFR), a massive launch vehicle that is being designed to carr...

ChargePoint commits to build 2.5m EV charging stations

ChargePoint commits to build 2.5m EV charging stations

-- 2018-09-14 13:27:35

ChargePoint, operator of one of the world’s largest charging station networks for electric vehicles (EV), is targeting a near fifty-fold increase in its global network of loading spots by the mi...

Apple unveils three new iPhones

Apple unveils three new iPhones

-- 2018-09-13 16:50:22

Apple has announced three new iPhones at the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, California. The 2018 models are officially the iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max and iPhone XR. Apple has now completely abandone...

Apple, Amazon, others to testify before Senate on data privacy

Apple, Amazon, others to testify before Senate on data privacy

-- 2018-09-13 12:05:32

Six US-based major web companies and internet-service providers, including Apple, Twitter, and Alphabet’s Google, will detail their consumer data privacy practices to a Senate panel on September...

Ten fascinating fungi facts

Ten fascinating fungi facts

-- 2018-09-12 17:37:03

They're all around us, in the soil, our bodies and the air, but are often too small to be seen with the naked eye. They provide medicines and food but also wreak havoc by causing plant and animal dis...

Apple to unveil bigger, pricier iPhones today

Apple to unveil bigger, pricier iPhones today

Reuters 2018-09-12 13:55:34

Apple is expected to blast further past the $1,000 price barrier when it launches new iPhones on Wednesday, but Wall Street is most intrigued by how deep into its larger-than-ever lineup prices hikes...

Internet firms face EU ultimatum over extremist content

Internet firms face EU ultimatum over extremist content

-- 2018-09-12 10:37:21

The European Commission will propose new laws on Wednesday giving Google, Facebook, Twitter and other internet companies one hour to remove extremist content or face fines. The Commission told such c...

Tencent shuts poker platform amid widening gaming crackdown

Tencent shuts poker platform amid widening gaming crackdown

-- 2018-09-10 18:03:34

Tencent Holdings will shut a popular Texas Hold’Em poker video game, the Chinese tech giant said to its users on Monday, in a further step to comply with intensifying government scrutiny hitting...

Google removes Russian opposition leader's YouTube ad

Google removes Russian opposition leader's YouTube ad

-- 2018-09-09 13:42:48

Google removed a YouTube advert by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny after authorities complained that the videos would violate an election silence law before Sunday’s vote for regional g...

Argos launches 'voice shopping' with Google Home

Argos launches 'voice shopping' with Google Home

-- 2018-09-08 17:53:14

Catalogue retailer Argos has launched a "voice shopping" service to let people reserve products in a local store using a Google Home smart speaker. It is the first retailer in the UK to offer a shopp...

Wind and solar power could sprout vegetation in Sahara

Wind and solar power could sprout vegetation in Sahara

-- 2018-09-07 16:57:06

Installing huge numbers of solar panels and wind turbines in the Sahara desert would have a major impact on rainfall, vegetation and temperatures, researchers say. They found that the actions of wind...

British Airways website suffers data breach

British Airways website suffers data breach

-- 2018-09-07 13:53:31

Financial and personal data has been stolen from potentially hundreds of thousands of British Airways customers who booked online in recent weeks, extending a run of embarrassing technological mishaps...

Twitter bans Alex Jones and Infowars for abusive behaviour

Twitter bans Alex Jones and Infowars for abusive behaviour

-- 2018-09-07 11:59:54

Twitter says it has permanently suspended the accounts of Alex Jones and his Infowars website. It made the move after a number of tweets that violated Twitter's abusive behaviour policy, the company...

Facebook removes Burmese translation feature

Facebook removes Burmese translation feature

Reuters 2018-09-07 11:46:09

Facebook has removed a feature that allowed users to translate Burmese posts and comments after a Reuters report showed the tool was producing bizarre results. A Reuters investigation published on Au...

76 get BASIS ICT Awards

76 get BASIS ICT Awards

FE Report 2018-09-07 10:01:30

Some 76 students and organisations have got BASIS National ICT Awards 2018 in 35 categories for their outstanding contributions to advancement of the digital Bangladesh process. Bangladesh Associatio...

DHL drives India's journey in logistics innovation

DHL drives India's journey in logistics innovation

FE Online Desk 2018-09-06 15:44:13

DHL, the leading global brand in the logistics industry, has driven India’s journey in logistics innovation, with the DHL India Innovation Day held in Mumbai this year. More than 20 disruptive...

Facebook to invest $1 billion in first Asian data centre in Singapore

Facebook to invest $1 billion in first Asian data centre in Singapore

-- 2018-09-06 12:38:27

Facebook (FB.O) said on Thursday it will invest more than $1.0 billion to build its first data centre in Asia in Singapore, slated to open in 2022. Facebook’s facility will be located in the we...

Twitter admits ‘unfairly’ reducing visibility of 0.6m accounts

Twitter admits ‘unfairly’ reducing visibility of 0.6m accounts

-- 2018-09-06 12:36:15

Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey has told US lawmakers the company’s algorithms have not always been ‘impartial’. He said the platform ‘unfairly’ reduced the visibili...

Bendable smartphone on the way, Samsung alludes

Bendable smartphone on the way, Samsung alludes

-- 2018-09-05 19:49:26

Samsung's head of mobile has said it is "time to deliver" foldable smartphones, fuelling speculation the company is about to reveal a bendable device, reports BBC. In an interview with CNBC, DJ Koh s...

Right technologies unlock potential of digital workplace

Right technologies unlock potential of digital workplace

-- 2018-09-05 19:33:30

HONG KONG, CHINA: Employees who work in digital workplaces are more productive and motivated. They have higher job satisfaction, and report an overall better sense of wellbeing, according to a new glo...

Indonesia leads pack in AI adoption: Survey

Indonesia leads pack in AI adoption: Survey

-- 2018-09-05 17:28:37

Indonesia has been ranked first in terms of Artificial Intelligence (AI) implementation with 65 per cent respondent, followed by China (63 per cent) and India (62 per cent). Appier, a leading artific...