Fitbit and other wearable devices typically linked to exercise are being studied as ways to identify people who are potentially infected with COVID-19 before symptoms appear when they can unknowingly spread the disease.

China successfully launched an unmanned probe to Mars on Thursday in its first independent mission to another planet, a bid for global leadership in space and a display of its technological prowess and ambition.

Microsoft on Wednesday reported rising revenues in the past quarter amid strong demand for cloud computing services from pandemic-hit businesses and consumers and big gains in its Xbox gaming operations.

Microsoft said Thursday its cloud video game service will debut in September as a feature available to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers.

Tesla Inc's rapid rise to become the world's most valuable carmaker could mark the start of a new era for the global auto industry, defined by a Silicon Valley approach to software that is overtaking old-school manufacturing know-how.

"Our goals throughout this process have been to ensure the highest odds of success for our films while also being ready to support our theatre partners with new content as soon as they could safely reopen," studio chairman Toby Emmerich said in a statement sent to AFP.

Two potential vaccines to protect against the novel coronavirus - one from Oxford University and AstraZeneca Plc and the other from China's CanSino Biologics - induced immune responses in healthy volunteers without causing dangerous side effects, according to studies published on Monday in The Lancet.

Apple Inc said on Tuesday it plans to remove carbon emissions from its entire business, including its products and sprawling supply chain, over the next decade. The iPhone maker said its global corporate operations such as offices and data centres are already carbon neutral but that it will extend its effort to the thousands of suppliers that contribute to its products.

Two of the most thrilling biopics have knocked their way into our screens this summer: Tesla and Radioactive. One, which many would argue, is a testament to the afterlife resurgence of a reclusive and much-underappreciated scientist while the latter deals with a rich scientific legacy cemented on fighting the societal evils of sexism, xenophobia, and poverty.

The first Arab space mission to Mars blasted off Monday aboard a rocket from Japan, with the probe dubbed "Hope" successfully separating about an hour after liftoff.

NASA's most advanced Mars rover, Perseverance, launches from Earth on July 30, on a mission to seek out signs of ancient microbial life on what was once a river delta three-and-a-half billion years ago.

Scientists said Thursday they had obtained the closest-ever images taken of the Sun as part of a pan-European mission to study solar winds and flares that could have far-reaching impacts back on Earth.

Hackers involved in the high-profile hijacking of Twitter accounts earlier this week were young pals with no links to state or organized crime, The New York Times reported Friday. The attack, which Twitter and federal police are investigating, started with a playful message between hackers on the platform Discord, a chat service popular with gamers, according to the Times.

Britain on Tuesday said it would ban mobile carriers from buying new 5G Huawei equipment from 2021 and ordered them to strip out all of the telecom giant's gear by 2027 over long-term concerns with the company's links to the Chinese government.

How do you make an exclusive version of hybrid hypercar that is already limited to 63 units? If you are Lamborghini, you saw off its roof and call it a Roadster.

The weight loss industry is constantly expanding its border and ascending to its peak. Unfortunately for decades, society has considered body size, shape or weight to often judge and measure one’s worth. It is 2020 and still, we are dealing with this issue where instead of eradicating these misguided beliefs youngsters are falling victim to the trend of fitting into the restricting body standards set by various advertisements appearing in magazines, online or television.

The raging pandemic has put a painful bind on publishers and readers alike hindering physical and social mobility. This has resulted in the book lovers' paradise known as Nilkhet being shut down meaning bibliophiles cannot have the chance to get hold of their beloved hardcover books.

The conversational AI industry is predicted to reach a value of $15 billion by 2024 according to a recent study by P&S Intelligence. The AI solutions' services are not limited to mere chatbots anymore and are expanding to all sorts of different services that involve communication and administrative assistance, call centre jobs and many more.

If you watch TikTok videos generated from Asia, that seems to be a recurring theme. Young people concoct elaborate sub-1-minute videos where

South Korean Brand Hyundai has developed a manual gearbox that does not have a clutch pedal.