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Former employees sue Google for gender pay discrimination

-- 2017-09-16 12:00:00

Google, which is already under federal investigation over claims of unfair pay practices, has been sued by three former employees who allege that the company pays women less than men for similar work....

Cassini plunges into Saturn, ends 20-year space journey

-- 2017-09-15 12:00:00

US space agency NASA received the final signal from its Cassini spacecraft, which ended a groundbreaking 13-year Saturn mission on Friday with a meteor-like plunge into the planet’s atmosphere,...

Cassini heads towards fiery death on Saturn

-- 2017-09-15 02:57:18

US space agency NASA’s Cassini spacecraft will end its groundbreaking 13-year mission to Saturn on Friday with a meteor-like plunge into the ringed planet’s atmosphere, transmitting data u...

Trump bans Kaspersky

-- 2017-09-14 12:00:00

The Trump administration on Wednesday told US government agencies to remove Kaspersky Lab products from their networks, saying it was concerned the Moscow-based cyber security firm was vulnerable to K...

Carmakers face electric reality as combustion engine outlook dims

Reuters 2017-09-13 12:00:00

European car bosses gathering for the Frankfurt auto show are beginning to address the realities of mass vehicle electrification, and its consequences for jobs and profit, their minds focused by gover...

WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton steps down

-- 2017-09-13 11:01:17

Brian Acton, co-founder of WhatsApp, now owned by Facebook Inc, will leave the messaging service company to start a new foundation, he said in a Facebook post on Tuesday.   Acton spent eight ye...

Google appeals against EU anti-trust fine

BBC 2017-09-12 10:59:51

Tech giant Google has lodged an appeal against the 2.4billion euro fine (£2b / $2.8b) which was ordered to pay by the European Commission in June.   The regulator had ruled that positioni...

Apple set to unveil anniversary iPhone in major product launch

Reuters 2017-09-12 01:39:45

A decade after then-CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the first iPhone, Apple Inc (AAPL.O) on Tuesday is set to introduce a completely redesigned top-of-the-line iPhone along with two other new phones, as well...

Apple hit by major iPhone leak

BBC 2017-09-11 12:00:00

Details of new iPhones and other forthcoming Apple devices have been revealed via an apparent leak.   Two news sites were given access to an as-yet-unreleased version of the iOS operation syste...

Breakthrough in stretchable electronics

Xinhua 2017-09-10 12:39:27

Using rubbery materials, scientists at the University of Houston have successfully created a new form of stretchable electronics that holds promise in health monitors, medical implants and artificial...

Black hole 100,000 times bigger than the Sun discovered

-- 2017-09-08 06:23:17

An immense black hole 100,000 times bigger than the sun has been discovered at the heart of the Milky Way, reports foxnews.com.   The enormous void, which lies around 25,000 light years from Ea...

Modern tech helps boost output of Thai guava

Roving Correspondent 2017-09-07 12:00:00

The Thai guava peasants of Tentulia under Panchagarh are happy over the good market price of the fruit this season. Sources said farmers can harvest the fruit within a few months of the plantation...

Career considerations in today’s changing economy and technology

Shaha Rakesh Nishan 2017-09-07 12:00:00

The pace at which the world is growing is an indication for today's employees and the new graduates to constantly update and adapt themselves with the changing economy and technology. Additionally, th...

New system can reconstruct faces using DNA

-- 2017-09-07 06:42:23

Scientists have reconstructed faces from people's DNA, an advance that challenges the idea that genetic databases can be anonymous, reports The Times of India.   Research institutions regularly...

Facebook reveals ‘Russian propaganda’ on US election

BBC 2017-09-07 01:53:02

Facebook says it has discovered a Russian-funded campaign for promoting divisive social and political messages on its network.   The company said $100,000 (£77,000) was spent on about 3,0...

SpaceX to launch US spaceplane on Sept 7

-- 2017-09-04 05:15:52

The US Air Force's spaceplane is getting a new ride on September 7, when the fifth X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV-5) lifts off atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 booster from Launch Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space...

8 of the top 10 deadliest cyclones occurred

-- 2017-06-11 10:36:52

Eight of the top ten deadliest cyclones on record have occurred in the Bay of Bengal, according to one list on Weather Underground, according to a report by /www.weathernationtv.com.  Some of th...

natnwide mobile handset recycling

-- 2017-06-06 10:27:30

Mobile phone operators Grameenphone (GP) on Monday launched a nationwide "Mobile Handset Recycling" campaign for greener environment. Under this campaign, GP urges interested patrons to deposit their...

5.7m-year-old footprints challenge human evolution theory

-- 1970-01-01 12:00:00

Scientists have discovered human-like footprints from Greece's largest island Crete - dating back to 5.7 million years - that may put the established theories of early human evolution to the test....

Facebook introduces new video platform

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Social media giant Facebook has made a move into dedicated video, pitting it against YouTube and TV networks. Users will soon see a new Watch tab that will offer a range of shows, some of which have...

Tech leaders warn against 'killer robots'

FE Online Desk

More than 100 leading robotics experts are urging the United Nations to take action in order to prevent the development of "killer robots".   In a letter to the organisation, artificial intelli...

Job cuts hit ICT industry

FE Report

Random job cuts in recent months at a number of renowned ICT companies like Ericsson, Accenture and Grameenphone, often in the name of Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS), have prompted a sort of uncert...