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Plans are unveiled for a 10-mile test track in Wiltshire to test the electric vehicle being developed by Dyson. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2N0RvFC

The Tesla chief asks why he has not been sued by a British man he had defamed and apologised to. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2okvYtm

Facebook's Watch on-demand video service will compete with YouTube and Netflix. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2MXOdTA

A machine that resembles a breathing pillow aims to provide a safer alternative to sedatives. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2NDTVHk

Polaroid unveils an app-controlled version of its instant-film camera at Berlin's Ifa tech show. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2ol1jfw

The world's two bestselling television-makers are showing off rival 8K screens at the Ifa tech show in Berlin. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2N54SVg

BBC Click's LJ Rich looks at some of the week's best technology stories. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2wsVrFs

A "micro-fracture" from a possible collision with a rock fragment sets off alerts on the ISS. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2N6ClOU

The same plane has had two problems with its flaps within the space of a week. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2LCoKKq

How internet-connected robots are helping combat the scourge of isolation and loneliness. from BBC News - Technology https://ift.tt/2MGfoCX

The little-known nebula IRAS 05437+2502 billows out among the bright stars and dark dust clouds that surround it. from NASA https://ift.tt/2N6kacc

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When Rodrigo Duterte makes the first visit to Israel by a president of the Philippines next week, officials on both sides will try to play down his record of jarring invective while promoting commercial and military ties. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2wz5I2S

(This version of the August 31 story corrects paragraph 2 to clarify the agreement was signed by officials, not prime ministers) from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2NaT8Re

Brazil's top electoral court on Friday barred jailed former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from running in this year's presidential because of his corruption conviction. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2wxUYSr

China is not putting any pressure on self-ruled Taiwan's last diplomatic ally in Africa, the Kingdom of eSwatini, to switch to Beijing, but believes it is just a matter of time before that happens, a senior Chinese diplomat said on Saturday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2N3u9PH

Satellite imagery shows North Korea is poised to stage another military parade amid new worries that diplomatic efforts on denuclearization are stalling, though analysts say it is unclear whether it will showcase any of the country's largest ballistic missiles. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2C3CA9p

Turbulence in China's restive far western region of Xinjiang has been caused by "external factors", a state-run newspaper said Saturday in an editorial responding to calls by a group of U.S. lawmakers for sanctions on Chinese officials. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2PpulGe

An American who is the business partner of a Russian national accused by U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller of having ties to Russian intelligence pleaded guilty on Friday to unregistered lobbying for a pro-Kremlin political party in Ukraine. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2C6B9qI

California lawmakers sent to the governor's desk for final approval strict "net neutrality" laws on internet providers that would defy sweeping Federal Communications Commission rules seen as a boon for the companies. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2PSyMdI

One of two immigrants arrested for the fatal stabbing of a German man could have been deported in mid-2016, a German court said on Friday, news that risks fueling far-right outrage about a case that has already sparked violent xenophobic protests. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2N6ZfWt

The United States on Friday halted all funding to a U.N. agency that helps Palestinian refugees in a decision further heightening tensions between the Palestinian leadership and the Trump administration. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2N6lsEg

A U.N. agency that helps Palestinian refugees said a U.S. decision on Friday to halt funding was disappointing and surprising, and rejected the U.S. assertion that its programs were irredeemably flawed. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2PnTwsN

The United States' top spy catcher said Chinese espionage agencies are using fake LinkedIn accounts to try to recruit Americans with access to government and commercial secrets, and the company should shut them down. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2LNyMse

President Donald Trump will skip summits with Asian leaders in Singapore and Papua New Guinea in November, sending Vice President Mike Pence in his place, the White House said on Friday, an announcement that will raise questions about his commitment to a regional strategy to counter China. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Pq9Wku