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A recent study had proven that switching from a hunter-gatherer lifestyle to farming shortened humans’ height, Daily Mail reported.  Studies show that our ancestors had shifted from a hunter-gatherer lifestyle to agriculture nearly 12,000 years ago. A research team analysed DNA samples from the remains of 167 ancient human bodies found around Europe. The bodies were dated to either before, …

YouTube has blocked Duma TV which broadcasts from Russia’s lower house of parliament, drawing an angry response from officials who said the world’s most popular streaming service could face restrictions in response. On Saturday, a message on YouTube said the Duma channel had been “terminated for a violation of YouTube’s Terms of Service”. YouTube, owned by Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O), has …

SEOUL: Samsung Electronics’ flagship Galaxy S22 smartphone has taken a battering from reports of hobbled performance and has seen carriers half its price at home in South Korea just weeks since its launch, hurting its image as an iPhone rival. Consumers have complained — and even filed a class-action lawsuit — about the handset maker advertising what it called its …

WASHINGTON: The first fully private mission to the International Space Station blasted off from Florida on Friday with a four-member crew from startup company Axiom Space. The partnership has been hailed by NASA, which sees it as a key step in its goal to commercialise the region of space known as “Low Earth Orbit”, leaving the agency to focus on …

WASHINGTON: Astron­omers have discovered what may be the earliest and most distant galaxy ever observed, one that formed relatively soon after the Big Bang event that marked the origin of the universe and may be populated by the novel first generation of stars. The galaxy, called HD1, dates from a bit more than 300 million years after the Big Bang …

The first fully private mission to the International Space Station (ISS) is set to blast off Friday with a four-member crew from startup company Axiom Space. The partnership has been hailed by Nasa, which sees it as a key step in its goal to commercialise the region of space known as “low Earth orbit,” leaving the agency to focus on …

ISLAMABAD: The Cloud First Policy, which was approved by the government in mid of February, is likely to accelerate digital transformation in public sector organisations across the country, as it will create a common and collective cloud platform. The government-owned cloud infrastructure will help all public sector organisations to avail the cloud services at a fraction of the cost of operating their …

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tele­communications Authority (PTA) has called upon YouTube to review its decision to block a TV channel run by the late Dr Israr Ahmed’s foundation over charges of hate speech. “This unilateral shutdown of Dr Israr Ahmed’s channel, a prominent Muslim scholar, raises questions about the arbitrary limits of online expression,” the PTA said in its appeal to …

COLORADO SPRINGS: Amazon on Tuesday announced deals for scores of launches to deploy a “constellation” of satellites in low orbit around the Earth to provide internet service to people below. Amazon said that its contracts with Arianespace, Blue Origin and United Launch Alliance (ULA) are the largest commercial procurement of launch vehicles in history. The overall cost and timing of …

Carrefour, Europe’s largest food retailer, is joining forces with venture capital firm Daphni to invest in digital retail startups as part of a global plan to step up e-commerce expansion over the next four years, it said on Monday. Their new venture capital fund, Dastore, will initially invest 80 million euros ($88 million) by taking minority stakes in high-potential emerging …