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Microsoft announces disc-less 'All-Digital Edition' Xbox One S
MANILA, Philippines – Microsoft on Tuesday, April 16 (April 17, Manila time) announced a new version of the Xbox One S that is perfect for gamers who have fast internet speeds in their homes.The Xbox...
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French drug dealers push product with online raffle
GRENOBLE, France – Police have opened an investigation into an online raffle organised by drug dealers for their customers in Grenoble, southeast France, prosecutors announced Wednesday.The campaign,...
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LOOK: OPPO's Avengers phone
MANILA, Philippines – With the new Avengers movie on the horizon, OPPO comes out with an Avengers variant for its midranger, the F11 Pro.Check it out: The phone will be available for pre-order in...
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Samsung to inspect Galaxy Fold phones after reviewer complaints
SEOUL, South Korea – Samsung announced Thursday, April 18, it will inspect units of its highly anticipated folding smartphone after some reviewers reported screen damage.A handful of US-based reporters...
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You can take a crack at the world's best 'Dota 2' AI from April 19-22
MANILA, Philippines – Last week, artificial intelligence (AI) had a big moment as an AI called OpenAI Five bested the all-human Dota 2 champion squad OG in a best-of-three contest.The match is posted...
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Free-to-play: 'Forza' racing series coming to Android and iOS
MANILA, Philippines – Best-selling racing game series Forza hits the mean streets in the form of a new free-to-play game Forza Street, developer Turn 10 Studios announced.Forza has long been one of the...
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Facebook bans UK far-right groups
LONDON, United Kingdom – Social media giant Facebook on Thursday, April 18, banned various far-right British groups including the English Defence League from its network for promoting hate and...
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'Assassin's Creed' game set in Notre-Dame offered free for a week
PARIS, France – The French maker of the blockbuster game "Assassin's Creed Unity", which takes place inside the Notre-Dame Cathedral, said Thursday, April 18, it was offering the title for free for a...
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Facebook says it stored 'millions' of unencrypted Instagram passwords
SAN FRANCISCO, USA – "Millions" of Instagram users had their passwords stored in unencrypted form on internal servers, Facebook said Thursday, April 18, raising its original estimate of tens of...
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BBM's consumer version to close on May 31
MANILA, Philippines – Users of BlackBerry Messenger, now called BBM, will have to find a new messaging service for their needs when June rolls around.BBM announced Thursday, April 18, it was closing...
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Ibon Foundation claims attack on website
MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – The website of Ibon Foundation – Ibon.org – was taken down in an apparent cyberattack, the think tank's executive director said early Friday morning, April 19.Sonny...
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Ransomware 'hero' pleads guilty to U.S. hacking charges
WASHINGTON, United States – A British computer security researcher once hailed as a "hero" for helping stem a ransomware outbreak and later accused of creating malware to attack the banking system said...
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Fleeing Saudi sisters issue plea for help and a message for Apple and Google
In an apartment on the outskirts of Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, two Saudi women are in hiding. Startled by any noise outside the door, the sisters sit close to each other as they describe how they...
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Austria NGO fights hate online, one conversation at a time
VIENNA, Austria – When it comes to the problem of online hate speech, the culprits behind the keyboards and smartphones can take some surprising forms – just take 74-year-old Viennese retiree Ms...
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Sony to compete with Uber in Japan with own ride-hailing app
MANILA, Philippines – Globetrotting Uber has faced many rivals in the ride-hailing space, many of which tend to be startups including Southeast Asia’s Grab and its home country rival Lyft. In Japan...
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Tesla probes car fire in Shanghai
SHANGHAI, China – US electric auto maker Tesla said on Monday, April 22, it had launched an investigation after a video circulating in China showed one of its cars suddenly burst into flames in a...
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CIA says Huawei received state funding – report
MANILA, Philippines – London newspaper The Timesreported Saturday, April 20, that the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has shown evidence that Huawei received funding from several branches of the...
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Researcher finds security flaw in French government's chat app
MANILA, Philippines – A French security researcher on Friday, April 19, uncovered a flaw in the recently-released secure messaging application of the French government, Tchap.Tchap was launched on...
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Samsung delays launch of folding Galaxy smartphone
SAN FRANCISCO, USA – Samsung said Monday it was delaying the launch of its folding smartphone after trouble with handsets sent to reviewers.Some reviewers who got their hands on the Galaxy Fold early...
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Facebook’s digital literacy program comes to the Philippines
MANILA, Philippines – Facebook in March launched We Think Digital, its global digital literacy program aiming to enhance internet users’ digital hygiene including handling hate speech and...
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