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Google launches new phones, speakers in hardware push

Alphabet Inc’s Google on Wednesday unveiled the second generation of its Pixel smartphone along with new voice-enabled home speakers, redoubling…

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Dubochet, Frank, Henderson win 2017 Nobel Chemistry Prize

Scientists Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson won the 2017 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for developing cryo-electron microscopy which…

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General Motors targets 20 all-electric models by 2023

General Motors announced plans Monday to launch 20 all-electric cars by 2023, part of a long-term push to an "all-electric"…

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Google unveils new moves to boost struggling news organisations

Google announced new steps to help struggling news organisations Monday -- including an end to a longstanding "first click free"…

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Apple sees sharp increase in US national security requests

Apple Inc has received more than four times as many national-security related requests from the U.S. government in the first…

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China disrupts WhatsApp ahead of Communist Party meeting

Chinese authorities appear to have severely disrupted the WhatsApp messaging app in the latest step to tighten censorship as they…

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Uber boss says sorry over ‘mistakes’

The chief executive of Uber apologised Monday for “mistakes” made by the US ride-sharing app after London authorities refused to…

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At smartphone pioneer HTC: a new, or virtual, reality

When HTC Corp brought back founder Cher Wang two years ago to turn around the struggling Taiwanese mobile phone maker,…

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Apple’s iPhone 8 sees muted launch in Asia

Apple Inc’s launch of iPhone 8 kicked off in a less lively mood in Asia, versus previous debuts, as fans…

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