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Tweet tales in 140 words plus the pictures

Twitter announced on Monday that it was easing its 140-character limit on tweets in the latest effort to broaden the appeal and boost the user base of the social network.

22 Sep 2016 12:31 AM

Kickass Torrents’ ‘boss’ held

The alleged boss of the world’s biggest online piracy site, Kickass Torrents, was hit with US criminal charges on Wednesday, accused of distributing over $1 billion worth of illegally copied films, mu

22 Jul 2016 3:02 AM

Dallas robot bomb highlights new police technology

The “bomb robot” killing of a suspected Dallas shooter may be the first lethal use of an automated device by the American police, and underscores the growing role of technology in law enforcement.

11 Jul 2016 2:41 AM

A prototype self-driving car developed by Google.

Ethical dilemmas may hold back self-driving vehicles

If it has to make a choice, will your autonomous car kill you or pedestrians on the street

25 Jun 2016 6:26 AM

Apple asks court to block order to help decrypt iPhone

Apple on Thursday urged a federal court to toss out an order that the company help the FBI hack into an iPhone used by a shooter in the San Bernardino attack, arguing that it was a “dangerous power”.

27 Feb 2016 5:58 AM

Terror link: Twitter blocks 125,000 accounts

Twitter said on Friday that it suspended more than 125,000 accounts, most of them linked to the ISIS group, as part of increased efforts to eradicate “terrorist content” on the popular messaging platf

07 Feb 2016 12:55 AM

Alex Chang of Looxid Labs demonstrates a brainwave headset at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. (Photo: AFP)

New wave in tech: hacking the brain

The next frontier for the tech sector is the human brain.A new breed of neuro-hacker is finding ways to capture and manipulate brainwaves to improve health, with potential to help the severely-handica

10 Jan 2016 1:36 AM