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Taiwan chipmaker TSMC posts record profits for 2015
TAIPEI, Taiwan – Chipmaking giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) posted record profits for 2015 Thursday, despite a slowdown in the second half of the year due to weaker global...
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Netflix to crack down on proxies that bypass country restrictions
MANILA, Philippines – Netflix may now be in over 190 countries, but some change has to come along with the advance of the video-on-demand service. The future of Netflix will include a crackdown on...
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ISIS has an Android app for encrypted chat
MANILA, Philippines – After getting pushed out of various messaging services, such as Whatsapp and Telegram, the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist group appears to be communicating over its own secure...
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Reports of Bitcoin's death have been widely retweeted and greatly exaggerated
On January 14, noted Bitcoin core developer Mike Hearn posted an impassioned article about his departure from the Bitcoin project and his subsequent liquidation of all his Bitcoin holdings.Over 4,000...
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Pakistan lifts YouTube ban
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Pakistan on Monday, January 18, lifted a years-long ban on video-sharing site YouTube after Google launched a country-specific version ensuring the filtering out of content deemed...
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Twitter down in some parts of the world
MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – Twitter appears to be having issues this Tuesday afternoon, January 19, as people in some parts of the world are unable to check their tweets or send tweets out to...
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Netflix membership climbs with global growth
SAN FRANCISCO, United States – Netflix on Tuesday, January 19, reported that it remained profitable and added a record number of new subscribers in the final quarter of last year as it pushed to expand...
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Microsoft donates cloud computing 'worth $1 billion'
SAN FRANCISCO, USA – Microsoft said Tuesday, January 29 (January 30 Manila time) it will put a billion dollars' worth of cloud computing power in the hands of non-profit groups and university...
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#TheLeaderIWant trends, supporters take advantage
MANILA, Philippines – Despite the absence of most presidential and vice presidential candidates at Rappler's #TheLeaderIWant Forum on Wednesday, January 20, the hashtag #TheLeaderIWant zipped to the...
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Cayetano, the 'Duterte whisperer'? Netizens react to forum guests
MANILA, Philippines – Only one presidential-vice presidential tandem attended Rappler's #TheLeaderIWant Forum on Wednesday, January 20, but the event made quite a mark on social media, generating over...
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Rappler now 2 million strong on Facebook
MANILA, Philippines – What can two million people have in common?On Wednesday, January 20, the Rappler Facebook page earned two million fans.When we launched in January 2012, reaching such a milestone...
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Netflix not worried about int’l users leaving over proxy blocks
MANILA, Philippines – Netflix CEO Reed Hastings is not worried about international users leaving the service due to the company’s crackdown on virtual private networks (VPNs).Netflix said on January 14...
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Anonymous messaging app stirs controversy in Israel
TEL AVIV, Israel – A new Israeli app launched by a company with investors including Will.I.Am and Nicki Minaj has been accused of encouraging teen bullying and Internet trolls.The Blindspot app allows...
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Google sidelined 780 million suspect ads in 2015
SAN FRANCISCO, USA – Google revealed on Thursday, January 21, that it sidelined more than 780 million ads deemed rude, dishonest or dangerous in 2015 in a leap from the 524 million targeted a year...
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IBM boosts cloud offerings with Ustream buy
SAN FRANCISCO, USA – Technology world centenarian IBM has boosted its Internet cloud offerings with the takeover of live video streaming services firm Ustream.IBM did not disclose financial terms of...
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Kill the Plumber: An accessible anti-platforming puzzler
Reviewed on SteamPrice: P165.95 ($4.99 in the US)If you've heard of the Super Mario Brothers, then you likely have some idea of what a platforming game is. In platformers, your character is tasked with...
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The Tomorrow Children preview: The red Minecraft
Q-Games’ The Tomorrow Children’s closed beta just ended and I’m still trying to wrap my head around its strangeness.The Tomorrow Children is a PlayStation 4 game that carries a very Red mix of...
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CEO confirms major shakeup of Twitter's top ranks
SAN FRANCISCO, USA (UPDATED) – Twitter is overhauling its top management in a major shakeup, as the social network struggles to boost its profitability and growth prospects, company CEO Jack Dorsey...
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Apple 5se to be announced in March – Report
MANILA, Philippines – Apple is bringing back the 4-inch platform to the iPhone with the tentatively named ‘iPhone 5se’, poised to be announced in an event in March.Contrary to rumors, this is not a...
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Sony merging PlayStation businesses into single unit
MANILA, Philippines – Sony announced Tuesday, January 26, that it was merging two of its businesses related to the PlayStation – Sony Computer Entertainment Incorporated (SCEI) and Sony Network...
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