Google鈥檚 new algorithm affecting small businesses
Google made major changes to its search algorithm and spam filters earlier this year to get rid of low-quality content 鈥� but the effects have proved devastating to some smaller websites...
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Samsung union says will strike after talks breakdown
A union representing tens of thousands of workers at South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics told AFP on Tuesday it would hold a three-day strike later this month after negotiations failed...
Meteorites strike Mars far more often than thought, probe finds
Mars is bombarded with basketball-sized meteorites on a nearly daily basis, fives times more often than previously estimated, seismic recordings from a NASA...
Japan scientists make smiling robot with 鈥榣iving鈥� skin
Japanese scientists have used human cells to develop an equivalent to living skin that can be attached to robotic surfaces to flash a realistic 鈥� if creepy 鈥� smile.
EU says Apple鈥檚 App Store breaches bloc鈥檚 digital rules
Apple risks billions of euros in fines after the European Union on Monday found the iPhone maker鈥檚 App Store to be violating the bloc鈥檚 landmark digital competition rules...
China, France to launch satellite to better understand universe
A French-Chinese satellite will blast off Saturday on a hunt for the mightiest explosions in the universe, in a notable example of cooperation between a Western power and the Asian giant.
US bans Russia's Kaspersky antivirus software
President Joe Biden\'s administration on Thursday banned Russia-based cybersecurity firm Kaspersky from providing its popular antivirus products in the United States over national security concerns, the US Commerce Department said.
Online video adding to challenges for news firms, says report
The rise of online video news is making it increasingly hard for traditional news organisations to survive....
African elephants call each other by unique names: new study
African elephants call each other and respond to individual names 鈥� something that few wild animals do, according to new research published recently....
Microsoft faces heat from US Congress over cybersecurity
Members of US Congress on Thursday pressed Microsoft to explain a 鈥榗ascade of avoidable errors鈥� that allowed a Chinese hacking group to breach emails of senior US officials.
Frost discovered on top of giant Mars volcanoes
Early morning frost has been detected on the peaks of massive volcanoes on Mars, an unexpected discovery about the dispersal of water on Mars that could one day prove essential for human exploration, scientists said on Monday...
Air pollution linked to 135m premature deaths: study
Pollution from man-made emissions and other sources like wildfires have been linked to around 135 million premature deaths worldwide between 1980 and 2020, a Singapore university said on Monday....
Apollo 8 astronaut dies in small plane crash
William Anders, the former US astronaut who took the historic 鈥楨arthrise鈥� photo from space over 55 years ago, died in a plane crash on Friday at the age of 90...
SpaceX鈥檚 most powerful rocket Starship launched for fourth test flight
Starship, SpaceX鈥檚 massive prototype rocket launched for its fourth test flight on Thursday, and is now attempting to fly halfway around the globe before splashing down in the Indian Ocean...