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Facebook services down for thousands of users: Downdetector 19 Mar 2021 - 09:05 pm

Facebook Inc's platforms including online messaging service WhatsApp and photo-sharing app Instagram were down for thousands of users on Friday, according to outage...

Space and sea explorer dives to deepest point on Earth 19 Mar 2021 - 05:09 pm

Space and sea explorer Richard Garriott is the first person in the world to have explored the North Pole, the South Pole, flown...

Once called crazy, Indonesian eco-warrior turns arid hills green 19 Mar 2021 - 03:05 pm

WONOGIRI, Indonesia: Once considered crazy by fellow villagers, Indonesian eco-warrior Sadiman has turned barren hills green after 24 years of effort, making water...

Facebook building a version of Instagram for kids under 13 19 Mar 2021 - 01:58 pm

Facebook Inc. is building a version of the photo-sharing tool Instagram specifically for children under the age of 13, an effort to get...

YouTube to roll out short-form video service in U.S. to take on TikTok 19 Mar 2021 - 12:47 am

Alphabet Inc's YouTube is rolling out a short-form video-streaming service on its platform in the United States as it looks to better compete...

NASA tests rocket engines that could eventually send humans to the moon 19 Mar 2021 - 12:40 am

NASA on Thursday tested the engines on a Boeing-built rocket for Artemis missions that aim to return U.S. astronauts to the moon by...

Facebook developing wristband to support augmented reality glasses 18 Mar 2021 - 09:39 pm

Facebook Inc said on Thursday it is developing a wristband that would be able to control its augmented reality (AR) glasses that are...

TikTok considers introducing group chat feature this year -sources 17 Mar 2021 - 03:28 pm

SINGAPORE/BEIJING - Video-sharing platform TikTok may launch a group messaging feature this year, people with knowledge of the discussions told Reuters, putting the...

Apple agrees to let Russians pre-install local apps on iPhones 16 Mar 2021 - 11:40 pm

Apple Inc., in an unprecedented move, will offer an option to install apps from Russian developers on the devices it sells in the...

Apple adds Covid-19 vaccination locations to Maps app and Siri 16 Mar 2021 - 11:19 pm

Apple Inc. on Tuesday started highlighting places that offer Covid-19 vaccinations in its Maps app and Siri. The locations appear in Maps when...

Facebook set to launch newsletter product for writers and journalists 16 Mar 2021 - 08:17 pm

Facebook Inc is rolling out a new publishing platform in the coming months in the United States that lets independent writers and journalists...

Google to cut app store fees on developers' first million in sales by half 16 Mar 2021 - 07:25 pm

Alphabet Inc's Google said on Tuesday it would cut the service fee that app developers pay to its app store by half for...

Facebook to label all posts about COVID-19 vaccines 15 Mar 2021 - 10:21 am

Facebook Inc, which has been criticized by lawmakers and researchers for allowing vaccine misinformation to spread on its platforms, said on Monday it...

Sea slugs lose heads to rid bodies of parasites, Japan researchers show 14 Mar 2021 - 02:13 pm

Tokyo: Japanese researchers have shown that a type of sea slug are able to self-decapitate and regrow their bodies, a discovery that could...

Russia, after Twitter slowdown, accuses U.S. of using IT to engage in unfair competition 13 Mar 2021 - 12:43 pm

MOSCOW: Russia on Saturday accused the United States of using IT opportunities to engage in unfair competition and of social media platforms arbitrarily...

Japan's teamLab melds museum and sauna in fresh digital art experience 13 Mar 2021 - 12:14 pm

Tokyo: A wall of flower petals bursts into a thousand fragments. A huge ball levitates in the air, turning from red to blue...

Ransom-seeking hackers are taking advantage of Microsoft flaw -expert 12 Mar 2021 - 01:33 pm

WASHINGTON - Ransom-seeking hackers have begun taking advantage of a recently disclosed flaw in Microsoft's widely used mail server software, a researcher said...