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Rocket explodes on launch pad in blow to Elon Musk’s SpaceX
An explosion destroyed a Falcon 9 rocket belonging to Elon Musk’s SpaceX and its satellite cargo during routine test firing…
Broadband subscriptions cross 34.6 mln mark in Pakistan
The number of broadband subscriptions in the country has crossed 34.6 million as cellular service providers managed to attract more…
Driver-less taxi firm eyes operations in 10 cities by 2020
A US software firm which chose Singapore for the world’s first public trial of driverless taxis hopes to be operating…
Mars isolation experiment in Hawaii ends
The six people who went into isolation for a year in Hawaii to help NASA plan for a mission to…
Facebook changes ‘Trending’ feature to rely less on human editors
Facebook Inc (FB.O) changed its popular “Trending” feature, which shows users the most-talked about topics of the day, to make…
Israeli spyware company hacks through text message, case reveals
Apple Inc issued a patch on Thursday to fix a dangerous security flaw in iPhones and iPads after researchers discovered…
Iran arrests 450 social network users
Iran has “arrested or summoned” around 450 social media users over their online activities, a website linked to the powerful…
US astronauts prepare station for commercial space taxis
Two NASA astronauts left the International Space Station on Friday for a 6-1/2-hour spacewalk to install a parking spot for…
Twitter suspended 360,000 accounts for ‘promotion of terrorism’
Twitter Inc has shut down 360,000 accounts for threatening or promoting terrorist acts since the middle of 2015, the company…