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NFT market soars as sales fetch $2.5 billion in first half of 2021
Buyers have mostly totalled 10,000 to 20,000 per week since March, outnumbering sellers, according to NonFungible.com
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Science, industry team up in Italy to zap virus with laser
New device forces air through a sterilization chamber which contains a laser beam filter that pulverizes viruses
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After Didi, China launches cybersecurity probe into more US-listed firms
Announcement comes a day after an order of suspension of app downloads for Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Global
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What's next for Amazon's Bezos? Look at his Instagram
Bezos said in an April letter to investors that he would focus on new initiatives as executive chair
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Facebook says services restored after outage
Facebook, Instagram and Messenger were down for thousands of users on Saturday
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Facebook under fire as US lawmakers press for new antitrust complaint
The FTC is expected to file a new complaint against Facebook after a federal judge dismissed one filed in December
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Facebook now asks if your friends are becoming extremists
Screenshots on Twitter showed a notice asking "Are you concerned that someone you know is becoming an extremist?"
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Billionaire blast off: Richard Branson plans space trip earlier than rival Bezos
With both tycoons having created space tourism companies, the move signaled clear if not fierce competition
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Facebook teams up with Assassin's Creed owner in cloud-gaming push
Facebook Gaming has more than 25 games including Roller Coaster Tycoon Touch by Atari, and Lego Legacy Heroes Unboxed
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Germany to have 1 million electric cars on the road in July
Altmaier also said that Germany may exceed its longer-term goal of having 7-10m electric vehicles on its streets
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Social media poses threat to humanity, warn scientists
Researchers argue academics should address study of large-scale impact of tech in society as a 'crisis discipline'
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TikTok has removed nearly 6.5 million videos from Pakistan
During the three-month period from January till March 2021, 61,951,327 videos were removed globally
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No longer science fiction: Flying car completes test flight
AirCar (V5), a fifth generation flying car designed by Stefan Klein completed two 1500’ AGL flights in Slovakia
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Facebook launches newsletter platform Bulletin
Facebook is pushing to compete in the email newsletter trend, as journalists, writers choose to leave media companies
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Twitter faces new headache in India over Kashmir map
Map on Twitter's careers page showed IIOJK which is claimed by India as well, and Ladakh outside India
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Samsung unveils new smartwatch interface
The One UI Watch interface will come with the new Galaxy Watch for a more seamless experience
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Mexico says cryptocurrencies are not money
Statement made by the Bank of Mexico, finance ministry and banking regulator
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Facebook hits $1 trillion value after US judge rejects antitrust complaints
Facebook shares rose more than 4 per cent after the ruling
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Bids reach $2.8 million for World Wide Web source code NFT
Bidding for the original source code of World Wide Web began at the price of $1,000
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Mexican billionaire's banking business may embrace Bitcoin
Salinas last year said he had about 10% of his liquid portfolio invested in bitcoin
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Europe's Space Agency to hire first disabled astronaut
Several hundred would-be para-astronauts have already applied for the role
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Crypto exchange Binance told to stop regulated activities in UK
Britain’s move comes at a time when Binance is under scrutiny by regulators in other countries
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Google will now warn you about unreliable search results
Google has trained its systems to detect when a topic is rapidly evolving and the range of sources is limited
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India's IT minister criticises Twitter for denying access to account
Prasad said Twitter had violated India's new IT rules, which became effective in May
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Twitter blocks Indian minister as row rages
Ravi Shankar Prasad accuses social media giant of ‘running its own agenda’
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Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic can also take you to space now
Branson, Bezos, and Musk have been investing billions of dollars on their rocket startups
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US lobby group views India's e-commerce plan as worrying, email shows
India this week spooked online retailers like Amazon and Walmart's Flipkart by outlining plans to limit "flash sales"
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McAfee founder found dead by suicide in Spanish jail
Antivirus software pioneer John McAfee was found dead in his jail cell in Spain on Wednesday
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Pakistan seeks to ‘double IT industry in two years via tech zones’
Special zones to give IT industry ‘catapult push’ that could double its size to as much as $6 billion, says STZA chief
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Crypto is 'rat poison', a third of mainstream investment firms tell JPM
Bitcoin, the world's largest cryptocurrency, fell to a five-month low on Tuesday
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Facebook shops expanded to WhatsApp, Marketplace in commerce push
Mark Zuckerberg said it would also introduce personalised ads in its Shops service based on users' shopping behaviour
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People want trusted news, reveals Reuters
Majority of people across countries believe news outlets should reflect a range of views and try to be neutral
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Bitcoin drops below $30,000 for first time in five months
Drop comes amid a growing crackdown on cryptocurrencies in China
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YouTube wins user copyright fight in top EU court ruling
EU court said platforms could be liable if they do not put in place the appropriate tools to tackle copyright breaches
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Govt, Facebook partner to fight Covid-19 misinformation
Over 3 billion messages have been sent by govts, nonprofits to citizens through the WhatsApp chatbots on Covid -19
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Hedge fund that bet against GameStop is closing down
White Square Capital has told investors that it will shut its main fund and return capital this month
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The Invisible Highway
Spectrum is the lifeblood of the mobile industry and a catalyst for economic growth
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Sotheby's offers rare pear-shaped diamond for purchase with cryptocurrency
101.38-carat pear shaped flawless diamond is one of just ten diamonds of more than 100 carats ever to come to auction
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Brace yourself for the shortest night of the year
All regions in Northern Hemisphere including Pakistan experiencing 'summer revolution' or 'summer solstice'
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Amazon, Apple most valuable brands but China's rising reveals survey
Tencent, China's biggest social media and video games company, was the People's Republic's top brand, in fifth place
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Bitcoin tumbles 10% as China extends crackdown
Drop comes as China ordered bitcoin mining projects to close in the southwest province of Sichuan
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Clubhouse has a new rival in Spotify Greenroom
Spotify Greenroom includes live rooms like Clubhouse, with ability for any user to host or participate
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Thousands sign petition to prevent Jeff Bezos from returning to Earth
Petitions garner more than 45,000 signatures to keep the Amazon founder in space
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Huge changes for internet and Big Tech under US antitrust proposal
The five bills could pave the way for a reorganization or breakup of giants such as Google, Facebook, Apple and Amazon
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Nigeria could launch pilot digital currency by year-end
Central Bank director of information technology said the project had been in the works for two years
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Virtual real estate plot sells for close to $1 million
In Decentraland, ownership of virtual land is bought and sold in the form of non-fungible tokens (NFTs)
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Apple-owned Shazam identifies over a billion songs per month
Apple users can ask Siri to identify songs as Shazam is built into Apple devices
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Facebook launches ads globally for Instagram Reels
Facebook, which is aiming to make money from the feature, began testing ads in April
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Founder of World Wide Web Berners-Lee to sell source code as NFT
Sotheby’s will be auctioning Sir Tim Berners-Lee’s original time stamped files
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Vietnam introduces code of conduct for social media
The code prohibits posts which violate the law and "affect the interests of the state"