Jeff Bezos snubbed eBay in his annual shareholder letter, sending the stock sliding

Shares of eBay fell 4% on Thursday, after Jeff Bezos snubbed the rival e-commerce giant in his annual letter to shareholders.

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Researchers find new ways to image, characterize unique material

Graphene can come from graphite. But borophene? There's no such thing as borite.

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The Assange indictment shows how hard it is to protect classified information in the modern era

Julian Assange's arrest, and his short indictment document, display an uncomfortable new relationship between government leakers with access to highly sensitive classified information and the many organizations seeking out their wares.

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The golden path towards new two-dimensional semiconductors

Two-dimensional (2-D) semiconductors are promising for quantum computing and future electronics. Now, researchers can convert metallic gold into semiconductor and customize the material atom-by-atom on boron nitride nanotubes.

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New algorithm optimizes quantum computing problem-solving

Researchers have developed an algorithm that enhances the ability of a quantum computer to more efficiently find the best solution for complicated problems.

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Ancient 'Texas Serengeti' had elephant-like animals, rhinos, alligators and more

During the Great Depression, Texans were put to work as fossil hunters. The workers retrieved tens of thousands of specimens that have been studied in small bits and pieces while stored in the state collections of The University of Texas at Austin for the past 80 years. Now, decades after they were first collected, a researcher has studied and identified an extensive collection of fossils from dig sites near Beeville, Texas, and found that the fauna make up a veritable 'Texas Serengeti.'

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Tesla and Panasonic reportedly freeze spending on $4.5 billion Gigafactory

The company is reportedly rethinking plans to expand capacity at the factory as worries about demand for Tesla cars grows among investors.

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PUBG Mobile Prime and Prime Plus Subscriptions Show Tencent Doesn't Really Care About India

As calls for a PUBG Mobile ban in India intensify, introduction of Prime and Prime Plus Subscriptions seems like a tone deaf move from Tencent.

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PagerDuty pops more than 60% in debut as tech IPO market heats up

PagerDuty started trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday.

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Ahead of IPO buzz, Robinhood introduces new premium trading features

Popular stock-trading app Robinhood, which has been disrupting Wall St. with its zero-fee transaction models, has rolled out a new suite of premium features to its Gold membership. This comes ahead of buzz about a possible IPO.

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Millions of children worldwide develop asthma annually due to traffic-related pollution

About 4 million children worldwide develop asthma each year because of inhaling nitrogen dioxide air pollution, according to a new study. The study, based on data from 2010 to 2015, estimates that 64 percent of these new cases of asthma occur in urban areas.

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'How about paying your taxes?': Walmart responds to Amazon's challenge over pay

Walmart responds to Bezos' challenge to other retailers to raise pay and add more benefits.

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Samsung's foldable smartphone will go up for presale Monday, but only for early sign ups

Samsung says people who sign up to learn more about the Galaxy Fold on Friday will be able to order it next week.

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New tunable nanomaterials possible due to flexible process invented

Physicists at the University of Bath have developed a flexible process allowing the synthesis in a single flow of a wide range of novel nanomaterials with various morphologies, with potential applications in areas including optics and sensors.

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First black hole picture: The big mysteries we still need to solve

We finally have the first real image of a black hole, so researchers can begin studying these cosmic mysteries in detail. Here is what they are hoping to learn

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WhatsApp ‘Archived Chats’ Relocated, ‘Ignore Archived Chats’ Feature Spotted Testing

The latest WhatsApp beta update has moved the ‘Archived Chats’ feature to homepage, and is reportedly testing a new ‘Ignore archived chats’ feature.

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Therapeutics-on-a-chip (TOC): Manufacturing synthetic proteins for point-of-care therapeutics

Therapeutic proteins are protein-based drug candidates bioengineered in the lab for pharmaceutical and clinical applications. Based on their pharmacokinetics, the candidates can be divided into groups that (1) replace a defective or abnormal protein, (2) augment an existing path in vivo, (3) provide a new function or activity in vivo, (4) interfere with activities of a molecule or organism and (5) deliver encapsulated proteins or compounds including, cytotoxic drugs, radionuclide or effector proteins.

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Instagram to Downplay 'Inappropriate' Content; Facebook Messenger Gets Verified Badge, Messaging Settings

Faebook Messenger also has added a Verified Badge, Messaging Settings and an Updated Block feature for greater control.

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'Hitler would have loved social media,' Disney CEO Bob Iger says in sharp rebuke of tech giants

Disney CEO Bob Iger lambasted social media for creating an echo chamber for hate while receiving a Humanitarian Award Wednesday night.

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Jeff Bezos warns Amazon will have 'multibillion-dollar failures'

Jeff Bezos, in his annual letter to shareholders, warns that Amazon will have large, failed experiments.

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Here's Jeff Bezos' annual shareholder letter

Here's Amazon's full annual shareholder letter published by CEO Jeff Bezos on Thursday.

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Amazon employees are listening to what you say to Alexa — here's how to stop them

Amazon is listening to what people say to Alexa, but you can turn off a setting that gives Amazon permission to do this.

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Working women and the child-care equation: No one has it figured out

A new survey finds that 81% of women feel child-care cost, availability, flexibility and trust made a big difference in their decision to be in the workforce.

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Cisco, Apple and IBM are leading the Dow this year, but only two look good, according to two experts

The Dow's top performers this year are a blast from the past. Legacy tech stocks including Apple, Cisco and IBM have topped the blue-chip index.

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WikiLeaks' Assange arrested in London; faces possible extradition to the US

WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange was arrested in London on Thursday morning, nearly seven years after he sought refuge at the Ecuadorian Embassy, and faces a possible extradition to the United States.

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Google Assistant Can Now Read Your Work Calendar

Google Assistant is finally coming to G Suite, starting with the Calendar app in beta within Google's enterprise platform.

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Apple Now Lets Users Listen to Podcasts on the Web

Users will no longer have to download iTunes to listen to Apple's podcast episodes with the company now allowing them to play these directly from its website.

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New microscopy method provides more details about nanocomposites

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory have developed a new microscopy approach for imaging gel nanocomposites in their natural state, which will reveal more useful information about their assembly and properties.

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Uber Board Seats for SoftBank Imperiled by US National Security Review

When SoftBank Group arranged a $9 billion purchase of Uber stock in late 2017, the company negotiated for two seats on the board.

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Here's why Pentagon has chosen Amazon and Microsoft

Amazon.com Inc and Microsoft Corp have been selected to continue competing for Pentagon cloud computing services as part of a contract that could be worth some $10 billion, the US Department of Defense said on Wednesday.

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Jio News With Support for Over 12 Indian Languages Debuts on Android, iOS, Web

Jio News is designed to offer news content from more than 150 live news channels, over 800 magazines, 250-plus newspapers, and various online blogs as well as news websites.

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SAP CEO aims to double market value to 250-300 billion euros by 2023, says report

Europe's largest technology company SAP aims to more than double its market value to between 250 billion euros and 300 billion euros ($282-$338 billion) by 2023, Chief Executive Bill McDermott told a German newspaper.

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Google Assistant can now read your calendar

Assistant integration for the G Suite Calendar app applies for both mobile as well as desktop users.

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Seven in ten consumers in India share personal data with banks: Report

Seven in ten consumers in India are willing to share personal information like location data and lifestyle information with their bank and insurer in exchange for lower pricing on products and services, a new report from Accenture said on Thursday.

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India, Sweden launch joint programme for smart cities, clean technologies

The programme was co-funded by Indian Department of Science and Technology (DST) and Swedish agency Vinnova.

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Apple will be relying more on renewable energy for production, here's how

Apple Inc said on Thursday it has nearly doubled the number of suppliers using only clean energy for production work, including two that assemble and make the processor chips for the iPhone.

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World's fastest hydrogen sensor could pave the way for clean hydrogen energy

Hydrogen is a clean and renewable energy carrier that can power vehicles, with water as the only emission. Unfortunately, hydrogen gas is highly flammable when mixed with air, so very efficient and effective sensors are needed. Now, researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, present the first hydrogen sensors ever to meet the future performance targets for use in hydrogen powered vehicles.

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Amazon moves closer towards having robot employees

Amazon has said it had acquired Canvas Technology, a robotics startup in Boulder, Colorado, that has built autonomous carts that can move goods around warehouses.

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After tense negotiations, Marriott signs a new, multiyear deal with Expedia

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'You know who you are!': Jeff Bezos challenges rival retailers to match Amazon's pay and benefits

"Do it! Better yet, go to $16 and throw the gauntlet back at us," Jeff Bezos says in his annual letter to shareholders.

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Apple to let users hear podcasts straight from web

Users will no longer have to download iTunes to listen to Apple's podcast episodes with the company now allowing them to play these directly from its website.

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Ban on TikTok app would harm free speech, China's Bytedance tells Supreme Court

Bytedance is one of the world's most valuable start-ups and its TikTok app lets users create and share short videos with special effects. It has become popular in rural India, where most of a population of 1.3 billion lives.

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Prepare to jump to light speed: Inside the mission to go interstellar

Proxima Centauri is 4 light years away. Ambitious space mission Breakthrough Starshot is developing a way to push spacecraft there at a fifth of the speed of light

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TikTok App Ban Would Harm Free Speech, China's Bytedance Tells Supreme Court

A court's call for a ban on the popular video app TikTok will hurt free speech rights, China's Bytedance has said in a request for the Supreme Court to quash the directive.

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Google Maps Tests New UI to Improve Discovery of Nearby Spots

Google Maps is testing out a new feature that will let users get better search results of nearby surroundings and popular spots.

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Facebook, Google and Twitter accused of anti-conservative bias by Republican senators

Republican senators on Wednesday said Alphabet Inc's Google, Facebook Inc and Twitter Inc discriminate against conservative viewpoints and suppress free speech, suggesting anti-trust action could be a solution.

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Google Raises Price of YouTube TV to $49.99, Adds Discovery, Animal Planet

Google has raised the monthly membership price of YouTube TV by 25 percent to $49.99, while adding channels such as Discovery, Animal Planet, and TLC.

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China developer Soho wins 'feng shui' lawsuit against blog who claimed its property was unlucky

A Chinese court ruled that a blog operator must apologize and pay nearly $30,000 to real estate developer Soho China for reputational damage.

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Google Currents App Launched in Beta to Replace Google+ for Enterprises

The Currents app is available on all G Suite editions, and to request access to the beta programme, organisations will need to send an email to currentsbeta@google.com has to be made.

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Snapchat Projected to Lose Users in the US for the First Time

Snapchat will lose users in the US for the first time this year, suggesting the company's latest efforts to broaden its audience won't revive growth in the short-term.

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Google Duo Starts Rolling Out Data Saving Mode for Android Users

This new mode, when switched on, reduces the video quality to save precious mobile data.

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Apple convinced Foxconn to use clean energy to manufacture iPhones

"There's a hunger to invest in the clean energy economy, both for principled reasons and for economic reasons," Apple's head of environment and policy says.

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Facebook to punish Groups for spreading fake news

In yet another bid to tame fake news, Facebook will crack down on Groups that repeatedly share misinformation by reducing that Group's overall News Feed distribution.

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Tech giants pay tax 'nowhere' and the world needs to find a solution: German finance minister

German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz says his biggest concern with tech firms is that "they tend to pay taxes nowhere."

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Prince Harry, Oprah Developing Mental Health Documentary Series for Apple

Britain's Prince Harry announced on Wednesday he is teaming up with US celebrity talk show host Oprah Winfrey on a documentary series for Apple about mental health.

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'Chinese spies' reportedly stole secrets from Dutch chip equipment maker ASML

Chinese employees stole corporate secrets from Dutch semi-conductor equipment maker ASML, a leading Dutch financial newspaper reported.

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Uber Vouchers Launched for Businesses, Including in India

Developed on the "Uber for Business (U4B)" platform, the "Vouchers" are now being made available in most countries where Uber operates.

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IBM and Oracle are reportedly out of the running for $10 billion government cloud contract

Amazon and Microsoft are said to be the finalists for a government contract that could be worth as much as $10 billion.

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BSNL’s new app has a WhatsApp 'rival', rewards for watching ads and more: 12 things to know

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Cryptocurrencies are 'clearly shaking the system,' IMF's Lagarde says

IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said Wednesday that new technologies like digital assets and cryptocurrencies are having a clear impact on the banking sector.

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Experimental PET scan detects abnormal tau protein in brains of living former NFL players

Using an experimental positron emission tomography (PET) scan, researchers have found elevated amounts of abnormal tau protein in brain regions affected by chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in a small group of living former National Football League (NFL) players with cognitive, mood and behavior symptoms.

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PUBG Mobile Update 0.12.0 Patch Notes Reveal Zombie: Darkest Night Mode

The PUBG Mobile update 0.12.0 patch notes reveal changes to Zombies: Survive Till Dawn promising new weapons, zombies, and allows certain zombies to climb over low walls and roofs.

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Uber Jumps Into Electric Scooters in Europe, Starting With Madrid

Uber on Tuesday launched in Madrid its first electric kick scooter rental service in Europe through its subsidiary Jump.

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The Tiny Deals Behind Mukesh Ambani's Bid to Take on Amazon

Asia's richest man is sharpening his focus on e-commerce with a string of tiny acquisitions and stake purchases to face the world's largest online retailer.

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Snapchat Releases 'Rebuilt' Android App, Claims It's Faster and Has Fewer Bugs

Snapchat has finally released its rebuilt app for Android users in a bid to bring performance for the Android version up to par with the iOS version.

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EU Data Supervisor Probes EU Bodies' Software Deals With Microsoft

The probe will look into the Microsoft products and services used by the institutions and whether the contractual agreements between them and it are GDPR-compliant.

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Opera 60 'Reborn 3' Browser for Desktop Brings Dark Theme, Web 3 Support, Crypto Wallet

Opera has released Opera 60 aka Reborn 3 and it comes with a slew of improvements to the UI as well.

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Fortnite Update 8.30 to Bring Reboot Van and More : Epic Games

Fortnite to get Reboot Vans with the Fortnite update 8.30 Epic Games confirms.

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YouTube Music Celebrates 3 Million Downloads in India in First Week

YouTube Music celebrated 3 million downloads within the first week of its launch in India, by hosting an event with the likes of Alka Yagnik, Badshah, Clinton Cerejo, Guru Randhawa, and Alan Walker.

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WhatsApp Now Lets You Send 30 Audio Files at Once, iPad Support Spotted

WhatsApp’s iPad app will bring new features like split-screen, landscape mode, and more.

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PUBG Mobile Prime and Prime Plus Subscriptions: Are They Worth It?

PUBG Mobile update 0.11.5 brings Prime and Prime Plus subscriptions. Should you buy them? We take a dive into the PUBG Mobile store to find out more about Prime and Plus subscriptions.

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Microsoft Edge Based on Chromium Project Debuts on Windows 10, Available for Download in 2 Distinct Builds

Microsoft announced its Chromium adoption for the Edge browser in December last year.

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Pinterest Sets Conservative IPO Pricing After Lyft Drop

Pinterest said in a regulatory filing that it will put about 75 million shares up for sale at a price between $15 and $17 each.

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Facebook is taking a page out of Google's playbook to stop fake news from going viral

Facebook is using a copycat of Google's famous PageRank technique to filter fake news and other bad content from its News Feed.

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Coinbase launches a debit card in the UK to make it easier to pay with cryptocurrencies

Digital currency exchange Coinbase launched a debit card in the U.K. to make it easier for customers to pay using cryptocurrencies.

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National Enquirer's parent company says it's likely to sell the tabloid 'in the near future'

Earlier, The Washington Post reported that efforts to sell came after the hedge fund manager who controls American Media Inc. through his fund "became 'disgusted' with the Enquirer's reporting tactics."

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Amazon reportedly has thousands of people listening to snippets of Alexa conversations

Amazon employees are listening some conversations through Alexa in order to help the voice assistant improve its understanding of speech.

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Kohl's CEO: Planet Fitness, Amazon partnerships are critical to right-sizing our stores

Kohl's plans to expand its kiosk and returns program with Amazon to 200 stores, while active and wellness has become 20% of its business, CEO Michelle Gass says.

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Unusual phenomenon in clouds triggers lightning flash

In a first-of-its-kind observation, researchers have documented a unique event that occurs in clouds before a lightning flash happens. Their observation, called 'fast negative breakdown,' documents a new possible way for lightning to form and is the opposite of the current scientific view of how air carries electricity in thunderstorms.

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Archaeologists identify first prehistoric figurative cave art in Balkans

Archaeologist have revealed the first example of Paleolithic figurative cave art found in the Balkan Peninsula.

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It would cost $12.7 billion to end homelessness in the San Francisco Bay region, a new report says

The estimated cost to end homelessness in the San Francisco Bay Area is $12.7 billion and additional billions annually to fund ongoing services to the needy, according to a report released Wednesday.

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Wonder material: Individual 2D phosphorene nanoribbons made for the first time

Tiny, individual, flexible ribbons of crystalline phosphorus have been made in a world first, and they could revolutionize electronics and fast-charging battery technology. Since the isolation of 2-dimensional phosphorene, which is the phosphorus equivalent of graphene, in 2014, more than 100 theoretical studies have predicted that new and exciting properties could emerge by producing narrow 'ribbons' of this material. These properties could be extremely valuable to a range of industries.

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Wonder material: Individual 2D phosphorene nanoribbons made for the first time

Tiny, individual, flexible ribbons of crystalline phosphorus have been made in a world first, and they could revolutionize electronics and fast-charging battery technology. Since the isolation of 2-dimensional phosphorene, which is the phosphorus equivalent of graphene, in 2014, more than 100 theoretical studies have predicted that new and exciting properties could emerge by producing narrow 'ribbons' of this material. These properties could be extremely valuable to a range of industries.

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New species of early human found in the Philippines

Researchers have uncovered the remains of a new species of human in the Philippines, proving the region played a key role in hominin evolutionary history.

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Yukon warmest it has been in 13,600 years

A study uses new research techniques to reveal alarming information about climate change in Canada's north. A study confirms that recent climate warming in the central Yukon region has surpassed the warmest temperatures experienced in the previous 13,600 years, a finding that could have important implications in the context of current global warming trends.

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NASA Awards Contract for Software, Maintenance, Support

NASA has awarded a contract to Minburn Technology Group in Great Falls, Virginia, for the procurement of Microsoft software, maintenance, and support.

April 10, 2019
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Cryptominers still most active threat to firms

While some of the big cryptomining services such as Coinhive have shut down operations, cryptominers are still the most prevalent malware aimed at organisations especially on Cloud environments, a new report by Israel-based cyber security firm Check Point said on Wednesday.

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Twitter unveils new EU election emoji

The emoji is triggered when hashtags #EUElections2019 and #EP2019 are used.

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More than 3,500 Amazon employees push for aggressive action on climate change

It's the biggest employee-driven push against climate risk in the tech industry yet.

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