Court OKs killing a type of owl to see effect on other owls
A federal appeals court in San Francisco has upheld a plan by wildlife officials to kill one type of owl to study its effect on another type of owl.
View ArticleA month in, Tesla's SA battery is surpassing expectations
It's just over one month since the Hornsdale power reserve was officially opened in South Australia. The excitement surrounding the project has generated acres of media interest, both locally and abroad.
View ArticleIndia's TCS records 3.6% decline in quarterly profits
India's biggest IT sourcing firm Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Thursday reported a 3.6 percent fall in quarterly earnings due to falling demand for its banking and financial services.
View ArticleUS says snow-loving lynx no longer need special protection
Wildlife officials say Canada lynx no longer need special protections in the United States following measures to preserve populations of the snow-loving wild cats.
View ArticleIndia's Infosys profits soar after TCS slide
Indian software firm Infosys reported a massive increase in quarterly profits on Friday a day after rival Tata Consultancy Services said its earnings had slid.
View ArticleIndia's TCS signs 'largest deal' worth $2 billion
India's largest IT services company Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Friday announced bagging its biggest new deal valued over $2 billion from a US-based insurance company, a day after reporting a...
View ArticleSeeking music edge, Apple buys song recognition app Shazam
Apple said Monday that it would buy leading song recognition app Shazam in a fresh bid to secure an edge in the intensifying battle of streaming services.
View ArticleIs it time for a new financial services tribunal?
A new article published in Capital Markets Law Journal argues that consumers and banks could benefit from the creation of a quick and inexpensive financial services tribunal, modeled on the Employment...
View ArticleMeteor?: Bright light, loud noise rattle Michigan residents
The National Weather Service says the bright light and what sounded like thunder in the sky across the Detroit metropolitan area may have been a meteor.
View ArticleReaching rural America with broadband internet service
All across the U.S., rural communities' residents are being left out of modern society and the 21st century economy. I've traveled to Kansas, Maine, Texas and other states studying internet access and...
View ArticleFrance's PSA Group to offer 40 electric vehicles by 2025
The CEO of France-based automaker PSA Group says it will offer 40 electric models across its lineup by 2025, and it plans to sell vehicles in the U.S. within 10 years.
View ArticleHuge storms hit northern Europe, leave three dead
Violent gales battered northern Europe and beyond Thursday, snapping air and train links and leaving three people dead, all killed by falling trees.
View ArticleNature provides more to people than material benefits
The role of culture and diverse knowledge systems needs to be recognized when assessing nature's contributions to people, a new policy forum paper in Science states. Alexander van Oudenhoven and thirty...
View ArticleSmart rollator motivates elderly to exercise more
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and Orton are exploring the benefits and impacts of technology in motivating seniors to increase physical activity. This is being done in the new MoveRoll...
View ArticleAlaska earthquake prompts tsunami warning
A magnitude 8.2 earthquake off Alaska's Kodiak Island prompted a tsunami warning for a large swath of coastal Alaska and Canada's British Columbia while the remainder of the U.S. West Coast was under a...
View ArticlePalestinians get 3G internet after decade-long row
Palestinians in the occupied West Bank began receiving 3G mobile telecommunications services on Tuesday, after years of wrangling with the Israeli authorities.
View ArticleHow secure is your data when it's stored in the cloud?
As cloud storage becomes more common, data security is an increasing concern. Companies and schools have been increasing their use of services like Google Drive for some time, and lots of individual...
View ArticleImage: Space weather effects
Space weather refers to the environmental conditions in space as influenced by solar activity.
View ArticleReport: Dutch spies caught Russian hackers on tape
The Netherlands' spy service broke into the computers used by a powerful Russian hacking group and may be sitting on evidence relating to the breach of the U.S. Democratic National Committee, a Dutch...
View ArticleBMW takes full control of car-sharing platform DriveNow
German high-end carmaker BMW said Monday it had bought partner Sixt's share in car-sharing platform DriveNow, stoking speculation a merger with a competing service from Daimler may lie ahead.
View ArticlePopular Line messaging app starts crypto trading spinoff
Japan's biggest messaging app Line said Wednesday it was launching a financial services spinoff to allow users to exchange and trade virtual currencies.
View ArticleJudge: US must reconsider Yellowstone bison protections
A federal judge has ordered U.S. wildlife officials to reconsider a 2015 decision that blocked special protections for the iconic bison herds that roam Yellowstone National Park and are routinely...
View ArticleOlympic video and VR: Guide to watching without a TV
Every Olympic event will be streamed live. But to watch online, you'll still need to be a paying cable or satellite subscriber.
View ArticleWill Disney's streaming service roar - or squeak?
Will Disney's upcoming streaming services be the mouse that roared ... or squeaked?
View ArticleApple Music may soon become the most popular music streaming service in US
In the race for global music streaming supremacy, the gap between Spotify and Apple Music is getting smaller.
View ArticleNew raids on Japan crypto exchanges after Coincheck hack
Japan said on Friday it had carried out raids on a number of cryptocurrency exchanges following a massive hack that saw thieves steal $530 million in virtual currency.
View ArticleChina's Didi Chuxing takes aim at Japan's taxi market
Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing announced a deal with Japanese telecom firm SoftBank on Friday to develop a taxi app in Japan, where services like Uber have struggled to make inroads.
View ArticleShipping shakeup? Amazon may deliver its own packages (Update)
Amazon has already shown that it can rattle the retail, grocery and health insurance industries, and now it is doing the same in the delivery business.
View ArticleTropical Storm watch up in Guam, NASA sees 02W form
Tropical Depression 02W formed in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean late on February 8 as NASA's Terra satellite passed overhead.
View ArticleWinter storm in US Midwest snarls roads, hits flights
A significant winter storm brought heavy snowfalls to parts of the US Midwest on Friday, causing flight cancelations, snarling roads and closing schools.
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