Trump ready for US shutdown to last ‘for years’
US President Donald Trump has said he is prepared for a partial shutdown of the US government - now entering its third week - to last years.
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Japanese magazine apologises over university ‘sex listing’
A Japanese men's magazine has had to issue an apology after publishing a list ranking universities on how easy it is to convince female students to have sex at drinking parties.
Skin printer wipes years from your face
A handheld printer for the face and hands is on show at the CES tech expo in Las Vegas.
US government shutdown leaves websites insecure
The ongoing US government shutdown is leaving dozens of official websites insecure or inaccessible.
Millions of Chinese CVs exposed on cloud server
A database containing resumes of more than 200 million Chinese people has been found exposed online.
China’s Moon mission sees first seeds sprout
Seeds taken up to the Moon by China's Chang'e-4 mission have sprouted, says China National Space Administration.
Nike’s phone-controlled self-lacing trainers
Nike has launched self-lacing trainers, which fit themselves to the shape of the foot and are controlled via a smartphone.
Twitter warns that private tweets were public for years
Private tweets sent by users of Twitter's Android app could have been exposed publicly for years
WhatsApp restricts message-sharing to fight fake news
WhatsApp is limiting all its members to forwarding any single message up to five times in an effort to tackle the spread of false information on the platform.
Chinese censor calls Tencent news app ‘vulgar’
One of China's leading news apps has been singled out for criticism by the country's internet watchdog.
