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Tea, buses and elections: 7 uses of facial recognition that sparked debate in 2019 26 Dec 2019 - 10:08 pm
A facial recognition software is demonstrated at the Intel booth at CES 2019 consumer electronics show at the Las Vegas Convention Center on January 10, 2019. AFP / Robyn Beck
San Francisco cafes are banishing disposable coffee cups 24 Dec 2019 - 06:11 pm
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The Netflix decade: How one company changed the way we watch TV 23 Dec 2019 - 09:17 pm
photo shows the logo of Netflix, the American provider of on-demand internet streaming media. Paris. September 15, 2014. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
Nasa: Two 'Hazardous' Asteroids to Hurtle Past Earth 23 Dec 2019 - 06:30 pm
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'Bull's-eye' landing caps Boeing's faulty astronaut capsule test mission 22 Dec 2019 - 08:19 pm
This NASA photo shows the Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft after it landed in White Sands, New Mexico, on December 22, 2019. AFP / NASA / Bill Ingall
South Africa's Boris the BabyBot opens children's eyes to digital privacy 20 Dec 2019 - 09:35 pm
Author Murray Hunter holding his book 'Boris the Babybot' in Cape Town, South Africa, 30 October 2019. Murray Hunter/ Handout via Thomson Reuters Foundation
Still using 'password' and '123456' as pass codes? Read on 20 Dec 2019 - 02:07 pm
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For Canadian researcher, it's a microscopic gingerbread house 19 Dec 2019 - 12:56 pm
This image released on December 18, 2019, by the Canadian Centre for Electron Microscopy at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada, show the tiniest gingerbread house on top of a snowman. AFP PHOTO / McMaster University / Travis Casagrande
Climate damage to Pakistan's cotton crop ripples through economy 18 Dec 2019 - 11:34 pm
Representative image (An Egyptian farmer collects cotton harvest at farm in al-Massara village near the Nile delta city of Mansura north of Cairo. AFP)
Scientists narrow age estimate for fossils of human ancestor 18 Dec 2019 - 11:34 pm
Artistic rendering of the face of a 13-year-old girl from prehistoric Denisovan human species based on tech developed by Hebrew University’s Liran Carmel and team in Jerusalem, September 19, 2019.  Reuters / Ammar Awad
Did it keep its flavour? Stone-age 'chewing-gum' yields human DNA 18 Dec 2019 - 06:57 pm
A handout photo provided by the University of Copenhagen on December 17, 2019 shows a 5,700-year-old type of
Apple, Google, Amazon eye common standard for smart home devices 18 Dec 2019 - 06:05 pm
Amazon's Echo Spot device. Amazon, Apple and Google announced plans on December 18,2019 to develop a common technology standard for smart home products, in a move aimed at enabling more connected devices to speak to each other. (AFP / Robert LEVER)
Political heat is on for 2020 climate deadline after lukewarm Madrid talks 17 Dec 2019 - 11:16 pm
A demonstrator holds a placard during a protest on climate emergency called by environmental groups outside the UN Climate Change Conference – COP25 -  in Madrid on December 13, 2019. AFP / Pierre-Philippe Marcou
Instagram announced it had gone global in its fight against misinformation 17 Dec 2019 - 09:19 pm
A picture taken in Lille showing the logo of mobile app Instagram . October 01, 2019 / AFP / DENIS CHARLET
Amsterdam trials "bubble barrier" to clean river waste 17 Dec 2019 - 03:38 pm
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WhatsApp presents users with 3 new features 16 Dec 2019 - 06:48 pm
A phone screen displays the logo of WhatsApp application. December 10, 2019. Anadolu
Google Maps adds plug type filter for EV charging stations 16 Dec 2019 - 11:23 am
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Air pollution linked to heart issues in humans, animals 16 Dec 2019 - 11:04 am
Image used for representation. Hikers stand at a viewpoint overlooking the city skyline shrouded in smog during heavily polluted weather conditions in Seoul on December 10, 2019.  / AFP / Ed JONES