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Sci Tech

  • Denmark's Bang & Olufsen joins forces with LG to produce TVs

    Denmark's high-end electronics company Bang & Olufsen is joining forces with South Korea's LG Electronics to make televisions that make use of the latest screen technology.

  • Zuckerberg's run in Beijing's toxic stirs Chinese public

    A photo of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg jogging Friday morning in downtown Beijing's notorious smog has prompted a torrent of amusing comments and some mockery on Chinese social media.

  • Nike unveils its first self-lacing sneaker

    Forget about slipping out of your shoes because of loose laces or feeling pressure from too-tight tying when doing those sprints.

  • Google reveals 77 percent of its online traffic is encrypted

    Google is disclosing how much of the traffic to its search engine and other services is being protected from hackers as part of its push to encrypt all online activity.

  • Instagram says it will show posts in order of 'relevance'

    Instagram users could soon notice something different in their feeds: Instead of showing users the most recent posts first, the mobile photo-sharing app says it will give higher priority to posts that each user is likely to care about most.

  • Go-playing program AlphaGo defeats human champion 4:1

    Google's Go-playing computer program again defeated its human opponent in a final match on Tuesday that sealed its 4:1 victory.

  • Fossil find sheds light on how evolution produced T. rex

    How did evolution produce a monstrous killer like T. rex? A fossil find in Central Asia is giving scientists a glimpse of the process.

  • Durability tests: Samsung phones survive water, not falls

    You can dunk Samsung's new smartphones in water, but don't drop them on a sidewalk, a new study finds.

  • Google is hitting the road, literally, for user feedback

    Google is about to embark on an old-school search, swapping its Internet algorithm for a custom-built van that will cruise across the U.S. to find out how people use its online services and react to new features.

  • Planning that next vacation on the go gets easier

    Always on a mission to make life easier for smartphone users, Google has introduced a new feature that aims to make holiday planning less of a hassle.

  • Google provides early peek at next Android operating system

    Google is previewing the next version of its Android operating system two months ahead of schedule in an effort to get the upgraded software on more mobile devices.

  • DNA test shows Vietnam twins had different fathers

    A scientist and state media say Vietnam has identified an extremely rare set of bi-paternal twins, or twins with different fathers.

  • Skygazers catch flight for prime view of total solar eclipse

    Skygazers from around the US caught a flight from Alaska to Hawaii for prime viewing of a total solar eclipse that unfolded over parts of Indonesia and the Indian and Pacific oceans.

  • Kiddle: Search engine for kids, with a twist

    Child-friendly search engines like Kiddle are arguably a big help in preventing kids from stumbling upon adult materials on the internet.

  • Biznet eyes Kediri for network expansion

    After launching its services in Kediri, East Java in early February, internet service provider Biznet held a music festival on Saturday with performances from Den Basito and Andra and The Backbone.

  • Samsung Galaxy S7, S7 Edge available for pre-order

    The much-awaited Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge are now available in Indonesia.

  • Does an extremist's iPhone contain a "cyber pathogen"?

    A local prosecutor has offered an unusual justification for forcing Apple to help hack an iPhone used by a San Bernardino mass killer: The phone might have been "used as a weapon" to introduce malicious software to county computer systems.

  • 'Path down' becomes a Twitter trending topic

    After being down since Thursday, social network Path was back online on Friday.

  • Tech industry groups, security experts back Apple

    The nation's leading tech companies joined security experts, independent programmers and civil liberties advocates who filed court papers backing Apple in its fight with the FBI over an encrypted iPhone used by an extremist killer.

  • Startup lets users apply for micro loans from their phone

    UangTeman, an online service for short-term micro loans, aims to attract more users with an Android-based mobile app launched on Thursday.