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Use these tools to block social media apps from yourself and save time
RescueTime is an award-winning tool that tracks the amount of time you spend on websites
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Bitcoin hits $60,000 in record high
Bitcoin has risen sharply this year, broadly outperforming conventional asset classes
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How societal imperfections drive bias in artificial intelligence
Nex gen smart programmes designed to develop their insights without relying upon human expertise
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Huawei listed once more as a threat to US national security
Huawei chief and founder Ren Zhengfei last month called for a reset with the United States under President Joe Biden
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Microsoft and Google openly feuding amid hacks
Executives from both firms have been put on the defensive over competing crises
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What are NFTs and who's cashing in on them?
NFTs are all the buzz this year, with people raking in millions by auctioning these digital assets
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Judge narrows Zoom lawsuit over user privacy, 'Zoombombing'
US Judge dismissed large parts of a lawsuit accusing Zoom of violating users’ privacy rights
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Google opens enrollment for career certification courses
You don’t need any prior knowledge or experience in these fields to sign up for the courses
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Tesla investor sues Musk, claims tweets violate SEC settlement
The complaint highlighted several Musk posts on social media platform Twitter
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Web inventor Berners-Lee says 'fad' of internet giants will pass
Berners-Lee insists that urgent change was needed to improve a digital divide in young people’s online access.
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Netflix tests feature that could limit password sharing
Netflix is testing a feature that asks viewers to verify they share a household with the account holder
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Twitter aims to make live audio feature 'Spaces' available globally by April
Twitter’s Spaces competes with Clubhouse, which is an invite-only audio-based social network startup
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China eyes record monopoly fine of $1 billion for Alibaba
The penalty could top the $975 million paid by US chipmaker Qualcomm in 2015
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'Valheim' rides Viking gaming mania to 5 million sales
Valheim has proved an unexpected smash-hit, selling five million copies since its early-access released last month
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Large asteroid to pass by Earth on March 21
The largest asteroid to pass by Earth this year will approach within some 1.25 million miles of our planet
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Perseverance 'SuperCam' begins hunt for past life on Mars
NASA's Perseverance rover gently set down on Martian soil last month and sent back black-and-white images
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Facebook halts project for undersea data cable to Hong Kong
The trans-Pacific undersea cable would have connected California and Hong Kong
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At least 10 hacking groups using Microsoft software flaw
Taiwan-based researchers reported to Microsoft on January 5 that they had found two new flaws which need patching
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Scientists develop message display fabric
Wearable electronics have advanced significantly in recent years
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Nokia signs patent license pact with Samsung
The deal comes months after rival Ericsson filed a lawsuit in the United States against Samsung
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Apple starts iPhone 12 assembly in India
Apple has been shifting some areas of production from China to other markets as it navigates the trade war
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Turkish lake may hold clues to ancient life on planet
Minerals and rock deposits at Salda are the nearest match to those around Jezero Crater where the spacecraft landed
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Verkada surveillance cameras at Tesla, hundreds more businesses breached
A small group of hackers viewed live and archived surveillance footage from hundreds of businesses including Tesla
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Russia, China sign memorandum on lunar research station
Moscow and Beijing will draw up a roadmap to establish the station and cooperate closely on planning
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PayPal brings its 'buy now, pay later' offer to crowded Australia
The arrival of PayPal presents a serious new competitor for Afterpay and Zip Co Ltd
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Instagram working on Clubhouse-like audio rooms, end-to-end encryption in chats
The concept of live audio chat rooms has become popular after the launch of the Club-House app
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Facebook tests feature in India to share Instagram reels on its news feed
Instagram’s reels feature is the company’s version of ByteDance’s TikTok
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How Toyota thrives when the chips are down
Toyota has been unscathed by global shortage of semiconductors following a surge in demand for electrical goods
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Here are all the Alexa commands you can use
Alexa can tend to tasks such as ordering goods, finding information, playing music, mapping routes, or reading email
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Tesla loses a third of its value for the third time in a year
Tesla’s stock extended losses and is now down by a third from its January record high
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Bitcoin mania triggers fundraising rush by Chinese players
Ebang plans to use its new capital to expand into cryptocurrency mining in its own right
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Toyota VC invests in AI startups, firms that refine everyday processes
Toyota has so far invested in 36 early-stage startup
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Chinese beauty app Meitu shares surge after cryptocurrency investment
Meitu is the latest company to say it will hold cryptocurrencies as part of its treasury operations
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Indian app allows users to talk in local languages
Koo wants 100 million users by the end of 2021
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Did WhatsApp fail us during the pandemic?
Misinformation tends to stay on WhatsApp four times longer than authentic information
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Here's how to stop emails from quietly tracking you
Marketing agencies argue that this type of tracking and data collection helps analyse consumer patterns and interests
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You can poison the data that Big Tech uses to monitor you
The data is stored on machine-learning algorithms which sent ads and recommendations according to your preference
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Panasonic to buy Blue Yonder for $6.5 billion in biggest deal since 2011
The move comes as the Japanese company aims to expand hardware that combines software
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PS5 and Xbox Series X out of stock?
Electronics retailers are facing stock shortages for consoles as well as the new graphics cards from Nvidia and AMD
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First independent digital banking platform launches in UAE
YAP, like other neobanks which do not have physical branches, does not offer traditional banking services
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Twitter's Dorsey auctions first ever tweet as digital memorabilia
The post, sent from Dorsey’s account in March of 2006, received offers that went as high as $88,888.88 within minutes
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Mars rover Perseverance takes first spin on surface of red planet
NASA displayed a photo taken by the rover showing the wheel tread marks left in the reddish, sandy Martian soil
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More than 20,000 US organisations compromised through Microsoft flaw
Microsoft blamed the initial wave of attacks on a Chinese government-backed actor
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Twitter working on a way to 'undo' fresh tweets
Twitter is mulling an option allowing users to 'undo' a tweet within a window of a few seconds before it is posted
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Online learning platform Coursera files for US IPO
Online education provider Coursera filed for a stock market listing with US regulators
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New self-driving robot tank can parachute out of a plane
Type-X combat vehicle is equipped with features such as follow-me, waypoint navigation, and obstacle detection
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Qualcomm takes aim at Apple with line of wireless audio chips
Qualcomm announced a new line of chips for connecting wireless speakers and headphones designed to help Android phones
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GameStop spikes as investors eye cryptic tweet by shareholder
Shares of Reddit-darling GameStop increased more than 20% at one point in yet another unexplained move
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Japan supercomputer shows doubling masks offers little help preventing viral spread
Japanese supercomputer simulations showed that wearing two masks gave limited benefit in blocking coronavirus
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Alien 'super-Earth' may offer clues about atmospheres on distant worlds
Scientists have spotted a planet orbiting a star relatively near our solar system