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Alibaba makes offer for China's YouTube, Youku Tudou
Oct 16, 2015 (AFP)
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba on Friday made a multi-billion-dollar offer to buy the outstanding shares of online video company Youku Tudou -- the country's ...
Affordable camera reveals hidden details invisible to the naked eye
Oct 16, 2015 (SPX)
Peering into a grocery store bin, it's hard to tell if a peach or tomato or avocado is starting to go bad underneath its skin. But an affordable camera technolo...
Researchers take first steps to create biodegradable displays for electronics
Oct 16, 2015 (SPX)
Americans, on average, replace their mobile phones every 22 months, junking more than 150 million phones a year in the process. When it comes to recycling and p...
Toward clearer, cheaper imaging of ultrafast phenomena
Oct 15, 2015 (SPX)
Many mysteries of nature are locked up in the world of the very small and the very fast. Chemical reactions and material phase transitions, for example, happen ...
Twitter to cut 8% of workforce, refocus under Dorsey
Oct 13, 2015 (AFP)
Twitter said Tuesday it was slashing eight percent of its workforce as newly returned chief executive Jack Dorsey outlined his "roadmap" to boost users and reve...
Mobile ad-blockers could wipe out billions in ad revenue
Oct 11, 2015 (AFP)
Mobile Internet sites face a new threat as millions download ad-blockers to their phones and tablets, removing pesky adverts but potentially wiping out billions...
Twitter planning layoffs: report
Oct 09, 2015 (AFP)
Twitter will lay off employees next week as freshly-returned chief Jack Dorsey pushes for a leaner operation focused on winning users, tech news website Re/code...
Computer shipments sink under weight of strong dollar
Oct 08, 2015 (AFP)
Worldwide shipments of personal computers sank in the recently ended quarter with a strong US dollar weighing down sales, market tracker Gartner reported on Thu...
Microscopy technology augments surgeon's view for greater accuracy
Oct 08, 2015 (SPX)
Researchers at the University of Arizona (UA) have developed a prototype of a new microscope technology that could help surgeons work with a greater degree of a...
US journalist found guilty in hacking trial
Oct 08, 2015 (AFP)
A federal jury in Northern California on Wednesday found a journalist guilty of computer crimes for helping hackers deface the Los Angeles Times website. Matthe...
Electron tomography with 3,487 images in 3.5 seconds
Oct 07, 2015 (SPX)
Scientists from the Ernst Ruska-Centre in Forschungszentrum Julich used a transmission electron microscope to record almost 3500 images in 3.5 seconds for the r...
Twitter makes it easier to grab onto hot 'Moments'
Oct 06, 2015 (AFP)
Twitter made it easier Tuesday to seize hot tweets and high-profile posts from the flood of real-time commentary at the one-to-many messaging service. A new "Mo...
Anti-aging treatment for smart windows
Oct 06, 2015 (SPX)
Electrochromic windows, so-called 'smart windows', share a well-known problem with rechargeable batteries - their limited lifespan. Researchers at Uppsala Unive...
Microsoft unveils first laptop, Windows 10 smartphones
Oct 06, 2015 (AFP)
Microsoft unveiled its first laptop and its first Windows 10 smartphones Tuesday as it aims to widen the use of its new operating system in the mobile technolog...
Microsoft unveils Windows 10 smartphones, new laptop
Oct 06, 2015 (AFP)
Microsoft unveiled its first Windows 10 smartphones Tuesday as it launched a series of new gadgets in a bid to win a bigger share of the competitive mobile mark...
Google parent Alphabet codifies doing the right thing
Oct 05, 2015 (AFP)
Google's new parent company hit the stock market on Monday with an inked credo to "Do the right thing" -- a spin on the founding principle "Don't be evil." "Emp...
Researchers produce breakthrough for photography
Oct 02, 2015 (SPX)
A revolutionary breakthrough is underway at Dartmouth's Thayer School of Engineering, an innovation that may usher in the next generation of light sensing techn...
China's Huawei rides Google coattails into new markets
Oct 01, 2015 (AFP)
With a partnership to make one of Google's flagship Nexus smartphones, Chinese tech giant Huawei is gaining new prominence which could help its efforts to win b...
Google counters Apple with Nexus phones, new tablet
Sep 29, 2015 (AFP)
Google fired back at Apple on Tuesday with a pair of new smartphones, a "convertible" tablet and other gadgetry ahead of the year-end holiday shopping season. T...
Apple sells record 13 mn iPhones in weekend launch
Sep 28, 2015 (AFP)
Apple said Monday it sold 13 million of its new iPhones over the weekend, in a record-breaking launch for the latest model of its iconic smartphone. The Califor...
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