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Apple investors urge action on iPhone addiction among kids

Snapchat, YouTube, Instagram: is all this time on smartphones bad for children?

USA

Tech giants scramble to fend off chip security flaws

Hundreds of millions of iPhone and iPad users could be at risk of hacking until Apple releases a patch to its Safari web browser that protects them from "Spectre", one of the two major vulnerabilities discovered this week.

Economy

Uber co-founder Kalanick to sell part of stake

Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick is selling almost a third of his 10 percent stake in the ride-share company.

World News

Missed out on the bitcoin boom? Try these virtual currencies instead

Bitcoin is so 2017. If you missed out on the virtual currency boom, here are five other digital assets you can jump into to try to ride the next wave.

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Living

The man behind Google’s new campus

Thomas Heatherwick reflects on cityscape architecture and how it should “lift up and nourish” urban living.

World News

Apple apologises to customers for slowing down older iPhones

The company is now slashing prices for battery replacements

World News

WhatsApp pulls plug on older smartphones from New Year

The instant messaging service is ending its support for older and less popular operating systems

World News

Reader poll: Who should be Euronews' Innovations Personality of the Ye

Euronews wants your say on who should be one of the five personalities of the year—in fields including space, innovation, culture, business and sport.

Switzerland

The world's steepest funicular railway opens in Switzerland

The futuristic Stoos Bahn climbs a 110% gradient between Schywz to the mountain village of Stoos in central Switzerland.

Japan

An app to help pregnant women find train seats is being trialled in To

Tokyo is trialling an app allowing a pregnant women to send a message when she wants a seat, which will then look for pre-registered users who have said they are willing to give up theirs.

World News

Taxi drivers protest against Uber and Cabify

Taxi drivers say the apps pose unfair competition.

Green News

Extreme Skateboarding

It is said to ride like a surfboard and snowboard.

Germany

Germany announces ban on children's smartwatches

The German telecommunications regulator has asked parents to destroy children's smartwatches over privacy concerns

Green News

Fei Fei Sun, Spectacles, and Ferrari

Five things to know this week

Sci-Tech

How is tech going to transform the way we work?

Recruitment and tech experts give their predictions for the future of work.

Germany

Germans to collect unemployment benefits at supermarket checkouts

The new system will allow those entitled to benefits to directly collect cash at tills, rather than using distributors at job centres.

Sci-Tech

The tech innovations that are going to change our world

World News

Is your phone using the EU's new location-tracking system, Galileo?

Galileo could improve your phone's location accuracy up to 100 times. Here’s how to find out if you can use it and what it can do.

Eco-Innovation

Watch: British inventor sets jet suit world record

Richard Browning managed to hit more than 50 km/h over an English lake.

Cult

Exhibition brings Van Gogh to life

There are paintings by Vincent Van Gogh, but this is no ordinary exhibition. Visitors to Van Gogh Alive in Athens are surrounded by a symphony of light, colour and sound.