Science

Three veteran space fliers launch successfully to join crew on space station in two days SAN FRANCISCO: Two NASA astronauts and one Russian cosmonaut were successfully launched into space Wednesday and are headed to the […]

Data firm implicated in breach of thousands of Facebook users’ data in efforts to sway elections LONDON: The U.K.’s information commissioner said Tuesday she will seek a warrant to search the offices of the London […]

One engineer killed but pilot survived Tuesday crash, says Royal Air Force LONDON: An engineer died when an aircraft belonging to the Red Arrows, the British Royal Air Forces’ aerobatics team, crashed Tuesday afternoon in […]

Amazon bests parent company of Google on the stock market for the first time ever with a market cap of $768 billion SAN FRANCISCO: Amazon became a more valuable company than Alphabet, Google’s parent firm, […]

NEW YORK: Facebook has seen its shares plummet and market capitalization take a beating amid one of the biggest data leaks in the company’s history. After closing at $185.09 per share Friday, the social media […]

France will push for Europe-wide effort to force internet giants to remove ‘heinous, racist and anti-Semitic’ content PARIS: France is set to implement a new strategy to counter cyber racism and anti-Semitism. Under the plan […]

First pedestrian fatality involving self-driving technology NEW YORK: Uber has suspended testing of its self-driving vehicles Monday after a female pedestrian in the state of Arizona was killed, according to media reports. The woman in […]

New research says reducing carbon emissions sooner could prevent 153 million premature deaths globally SAN FRANCISCO: Scientists reported on Monday that cutting carbon dioxide emissions in the near term could result in preventing 153 million […]