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Windows 10 update set for October release

SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) -- Microsoft on Friday announced that a major update to its Windows operating system will…

World’s biggest X-ray laser opens vast research vistas

by Pascale Mollard Agence France Presse PARIS, United States (AFP) -- A sleek, subterranean X-ray laser to be unveiled Friday…

Taiwanese inventor makes laser engraving available for the masses

TAIPEI, Taiwan (Reuters) -- A Taiwanese company is aiming to make laser engraving available to anyone by creating a device…

Largest asteroid in a century to whiz by Sept 1

MIAMI, United States (AFP) -- The largest asteroid in more than a century will whiz safely past Earth on September…

Egyptian students produce diesel from used car tires

CAIRO, EGYPT (Reuters) -- A group of engineering students in Cairo have built a machine that produces alternative fuel from…

New digital piggy bank helps Swiss kids save

ZURICH, Switzerland (AFP) -- In Switzerland, one of the world's wealthiest countries, financial planning starts young. The country's number two…

Facebook to reject ads from pages touting ‘fake news’

SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) -- Facebook on Monday said that pages that make a habit of linking to bogus…

German team wins SpaceX Hyperloop competition with 200 mph pod

CALIFORNIA, United States (Reuters) -- A team from the Technical University of Munich in Germany, known as WARR Hyperloop, won…

Samsung heir guilty of bribery, sentenced to five years jail

  by Sebastien Berger Agence France Presse SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- The heir to the Samsung business empire, which…

SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, California (Reuters) -- SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket carrying an Earth-observation satellite on Thursday,…

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