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By Lapin BEIJING — An encrypted messaging app said Thursday that it was hit by a powerful cyberattack from China as a major protest unfolded in Hong Kong. The attack …
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By Elina BERLIN — The virtual currency bitcoin is responsible for the same amount of carbon dioxide emissions as a city like Las Vegas or Hamburg and efforts to reduce …
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By Christopher YouTube’s crackdown on white supremacy and hate speech has ensnared history teachers who are trying to upload archival footage of Nazi dictator Adolph Hitler. The Google-owned platform announced …
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By Sean Instagram is going to start putting posts from “influencers” in your feed and Stories – even if you don’t follow them. It means that even if you only …
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By Nick Smartphones will be able to spot Alzheimer’s disease up to 30 years before symptoms appear, scientists say. The new digital test is reportedly 90 percent accurate, compared to …
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By Chris Since first encountering the mysterious Ultima Thule earlier this year, NASA has made several discoveries about the ancient space object. Now, researchers from the government space agency have …
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By Nicolas Facebook said on Monday it had removed multiple pages, groups and accounts linked mostly to Russia that were used to spread misleading information on the social network and …
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By Vega Amazon a year ago launched its high-tech Go convenience store, where shoppers can pull items off the shelf and walk out. Now it’s adding a decidedly low-tech feature: …
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By Andy We had our first hint this was coming thanks to a beta version of Google Maps from a few months ago, inside of which code was found that …
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By Alisa SAN FRANCISCO — When a robot “dies,” does it make you sad? For lots of people, the answer is “yes” — and that tells us something important and …
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By Mccarth BRUSSELS — Twitter will launch a new tool next week to make it easier for users to flag deliberate attempts to mislead voters taking part in key European …
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By Rogers Google and Goodwill are ramping up an initiative offering digital skills training to job seekers. Last year the tech giant joined forces with Goodwill to launch the Goodwill …
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Mobile growth is shaping internet usage in India. With over 200 million mobile internet users in the country, mobile captured 60 per cent share of all shopping-related queries and over …
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On a recent trip out of town, I didn’t know what to carry with me. But then the Lenovo Yoga Tab 3 Pro arrived. Unlike most other tabs, this sported …
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Service charge, user charge and convenience fee paid by gateways and vendors on online or card payments will be waived once steps approved by the Cabinet on Wednesday come into …
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Electronic transactions related to e-governance projects in the country have almost doubled in 2015, owing to the Digital India Programme, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said. “According to government website …
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Microsoft is interested in working with Indian entrepreneurs to connect rural areas with technology and new economy, chief executive officer Satya Nadella said on Monday. Nadella, who was on a …
Read MoreBy Nicholas 1. Infosys at work on GST tech framework despite delay in passing of Bill Infosys, which a few months ago won a landmark Rs 1,380-crore contract from the …
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CANBERRA – The Turnbull Government has unveiled a $1.1 billion “innovation and science agenda,” returning previous budget cuts to the CSIRO, offering tax incentives for business risk, overseas “landing pads” …
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“Healthy 7.5 per cent GDP growth for India for the fiscal year ending March 2017 (FY2017) and a pick-up in manufacturing activity will be broadly supportive of business growth,” said …
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