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Timehop suffers data breach, 21 million users affected
MANILA, Philippines – Social media service Timehop revealed over the weekend it had been the victim of a data breach on July 4, compromising the names, email addresses, and phone numbers of its user...
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Samsung opens world's biggest smartphone factory in India
NEW DELHI, India – Samsung opened the world's largest smartphone factory in India on Monday, July 9, a move Prime Minister Narendra Modi said would help transform Asia's third-largest economy into a...
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Huawei P20 review: Holding its own with stellar cameras
MANILA, Philippines - When Huawei unveiled the latest entries to their P series of phones in Paris, France last March, the high-end P20 Pro was the center of attention for being the first smartphone to...
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How governments are cracking down on encryption and anonymity
MANILA, Philippines – Data is the new oil, as they say. It seems everyone wants a piece of it. Hackers. Social networks. Internet giants. Device makers. Cloud service providers. Heck, even fitness...
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GrabPlatform opens Grab to third-party app developers
SINGAPORE – Grab, at a media event held in their headquarters in Singapore on July 10, said it was opening its platform to micro-entrepreneur partners.Called GrabPlatform, this suite of APIs...
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Tesla to build huge Shanghai factory – local government
SHANGHAI, China – US electric-car maker Tesla reached an agreement to build a factory capable of producing 500,000 automobiles per year in Shanghai, the city's government said on Tuesday, July 10.The...
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UK slaps Facebook with 1st fine for Cambridge Analytica scandal
Facebook is staring down its first fine for allowing Cambridge Analytica to improperly access data about millions of people, potentially opening the door for governments around the world to slap the...
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Following data scandal fine in UK, Facebook may face penalty in Australia
SYDNEY, Australia – Facebook could face a hefty compensation bill in Australia after a leading litigation funder lodged a complaint with the country's privacy regulator over users' personal data shared...
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To improve digital well-being, put your phone down and talk to people
Apple and Google recently announced features in their forthcoming mobile operating systems designed to “reduce interruptions and manage screen time.” Android and iOS users alike will soon be able to...
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New telescope to scan skies for asteroids on collision course with Earth
Around sunrise on Feb. 15, 2013, an extremely bright and otherworldly object was seen streaking through the skies over Russia before it exploded about 97,000 feet above the Earth’s surface. The...
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Grab ‘superapp’ update rolling out by Q3 this year
SINGAPORE - Grab is attempting to make their vision of becoming the "everyday superapp" a reality by revamping the look of their user interface.“Our goal is for one Southeast Asian app to offer all the...
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YouTube to offer $25M funding to boost 'trusted' news sources
WASHINGTON, USA – YouTube unveiled plans to invest $25 million in news organizations as part of an effort to boosted trusted journalism and combat misinformation.The Google-owned online video service...
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WhatsApp labeling forwarded messages in effort to fight falsehood
MANILA, Philippines – In an effort to combat hoaxes, false news reports, and other online shenanigans shared on messaging service WhatsApp, the company announced on Tuesday, July 10, it was going to...
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Google parent 'graduates' moonshot projects Loon, Wing
SAN FRANCISCO, USA – Google parent Alphabet announced on Wednesday, July 11, it was raising the profile of two "moonshot" projects – one for drone delivery and the other for global internet...
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Twitter to remove locked accounts from users' follower count
MANILA, Philippines – Twitter on Wednesday, July 11 (July 12, Manila time) announced it is removing locked accounts from the number of followers a user has on his profile. According to a post by Vijaya...
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Uber’s head of HR resigns reportedly after discrimination probe
Uber’s head of human resources resigned Tuesday, July 10, US time, reportedly after a probe into how she had handled racial discrimination allegations at the company, marking the latest departure of a...
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[OPINION] Silicon Valley, from ‘heart’s delight’ to toxic wasteland
There was a time when California’s Santa Clara Valley, bucolic home to orchards and vineyards, was known as “the valley of heart’s delight.” The same area was later dubbed “Silicon Valley,” shorthand...
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Oppo Find X priced at P49,990
MANILA, Philippines – Oppo announced the Philippine retail price for its striking new flagship, the Find X: P49,990.It's Oppo's most expensive phone to date, and represents a huge jump for the brand...
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Parents can inherit dead daughter's Facebook account – German court
KARLSRUHE, Germany (UPDATED) – Germany's top court ruled on Thursday, July 12, that Facebook should grant a grieving mother access to her dead daughter's account, in a landmark judgement for how social...
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How a Macedonian town became a 'fake news' epicenter
VELES, Macedonia – Jovan got a pair of Nike sneakers and went on holiday to Greece, his reward for having helped turn the small Macedonian town of Veles into an epicenter of "fake news" during the 2016...
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