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Tech tool aims to stop 'bottlenecks' in reaching UK homeless 29 Aug 2019 - 06:14 pm
A homeless woman from north Wales sits huddled under a sleeping bag next to her dog in a shopping arcade near the Victoria rail station in London, December 14, 2012. Reuters/Chris Helgren
Oceans turning from friend to foe, warns landmark UN climate report 29 Aug 2019 - 06:03 pm
A crane hangs over the first jacket installed to support a turbine for a wind farm in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean off Block Island, Rhode Island, July 27, 2015. Reuters / Brian Snyder
More people, less water? Scientists see risks on upper Nile 28 Aug 2019 - 08:39 pm
Pope Francis looks over the river Nile from a terrace in Cairo, Egypt, April 29, 2017. (Osservatore Romano handout via Reuters)
Skull find in Ethiopia yields new clues on how humans evolved 28 Aug 2019 - 08:16 pm
This handout photograph released by The Cleveland Museum of Natural History on August 28, 2019, shows fragments of an Australopithecus skull found in Ethiopia. AFP/ Cleveland Museum of Natural History / Bence Viola/ Dale Omeri
Apple apologizes over Siri privacy and will no longer retain audio recordings 28 Aug 2019 - 07:43 pm
A reporter walk by an Apple logo during a media event in San Francisco, California, September 9, 2015. AFP/Josh Edelson
Tech firms struggle to police content while avoiding bias 28 Aug 2019 - 07:43 pm
A smartphone being operated in front of GAFA logos (acronym for Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon) as background in Hédé-Bazouges, western France, on September 28, 2017. AFP/Damien Meyer
Are water shortages driving migration? Researchers dispel myths 27 Aug 2019 - 08:09 pm
They warned against over-simplifying the links between water and migration, and said many of those who do move - at least partly because of water-related pressures such as floods, droughts and pollution - may not travel far. AFP/Zinyange Auntony.
Armed with smartphones, Myanmar e-sports players battle power outages 27 Aug 2019 - 01:09 pm
This photo taken on August 22, 2019 shows eSports professional player Myint Myat Zaw, also known as
Spacecraft carrying Russia's first humanoid robot docks at ISS 27 Aug 2019 - 12:27 pm
A combination of handout photographs shows (L) provided by NASA on March 13, 2012 showing an image of the Robonaut 2 humanoid robot in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station (ISS), (top R) Taken on July 26, 2019 and released by the offi
Eggs from last northern white rhinos fertilised, scientists say 26 Aug 2019 - 04:03 pm
Fatu (L), 19, files along behind her mother Najin, 30, as they are led back to pasture by caretakers on August 23, 2019 at the ol-Pejeta conservancy in Nanyuki, 147 kilometres north of Kenyan capital, Naironi.  AFP / TONY KARUMBA
High above Greenland glaciers, NASA looks into melting ocean ice 26 Aug 2019 - 08:11 am
Icebergs float behind the town of Kulusuk in Greenland on August 19, 2019.  AFP / Jonathan NACKSTRAND
Why are the Amazon fires sparking a crisis for Brazil - and the world? 25 Aug 2019 - 10:34 pm
People wear masks while gathering ahead a demonstration to demand more protection for the Amazon rainforest, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil August 25, 2019. Reuters/Sergio Moraes
German army seeks out gamers in hunt for computer-savvy recruits 25 Aug 2019 - 04:07 pm
A gamer plays a cloud-based coputer game of Microsoft's Project X Cloud during Europe's leading digital games fair Gamescom, which showcases the latest trends of the computer gaming scene in Cologne, Germany, August 21, 2019. Reuters/Wolfgang Rattay
Docking aborted for Russia's first humanoid robot in space 25 Aug 2019 - 04:07 pm
This handout picture taken on July 26, 2019 and released by the official website of the Russian State Space Corporation ROSCOSMOS on August 21, 2019 shows Russian humanoid robot Skybot F-850 (Fedor) being tested ahead of its flight on board Soyuz MS-14 sp
Rare earths are contested ground between US and China 25 Aug 2019 - 08:20 am
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In praise of the big pixel: Gaming is having a retro moment 24 Aug 2019 - 10:18 pm
A gamer plays Pac-Man, first released in 1980 on a historic Commodore 64 computer in the hall for retro games of Europe's leading digital games fair Gamescom, which showcases the latest trends of the computer gaming scene in Cologne, Germany, August 21, 2
Cloud gaming faces challenges as Google prepares launch 24 Aug 2019 - 10:18 pm
Visitors play the cloud-gaming based
The sky never goes dark while the Amazon burns 22 Aug 2019 - 02:08 pm
This handout NASA Earth Observatory image obtained on August 21, 2019, captured by Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Aqua satellite shows several fires burning in the Brazilian states of Amazonas (top C-L), Para (top R), Mato