Business
El Salvador on Tuesday became the first country to embrace bitcoin as legal tender, with consumer demand crashing its brand-new cyber "wallet" system even as the currency's value seesawed against the US dollar.
Sep 7, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
This week, the NSW government announced almost A$500 million towards boosting the uptake of electric vehicles. In its new electric vehicle strategy, the government will waive stamp duty for cars under $78,000, develop more ...
Jun 24, 2021
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Internet
Facebook said Wednesday a lightweight version of Instagram would be rolling out to 170 countries, extending the reach of the popular visually-focused social network.
Mar 10, 2021
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Internet
Facebook on Friday said it is working on a way to let advertisers avoid having marketing messages appear in feeds alongside content they'd rather not be associated with.
Jan 29, 2021
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Internet
Facebook is pushing back on new Apple privacy rules for its mobile devices—and putting app developers in the middle.
Aug 26, 2020
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Internet
An international team of researchers including The University of Western Australia has examined how people's online behaviour and preferences on social media could be limiting the quality and balance of information they receive ...
Jun 16, 2020
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Software
Your personality could significantly impact your ability to contribute to open source projects, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Waterloo.
Mar 16, 2020
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Engineering
One defining feature of the beginning of the twenty-first century is the growing acceptance that our world (environment, economy, politics and culture) is highly diverse but strongly interrelated and interdependent. Being ...
Oct 29, 2019
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Computer Sciences
Cognitive scientists are modeling the inner workings of the human brain using computer simulations, but many current models tend to be inaccurate. Researchers in the Cognitive Neurorobotics Unit at the Okinawa Institute of ...
Oct 23, 2019
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Consumer & Gadgets
We spend our days looking at them, talking to them, and touching them.
Oct 3, 2019
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