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Google to allow rival search engines to compete on Android - at a price 02 Aug 2019 - 07:27 pm
A 3D printed Android mascot, Bugdroid, seen in front of a Google logo in this illustration taken July 9, 2017. (REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo)
US teen wins $3 million at video game World Cup 29 Jul 2019 - 10:02 pm
Kyle Bugha Giersdorf celebrates after winning the Fortnite World Cup solo final at Arthur Ashe Stadium on July 28, 2019 in New York City. (Mike Stobe/Getty Images/AFP)
Facebook to pay record $5 billion US fine over privacy violations but critics call it a bargain 24 Jul 2019 - 03:37 pm
In this file photo taken on May 1, 2018 Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks during the annual F8 summit at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California. (AFP / JOSH EDELSON)
Researchers warn of 'unexpected implications' as climate risks converge 22 Jul 2019 - 11:06 pm
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Water-smart green roofs and plazas make a splash in Rotterdam 22 Jul 2019 - 08:19 pm
Rain collects in the main water basin of the Benthemplein public
Machine-meshed super-humans remain stuff of fantasy 20 Jul 2019 - 07:43 pm
Futurist entrepreneur Elon Musk speaks during the unveiling of the new Tesla Model Y in Hawthorne, California on March 14, 2019. AFP / Frederic J Brown
NASA aims to build on moon as a way station for Mars 20 Jul 2019 - 07:43 pm
A museum employee carries a life-sized astronaut cutout of NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, during the Apollo 11, 50th Live celebration at Space Center Houston on July 19, 2019, in Houston, Texas. AFP / Loren Elliott
Instagram expands hiding 'likes' to make you happier 19 Jul 2019 - 08:04 pm
In this file photo taken on May 2, 2019 logos of US social network Instagram are displayed on a screen of a smartphone in Nantes, western France.  AFP / Loic Venance
Air conditioning is making the world a hotter place 19 Jul 2019 - 05:50 pm
Eighty-seven percent of U.S. households had some kind of air conditioning in 2015, up from 55.6% in 1978. (Vivek Prakash / Reuters)
June 2019 was the hottest June on record across the globe 19 Jul 2019 - 05:50 pm
A Palestinian children take a bath in a slum on the outskirts of the Khan Yunis refugee camp, in the southern Gaza Strip on July 17, 2019, during a heat wave. AFP / Mahmud Hams
A squeaky clean: friendly robots spruce up Singapore 18 Jul 2019 - 09:01 pm
Autonomous cleaning robots moving on a platform during a launch in Singapore on July 17, 2019.  AFP / Roslan Rahman
Myths and risks in app that gives you peek into older self 18 Jul 2019 - 02:00 pm
This illustration picture shows FaceApp application displayed on the screen of a smartphone. AFP / Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV
Way spiders walk is what makes them scary 16 Jul 2019 - 04:50 pm
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Italians cheer on wild bear's 'Great Escape' 16 Jul 2019 - 02:19 pm
Image of a bear used for representation
Off the hook: Manta ray asks divers for helping hand 15 Jul 2019 - 02:15 pm
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Armstrong's famous "one small step" quote explained 14 Jul 2019 - 10:16 pm
 In this image from NASA on July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 space mission US astronaut Buzz Aldrin conducts experiment on the moon's surface on a picture taken by Neil Armstrong, after both climbed down the ladder of the lunar module .  AFP PHOTO / NASA / Neil A
Mediterranean sharks risk 'disappearing': conservationists 12 Jul 2019 - 07:09 pm
Members of Greenpeace film a Spanish fishing vessel capturing sharks near the Portuguese Azores, Portugal, June 26, 2019. (Greenpeace Handout via Reuters)
Climate change threatens Greenland's archeological sites 11 Jul 2019 - 10:51 pm
REPRSENTATIVE IMAGE:  A seal carcass and offal rests on the shoreline of the harbour in the town of Tasiilaq. Greenland, June 18, 2018. Reuters/Lucas Jackson