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Apple chief pushes for US privacy law
BRUSSELS, Belgium – Apple CEO Tim Cook on Wednesday, October 24, said the United States needs a federal privacy law to protect the personal data of internet users."We at Apple are in full support of a...
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Italy fines Apple, Samsung for slowing down phones
ROME, Italy – Italy's competition authority on Wednesday, October 24, said it was fining Apple and Samsung, 10 and 5 million euros ($11.5 and $5.7 million) respectively for the "planned obsolescence"...
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Facebook simplifies Messenger app
SAN FRANCISCO, USA – Facebook on Tuesday, October 23, US time (Wednesday, October 24, Philippine time) announced an overhaul of its Messenger smartphone app in an effort to simplify the service for its...
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Cathay Pacific hit by data leak affecting 9.4 million passengers
HONG KONG – Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific said on Wednesday, October 24, it had suffered a major data leak affecting up to 9.4 million passengers.The airline admitted data including passport...
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Microsoft's fiscal Q1 2019 profit soars on cloud services
SAN FRANCISCO, USA – Microsoft on Wednesday, October 24, US time (Thursday, October 25, Philippine time) said its profit in the recently ended quarter soared on the back of revenue from services hosted...
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Questions mount over delay after Cathay Pacific admits huge data leak
HONG KONG – Hong Kong carrier Cathay Pacific came under pressure on Thursday, October 25, to explain why it had taken 5 months to admit it had been hacked and compromised the data of 9.4 million...
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Facebook fined $644,000 in UK for handling of Cambridge Analytica scandal
MANILA, Philippines – The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) in the United Kingdom on Thursday, October 25, fined Facebook £500,000 (now approximately $644,000) for "serious breaches of data...
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Google says it fired 48 for sexual harassment over 2 years
SAN FRANCISCO, USA – Google said on Thursday, October 25, it had fired 48 employees in the past two years – including 13 senior executives – as a result of sexual harassment allegations, citing "an...
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Snapchat loses 1 million users but revenue grows in Q3 2018
SAN FRANCISCO, USA – Snapchat parent Snap came under selling pressure Thursday, October 25, US time (Friday, October 26, Philippine time) after a quarterly report showing a loss of one million users...
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Huawei Mate 20 Pro priced at P49,990
MANILA, Philippines – Huawei has announced pricing for its new flagship series, the Huawei Mate 20, which was unveiled earlier this month in the United Kingdom. The standard Mate 20 will be priced at...
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Xiaomi's new Mi MIX 3 has a sliding back, 10GB of RAM
MANILA, Philippines – Xiaomi has launched the newest member in their flagship Mi MIX line, the Mi MIX 3. The MI Mix 3 will have a Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor, a 6.39-inch 19.5:9 1080p AMOLED...
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Trump complains about Twitter removing his followers
WASHINGTON, DC, USA – US President Donald Trump complained on Friday, October 26, that Twitter is removing some of his followers and has made it harder to join, an apparent critique of the social...
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Google, Amazon suffer market setbacks on sales outlook
SAN FRANCISCO, USA – Internet titans Google and Amazon came under an investor cloud after posting disappointing sales updates, with the search leader also on the defensive for reportedly hushing up...
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Tesla under U.S. criminal probe for Model 3 comments – source
NEW YORK, United States – US criminal investigators are probing whether Tesla Motors misled investors about the timetable for meeting key car production targets, a person familiar with the matter said...
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Blockchains won't fix internet voting security – and could make it worse
Looking to modernize voting practices, speed waiting times at the polls, increase voter turnout and generally make voting more convenient, many government officials – and some companies hawking voting...
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IBM buys software company Red Hat for $34 billion in bid for cloud dominance
WASHINGTON, DC, USA – IBM said on Sunday, October 28, it has reached a deal to buy open source software company Red Hat for $34 billion, among the biggest tech mergers in history which the computing...
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WATCH: Smart launches the iPhone Xs, Xs Max with Kris Aquino
MANILA, Philippines – The new iPhones are officially here. It’s an annual ritual for iPhone fans. Apple announces their new phones in September, and iPhone loyalists from the Philippines cheer. Once...
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Asus' ROG gaming phone arrives in PH for P49,995
MANILA, Philippines – Asus' ROG Phone, the Taiwanese brand's made-for-gaming smartphone, has arrived in the Philippines. The phone was originally unveiled in June 2018 at the Computex trade fair held...
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Collect Biblical characters in 'Follow JC Go,' a 'Pokemon Go' clone
MANILA, Philippines - The massive success of mobile augmented reality (AR) game Pokemon Go has inspired the creation of numerous copies. Some copies have incorporated existing intellectual properties,...
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Bloomberg not invited to Apple’s upcoming event – report
MANILA, Philippines - Buzzfeed reported Friday, October 26 (October 27, Manila time) that Bloomberg was not invited to an upcoming iPad event slated for October 30.Bloomberg alleged that Apple, Amazon,...
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