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Scientists stunned by rare Arctic lightning storms north of Alaska
Scientists say unusual phenomenon will become less rare with global warming
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Bezos, crew ready for first space flight
The mission would represent the world's first unpiloted flight to space with an all-civilian crew
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Xiaomi beats Apple to become world's No 2 smartphone maker
Xiaomi took the second spot for the first time with 17 per cent share of worldwide smartphone shipments
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Samsung all set to assemble smartphones in Pakistan by year-end
Hammad congratulates Lucky Group, Samsung on entering into joint venture to manufacture smartphones in the country
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WhatsApp blocks 2 million Indian users over messaging violations
Facebook-owned firm says its ‘top focus’ remains on preventing spread of harmful and unwanted messages
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Pakistan moves to bring cryptocurrency boom out of the dark
Pakistan has seen a boom in trading and mining cryptocurrency
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Google expands India cloud services with new infrastructure push
New infrastructure will help provide solutions for problems such as disaster recovery within India and more
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Elon Musk will be flying to space on Virgin Galactic
Branson revealed that Elon Musk is also a customer
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Facebook, Instagram to invest $1 billion in content creators
Investments will include bonus programs to pay creators who hit certain milestones on its apps
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YouTube’s TikTok rival YouTube Shorts now launched in Pakistan
Alphabet Inc’s launched the short-form video-streaming service on its platform in the United States in March
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Google to buy Japan payments firm Pring
Google has operated its smartphone payments business - now called Google Pay - in Japan since 2016
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US mulls digital trade deal to counter China in Asia
The pact could include countries such as Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand and Singapore
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British police seize record $408 million haul of cryptocurrency
A 39-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of money laundering after the first haul was discovered
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WhatsApp's disappearing messages come to iOS
The beta version 2.21.140.9 is available on Testflight
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Amazon restores service after global outage
At the peak of the disruption more than 38,000 user reports indicated issues
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WATCH: British billionaire Branson takes off for high-altitude launch into space
Virgin Galactic plans for two further test flights of the spaceplane in months ahead
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China antitrust regulator blocks Tencent gaming site merger
Beijing has launched a major crackdown on the biggest players in tech after years of runaway growth and lax regulation
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Zelda game cartridge sells for 'world record' $870,000 at auction
The cartridge, dated to 1987, is still in original packaging and trumps the previous world record sale of a video game
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Billionaires Branson, Bezos ready for space trip
While the tycoons are among the first passengers, their goal is to allow hundreds of (wealthy) clients to tour space
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Cyberpunk 2077 tops PS4 downloads after Sony store return
The game, featuring Hollywood star Keanu Reeves, was pulled from the PlayStation Store in December
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Dating app bumble opens cafe in New York City
Initially starting off as serving only breakfast, it will start serving lunch and dinner in the coming days
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Spending on crypto-linked cards topped $1 billion, says Visa
Company said it was partnering with 50 cryptocurrency platforms to make it easier for customers to convert and spend
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TikTok lets users apply for jobs with video resumes
Under "TikTok Resumes" program, companies including Chipotle Mexican Grill and Target Corp will accept video resumes
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TikTok is rolling out longer videos
Allowing longer TikTok videos gives users an option that is available on rival platforms such as Facebook
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Twitter loses immunity over user-generated content in India
Narendra Modi’s govt has officially said that Twitter has lost its immunity after repeatedly criticising the company
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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’