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Google 'cloud' grows with new undersea data cables 16 Jan 2018 - 08:56 pm
Fast, reliable internet connections have become imperative as games, social networks, television, financial transactions, documents and more are accessed as services hosted online at data centers. (Representative image. Courtesy: Flickr /  US Pacific Flee
French startup launches hydrogen-powered bicyles 16 Jan 2018 - 08:48 pm
Pierre Forte (R), founder and CEO of Pragma Industries, and Alexandre Blanc (L), operations director, check an Alpha bike, first industrialised bicycle to use a hydrogen fuel cell at the Pragma Industries factory in Biarritz, France, January 15, 2018. Pic
This robotic maid takes us one step closer to 'The Jetsons' 16 Jan 2018 - 11:50 am
Aeolus Robot can clean homes, memorize objects and even bring you a drink from your fridge. The machine's creators say it will be available for purchase by the end of this year. Aeolus Robotics
Fossil fuels blown away by wind in cost terms: Study 13 Jan 2018 - 12:53 pm
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Which voice in your fridge? Makers pick virtual assistants 13 Jan 2018 - 10:26 am
Monika Chalk of the Amazon Alexa team demonstrates an array of devices infused the company's artificial intelligence in a Roadshow trailer parked at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, January 10, 2018. AFP / Glenn Chapman
Facebook move will play out in long-term: analysts 13 Jan 2018 - 08:29 am
AFP / Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS
Freshwater under stress as acidity rises, scientists say 12 Jan 2018 - 07:52 pm
A general view of Lake Bunyonyi, a twisting 25-km (15.5-mile) long freshwater lake which lies in the far southwest of Uganda January 8, 2015. Reuters/Michael Turner
Amazon CEO becomes richest man in history 11 Jan 2018 - 11:54 am
Chief Executive Officer of Amazon Jeff Bezos attends The 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 7, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California. Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images/AFP
Cloud companies consider Intel rivals after security flaws found 10 Jan 2018 - 03:01 pm
The NVIDIA Xavier System chip is shown in this handout photo provided January 5, 2018.  Handout via Reuters
Travis the translator aims to make people understood 10 Jan 2018 - 10:46 am
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Microsoft says chip fix may significantly slow some servers 09 Jan 2018 - 10:38 pm
This file photo taken on May 13, 2009 shows an Intel processor in Brussels.  AFP / Dominique Faget
Twitter misses deadline to provide information to US Senate 09 Jan 2018 - 10:14 pm
A 3D printed Twitter logo is seen in this illustration picture made in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, February 3, 2016. (Reuters / Dado Ruvic)
Tech a new religion at consumer gadget extravaganza 09 Jan 2018 - 08:31 am
Kazuo Hirai, president and CEO of Sony Corporation, holds an Aibo robotic dog during a news conference at the 2018 CES in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. January 8, 2018. REUTERS/Steve Marcus
As Britain bans microbeads, lawmakers urge more action on plastic 08 Jan 2018 - 09:26 pm
FILE PHOTO: Researchers filtered these facial cleansers and toothpastes in a lab to see how many plastic microbeads they contained. (Courtesy of the New York Attorney General)
India to launch 31 satellite 08 Jan 2018 - 04:06 pm
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Flawed computer chips and how to fix them 05 Jan 2018 - 06:42 pm
These chips are called micro-processors because processor sizes have come down significantly to integrate them into small devices. Processor power is measured in bits, a gauge of how many pieces of information a processor can handle at any one time. (Repr
2017 was second hottest year on record, after sizzling 2016 04 Jan 2018 - 08:54 pm
Last year was slightly “cooler than the warmest year on record, 2016, and warmer than the previous second warmest year, 2015”, it said. Temperature records date back to the late 19th century. AFP / Roberto Schmidt
How a researcher hacked his own computer and found worst chip flaw 04 Jan 2018 - 08:42 pm
Separately, a second defect called Spectre has been found that also exposes core memory in most computers and mobile devices running on chips made by Intel, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and ARM Holdings, a unit of Japan’s Softbank (Reuters TV screenshot)