Science & Tech

Data-sharing business Dropbox on Friday filed for an initial public offering of up to $500 million with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The San Francisco-based company, which started as a free service to share and store photos, music, and other large files, competes with much larger technology firms such …

Self-driving cars that back up their computerized system with a remote human operator instead of a fallback driver at the wheel could be tested on California roads as early as April, the state department of motor vehicles said. Relying on a remote human operator – who could control multiple autonomous …

The United Arab Emirates unveiled a prototype of a high-speed hyperloop vehicle in Dubai on Thursday. Hyperloop One signed an agreement with Dubai in August 2017, to “evaluate” the building of the world’s first near-supersonic hyperloop transport system in the Gulf emirate. “We are here today to sign a historic …

The world of espionage is now ready to be experienced by spy aficionados after the launch of an interactive spy museum that sheds light on a number of experiences through several activities held in different parts of the museum. Situated in New York City’s Times Square, the Skyscape museum opened …

WASHINGTON: Elon Musk´s Space-X sent a Spanish military satellite into orbit Thursday in a hitch-less liftoff from California, extending the private space company´s record of successful launches. Space-X, which proved the utility of its massive Falcon Heavy rocket earlier this month, put up the Paz imaging satellite and two of …

BERLIN, GERMANY — A European space probe has swung into position around Mars in preparation to analyze its atmosphere for possible signs of life. The European Space Agency said Wednesday its Trace Gas Orbiter successfully performed a delicate maneuver known as aerobraking that involved dipping into the red planet’s upper …

Facebook has been ordered by a Belgian court to stop collecting data on users or face daily fines of €250,000 a day, or up to €100m. Sign up to the Media Briefing: news for the news-makers The court ruled on Friday that Facebook had broken privacy laws by tracking people …

NEW YORK — Facebook is forging ahead with its messaging app for kids, despite child experts who have pressed the company to shut it down and others who question Facebook’s financial support of some advisers who approved of the app. Messenger Kids lets kids under 13 chat with friends and …

LONDON: Facebook launched a community leadership program on Friday that will award $10 million in total to more than 100 people who have successfully built groups on the social network as part of its push to create “meaningful” interactions. The initiative, announced at a Facebook Communities Summit in London, will …

KABUL: In a country fallen prey to turmoil, unrest and terrorism, a girl group in Afghanistan is defying all odds to learn coding and create tech unconventionally. Enrolled in Code to Inspire (CTI) – an all-female computer programming school – these girls are changing their future, one algorithm at a …