Apple’s Tim Cook meets China regulator after pulling Hong Kong app
By Vega Apple CEO Tim Cook met the chief of China’s market regulator in Beijing on Thursday, the Chinese agency said, a week after the US firm was thrust into …
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Brexit costing UK scientists nearly half a billion in funding
By Simone LONDON – Uncertainty surrounding Britain’s exit from the European Union has hit science funding to the tune of almost half a billion euros and is putting off international …
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Tech company will pay $130K to put your face on a line of robots
By Ben Here’s your chance to be the literal face of a robotics company. A tech firm is looking for the right person to lend their likeness to a new …
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You can buy a piece of Steve Jobs’ turtleneck — in an iPhone
By Nadine Steve Jobs’ turtleneck lives on. A luxury tech brand claims it’s embedded a swatch of fabric from the late Apple co-founder’s iconic uniform inside a new phone. It’s …
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How Amazon moved into the business of US elections
By Ellie The expansion by Amazon Web Services into state and local elections has quietly gathered pace since the 2016 US presidential vote. More than 40 states now use one …
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Facebook faces heated political climate ahead of 2020 vote
By Nicole Mark Zuckerberg defended meetings he’s reportedly had with conservative leaders after #DeleteFacebook began trending on social media. Politico reported this week that the Facebook CEO held private meetings …
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Expect a $399 iPhone in 2020: analyst
By Vega Apple is planning to release a dirt-cheap iPhone next year in a bid to boost its stagnant sales, a well-respected analyst says. TF Securities’ Ming-Chi Kuo said in …
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Barry Diller’s IAC to spin off Tinder, other dating sites
By Nicolas Barry Diller’s IAC on Friday outlined its proposal to spin off its shares of Tinder parent Match Group. The move would see IAC, which also controls Vimeo and …
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Ex-WeWork CEO Adam Neumann no longer on Forbes’ billionaires list
By Vega Adam Neumann has been kicked out of the billionaire’s club. Forbes has slashed the estimated net worth of WeWork’s long-haired cofounder to $600 million from $4.1 billion, following …
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China criticizes Apple for app that tracks Hong Kong police
By Vega Apple Inc. has become the latest company targeted for Chinese pressure over protests in Hong Kong after the ruling Communist Party’s main newspaper criticized the tech giant for …
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Boeing to invest $20M in Virgin Galactic to expand space travel
By Gladen Boeing plans to invest $20 million in Virgin Galactic, looking at possibilities beyond the space tourism company’s immediate goal of launching passengers on suborbital flights as early as …
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Twitter admits it gave phone numbers, emails to advertisers
By Nicole Twitter says it mistakenly used the phone numbers and email addresses people provided for security purposes to show advertisements to its users. The company said Tuesday that it …
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Prince Harry accuses British tabloids of hacking phone, stealing voicemails
By Lapin Prince Harry is suing two British tabloids for allegedly hacking his phone and stealing his voicemails. The claims against The Sun and the Daily Mirror were filed in …
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DoorDash data breach that affected 4.9M users draws class action suit
By Deney At least one of the DoorDash users who claims she is among the nearly 5 million people affected by a massive data theft wants to take a bite …
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FBI director warns Facebook could become platform of ‘child pornographers’
By Vega WASHINGTON – FBI Director Christopher Wray said Friday that Facebook’s proposal to encrypt its popular messaging program would turn the platform into a “dream come true for predators …
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Microsoft says Iran plotted cyber attack against US presidential campaign
By Yaron A hacking group that is apparently linked to the Iranian government has carried out a cyber attack against a US presidential campaign — as well as current and …
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Instagram users can now ‘shadow ban’ cyberbullies
By Benc Instagram is rolling out a new feature that allows you to stealthily filter out comments from cyberbullies. The new tool, called Restrict, attempts to safeguard Instagram accounts from …
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Twitter, TweetDeck struggle to restore service after global outage
By Elina Twitter was struggling to restore service to all of its users on Wednesday after a worldwide outage hit the microblogging platform’s website and its dashboard management platform TweetDeck, …
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Mark Zuckerberg says he’s ready to ‘go to the mat’ with Elizabeth Warren
By Nicolas Mark Zuckerberg told Facebook employees he was ready to “go to the mat” with US Sen. Elizabeth Warren if she gets elected president. The giant social network’s CEO, …
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‘Robocats’ are helping the elderly combat loneliness
By Maryn Here, robo kitty! When elderly clients of the Bronx-based RiverSpring Health Plans are feeling low, they might get a cat in their lap — a robotic cat that is. …
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