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Apple apologises to customers for slowing down older iPhones

The company is now slashing prices for battery replacements

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WhatsApp pulls plug on older smartphones from New Year

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

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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.

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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.

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Taxi drivers protest against Uber and Cabify

Taxi drivers say the apps pose unfair competition.

Earth 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

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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.

Ecotech

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.

World News

Seven things you might not know your iPhone can do

With the launch of the new iPhone, here are a few tips to get the most out of an Apple device.

World News

This video of man dropping new iPhone X is too hard to watch

Warning to Apple fans: this video is painful to watch.

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Apple frenzy back around the world for iPhone X

iPhone fans around the world have joined queues on the streets to be the first to get their hands on the new iPhone X

World News

Meet the Innovation Radar prize 2017 finalists

Europe’s most innovative projects have been shortlisted

USA

Twitter bans RT and Sputnik from advertising after election row

Technology groups have been under-pressure following accusations they helped Russia interfere in presidential elections.