Sci-Tech

Apple apologizes for slowing iPhones, offers discounted batteries

SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) -- Apple on Thursday apologized to its customers for slowing down the performance of older…

Epson, Apple face French legal pressure over planned obsolescence

by Anne LEC'HVIEN and Adam PLOWRIGHT Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- French prosecutors have launched a probe into Japanese…

Apple CEO must fly private aircraft for ‘security, efficiency’

SAN FRANCISCO, California, United States (AFP) -- Apple's board has instructed chief executive Tim Cook to use only private aircraft…

UPDATE: Russia loses contact with Angolan satellite

by Olga Rotenberg and Anna Smolchenko Agence France-Presse moscow, Russia (AFP) -- Russia has lost contact with Angola's first national…

Nintendo eyes 20 mn Switch sales

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Nintendo is expecting to sell more than 20 million of its new "Switch" consoles in the…

Self-healing glass: a cracking discovery from Japan

by Hiroshi Hiyama Agence France-Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- A Japanese researcher has developed -- by accident-- a new type…

US Library of Congress backtracks on complete Twitter archive

by Rob Lever Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States  -- The US Library of Congress has scaled back plans to archive…

Russia launches telecoms satellite for Angola

MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Russia on Tuesday launched a rocket carrying Angosat-1, the first national telecoms satellite for Angola, from…

‘Virtual gold’ may glitter, but mining it can be really dirty

  by Chris Wright Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- As the poster child for the growing ranks of…

McCandless, first astronaut to fly untethered, dies at age 80

  WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Bruce McCandless, an astronaut who was the first to fly untethered from his spacecraft…

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