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WhatsApp dark mode rolling out for beta testers on Android 22 Jan 2020 - 01:12 pm
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Apple Planning to Make Original Podcasts Promoting Its TV Shows 22 Jan 2020 - 01:02 am
A woman uses her Apple iPhone and laptop in a cafe in lower Manhattan in New York City, US, May 8, 2019. Reuters/Mike Segar
Australian bushfires threaten to drive tiny animal communities extinct 21 Jan 2020 - 05:52 pm
An injured koala is treated by volunteer Cassie Riggs and Lieutenant Susie Rattiganat the Kangaroo Island Wildlife Park, at the Wildlife Emergency Response Centre in Parndana, Kangaroo Island, Australia January 19, 2020. Reuters/Tracey Nearmy
Facebook to boost site safety with 1,000 more UK staff 21 Jan 2020 - 04:32 pm
FILE PHOTO: Employees have lunch at the canteen at Facebook's new headquarters, designed by Canadian-born American architect Frank Gehry, at Rathbone Place in central London.  AFP / Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS
Man takes over airport monitor to play video game 21 Jan 2020 - 11:26 am
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SpaceX launches, destroys rocket in astronaut escape test 19 Jan 2020 - 09:33 pm
SpaceX founder and chief engineer Elon Musk retrieves his mobile phone during a post-launch news conference to discuss the SpaceX Crew Dragon astronaut capsule in-flight abort test at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. January 19, 2
Tiny Seychelles island coaxes bird back from brink 19 Jan 2020 - 08:31 pm
Yan Coquet, program coordinator of the conservation boot camp, comforts an Aldabra giant tortois as he monitors Cousin Island, a nature reserve island managed by Nature Seychelles November 21, 2019. AFP / Yasuyoshi Chiba
Twitter's top lawyer is final word on blocking tweets-even Donald Trump's 19 Jan 2020 - 10:54 am
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SpaceX to try rocket failure test again after bad weather delay 19 Jan 2020 - 08:28 am
The SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule sits atop a Falcon 9 booster rocket on Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center after a scheduled in-flight abort test was postponed due to poor weather offshore at Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. January 18, 2020. REUTERS/Steve Nesius
WhatsApp to get animated stickers feature soon 18 Jan 2020 - 03:35 pm
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Wildfire-hit countries in need of new strategies to tame burning threat 17 Jan 2020 - 09:29 pm

But the essential problem, researchers said, is rising populations in places like Australia and the United States, coupled with a desire to live in pleasant environments, putting many more people in the path of fires.
Nations dawdle on agreeing rules to control 'killer robots' in future wars 17 Jan 2020 - 09:28 pm
A CloudMinds robot uses a needle at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on February 26, 2019. AFP / Pau Barrena
'Alarm' over climate change rising among Americans, survey shows 17 Jan 2020 - 09:28 pm
A girl sits on a log next to the roots of a tree which have been exposed as a result of high-tides near the village of Teaoraereke on South Tarawa in Kiribati nation, May 25, 2013. Reuters / David Gray
Aviation experts puzzled after airliner dumps fuel over city 16 Jan 2020 - 10:20 pm
A Delta Air Lines flight is pushed put of its gate at the airport in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S., January 12, 2018. Reuters/Mike Blake
'We can't close our eyes' to climate change, says Marshall Isles ex-president 16 Jan 2020 - 08:18 pm
Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine addresses the United Nations General Assembly, September 22, 2016. Reuters / Eduardo Munoz
Rio police investigate utility for smelly, colorful water 16 Jan 2020 - 08:18 pm
Cleaning staffers collect a bed mattress at the mouth of the Meriti river in Duque de Caxias next to Rio de Janeiro, July 20, 2016. AFP
Microsoft launches Edge browser on Windows and macOS 16 Jan 2020 - 11:32 am
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I eat just 7 dinner meals a week: Jack Dorsey 16 Jan 2020 - 10:46 am
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