technology

Facebook misidentified thousands of political ads: study

PARIS, France (AFP) -- Facebook misidentified tens of thousands of advertisements flagged under its political ads policy, according to a…

Uber Eats to quit Hong Kong after five years

HONG KONG, China (AFP) - Online food delivery platform Uber Eats announced on Tuesday it will quit Hong Kong at…

Seoul trials pint-sized robots in nursery schools

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- Seoul has started trialling pint-sized robots as teaching aids in kindergartens -- a pilot project…

Australia looks to wall off sensitive tech from China

  by Andrew BEATTY Agence France Presse SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Australia on Wednesday announced measures to ring-fence dozens of…

Israel start-up offers virtual ‘Clean Coins’ for garbage

by Alexandra Vardi Agence France-Presse HAIFA, Israel (AFP) - As she walked her dog Luna near her northern Israel town,…

Original Apple computer built by Jobs and Wozniak sells for $400k

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- An original Apple computer, hand-built by company founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak 45…

Chinese hypersonic test like a “Sputnik moment’: top US general

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The Pentagon's top general said Wednesday that China's recent test of an earth-circling hypersonic missile…

Google cuts its commission on app subscriptions

SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) -- Google announced Thursday it will lower a fee in its app store as pressure…

Millions of Microsoft-stored data records mistakenly exposed

SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) -- Some 38 million records stored on a Microsoft service, including private information, were mistakenly…

Elon Musk says Tesla’s robot will make physical work a ‘choice’

After dominating the electric vehicle market and throwing his hat into the billionaire space race, Tesla boss Elon Musk announced…

Start-up launches India’s first Covid home test kit

LONAVLA, India (AFP) -- Indian start-up Mylab Discovery Solutions hopes that its inexpensive Covid-19 home test kit -- the country's…

Mind over matter: brain chip allows paralyzed man to write

  by Sara HUSSEIN Agence France Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Paralyzed from the neck down, the man stares intently…

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