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Facebook shares roller coaster as it rides change

Oct 31, 2018 (AFP)

Silicon Valley-based Facebook reported that its quarterly profit climbed in the recently ended quarter, but the social network -- mired in a spate of controvers...

Apple Watch supplier under fire over China student labour

Oct 30, 2018 (AFP)

The report raises fresh questions about the practices of suppliers Apple uses to build its gadgets in the country following the deaths of a number of workers in...

UK ratchets up pressure on US tech giants with new tax

Oct 30, 2018 (AFP)

The announcement was made in a budget speech on Monday by finance minister Philip Hammond, who said: "The UK has been leading attempts to deliver international ...

UK to introduce new tax for tech giants from 2020: minister

Oct 29, 2018 (AFP)

"It is only right that these global giants with profitable businesses in the UK pay their fair share," Hammond told parliament as he outlined the government's a...

Invention by NUS chemists opens the door to safer and less expensive X-ray imaging

Oct 26, 2018 (SPX)

Professor Liu Xiaogang and his team from the Department of Chemistry under the NUS Faculty of Science had developed novel lead halide perovskite nanocrystals th...

Trump complains about Twitter removing his followers

Oct 26, 2018 (AFP)

Trump, who has some 55 million Twitter followers, revived his argument about "bias" by internet firms in a morning tweet that suggested growth in his network wa...

Google parent Alphabet keeps ad growth; Twitter surges, Snapchat dims

Oct 25, 2018 (AFP)

Profits were better than expected for the US technology giant, while revenues fell short of forecasts, rising 21 percent to $33.7 billion in the three months en...

New technology to allow 100-times-faster internet

Oct 25, 2018 (SPX)

Broadband fiber-optics carry information on pulses of light, at the speed of light, through optical fibers. But the way the light is encoded at one end and proc...

Google abandons planned Berlin office hub

Oct 24, 2018 (AFP)

The US firm had planned to set up an incubator for start-up companies in Kreuzberg, one of the older districts in the west of the capital. But the company's Ger...

Macron urges Apple chief to boost investment in France

Oct 23, 2018 (AFP)

Macron called for Apple to go beyond a mere marketing presence in France and finance projects with higher added value, his office said. Macron also discussed Ap...

Facebook hires British ex-deputy PM as global affairs head

Oct 19, 2018 (AFP)

"I am delighted to be joining Facebook. After almost 20 years in European and British politics, this is an exciting new adventure for me," Clegg wrote on his Fa...

New moon: China to launch lunar lighting in outer space

Oct 19, 2018 (AFP)

Chengdu, a city in southwestern Sichuan province, is developing "illumination satellites" which will shine in tandem with the real moon, but are eight times bri...

Public investment funds join call for independent Facebook chair

Oct 17, 2018 (AFP)

The state treasurers of Illinois, Rhode Island and Pennsylvania and the New York City comptroller -- all of whom hold Facebook shares -- endorsed the proposal m...

Spacebit brings EOS blockchain to the final frontier

Oct 17, 2018 (SPX)

The platform aims to create a more efficient model for access to low-Earth and deep space communication networks using decentralised ground station networks enh...

Google CEO says 'important to explore' China project

Oct 16, 2018 (AFP)

Speaking at the Wired 25th anniversary conference late Monday, Pichai said Google leaders "feel obliged to think hard" about China despite criticism over the po...

Netflix surges on user gains, strong profits

Oct 16, 2018 (AFP)

Netflix said it gained almost seven million new users worldwide, to bring its total membership to more than 137 million. Profit in the quarter more than tripled...

Delivery startup Instacart valued at $7.6 bn in funding round

Oct 16, 2018 (AFP)

The funding round led by D1 Capital will be used to expand in North America, where Instacart has partnerships with some 300 retailers including Kroger, Aldi, Lo...

High-performance flexible transparent force touch sensor for wearable devices

Oct 16, 2018 (SPX)

Force touch sensors that recognize the location and pressure of external stimuli have received considerable attention for various applications, such as wearable...

World's fastest camera freezes time at 10 trillion frames per second

Oct 15, 2018 (SPX)

Although some measurements are possible, nothing beats a clear image, says INRS professor and ultrafast imaging specialist Jinyang Liang. He and his colleagues,...

Children drowning in 'digital diet of pizza and sweets'

Oct 14, 2018 (AFP)

With YouTube replacing Disney as the most-loved brand among young children in the US, and streaming giants encouraging binge viewing, a whole generation risk be...