Flying car startup backed by Google founder offers test flights
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) -- A flying car project backed by Google co-founder Larry Page was closer to take-off…
6 years ago
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Facebook staff to learn Sinhala insults after Sri Lanka riots
by Amal Jayasinghe © Agence France-Presse COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AFP) -- Three months after Sri Lanka was rocked by deadly anti-Muslim…
6 years ago
In South Africa, a unique telescope link-up scans deep space
by Susan NJANJI Agence France-Presse SUTHERLAND, South Africa (AFP) -- Scientists in South Africa on Friday launched the world's first…
6 years ago
Facebook says Chinese phone makers got access to data
by Glenn Chapman © Agence France-Presse SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) -- Facebook on Tuesday confirmed that a Chinese phone…
6 years ago
Scans reveal newsprint, second painting under Picasso
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Infrared imaging technology has helped peel back the layers of a Pablo Picasso painting on display…
6 years ago
SpaceX delays plans to send tourists around Moon: report
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- SpaceX will not send tourists around the Moon this year as previously announced, and will delay…
6 years ago
Look: Trio reach Earth from ISS with football slated for World Cup
by Dana Rysmukhamedova Agence France-Presse Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov made it back to Earth Sunday along with an official match…
6 years ago
Facebook to swap ‘trending’ topics for breaking news
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) -- Facebook on Friday said it is getting rid of a "trending" topics feature as…
6 years ago
Final Fruit-ier: Thailand plans to send smelly durian into space
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) -- It's one small step for Thailand, one giant leap for Southeast Asia's smelliest fruit. Thailand…
6 years ago
‘Surprising’ methane dunes found on Pluto
TAMPA, United States (AFP) -- Pluto is covered with surprising dunes made of methane ice, which have formed relatively recently…
6 years ago
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