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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Vietnam bans Pokemon Go from government, defense sites

Vietnam has banned players of the game Pokémon Go from the offices of its government and ruling Communist Party, besides…

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Canadian police call for access to internet passwords

Canadian police chiefs on Tuesday called for the government to adopt a law that could force a person to reveal…

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