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Jojo 'pasabay delivery' app makes couriers out of commuters
MANILA, Philippines – The newly-launched Jojo Pasabay mobile delivery app has an interesting new way of transporting products: it connects users to transporters who are already heading towards the...
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China's Huawei sues U.S. over federal ban on using its products
SHENZHEN, China – Chinese telecom giant Huawei said Thursday, March 7, it was suing the United States for barring government agencies from buying the telecom company's equipment and services.Huawei...
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Zuckerberg sees Facebook future in private, small-scale messaging
SAN FRANCISCO, USA – Facebook is moving away from being a "digital town square" to meet growing demands for secure, private messaging on a smaller scale, chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said Wednesday,...
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Iranian hackers caused losses in hundreds of millions – report
WASHINGTON, USA – Iranian hackers working to penetrate systems, businesses and governments around the world have caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damages, a report said Wednesday, March 6....
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Globe argues service is defined by overall quality, not just speed
MANILA, Philippines – In light of recent third-party reports from OpenSignal and Ookla finding that Smart has better mobile speeds than rival Globe, Globe argues that speed is just one factor of the...
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30 out of 44 PH politicians' websites insecure – report
MANILA, Philippines – As the internet-using world gets used to having and wanting secure websites as a norm, a pro-consumer website called Comparitech looked at the personal websites of over 7,500...
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China chat log leak shows scope of surveillance
BEIJING, China – A leak of around 364 million online records in a Chinese database, including private messages and ID numbers, has again highlighted the size and scope of Beijing's mass surveillance...
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'Tim Apple' goes viral on social media after Trump gaffe
WASHINGTON, USA – Apple chief executive Tim Cook turned into "Tim Apple" on social media Thursday, March 7, after a slip-up by US President Donald Trump sparked a viral moment on Twitter.The...
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Facebook launches offensive to combat misinformation on vaccines
WASHINGTON, DC, USA – Facebook launched an offensive Thursday, March 7, to suppress the spread of misinformation about vaccines on the 2.3-billion-member social network.The company has faced pressure...
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China to fight 'for legitimate rights' of Huawei and others
BEIJING, China – China's foreign minister slammed US accusations against telecom giant Huawei and said Beijing will take "all necessary measures" to defend the "legitimate rights" of the country's...
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Thousands protest Russia's 'internet isolation'
MOSCOW, Russia – Thousands of people rallied against Russia's increasingly restrictive internet policies Sunday, March 10, which some say will eventually lead to "total censorship" and isolate the...
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Philippines' TNC bags $500,000 as it reclaims World Electronic Sports Games...
MANILA, Philippines – Philippine Dota 2 team TNC Pro Team takes home $500,000 as they beat China's Keen Gaming in the championship round of the World Electronic Sports Games (WESG) 2018's Dota 2...
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Facebook sues 2 app developers for data-stealing browser add-ons
MANILA, Philippines – Facebook on Friday, March 8, filed a lawsuit against two Ukrainian app developers for allegedly using quiz apps in combination with browser add-ons to scrape data from...
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After protests, Kremlin insists it's not moving to restrict internet
MOSCOW, Russia – Moscow on Monday, March 11, insisted it was not moving to cut off Russia's internet from the rest of the world, following protests across the country over plans to curb online...
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15 minutes with Huawei’s Mate X foldable: what’s hot, what’s not
Huawei showed off their new foldable Mate X phone in the Philippines for the first time to media on Monday, March 11.It was originally unveiled in Spain on the week of Mobile World Congress 2019, where...
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Facebook pulls but then restores Warren ads aimed at Big Tech
SAN FRANCISCO, USA – Facebook on Monday, March 11, pulled and then later restored ads by Democratic presidential hopeful Senator Elizabeth Warren calling for tech giants to be broken up."We removed the...
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Filipino women search for Japanese, romantic porn on Pornhub – study
MANILA, Philippines – What sort of pornography do Filipino women watch and search for when they're on Pornhub?The company sought to check what data they had available, and according to their findings,...
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Messaging app dope-dealing ring busted in Israel
JERUSALEM – Israeli police said Tuesday, March 12, that undercover officers had broken up a drug-dealing network that used a popular messaging app and had connections in the United States, Ukraine and...
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Google resolves Gmail, Drive service outages
MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – Google said Wednesday, March 13, it resolved issues preventing users from properly using Gmail and Google drive.Gmail and Google Drive were earlier suffering from...
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Mark Karpeles: Bitcoin baron brought down with a bump
TOKYO, Japan – Once described as a geek who stuffed himself with snacks in front of his computer, Mark Karpeles rose to head a firm that once claimed to handle 80% of the world's bitcoin...
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