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When a team of Russian researchers analyzed the remains of a preserved 14,000-year-old puppy, they saw an unusual patch of fur in the abdomen. After a few mitochondrial DNA reference checks, the team was surprised that the fur belonged to a woolly rhinoceros – ‘an almost perfect match.’ The puppy …

Some of the first credible reports about the “Apple iWatch” that I remember reading, described it as “made of curved glass.” The final Apple Watch used naturally curved glass, but it was not really a defining feature of the product. After all, in 2013 The New York Times said Apple’s …

In a new piece of advice for the New York Times, Tim Wu, professor of law at Columbia University and outspoken promoter of the free and open Internet, writes an interesting defense of President Trump’s ban on Chinese apps TikTok and WeChat in the US. Despite calling Trump “the wrong …

A few years ago, in the days before Apple Watch, Samsung Galaxy Watch and WearOS, the standard futuristic vision of a smartwatch was one of a giant, cuff-like device with a screen that wraps around your wrist. The early renderings and design concepts we would see were more than smartphones …

MINSK / BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders holding a state of emergency were expected to face sanctions on Belarusian officials on Wednesday, but signaled a reluctance to take steps that could be seen as a bid to drive the country out of the Moscow lane. Belarussian opposition politician Sviatlana …