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Aus state to double penalties for knife crimes under new bill

Thegovernment of Australia's New South Wales (NSW) state on Tuesday announced that a new legislation would be introduced in Parliament to double the...

Japan’s ID system causes more concern amid payment glitches, erroneous deliveries

Japan's "My Number" national identification card system caused further concern following a number of new errors, with the government saying on Tuesday that...

Nothing CEO teases transparent cable for Phone (2)

London-based consumer electronic brand Nothing's CEO Carl Pei, has shown off a transparent USB Type-C cable for the upcoming 'Phone (2)' smartphone. Pei tweeted...

Macron chugs a pint of beer in 17 seconds

French President Emmanuel Macron has stirred controversy after he was filmed chugging a pint of beer in 17 seconds while visiting a rugby...

Adobe’s $20 bn Figma acquisition under lens in EU: Report

Software major Adode's $20 billion acquisition of cloud-based designer platform Figma is reportedly under scrutiny by the antitrust regulators in the European Union,...

BepiColombo spacecraft completes third closest flyby of Mercury

BepiColombo, a joint mission of European Space Agencys (ESA) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), has successfully completed the third of its six...

Users asking for dating, gaming advice to Twitch’s ‘AI Jesus’ chatbot

Thousands of social media users are tuning in to the video live-streaming platform Twitch to chat with an AI chatbot that has been...

British billionaire in missing tourist sub supplied plane to transport cheetahs from Namibia to...

The company of British billionaire Hamish Harding, who is among the five people on board a tourist submarine that went missing on June...

Most Australians unaware of extinction crisis: Report

Fewer than half of Australians are aware of the country's biodiversity crisis, according to a new study published on Tuesday. In the study, the...

iPhone Crash Detection triggers accidental 911 calls, causes chaos at US festival

iPhone Crash Detection feature caused chaos on the first day of the Bonnaroo festival in the US on June 15 by placing multiple...