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Japan launches fourth satellite for high-precision GPS

Japan on Tuesday launched a fourth satellite for a new high-precision global positioning system (GPS) it hopes will encourage new…

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Russian hackers stole US cyber secrets from NSA: media reports

Russian government-backed hackers stole highly classified US cyber secrets in 2015 from the National Security Agency (NSA) after a contractor…

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US lawmakers want to restrict internet surveillance on Americans

A bipartisan group of US lawmakers unveiled legislation on Wednesday that would overhaul aspects of the National Security Agency’s warrantless…

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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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