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14 February 2017 • 15:05 AMT
Greek economy drops in Q3 amid difficult bailout talks

An initial estimate had put the growth rate at 0.5%, but the estimate was reduced partly as a result of slower than expected growth in Germany.

14 February 2017 • 14:58 AMT
Scientists unveil huge dataset of exoplanet-detecting observations

All the measurements came from observations made by the HiRES spectrometer, which is mounted on a 33-foot telescope at the Keck Observatory in Hawaii.

14 February 2017 • 14:50 AMT
Scientists developing VR displays that match your eyesight

At the moment, the prototypes can only help you if you are nearsighted, farsighted or presbyopic.

14 February 2017 • 14:44 AMT
Delays, confusion as Toshiba reports $6 bn nuke hit and slides to loss

Toshiba also said in a statement it could push harder to raise capital, including selling a majority stake in its memory chip arm.

14 February 2017 • 14:37 AMT
Philippines’ Duterte targets children in bid to widen drug war

Police chief Ronald Dela Rosa recently said that he was suspending anti-narcotics operations, which have killed more than 2,500 people.

14 February 2017 • 14:24 AMT
Kremlin, Russian MPs downplay Flynn’s resignation

The Russian establishment has not harbored any illusions about the Trump administration’s pro-Russia stance for some time now, said Alexei Makarkin.

14 February 2017 • 13:56 AMT
Apple exploring fingerprint sensing displays without Touch ID

Apple’s current fingerprint sensing technology requires a capacitive drive ring to be in contact with a user’s finger during operation.

14 February 2017 • 13:50 AMT
Jason Biggs to topline ABC comedy pilot “Charlie Foxtrot”

Biggs will play a lovable dentist who promises to look after his brother’s impulsive fiancée and her misfit teens while his brother is deployed in Iraq.

14 February 2017 • 13:19 AMT
French carmaker PSA mulls buying GM’s Opel

GM and PSA already share production of SUVs and commercial vans, a relic of their last attempt to forge a broader alliance.

14 February 2017 • 13:13 AMT
Kim Jong-Un’s half brother killed in Kuala Lumpur: source

The older half brother of the North Korean leader was known to spend a significant amount of his time outside the country.

14 February 2017 • 13:12 AMT
FOX renews DC/Vertigo Comics-based series “Lucifer” for season 3

“Lucifer” follows a devil who decides to come up to the surface world. He takes up residence in LA to help a local detective catch criminals.

14 February 2017 • 13:04 AMT
India to launch record 104 satellites from single rocket

The rocket is set to blast off from the southern spaceport of Sriharikota, India’s Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said in a statement.

14 February 2017 • 12:58 AMT
Ana Lily Amirpour’s star-studded “The Bad Batch” unveils new trailer

The movie marks Amirpour’s next project after cult film “A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night”.

14 February 2017 • 12:44 AMT
Milo Gibson’s action-thriller “All the Devil’s Men” adds cast

Gibson, who starred in his father Mel Gibson’s “Hacksaw Ridge,” will play a battle-scarred War on Terror bounty hunter.

14 February 2017 • 12:34 AMT
Economy ministry pledges to achieve at least 3,2% GDP growth in 2017

Armenia’s economy will see a 3,2% growth in 2017, minister of economic development and investments Suren Karayan said on February 14.

14 February 2017 • 12:31 AMT
Liam Neeson action thriller “Hard Powder” sells internationally

“Hard Powder” stars Neeson as a snowplow driver and pillar of his Colorado community whose life is up-ended by his son’s killing.

14 February 2017 • 12:21 AMT
Kasabian finish work on their new album

A new page on Amazon appears to show that the album will be called “You’re In Love With A Psycho” and will be released in April.

14 February 2017 • 12:18 AMT
Adele to record a “Girl Power Anthem” with Beyonce

Adele is the highest-paid Grammy nominee who had made $80.5 million in total from 2015 to 2016 due to her successful tour and album.

14 February 2017 • 12:15 AMT
Turkey police detain suspected organizer of Istanbul nightclub attack

A French national of Turkish origin, he was detained in Istanbul. He has been wanted for alleged links to the outlawed IS terrorist group.

14 February 2017 • 12:06 AMT
South Korean prosecutors again seek arrest of Samsung chief

Lee, the third-generation leader of the country’s top conglomerate, was questioned for more than 15 hours by the special prosecutor’s office.

14 February 2017 • 11:48 AMT
Pro-Turkey rebels, Syria regime “agree security line” in Al-Bab – report

If confirmed, it would mark a rare case of contact in the conflict between the Damascus regime and the rebels seeking to oust it.

14 February 2017 • 11:42 AMT
Iconic Nokia 3310 set to be re-launched

It’s still possible to buy the 3310 on Amazon, though only through its marketplace and not directly from the company itself.

14 February 2017 • 10:35 AMT
Armenia sends 40 tons of humanitarian aid to Syria

“We are thankful to the Russian side for providing the planes and facilitating the delivery of aid,” defense minister Vigen Sargsyan said.

14 February 2017 • 09:46 AMT
Engine maker Rolls-Royce logs loss of £4 bn

Rolls took a vast £4.4-billion hit from the drop in the value of the pound in the wake of Britain’s shock EU exit referendum.

14 February 2017 • 09:39 AMT
Daimler invests in vehicle finance app AutoGravity

AutoGravity enables financial services providers and automotive manufacturers the opportunity to offer vehicle leasing via smartphone.

14 February 2017 • 09:30 AMT
Minority discrimination a part of Azerbaijan’s state policy: Armenia

“We discussed the issue and concluded that we have no grounds to reject a temporary asylum,” the Defense Minister said.

14 February 2017 • 09:21 AMT
Apple “to embrace wireless charging on iPhones”

Apple has quietly joined the Wireless Power Consortium, which governs the Qi standard you see on most devices with wireless charging.

14 February 2017 • 09:09 AMT
LG G6 promises superior sound with upgraded quad-DAC system

The G6 will feature an ESS-designed 32-bit quad-DAC system, as an upgraded version of the system found in last year’s LG V20.

14 February 2017 • 08:58 AMT
Apple working to combat fake news in News app

Cue failed to detail what, exactly, Apple is trying to do with Apple News, but he seemed adamant that the industry needs to workshop a solution.

14 February 2017 • 08:57 AMT
Physicists teach AI to recognize exotic states of matter

Physicists show that they can train neural networks to look at snapshots of just hundreds of atoms and figure out what phase of matter they’re in.