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Elon Musk surpasses Bill Gates to become world’s second richest person
In October, Tesla reported its fifth consecutive quarterly profit on record revenue of $8.8 billion
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AI detects Covid-19 on chest X-rays with accuracy, speed
Researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence platform which analyzes X-ray images of lungs
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Twitter plans to relaunch verification program next year
Twitter released plans for its new policy on how people are 'verified' on site
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Mysterious 'obelisk' in US desert draws wild theories
Mysterious metal "obelisk" found buried in remote desert has inflamed imaginations of UFO spotters around the world
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Airline body IATA develops mobile apps for Covid-era travel
Global aviation body is developing a set of mobile apps to help passengers to navigate Covid-19 travel restrictions
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OPPO exhibits three concept products at INNO DAY 2020
OPPO revealed for the first time the '3+N+X' technology development strategy
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Bitcoin at $100,000 in 2021? Outrageous to some, a no-brainer for backers
Bitcoin is within sight of its all-time peak of just under $20,000 hit in December 2017
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China calls launch a success as robotic spacecraft heads to moon
China hailed as a success its pre-dawn launch of a robotic spacecraft to bring back rocks from the moon
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Snapchat launches TikTok-like feature 'Spotlight'
Snapchat said it would give about $1 million every day to users whose snaps make it to top of the platform
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'Really good news': Health minister welcomes Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine results
Vaccine in the right dosage can be up to 90% effective
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Robbers steal Apple products worth £5m from truck in UK
The items stolen include iPhone 11s, AirPods, and Apple Watches
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Twitter, Facebook to hand over @POTUS account to Biden on January 20
Both platforms will hand control of presidential account to Joe Biden even if Trump has not conceded his election loss
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Top Biden adviser seen as making tech regulation more likely
Bruce Reed denounced Section 230, which makes it impossible to sue internet companies over content of user posting
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China to launch moon probe, seeking first lunar rock retrieval since 1970s
China plans to launch an unmanned spacecraft to the moon this week
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Vatican asks Instagram to get to the bottom of Pope account's underwear model 'like'
Brazilian Natalia Garibotto cheekily responded to incident saying 'at least I'm going to heaven'
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Apple, GroupM, others ask for tough protection for data in Google lawsuit
Government is accusing Google of illegally using its market muscle to hobble rivals in a lawsuit
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Blind man, 'born to run,' completes solo 5K with trial app to guide him
Marathon enthusiast used an app that detects the runner’s position and gives audio guidance through an earpiece
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Childhood vaccine linked to less severe Covid-19, cigarette smoke raises risk
Exposure to cigarette smoke makes airway cells more vulnerable to infection with the new coronavirus
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Twitter to hand @POTUS account to Biden on inauguration day
Twitter will hand control of the presidential account to Joe Biden even if Trump has not conceded his election loss
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EU could pay over $10 billion for Pfizer and CureVac vaccines
Pfizer and BioNTech said that final data showed their shot was 95% effective against Covid-19
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Govt approves social media rules expanding PTA powers
The Rules would make it extremely difficult for AIC Members; Facebook, Google, Twitter etc to operate in Pakistan
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Facebook launches Watch Together feature for Messenger, Instagram
Facebook will be rolling out the Watch together feature, Chat themes, and Vanish mode on its platforms
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Kids gaming platform Roblox faces hurdles ahead of public listing
Offensive content can be found in some game titles and user profiles on children’s gaming platform Roblox
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Facebook offers up first-ever estimate of hate speech prevalence on its platform
Facebook is under scrutiny over its policing of abuses, particularly around November’s US presidential election
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Verizon, Apple partner to swap out corporate-owned phones for 5G iPhones
The newer 5G technology also allows for private networks for businesses
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Amazon sacks dozens of staff at drone project, taps new manufacturers
US online retailer Amazon has laid off dozens of R&D and manufacturing staff from its delivery drone project
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5G mobile network goes live in France
5G has been widely anticipated, as well as touted as a technology that will further the fight against climate change
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Apple, US states reach $113 million settlement on iPhone throttling
Apple in 2016 quietly updated software on models of the iPhone 6, 7, and SE causing devices to unexpectedly shut down
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Japan to begin experiments issuing digital yen
More than 30 major Japanese firms will begin experiments next year towards issuing a common, private digital currency
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Covid-19 survivors may have long lasting immunity; Pfizer vaccine is 95% effective in trial
Most Covid-19 survivors are likely to have lasting protection against severe the virus if they become reinfected
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Three countries that spend the most on research and development
Investment in research and development (R&D) has become imperative in the post-pandemic era
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4 ways Covid-19 will redefine the way we work
According to a study, 98% of people said they would like the option to work remotely for the rest of their careers
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'Better off thanks to China': German companies double down on resurgent giant
German industrial robot-maker Hahn Automation plans to invest millions of euros in new factories in China
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'More power than traditional media': Facebook, Twitter policies attacked
Republican lawmakers have consistently accused Facebook and Twitter of anti-conservative bias
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Bitcoin hits nearly three-year peak, homes in on record
Citi’s technical analyst Tom Fitzpatrick said that bitcoin could climb as high as $318,000, based on his charts
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TikTok expands features to give parents more control of their teenagers' accounts
Parents will be able to decide what content, users, hashtags, or sounds their children can search for on the platform
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Twitter launches disappearing 'fleets' worldwide
Twitter will globally be launching tweets that disappear after 24 hours
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US military is buying location data from popular Muslim apps
Most popular app among those involved in this data trade is a Muslim prayer app with nearly 100 billion downloads
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'SpaceX, this is Resilience': Four astronauts begin six-month stay on space station
NASA’s first full-fledged mission ferrying a crew into orbit on a privately-owned spacecraft
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Universe becomes hotter over billions of years
According to new research temperature of the universe has been rising over last 10 billion years
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Japan supercomputer retains its world fastest position
Fugaku performed over 442 quadrillion computations per second
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NXP, Amazon partner to connect cars to cloud computing services
NXP entered a strategic relationship with Amazon’s cloud computing unit to help cars communicate with data centers
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5 top cloud storage services for photos
Cloud storage websites offer businesses and individuals an alternative to expensive hardware
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Apple hits back at European activist complaints against tracking tool
Apple rebutted claims that the online tracking tool used in its devices breached European law
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Huawei selling Honor brand to agent-dealer consortium to keep smartphone unit alive
Huawei is selling its budget brand smartphone unit Honor in a bid to keep it alive
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Twitter names famed hacker 'Mudge' as head of security
Twitter appointed one of the world's best-regarded hackers to tackle engineering missteps and misinformation
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Tech groups' services could face bans if they breach rules, EU industry chief says
Google launched a 60-day strategy to get US allies to push back against EU’s digital chief
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Privacy activist files complaints against Apple's tracking tool
Apple uses a tracking code that is automatically generated on every iPhone when it is set up
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In a Twitter tizzy, Trump says Biden ‘won’ but reasserts rigged, fake news claims
President Trump publicly acknowledged for the first time that his Democratic rival Joe Biden 'won'
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Is Spotify finally launching in Pakistan?
Spotify has 144 million subscribers with over 60 million tracks, and 4 billion playlists to choose from