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iPhone Xs and Xs Max: Smart postpaid rates
MANILA, Philippines – Shortly after Globe published its iPhone Xs and Xs Max postpaid packages, Smart followed with its own. (READ: At a glance: The major announcements from Apple's September 2018...
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Germany urges global minimum tax for digital giants
FRANKFURT, Germany – German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said in an interview for publication Sunday, October 21 that he backed a global minimum fiscal regime for multinationals as Europe looks to levy...
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New Facebook blog series explains how they identify false news
MANILA, Philippines - Facebook has published the first entry in a new blog called “Hunt for False News” which is part of the social media platform’s effort to be more transparent to its users about...
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Tech start-up uses facial recognition for 'meaningful' ads
MANILA, Philippines – It's been getting a little crowded for billboards in Metro Manila, much to the detriment of both advertisers and consumers.For instance, people are bombarded along EDSA with too...
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The perils of Facebook’s pivot to video
MANILA, Philippines – On Tuesday, October 16, a group of advertisers from California filed a class suit against social networking giant Facebook. This time, it is not a case of data privacy issues – it...
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Over 3.4 billion people actively use social media – report
MANILA, Philippines - There are now approximately 3.4 billion people who are now on social media, according to the latest Global Digital Statshot report from Hootsuite and We Are Social, released on...
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Huawei working on 5G foldable phone – report
MANILA, Philippines – Huawei CEO Richard Yu confirmed last Thursday, October 18, the company was working on creating a 5G-capable foldable phone.At the launch of Huawei Mate 20 range of smartphones, Yu...
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Ateneo, MediXserve launch 1st university-based blockchain research center
MANILA, Philippines – The Ateneo de Manila University and health-tech startup MediXServe launched AMBERLab, the first university-based blockchain education and research laboratory in the Philippines,...
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Facebook has plans to acquire a cybersecurity company – report
MANILA, Philippines - Facebook has plans to strengthen its security in the wake of the recent data breach that affected over 29 million accounts.According to The Information (paywall), the social media...
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Facebook removes pro-Duterte pages for violating policies
MANILA, Philippines – Facebook has removed a network of 95 Pages and 39 accounts in the Philippines that violated its policies on spam as well as its authenticity policies, the company announced on its...
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Musk says LA Hyperloop tunnel to be unveiled December 10
NEW YORK, USA – Elon Musk's Hyperloop ultra high-speed transport system will be unveiled in Los Angeles in early December with free test rides to the public, the entrepreneur announced."The first...
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Cryptocurrency bitcoin marks 10 years
LONDON, United Kingdom – October 31, 2008 marked the birth of bitcoin. Ten years on, the world's first cryptocurrency is at the forefront of a complex financial system viewed warily by markets and...
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Oculus co-founder Brendan Iribe leaves Facebook
MANILA, Philippines - Brendan Iribe, CEO and co-founder of virtual reality (VR) company Oculus, announced his departure with Facebook today.“So much has happened since the day we founded Oculus in July...
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Malware found in Telegram 'alternative' – cybersecurity firm
MANILA, Philippines – Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Labs found malware in an app presenting itself as an alternative to popular messaging app Telegram circulating in Central Asia, Kaspersky said in a...
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‘Sensational political content’ increasingly used as clickbait – Facebook
MANILA, Philippines – On the same day that Facebook announced their takedown of a spam network in the Philippines with 4.8 million followers, the company said they’ve also taken down a similar set of...
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Data privacy laws may have lost Facebook 1 million European users
MANILA, Philippines – Facebook may have to face a drop in the number of European users as The Telegraph reported on Monday, October 22, around 1 million users left the social media site over the...
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Dyson to make electric cars in Singapore
LONDON, United Kingdom – British electric appliance pioneer Dyson said on Tuesday, October 23, it had picked Singapore as the site for its first electric car plant as part of a £2.5 billion (2.8...
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Facebook report shows backers of U.S. political ads
SAN FRANCISCO, USA – Facebook on Tuesday, October 23, US time (Wednesday, October 24, Manila time) released the first of what it promised will be routine reports showing who is behind US political ads...
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Test flights of air taxis take off in Singapore in 2019
SINGAPORE – Test flights of a driverless hover-taxi will take place in Singapore next year, a German aviation firm said, the latest innovation to offer an escape from Asia's monster traffic...
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Social media in the spotlight in Brazil presidential race
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – Brazil, like other countries, is facing a very electronic election. WhatsApp, Facebook and Twitter are the weapons of choice to sway the country's 147 million voters – and...
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