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Apple's privacy battle against rival tech giants is coming to your home screen

Apple on Thursday released the latest version of its iPhone operating system, which includes a new feature meant to notify people when apps are tracking them in unexpected ways.

USA

Mysterious 'alien megastructure' star may not be so special after all

Astronomers found more than a dozen stars that display similarly mystifying behavior.

USA

U.S., Canada have lost 3 billion birds. Scientists say 'nature is unraveling.'

"It's an empty feeling in your stomach that these same birds that you grew up with just aren't there anymore."

USA

Pinky bone DNA yields first portrait of extinct human relative

The Denisovan girl is shown with dark hair, piercing eyes and a broad face.

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New 'blackest black' material absorbs 99.995 percent of light

"It was unexpected — like a proper scientific discovery."

USA

Plenty of Fish bans users from posting photos with face filters

According to the dating site's poll, 25 percent said they believe potential dates are "pretending to be someone they're not."

USA

Greta Thunberg tells Congress: 'Unite behind the science'

"I am submitting this report as my testimony because I don't want you to listen to me," the 16-year-old said. "I want you to listen to the scientists."

USA

Smart TVs, smart-home devices found to be leaking sensitive user data

"Nearly all TV devices in our testbeds contacts Netflix even though we never configured any TV with a Netflix account," the researchers wrote.

USA

We keep looking for space aliens. Are they looking for us?

An intelligent species of extraterrestrials might have telescopes far more powerful than ours.

USA

My night stranded at one of Greenland's fastest-melting glaciers

I was reporting on climate change at a glacier. Then I got stuck there.

USA

Explorer says he reached the deepest part of the ocean. James Cameron disagrees.

The filmmaker hailed Victor Vescovo's miles-deep dive but said he had dived just as deep.

United Kingdom

Watch: Robots set to join surgical teams across the UK

The NHS is developing a £50 million framework for robotic surgical equipment. Surgeons use computers to operate four robotic arms, which are used to control instruments.

France

Watch: Paris tests 'flying taxi' as future of city transport

With pollution a major issue for Paris and public transport bursting at the seams, one start-up has a solution involving the River Seine.

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'Flying taxi' tested in Paris as city battles congestion & pollution

With air pollution a threat to Paris and transport lines bursting at the seams on rush hour, a startup is proposing a "flying taxi" as a greener alternative that makes use of the River Seine.

World

Apple bites back: Tech giant takes on the Europe Union over tax bill

In one corner, the poster child for American tech success. In the other, the world's foremost authority on corporate regulation. The prize: €13 billion euros in back taxes.

USA

Scientists discover most massive neutron star ever seen

A sugar-cube's worth of the dead star's material has a mass of about 100 million tons.

USA

Huge, mysterious 'bubbles' discovered at the heart of the Milky Way

The radio-emitting bubbles are near our galaxy's supermassive black hole.

USA

Fake gravity and 'supersized basketball': A look inside the space hotel experience

The planned Von Braun Station could open as soon as 2027.

Business

5G and SMEs: the keys to digital transformation at ITU Telecom World

ITU Telecom World 2019 gathers governments, industry and entrepeneurs in Budapest, Hungary. This year's topic focuses on the importance of global collaboration in the telecom world: "Innovating together: connectivity that matters".

USA

With confetti and push notifications, stock app Robinhood nudges investors toward risk

"I liken it to giving the keys of a sports car to a 12-year-old," said Tara Falcone, a certified financial planner and the founder of ReisUP, a financial education company.