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Cheap, Flexible Solar Panels on the Horizon

A new type of solar panel promises a cheap, flexible way to get more power from the sun. They may help the growing renewable energy industry expand even faster. VOA’s …

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Huawei Global Business Model Relied on Bribes, Corruption

In Algeria, it was banned from bidding for public contracts after one of its executives was convicted of bribery.   In Zambia, it was probed over allegations of bribery involving …

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Smart Watch Fights Flu and Diabetes, Helps Couples Get Pregnant

Scientists are helping patients fight flu, diabetes and other maladies with the help of a smart watch that monitors body chemistry for blood sugar, sweat and other data. Researchers at …

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EV Charging Designed to be Cheaper, Greener and Data Provider

A new kind of electric car charging point has been switched on in London. It’s designed to make electric vehicle, or EV, charging infrastructure cheaper and greener. It also acts …

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Top US University Suspends New Research Projects with Chinese Telecom Giant Huawei

One of the world’s top research universities, the U.S.-based University of California, Berkeley, has stopped new research projects with Huawei Technologies, a Chinese telecommunications giant. The university’s suspension, which took …

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Most of 2030’s Jobs Haven’t Been Invented Yet

Up to 85 percent of the jobs that today’s college students will have in 11 years haven’t been invented yet. That’s according to a panel of experts assembled by the …

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Virtual Reality Training Prepares Volunteers for Urban War Zones

There is no real preparation for dealing with the reality of being in a combat zone. But training helps, and that’s the idea behind a virtual reality exercise that the …

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Apple to Contribute to Teen’s Education for Spotting FaceTime Bug 

Apple Inc. on Thursday rolled out software updates to iPhones to fix a privacy issue in its FaceTime video calling service, and said it would contribute toward the education of the Arizona teenager …

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Apple Puts Modem Engineering Unit Into Chip Design Group

Apple Inc has moved its modem chip engineering effort into its in-house hardware technology group from its supply chain unit, two people familiar with the move told Reuters, a sign …

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Germany to Restrict Facebook’s Data Gathering Activities

Facebook has been ordered to curb its data collection practices in Germany after a landmark ruling on Thursday that the world’s largest social network abused its market dominance to gather …

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Twitter Profit Soars as User Base Shrinks

Twitter said Thursday profits rose sharply in the fourth quarter, lifted by gains in advertising despite a drop in its global user base. The short-messaging platform said it posted a …

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Scientists Devise New Earthquake Warning System

Californians are bracing for what could be the next big earthquake. Scientists have developed a new early warning system relying on sensors and an algorithm to help prepare. Deana Mitchell …

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From Dorm to Dominance: Growing Pains as Facebook Turns 15

Facebook, trudging through its awkward teenage years, is turning 15 on Monday.   Launched in 2004 as “TheFacebook,” the service was originally intended only for Harvard students. It’s now a …

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Social Media Giants Blamed for British Teenage Suicides

“She had so much to offer.” Ian Russell is speaking of his 14-year-old daughter Molly, the youngest of three sisters, who committed suicide in 2017, leaving a note that read, …

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Africa’s Growing Economies, Youth Create E-Waste Challenge

A new report says the world produces at least 50 million tons of electronic waste each year, and that number is expected to double 30 years from now. The impact …

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Robots Dance, Tell Jokes, Serve Dinner, Give Us a Glimpse of the Future

Owners of a new café in the Hungarian capital Budapest are using robotics as a way of giving their customers a new experience. VOA’s Mariama Diallo reports. …

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Start a Start-up: University in Texas Helps Students Become Entrepreneurs

In December 2018, Apple announced its plans to build a new campus in Austin. Texas is rapidly becoming more and more attractive for tech companies and is often called a …

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Scientists Enlist Incredibly Tiny Allies in Cancer Fight

Researchers and doctors are using incredibly tiny particles — fluorescent nanoparticles — in a quest for new ways to fight cancer. Some nanoparticles, just billionths of a meter across, are …

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End of an Era: China-Silicon Valley Relationship Chills

The trade dispute between the U.S. and China is disrupting Silicon Valley. What had been a steady flow of Chinese money into tech firms appears to be slowing. Investors are …

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Tech Firms, States Spar With US Government Over Net Neutrality

Tech companies and nearly two dozen U.S. states clashed with the government in federal court Friday over the repeal of net neutrality, a set of Obama-era rules aimed at preventing …

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UAE Senior Diplomat Denies Hacking Americans

A United Arab Emirates senior diplomat denied Thursday the country had targeted “friendly countries” or American citizens in a cyberspying program that a Reuters report said involved a hacking team …

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