Sci-Tech

August 31, 2026 2:32 PM

Google Maps now show ‘Lake America’ in US, not ‘Lake Ontario’

Google Maps has changed the name of "Lake Ontario" to "Lake America" for U.S. users to reflect President Donald Trump's executive order renaming the lake, according to a Google statement. Trump announced on Thursday that he was changing the name of the smallest of the five Great Lakes, part of an e...

August 27, 2026 3:07 PM

AstraZeneca-Amgen asthma drug succeeds in late-stage oesophagus disease trial

AstraZeneca said on Thursday its asthma drug Tezspire met the main goals of a late-stage trial in patients with a chronic inflammatory disorder of the oesophagus, offering a boost after a string of pipeline setbacks. The study showed that Tezspire, developed with Amgen, significantly reduced inflam...

August 27, 2026 1:22 PM

Meta settlement opens new front in global fight over social media harm

Meta's move to restrict teenagers' use of social media in the U.S. shows companies have tools to better protect young people online, Australian regulators said on Thursday, as the country grapples with patchy enforcement of restrictions at home. Meta's up to $18 billion settlement with nearly 50 U....

August 25, 2026 4:01 PM

New NASA telescope to probe dark energy, dark matter and exoplanets

NASA is preparing to launch its next flagship space observatory, one that scientists plan to use to investigate some of the universe's biggest mysteries including dark energy and dark matter, while also testing gravity at vast scales and hunting for planets beyond our solar system. The launch of th...