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China's ZTE delays earnings amid confusion over US ban

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Do tech companies need tighter oversight?

Inthewakeofrecenthigh-profiletechscares,suchasafatalityinvolvinganUberself-drivingcarandFacebook'sallegedmishandlingofusers'personaldata,stricterregulationofthe

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Do giant tech companies need tighter oversight?

Inthewakeofrecenthigh-profiletechscares,suchasafatalityinvolvinganUberself-drivingcarandFacebook'sallegedmishandlingofusers'personaldata,stricterregulationofthe

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Being a driverless car passenger proves ‘unsettling and extraordinary’

Howmanypeopledoesittaketodriveadriverlesscar?Five:asafetydriverbehindthewheel,anoperatortoprogramtheroute,andthreeengineersmonitoringitinanothercarbehind.Itis,t

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In Pic | Teenagers explore a changing world with their camera

Howdosocialissuesshapeourlives?Agroupofteenagephotographersattemptedtoanswerthisquestionwiththeircameras.Each14-to-18-year-oldsubmittedapictureencapsulatinghowt

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Jupiter's turmoil more than skin deep: researchers

Jupiter'stempestuous,gassyatmospherestretchessome3,000kilometres(1,860miles)deepandcomprisesahundredthoftheplanet'smass,studiesbasedonobservationsbyNASA'sJunosp

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Scientists make cells glow so brightly they can be seen outside the body

Scientistshavestolenatrickfromfirefliesandjellyfishtomakeanimalswithcellsthatglowsobrightlytheycanbeseenfromoutsidethebody.TheJapaneseteamcreatedmiceandmarmoset

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Mosquitoes may learn to avoid humans swatting them: study

Yourgrandmother'sinsistencethatyoureceivemoremosquitobitesbecauseyou're"sweeter"maynotbethatfar-fetchedafterall.ResearchersreportingintheU.S.journalCurrentBiolo

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Dharshan Munidasa: Sri Lanka’s top culinary artist

ByAPDwriterEaswaranRutnamCOLOMBO,Jan,2(APD)-WeareearlyforourmeetingwithDharshanMunidasa,butheemergesfromthekitchen,unruffled.Heisthegracioushostashesweepinglyin

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Apple AI chief reveals more progress on self-driving car tech

Afterremainingtight-lippedforyears,Appleisnowmorethaneagertosharehowmuchprogressit'smakingonself-drivingcartechnology.AIresearchdirectorRuslanSalakhutdinovmadea

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Apple claims its data-gathering method doesn’t invade users' privacy

AppletodaypublishedapaperonitsMachineLearningJournalwhichaddressedthetopicofdifferentialprivacy,andhowitcanbeusedtoprotectuserprivacyinatimewheneverybusinessnee

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YouTube investigates 'disturbing' autofill results

YouTubehaschangedthewayitsautofillfeatureworksafterreportsthatsomewordcombinationsbroughtuppaedophilicphrases.Overtheweekendmanypeoplereportedthattyping"howtoha

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McDonald’s set for more strikes as action spreads across Britain

StrikeactionatMcDonald’sistospreadtooutletsacrossthecountryinthecomingmonths,followingtheleadofworkersattworestaurantsinthesouthofEngland.Dossiersonclaimsmadeby

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Foreign investors allowed to hold controlling stakes in financial firms

Foreigninvestorsdirectlyorindirectlyinvestinginsecurities,fundmanagementorfuturescompanieswillbeallowedtoholdnomorethan51%ofthestake,saidZhuGuangyao,thedeputyMi

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UN report points to ethnic cleansing of Rohingya

Myanmar’scivilianleader,AungSanSuuKyi,saidunityisthekeytoresolvingtheRohingyaproblem.Somehalf-millionRohingyashavefledfromMyanmartoBangladeshsincelateAugust.Ina

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Google reveals users' most frequently searched 'how to' questions

Googlehasrevealeditsmostpopular"howto"searchesoverthepast13years.TheGoogleTrendsteamhasdevelopedasitethatanalyzesthemost-askedquestionsonthesearchengine,andglob

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Google reveals the number of times you search 'how to kiss'

Whatwillyoudoifyourtoiletbroke?Rereadtheinstructionbookorcallcustomerservice?No,youwilltype“howtofixatoilet”inthesearchbarofGoogle.Byworkingwithinteractivevisua