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Telegram secretly plans ‘Gram’ cryptocurrency

  by Andrea Palasciano  MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Working in secrecy for a year, the Telegram messaging service has a…

New Huawei handset to launch without Google apps

SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) -- Huawei's upcoming flagship Mate 30 smartphone will launch next month without key Google apps,…

Russia sends its first humanoid robot Fedor into space

by Maria ANTONOVA MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Russia on Thursday launched an unmanned rocket carrying a life-size humanoid robot that…

Singapore to trial driverless buses booked with an app

SINGAPORE (AFP) -- Singapore will next week begin a public trial of driverless buses that can be booked with an…

Facebook launches tool to let users control data flow

 PARIS, FRANCE (AFP) -- Facebook, under pressure to ramp up privacy rules across its platform, said on Tuesday it was…

New planet discovered in orbit of young Milky Way star

PARIS, France (AFP) -- A second planet has been discovered circling Beta Pictoris, a fledgling star in our own galaxy…

WATCH: NASA descends on Icelandic lava field to prepare for Mars

BORGARNES, Iceland (AFP) -- To prepare for the next mission to Mars in 2020, NASA has taken to the lava…

Microsoft halts development of Minecraft update

SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) -- Microsoft has halted development of an ambitious update to Minecraft, throwing in the towel…

‘Majestic’ WWII Spitfire takes off on round-the-world flight

by Robin MILLARD © Agence France-Presse CHICHESTER, United Kingdom (AFP) -- An original Spitfire plane took off from Britain on…

S.Korea tests drone delivery in remote regions

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- Seoul began testing delivery by drone in the country's remote regions Wednesday, with the hope…

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