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The end of open source?

Several weeks ago, the Linux community was rocked by the disturbing news that University of Minnesota researchers had developed (but, as it turned out, not fully executed) a method for introducing wha

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CockroachDB, the database that just won’t die

There is an art to engineering, and sometimes engineering can transform art. For Spencer Kimball and Peter Mattis, those two worlds collided when they created the widely successful open-source graphic

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Anti-doping agreements signed for Beijing Winter Games

01:39 The Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games signed an anti-doping framework agreement and a service contract with China's top sports authorit

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India’s Inshorts raises $60 million following Public social network app growth

Indian startup Inshorts, which operates an eponymous news aggregator service, has raised $60 million in a new financing round as its two-year-old bet — launch of a new social media app called Pu

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Vlog: Becoming the mascot of the China Internet Conference

02:54 The 20th China Internet Conference is underway in Beijing, which features a series of conferences, competitions and exhibitions on internet technology.At the open

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France cautiously celebrates Bastille Day, clouded by virus

Bastille Day is back, sort of.France celebrated its national holiday Wednesday with thousands of troops marching in a Paris parade, warplanes roaring overhead and tradi

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China develops refrigerator to realize ultra-low temperature

Optical paths are used in research at the USTC Shanghai Institute For Advanced Studies, July 30, 2015. /CFPA Chinese research institution has developed a prototype refr

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Thailand to mix Sinovac, AstraZeneca vaccines to increase protection

Thailand said on Monday it will use AstraZeneca Plc's COVID-19 vaccine as a second dose for those who received Sinovac's shot as their first dose to increase protection

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Austria Urges EU to Take Action Against Attempts to Use Migrants as Weapons

The European Union must respond to Belarus, Afghanistan and Turkey that attempt to use migrants as a weapon against the bloc, Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schall

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France’s Macron tries to slow delta variant, boost vaccines

Is France’s summer over already?Just three days ago, the country threw open its nightclubs for the first time in 16 months, completing a protracted national effort at r

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The G20 must act now to vaccinate the world

Getty Editor's note: Jeffrey D. Sachs is a professor at Columbia University, director of the university'sCenter for Sustainable Development, and president of the UN Sustainable Development Sol

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China's natural heritage sites annually generate 14 billion yuan

China's natural sites inscribed on the World Heritage List have brought about an annual income of over 14 billion yuan (about 2.16 billion U.S. dollars) from tourism to local people, the National

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Sydney Airport gets $16.7 bln buyout bid as investors take longer-term view on travel

A group of infrastructure investors has proposed one of Australia's biggest-ever buyouts, a A$22.26 billion ($16.7 billion) purchase of Sydney Airport Holdings Pty Ltd,

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Mountain-Circling Festival: A Tibetan cultural banquet

00:59 The Mountain-Circling Festival is a traditional festival widely celebrated in Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in southwest China's Sichuan Province. It falls

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Russian-speaking hackers claim major ransomware attack which has hit hundreds of US firms

The REvil gang, a Russian-speaking ransomware syndicate, has demanded $70m to restore the data.

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Ride-hailing giant Didi to be removed from app stores over user privacy violation

The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said on Sunday it has notified app stores to remove Chinese ride-hailing platform Didi Chuxing due to "serious" violations

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England may soon abandon mask requirements, minister says

England may soon abandon legal requirements for wearing masks, a government minister said Sunday as the nation waits for U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson to announce p