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Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesPfizer's twice-daily version of its experimental weight loss pill has now joined a long list of other scrapped drugs that aimed to treat obesity but came with unintended consequences. The drugmaker on…

Kit-E-Kat… That’s Livin’* Annapurna’s sci-fi kitty adventure Stray is seemingly headed to the Xbox platform, at least according to the Entertainment Software Ratings Board (ESRB), which has uploaded a listing for a new port the…

Originally touted as a better alternative to plastic implants, metal-on-metal hip implants have been found to carry some unique risks that arguably make them more dangerous for vulnerable patients. A recall was even issued…

The Gallery of Flops at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas displays past product ideas that failed to become household items. A…

And the cynics said cinema was done for! Instead, 2022 became the year the movies rode again. Flights of visual invention drew crowds back in blockbuster numbers, so much so that they became a news story. Even governments took note. All…

Issued on: 19/12/2022 - 22:00 The 2022 FIFA World Cup drew to a close on Sunday with a spectacular Argentinian victory over France’s Les Bleus in the final. FRANCE 24 takes a…

Defending champions France enter the World Cup in Qatar hoping to break the curse that has plagued recent title holders – a jinx the French inaugurated in 2002 when their formidable armada of strikers famously failed to…

Reading Time: 3 minutes  For simply gaming, mobile game producers now offer a steady stream of bonus rewards and cash prizes to users. While these prizes are geared toward increasing the publicity of their apps, they are…

Looking like a HotWheels car that ended up in the microwave, the EV1's styling left a lot to be desired. It was tiny and odd looking from every angle. Reviews from the time noted that the back two wheels were closer together…

While AR and VR technologies focus on the experience of an individual user, the logical endpoint of these technologies is a shared digital world where all of us can work and play. In 2021, Meta (formerly Facebook) announced…