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New study says 30 minutes of exercise a day is not enough 07 Oct 2015 - 04:41 pm

If you're among of the millions of Americans who dutifully carve out 30 minutes a day for the moderate-intensity exercise recommended by experts...

Facebook to launch satellite to expand Internet access in Africa 07 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Facebook Inc said it would launch a satellite in partnership with France's Eutelsat Communications to bring Internet access to large parts of sub-Saharan...

Toyotas merge onto highway hands-free as driverless views evolve 06 Oct 2015 - 06:56 pm

TOKYO: Touch a button on the steering wheel and put your hands up -- this Toyota will take it from here. That's the...

Beijing's abandoned buildings: canvas for a rare street artist 06 Oct 2015 - 06:30 pm

Chinese artist ROBBBB prepares to take pictures of people along a street for his artworks in Beijing's Gulou area, September 25, 2015. A...

Microsoft unveils new smartphones, tablet and fitness tracker 06 Oct 2015 - 06:17 pm

Microsoft Corp unveiled on Tuesday its first laptop, a line of Lumia smartphones, a new Surface Pro tablet and an updated version of...

Britain tops world 'Quality of Death' index 06 Oct 2015 - 04:49 pm

London: Britain topped an 80-country "quality of death" study released Tuesday, which warned that ageing and booming populations would make palliative care a...

Twitter makes it easier to grab onto hot 'Moments' 06 Oct 2015 - 03:54 pm

SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter made it easier Tuesday to seize hot tweets and high-profile posts from the flood of real-time commentary at the one-to-many...

Opening of Abu Dhabi's Louvre pushed back to 2016 06 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Abu Dhabi: The opening of Abu Dhabi's branch of the iconic Louvre museum has been postponed until next year because building work still...

Mercedes commuter van might just carry the future 05 Oct 2015 - 06:18 pm

By Warren Brown It was a tale of two Mercedes-Benz Sprinter vans - one, a bare-bones commuter I drove in the Northern Virginia...

People-rating app sparks firestorm 05 Oct 2015 - 10:34 am

reators of an app that will let people assign ratings to those they know vowed to launch as planned next month as planned...

Exercise eases knee osteoarthritis, temporarily 03 Oct 2015 - 05:42 pm

A therapeutic program of weight-bearing exercise reduces pain and improves joint function, at least for two to six months, for people with osteoarthritis,...

Bye bye Google, hello Alphabet 03 Oct 2015 - 04:27 pm

After U.S. markets closed on Friday, Alphabet replaced Google as the publicly traded company that will house Google's search and Web advertising businesses,...

Kaspersky boss warns of emerging cybercrime threats 03 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

MONACO: Russian online security specialist Eugene Kaspersky says cybercriminals will one day go for bigger targets than PCs and mobiles, sabotaging entire transport...

Daimler trials self-driving truck on German highway 03 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

BERLIN: German automaker Daimler said it trialled a self-driving truck under real traffic conditions for the first time Friday, on a motorway in...

Student-built solar motorbikes hit Kenya roads 03 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Charles Ogingo, one of the co-founders of Pfoofy and the two motorbikes. URUDI: Motorcycle taxi operators waiting for passengers in this village in...