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Twitter to see executive shakeup: reports 25 Jan 2016 - 07:59 am

The Twitter logo is shown at its corporate headquarters in San Francisco, California, in this April 28, 2015. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith/Files San Francisco: Twitter...

How to use Twitter without going insane 24 Jan 2016 - 06:23 pm

Never get in a serious argument on Twitter, vigorously monitor whom you can see talking to you and liberally apply the mute button....

Al Banuche Cafeteria: One of the best & cheapest egg-cheese sandwich in town 24 Jan 2016 - 05:41 pm

By Pramod Prabhakaran Al Banuche is the place to go for the best egg-cheese sandwich in the city. Situated in the lane next...

Arab nations eye China, domestic market to revive tourism 24 Jan 2016 - 08:08 am

A large group of tourists gather at the entrance to Luxor Temple, Luxor, Egypt, 10 June 2015. Stringer/EPA Madrid: Arab nations are looking...

Holocaust survivor donates tiny 'freedom shoes' to Auschwitz museum 23 Jan 2016 - 11:17 am

This handout picture released by Auschwitz-Birkenau museum in Oswiecim on January 20, 2016, shows a donation by former Auschwitz prisoner Batszewa Dagan to...

Facebook gets in game with new sports hub 21 Jan 2016 - 05:17 pm

Facebook launches Sports Stadium hub for you to chat about the big game San Francisco: Facebook announced a drive Thursday to be a...

Safety, savings fuel push for driverless trucks 21 Jan 2016 - 10:29 am

By Byron Kaye and Toby Sterling SYDNEY/AMSTERDAM: After decades checking their rearview mirrors for the threat from rail and air transport, truckers around...

Nielsen, Facebook team up to measure TV social media impact 21 Jan 2016 - 10:17 am

New York: Nielsen has reached agreement with Facebook to improve how it measures the social media impact of TV shows, a useful means...

Beat this! You just can't have more than 200 friends on Facebook 20 Jan 2016 - 09:39 am

London: If someone claims that he or she has over 1,000 friends on Facebook, he or she is probably lying. According to an...

Antarctic restorers uncover century-old artifacts left by early explorers 19 Jan 2016 - 03:17 pm

Mawson's Huts Foundation chief conservator, Dr Ian Godfrey, chips ice from the shelves in Sir Douglas Mawson's bedroom in Mawson's Hut at Cape...

French museum returns looted statue head to Cambodia 19 Jan 2016 - 03:12 pm

The head of Harihara statue Phnom Penh: A French museum has returned the head of a statue of a Hindu god that was...

Samsung begins mass producing world's fastest 4GB HBM DRAM 19 Jan 2016 - 03:00 pm

Seoul: Samsung Electronics said on Tuesday that it has begun mass-producing the world's fastest 4-gigabyte high bandwidth memory (HBM) dynamic random access memory...

People in high-rise buildings may not survive cardiac arrest 19 Jan 2016 - 02:47 pm

Two visitors take in the view from the Shard. Reuters New York: Survival rates from cardiac arrest decreases the higher up the building...

Every French cook knows how to make this simple cake, and now you do, too 19 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

By Dorie Greenspan I've been a part-time Parisian for almost 20 years, but you wouldn't know it if you judged my assimilation by...

Popping pills to manage pain can prove fatal for you 18 Jan 2016 - 06:01 pm

New York: The arrest of Indian-American psychiatrist Narendra Nagareddy for allegedly overprescribing opioids, leading to overdoses and several deaths, has once again highlighted...

Renault promises plan to cut emissions levels 18 Jan 2016 - 01:21 pm

Renault to develop a technical plan to lower harmful emissions Boulogne-Billancourt, France: French carmaker Renault on Monday promised to come up with a...

US pledges $4 bn to speed self-driving cars 16 Jan 2016 - 04:28 pm

Google self-driving project. Detroit: The US administration pledged Thursday to help clear the way for autonomous vehicles with an investment of $4 billion...