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Telegram boss and founder Pavel Durov has been placed under formal investigation in France as part of a probe into organised crime on the messaging app, Paris prosecutors say. Mr …

The second-largest diamond ever found – a rough 2,492-carat stone – has been unearthed in Botswana at a mine owned by Canadian firm Lucara Diamond. It is the biggest find …

Thousands of people in Serbia have protested in Belgrade against plans to mine one of Europe’s largest deposits of lithium – a crucial raw material for electric car batteries. Activists …

Susan Wojcicki, the former boss of YouTube and one of Google’s earliest employees, has died aged 56. Google’s chief executive Sundar Pichai announced that Ms Wojcicki had passed away after …

When you last bought a new electronic device did you look at the instruction manual? If your answer is a resounding “no”, then you are not alone. Studies show that …

Italy’s northern lakes like Como, Garda and Maggiore may shine on social media, but the Alpine lakes of France, equally picturesque but with an understated elegance, offer a refreshing – …

Financial markets in the US and Asia have fallen sharply as investors sell off shares in technology companies, with artificial intelligence (AI) stocks hit particularly hard. In Wednesday’s trading in …

When do the Olympics start? The opening ceremony to signal the official start of the Paris 2024 Olympics will be held on Friday, 26 July. But the sporting action actually begins on …

To get a sense of the public interest in the Vision Pro, Apple’s very high-tech, very expensive virtual reality (VR) headset – finally launched in the UK and Europe on …

Every day, for the last seven years, Arun Kumar has set up his fruit stall on a busy Mumbai street. It’s not an easy way to make a living. “Being …