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Airbnb adds new recommendations features 20 Apr 2016 - 04:28 pm

SAN FRANCISCO: Airbnb is adding recommendations to its online accommodations service, building on its knowledge of travelers' preferences, coupled with tips from locals....

Cholesterol drug may fight prostate cancer 20 Apr 2016 - 02:13 pm

London: A drug designed to lower cholesterol stops the progression of prostate cancer, according to researchers at the University of Missouri. The researchers...

EU takes on Google with Android antitrust investigation 20 Apr 2016 - 02:08 pm

BRUSSELS: The European Union is expanding its battle with Google, alleging that the technology giant is rigging the global market for mobile apps...

New hope as gene manipulation restores eyesight to blind 20 Apr 2016 - 01:51 pm

Paul Bishop, Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Manchester London: Researchers at the University of Manchester have discovered a technique that could...

Brain-dead woman gives birth in Poland 20 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Prof. Barbara Krolak-Olejnik, head of the neonatal unit at the University Hospital in the southern city of Wroclaw. Warsaw: A brain-dead Polish woman...

The most unusual open-top ride you'll ever take - on Berlin's subway 20 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Welcome to the "most unusual tour of Berlin" as the operators, the Berlin transportation company BVG, says of the open-top cars. By Michael...

Google wins some, loses some in global antitrust battles 20 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

FRANKFURT: For more than a decade, Internet search and advertising giant Google, now a unit of holding company Alphabet Inc, has sparred with...

Canapes under the canopy? Paris gentrifies rusty mall 19 Apr 2016 - 05:48 pm

PARIS: Swapping burgers for lobster souffle and rusty welding for a state-of-the-art canopy roof, Paris' mayor this month unveiled a $1 billion revamp...

ABB Sees More Demand for Smart Motors as Costs in User Focus 19 Apr 2016 - 02:42 pm

ABB Ltd. is developing a range of products to add sensors that tell users when a motor needs servicing, as the world’s largest...

Happily ever after may happen in cloud, but not on physical drives 19 Apr 2016 - 12:15 pm

Magazine PC Go reminds users to be aware that storage devices such as CDs, DVDs, USB flash drives and hard drives have a...

Egg producer Rembrandt Foods to build new cage-free farm 19 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Des Moines: One of the nation's largest egg producers says it plans to build a new cage-free farm in eastern South Dakota that...

Lexus RX 350 named ‘Best Small Premium SUV’ at 2016 Middle East Car of the Year Awards 18 Apr 2016 - 05:46 pm

Doha: Lexus earned top honours at the 2016 Middle East Car of the Year Awards (MECOTY), the premier annual award ceremony for the...

'Chaplin's World' honors cinema legend with first museum 18 Apr 2016 - 04:59 pm

Portraits of Charlie Chaplin are pictured above his bed during a media visit of 'Chaplin's World', an interactive museum celebrating the life and...

Insomniac Games to release a trio of VR games in 2016 18 Apr 2016 - 04:45 pm

The developer best known for the "Resistance" and "Ratchet & Clank" franchises is set to release three VR games for the recently released...

China's Silicon Valley dream powers rise of health startups 18 Apr 2016 - 04:25 pm

AllTech’s MRI machines. (Li Hui/Bloomberg) Chengdu: Holed up in a shiny glass building in the Chinese city of Chengdu, Y. James Kang spends...

Take this test, and see how many tech specs you really understand 18 Apr 2016 - 03:41 pm

Rechargeable batteries have their storage capacity prominently displayed in milliampere-hours (mAh). The higher the number, the longer they keep working. (Andrea Warnecke /...

What happens when your child joins ISIL? 18 Apr 2016 - 10:45 am

Zara Azam and Farshid Rokey; Photo by Tristram Kenton; London National Theatre By Jessica Baldwin London, UK: A fractured flag of Syria is...

Nissan GT-R sets new world record for sideways drift 17 Apr 2016 - 05:20 pm

The 1,400-horsepower Nissan GT-R going sideways at 304.96 kilometres per hour with Japanese drift champion Masato Kawabata at the wheel. (Nissan / dpa) ...