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Facebook adds time tracking feature to apps

The new features come amid growing concerns from mental health experts and a vocal group of technologists about the impact social media is having on people.

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Einstein's theory of relativity aces its first black hole test

The test exploited the intense gravitational field around the monster black hole at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy.

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Rising seas could knock out the internet — and sooner than scientists thought

New research says 4,000 miles of internet cable could be underwater by 2030.

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Reddit announces data breach that threatens anonymity of users

Many Reddit users choose to remain anonymous on the website in order to freely discuss controversial topics or post salacious pictures.

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Devastating drought, heat wave hammer farmers across northern Europe

"I have never seen this type of hot and dry weather and I've been farming over 30 years," one farmer in Finland said.

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Facebook's new foreign influence report excluded most divisive rhetoric

Facebook released only some of the pages and content publicly, declining to release the depth some pages went to stoke racial tension.

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Scientists are pushing the limits of 3D printing with these shape-shifting materials

The tech could be used to create magnetically controlled implants or "soft robots."

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Conspiracy theorists hijack YouTube results for A-listers

The video portal has been repeatedly criticized for not curtailing videos of conspiracy theories and false information on its platform.

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Going to Mars will involve all sorts of risks. Going bonkers might be the biggest

NASA has a plan to help spaceflyers cope with profound isolation during the two-year round trip.

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Paris' cooling bench is the latest tool to help people cool down

Paris is hoping to tackle peoples woes in the heatwave with a refreshing bench- but does it work?

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US set to allow 3D of printing guns after last-ditch legal challenge fails

Blueprints for several weapons are expected to made available online on Wednesday

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Fake Facebook profiles cause heartbreak for families and colleagues

"It's scary, and you need to be careful. I've gone through my friends list, and tightened all of my security settings."

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Virgin Galactic spaceplane smashes altitude record in latest test flight

Sleek craft climbs to 32 miles over California's Mojave Desert.

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Anti-social? Trump rips Twitter for 'discriminatory' 'shadow banning' practices

"Shadow banning" is a vague term that refers to the idea that certain Twitter profiles have become more difficult for users to find and see.

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Facebook: Five things to know after fortunes shift

Facebook shares lost as much of a quarter of their value on Wednesday after executives said that profit margins would plummet for several years. Euronews takes a look at how this happened.

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Facebook stock plunges more than 20 percent

The results marked a rare disappointing day for investors in Facebook, which for years has regularly beaten analysts' expectations.

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YouTube issues warning to Infowars founder, takes down four videos

Infowars and Jones have become a flashpoint as platforms have pledged to crack down on users who push outlandish conspiracy theories.

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A lake on Mars? Discovery of liquid water below planet's surface stokes hopes of finding life

European spacecraft detects a chilly reservoir a mile beneath the planet's icy surface.

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Your brain in the cloud? How the tech world wants to disrupt death

Technologists are opening the door to near-everlasting life as well as a myriad of ethical and philosophical questions.

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This 'pseudo-satellite' drone can fly 70,000 feet up in the sky

Zephyr could replace some spy or Earth-observing satellites in the future.