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Apple developing curved screens, touchless controls for future iPhones - report
MANILA, Philippines – Apple is said to be working on some brand new designs for future iPhones by adding touchless controls and curved screens, according to a report from Bloomberg.Previously debuting...
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Rappler Game Night: 'Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom'
MANILA, Philippines – JRPGs may not be as popular as they once were in the '90s but from time to time, there are gems that catch the attention of gamers, beyond the hardcore JRPG set. One of them is...
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Netizens on Boracay closure: 'Hassle, unnecessary!'
MANILA, Philippines – Netizens took to social media to voice their opinions on President Rodrigo Duterte's order to shut down Boracay Island for 6 months starting April 26.Because of the months-long...
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Samsung Electronics flags record $14.7-B Q1 operating profit
SEOUL, South Korea – Samsung Electronics flagged Friday, April 6, a first-quarter operating profit of 15.6 trillion won ($14.7 billion), a record for any three-month period, as it benefited from...
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'PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds' creators sue NetEase's 'Rules of Survival,'...
MANILA, Philippines – The popularity of online shooters on mobile, especially those mimicking PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), brought PUBG Corp, the company running PUBG, to file a lawsuit in...
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Cherry Mobile is top-selling smartphone brand in PH in 2017 – IDC
MANILA, Philippines – Filipino smartphone maker, Cherry Mobile, was 2017's most successful brand in the Philippines in terms of units shipped, according to industry tracker, International Data...
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Academics call boycott on South Korean university over 'killer robots'
MANILA, Philippines - Elon Musk, the billionaire behind Tesla and SpaceX openly claims that artificial intelligence (AI) technology could be the cause of another world war. He seems to share this...
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Russian regulator moves to block Telegram messaging app
MOSCOW, Russia – Russia's telecoms watchdog on Friday, April 6, asked a Moscow court to block the popular messaging app Telegram after the expiry of a deadline for it to give the state security...
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Up to 2.7 million Europeans affected by Facebook data scandal – EU
BRUSSELS, Belgium – Facebook has admitted it may have "improperly shared" the personal data of up to 2.7 million people in the European Union, the bloc announced Friday, saying it would demand further...
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4 things to know about Telegram messenger
MOSCOW, Russia – The popular messaging app Telegram risks being blocked in Russia after refusing demands to hand over its encryption keys to give the FSB security service access to users' data.Here are...
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Facebook to verify identities for political ads
WASHINGTON DC, USA – Facebook announced Friday, April 7, that it will require any political ads on its platform to state who is paying for the message, and would verify the identity of the payer, in a...
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Cybersecurity roundup: April 1 to April 7, 2018
Facebook remains in hot water this week as new information comes to light in the Facebook and Cambridge Analytica's data privacy scandal, which has affected tens of millions of users and left them out...
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FBI shuts down sex classifieds giant Backpage
WASHINGTON, USA – US law enforcement agencies on Friday, April 6, shut down classified advertising website giant Backpage, long in authorities' sights because of its alleged support of human...
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Tech sector frets as U.S.-China trade tensions simmer
WASHINGTON, USA – As US-China trade tensions ratchet up, the technology sector is fretting over the potential for collateral damage to one of America's most important export industries.The tech...
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Zuckerberg to face angry lawmakers as Facebook firestorm rages
WASHINGTON, DC, USA – Amid a firestorm over Facebook's data privacy scandal, Mark Zuckerberg appears before US lawmakers this week with mounting pressure for new regulations for social media...
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Facebook suspends more data analytics firms amid privacy scandal
MANILA, Philippines - Just a month ago, controversy erupted when Facebook first acknowledged that London-based data analytics firm, Cambridge Analytica harvested the personal information of tens of...
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New headset lets you interact with computers using your mind
MANILA, Philippines - A group of MIT researchers have developed a computer interface called AlterEgo that lets its users interact with computers using their internal voices. It consists of a wearable...
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Backpage co-founders, executives indicted on prostitution charges
WASHINGTON, USA – Two co-founders of Backpage and top executives of the classified advertising website have been indicted on charges of enabling prostitution and money laundering.Backpage was abruptly...
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Zuckerberg acknowledges they 'didn't do enough' in written testimony
WASHINGTON, USA (UPDATED) – Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg placed the blame for privacy and security lapses at the world's largest social network squarely on himself as he girded Monday for appearances...
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Top EU lawmaker says Zuckerberg 'must' face European Parliament
BRUSSELS, Belgium – Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg must come to the European Parliament to face questions about the Cambridge Analytica data scandal, the head of the parliament's leading political...
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