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Apple unveils new smartwatch, nears 2 bn devices

  CUPERTINO, United States (AFP) --  Apple unveiled a redesigned smartwatch on Wednesday as the California tech giant said it was nearing its…

NASA counts down to launch of laser study of ice sheets

  by Kerry Sheridan Agence France Presse TAMPA, United States (AFP) -- NASA counted down Saturday to the launch of…

SpaceX announces new plan to send tourist around Moon

  LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- SpaceX on Thursday announced a new plan to launch a tourist around the…

UAE announces first astronauts to go to space

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) -- The United Arab Emirates has selected its first two astronauts to go on a mission…

Brief Facebook outage after ‘networking issues’

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)--Facebook users around the world reported the social network was briefly inaccessible Monday, with many taking to…

Australia unveils starfish-killing robot to protect Barrier Reef

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- A robot submarine able to hunt and kill the predatory crown-of-thorns starfish devastating the Great Barrier…

Apple expected to unveil new iPhones at September 12 event

SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) - Apple on Thursday sent out invitations to a September 12 event at which it…

Space station reports ‘leak’, crew not in danger

MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- The International Space Station crew on Thursday was repairing a small "leak" most likely caused by a…

Robot teachers invade Chinese kindergartens

by Elizabeth Law and Danni Zhu Agence France Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) -- The Chinese kindergarten children giggled as they…

Facebook rolls out video service worldwide

PARIS, France (AFP) -- Facebook said Wednesday it is rolling out globally its Watch video service, which has already been…

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