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Malaria mosquitoes wiped out in lab trials of gene drive technique

September 24th, 2018 Scientists have succeeded in wiping out a population of caged mosquitoes in laboratory experiments using a type of genetic engineering known as a gene drive,...

Tech & Science

EU says Facebook must comply with EU consumer rules or face sanctions

September 20th, 2018 Europe's justice chief gave U.S. social media giant Facebook until the end of the year to comply with EU consumer rules or face sanctions. European Justice...

Europe

Ireland collects disputed Apple taxes in full ahead of appeal

September 18th, 2018 Ireland has fully recovered 13.1 billion euros in disputed taxes from Apple Inc plus interest of 1.2 billion which it will hold in an escrow fund pending its...

Tech & Science

Bubbling Bolt toasts zero-gravity with champagne

September 13th, 2018 Usain Bolt sprinted through thin air and sipped champagne floating on his back as he enjoyed near zero-gravity conditions in an aircraft performing...

Tech & Science

Apple debuts biggest iPhone yet, health-oriented watch [V]

September 12th, 2018 Apple Inc introduced its largest iPhone ever and a new line of watches that can detect heart problems on Wednesday as it looks to get users to upgrade to more...

Tech & Science

Facebook, Twitter face U.S. Congress over politics and the internet

September 5th, 2018 Top Twitter Inc and Facebook Inc executives will defend their companies before U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday, with Facebook insisting it takes election...

Cyprus

Cybersecurity threat keeps changing as new technology adopted

September 3rd, 2018 By Kyriaki Christodoulou Society is increasingly digital and because new technology is adopted rapidly, the cybersecurity threat landscape changes...

Tech & Science

Apple expected to unveil new iPhone models on Sept 12

August 30th, 2018 Apple Inc said on Thursday it will host an event on Sept. 12 at the Steve Jobs Theater in the company's Cupertino, California, campus, where it is widely...

Tech & Science

Cabinet appoints blockchain joint working group

August 30th, 2018 The cabinet decided on Thursday to appoint a joint working group to develop blockchain technology in Cyprus, enabling thus the public sector to catch up with...

World

White House probes Google after Trump accuses it of bias

August 29th, 2018 U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday accused Google's search engine of promoting negative news articles and hiding "fair media" coverage of him, vowing to...

Tech & Science

3-D printed gun blueprints for sale after US court order, group says

August 28th, 2018 A Texas-based group that was barred by a US federal judge from issuing blueprints for 3-D printed plastic guns on the internet said on Tuesday it has made the...

How can passing Microsoft 70-483 exam be useful for your career

August 28th, 2018 Programming and coding are two things that have a huge scope in the IT industry. With everything being digitized and big or small companies working on software...

Tech & Science

These 5 small nations are bigger players in blockchain than you may have guessed

August 27th, 2018 Blockchain technology has gone through a considerable evolution since it was first founded in 2008 by anonymous developer Satoshi Nakamoto. While much...

Tech & Science

Australia bans Huawei from network project, angers Beijing

August 23rd, 2018 Australia has banned Chinese telecoms firm Huawei Technologies Co Ltd from supplying equipment for a 5G mobile network, citing risks of foreign interference...

Health

Toxin at heart of drug recall shows holes in medical safety net

August 22nd, 2018 A toxin inadvertently produced in the manufacture of a widely prescribed medicine but not spotted for years raises questions about regulators' ability to...

Americas

Facebook, Twitter dismantle disinformation campaigns

August 22nd, 2018 Facebook Inc , Twitter Inc and Alphabet Inc collectively removed hundreds of accounts tied to an alleged Iranian propaganda operation on Tuesday, while...

Tech & Science

Russian hackers thwarted by Microsoft's digital crimes unit

August 21st, 2018 Microsoft Corp said on Monday that it had recently thwarted hackers associated with Russian government attempting to steal user information from conservative...

Tech & Science

Google staff demand more oversight of China search engine plan

August 17th, 2018 Google is not close to launching a search engine app in China, its chief executive said at a companywide meeting on Thursday, according to a transcript seen...

Asia

From laboratory in far west, China's surveillance state spreads quietly

August 14th, 2018 By Cate Cadell Filip Liu, a 31-year-old software developer from Beijing, was travelling in the far western Chinese region of Xinjiang when he was pulled to...

Tech & Science

NASA launches probe to go deep into Sun's scorching atmosphere

August 12th, 2018 NASA launched a space probe early Sunday that will go closer to the Sun than any spacecraft before, the agency announced. The craft will endure extreme heat...

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