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How can we change the way we teach in schools?

Although much has changed technology-wise since the dawn of the new millennium, the way young people are taught in schools has remained something of a constant. Isn't it about time the education system was tweaked for the modern age?

07/12/2018

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Tiny satellites are reshaping spaceflight — but bringing new risks

"Right now these things are toys, but if folks decide to work on it, we can turn them into tools."

07/12/2018

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How Huawei became an international tech giant — and why that has put it in legal peril

Along with Huawei's success has come suspicion about the company's ties to China's government, its willingness to overlook U.S. sanctions and the security of its systems.

06/12/2018

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What is a tsunami?

The giant waves can move at speeds of up to 500 miles an hour and reach heights of hundreds of feet.

05/12/2018

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Data breach on Quora affects 100 million users

Today's top question on Quora might be: 'Was my data stolen?'

05/12/2018

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Enormous 'energy kite' promises a new way to harness wind power

The experimental device is part of the secretive Google X research lab.

05/12/2018

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Robot janitors are moving into Walmart

Starting next year, hundreds of robot janitors will be scrubbing floors at Walmart stores nationwide.

04/12/2018

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Amid booming economy, companies boost their ad spending — for now

Midterm political campaigns spent an unprecedented $4 billion in 2018, a 43 percent jump since the last election cycle.

04/12/2018

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Tumblr to ban all adult content

Tumblr CEO Jeff D'Onofrio painted the ban as a move towards a "better, more positive Tumblr" in a blog post Monday.

04/12/2018

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CIMON the European space robot cops an attitude in first test run

There are still a few bugs in the system — among them the 11-pound robot's waspish personality.

04/12/2018

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Lawmakers demand answers on Amazon facial recognition tech

Their questions center on potential privacy threats and whether the software is being marketed to law enforcement without adequate precautions.

03/12/2018

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NASA spacecraft is poised for long-anticipated rendezvous with asteroid

It's the next step in the space agency's mission to bring a bit of an asteroid back to Earth.

02/12/2018

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Watch: New 'sunglasses' put 'sunshine into your eyes’

The smart device has been described as a "wearable sky".

30/11/2018

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Ex-manager says Facebook 'has a black people problem'

"Racial discrimination at Facebook is real," wrote Mark Luckie, a former manager at the social networking giant.

30/11/2018

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Floyd Mayweather Jr., DJ Khaled to pay big penalties in cryptocurrency promotions

The Securities and Exchange Commission said the charges were the first it has ever brought involving initial coin offerings.

30/11/2018

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World's first brick made of urine requires a lot of it

"Bio-bricks" may sound icky, but scientists say they offer crucial advantages over ordinary clay bricks.

29/11/2018

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Facebook rolls out its local news 'Today In' feature to more than 400 U.S. cities

The dedicated section collects and aggregates relevant stories for local communities in a packaged form in the user's NewsFeed.

29/11/2018

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How did Microsoft just overtake Apple as the world's most valuable company?

Growth in Microsoft's cloud business was up 76 percent in first quarter earnings for 2019.

29/11/2018

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U.K. cybersecurity agency mounts transparency push

The goal is to prevent cyberattacks like "WannaCry," which paralyzed computer systems around the world in May 2017.

29/11/2018

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Chinese researcher is "proud" of gene-editing twins

"Lulu and Nana were born normal and healthy," researcher He Jiankui said.

29/11/2018