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2020 Chengdu Auto Show highlights

Made by Chery to “show the potential for personalizing cars,” this Arrizo GX is quite something to look at. The basic econobox sedan has been extensively modified, with redesigned bumpers,
30 July 2020, 18:00 PM

Legen-Dairy breakthroughs in bovine technology

The simple act of feeding and caring for a cow harks back to a bygone era at the dawn of the agricultural revolution.
30 July 2020, 18:00 PM

Bezos' snack, room ratings and 'the net': Key online moments from tech hearing

The chief executives of the country's largest tech companies - including Zuckerberg, Amazon Inc's Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai of Alphabet Inc's Google and Apple Inc's Tim Cook - gave virtual testimony before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee's antitrust panel.
30 July 2020, 12:43 PM

NASA launches rover to seek signs of past life on Mars

NASA's next-generation Mars rover Perseverance blasted off from Florida's Cape Canaveral on Thursday atop an Atlas 5 rocket on a $2.4 billion mission to search for traces of potential past life on Earth's planetary neighbour.
30 July 2020, 12:32 PM

WATCH LIVE: CEOs of Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple testify in front of US Congress

The four major tech firms whose chief executives are testifying at a congressional antitrust hearing face a variety of complaints about their dominance in the US and elsewhere. Investigations are being led by antitrust enforcers at the Justice Department, Federal Trade Commission and by authorities in US states. Watch the session live here:
29 July 2020, 19:58 PM

TikTok faces US national security review

A US government national security review of the social media app TikTok is nearly complete and will deliver a recommendation to the White House this week, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Wednesday.
29 July 2020, 19:35 PM

Study solves mystery origin of Stonehenge's iconic boulders

Stonehenge, a Neolithic wonder in southern England, has vexed historians and archaeologists for centuries with its many mysteries: How was it built? What purpose did it serve? Where did its towering sandstone boulders come from?
29 July 2020, 18:43 PM

Scientists revive 100 million-year-old microbes from deep under seafloor

Scientists have succeeded in reviving microbes retrieved from sediment deep under the seafloor in the heart of the South Pacific that had survived in a dormant state for 101.5 million years in research illustrating the resiliency of life on Earth.
29 July 2020, 18:30 PM

Global air traffic won't return to pre-crisis level before 2024: IATA

Global air traffic will not return to levels seen before the coronavirus pandemic until at least 2024, the International Air Transport Association said on Tuesday.
28 July 2020, 16:00 PM

Nike to cut jobs, boost direct-to-consumer venture

Nike said Wednesday it expects to cut jobs as it announced a slew of new executive appointments to accelerate direct-to-consumer initiatives amid the coronavirus pandemic.
28 July 2020, 14:53 PM

Nolan blockbuster 'Tenet' set for August 26 international release

Christopher Nolan's hotly-awaited, super-secret sci-fi epic "Tenet" will finally release internationally on August 26 before hitting a limited number of US screens in September, Warner Bros said Monday.
27 July 2020, 19:50 PM

Big Tech and antitrust: Where things stand

The four major tech firms whose chief executives are testifying at a congressional antitrust hearing face a variety of complaints about their dominance in the US and elsewhere. Investigations are being led by antitrust enforcers at the Justice Department, Federal Trade Commission and by authorities in US states. Here is a summary of the main issues.
27 July 2020, 17:18 PM

Google to extend work-from-home policy to mid-2021

Google will allow most employees to work from home through to July 2021 in response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the tech giant said Monday.
27 July 2020, 17:13 PM

India bans 47 more Chinese mobile apps

India has banned 47 more Chinese apps just weeks after blocking the highly popular video-sharing platform TikTok and 58 others over national security and privacy concerns, an information ministry official and media reports said Monday.
27 July 2020, 13:04 PM

Highflying Tesla reports surprise profit despite Covid-19 upheaval

Tesla reported a surprise second-quarter profit Wednesday as it confirmed ambitious targets for 2020 car deliveries despite the coronavirus pandemic and announced plans for a new auto factory in Texas.
26 July 2020, 14:16 PM

The world's rising tide of plastic pollution - and how to stem it

From straws and bags to cups and swabs, the amount of plastic waste in the ocean is expected to triple over the next two decades, threatening the health of humans and the planet and fuelling climate change, researchers said on Thursday.
26 July 2020, 13:57 PM

US unveils blueprint for 'virtually unhackable' internet

US officials and scientists have begun laying the groundwork for a more secure "virtually unhackable" internet based on quantum computing technology.
25 July 2020, 13:27 PM

TikTok launches $200 mn 'creator fund'

TikTok unveiled plans for a $200 million "creator fund" to add content from emerging social media personalities to the fast-growing video-sharing app.
25 July 2020, 13:22 PM

Plastic pollution flowing into oceans to triple by 2040 - study

The amount of plastic waste flowing into the ocean and killing marine life could triple in the next 20 years unless companies and governments can drastically reduce plastic production, a new study published on Thursday said.
24 July 2020, 19:46 PM

Yoshihiko Matsuo and how the 240z became a design icon

Some cars are so perfectly designed that they shut down all argument. Such is the Datsun 240z. It is so aesthetically pleasing you cannot take a bad photograph. Perfect from every angle and that is a rare thing for cars. Yoshihiko Matsuo was the lead designer responsible for this. He passed away on July 11 at age 86.
24 July 2020, 14:50 PM