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Apple is world's top smartphone vendor after record iPhone sales
SAN FRANCISCO, USA – Apple on Tuesday, Jan 31, reported a rebound in iPhone sales to lift the tech giant to record revenue in the past quarter in quarterly results that eased concerns of slowing...
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Tech firms unite to challenge Trump on immigration
WASHINGTON, USA – A broad coalition of US technology firms has begun planning a joint legal strategy challenging President Donald Trump's executive order barring refugees and many Muslims from American...
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AI takes 'landmark step' as it conquers top poker players
MANILA, Philippines – Artifical intelligence defeated 4 top professional poker players after a 20-day marathon tournament that ended Tuesday, January 31, US time.The competition was held at the Rivers...
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Online shop KimStore raided over smuggled gadgets
MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – Gadgets worth millions of pesos, believed to be smuggled, were seized by the Bureau of Customs (BOC) in a building in Lakandula Street, Tondo, Manila on Monday, January...
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Facebook ordered to pay $500-M in suit on stolen tech
WASHINGTON, USA – A US jury Wednesday, Feb 1, US time, ordered Facebook and creators of its Oculus Rift to pay $500 million to gaming software firm ZeniMax in a lawsuit that claimed the virtual reality...
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Facebook earns $3.7-B in last quarter of 2016
SAN FRANCISCO, USA – Facebook shares bounced Wednesday, February 1, US time, with word that profit more than doubled in the final quarter of last year, coming back down after a vow to spend heavily on...
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Pornhub launches online sexual education resource
MANILA, Philippines – Pornography website Pornhub wants to get everyone talking about sex in a healthy, positive manner by providing an outlet for sexual education information.The site on Wednesday,...
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Electric cars to weaken demand for petrol within the decade – report
PARIS, France – Oil companies underestimating the global market for electric vehicles could be caught unaware by weakened demand for petrol within a decade, analysts said Wednesday.Falling costs of...
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Man wants search results about his sex charges deleted, is rejected
TOKYO, Japan (UPDATED) – Japan's Supreme Court has rejected a man's demand that news search results of his arrest on sex charges be deleted from Google, ruling that to do so would violate freedom of...
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Uber chief quits Trump advisory group after uproar
SAN FRANCISCO, USA – Uber chief executive Travis Kalanick on Thursday, Feb 2, US time, quit US President Donald Trump's business advisory group as a movement grew to dump the ride-sharing service...
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Amazon records $749-M net income for final quarter of 2016
SAN FRANCISCO, USA – Amazon reported on Thursday that profit leapt during the year-end holiday shopping season, but the tech giant saw shares sink as revenue fell shy of high expectations.While revenue...
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Snapchat parent Snap to raise up to $3-B in IPO
MANILA, Philippines – The parent of the fast-growing social network Snapchat filed public documents for a share offering Thursday, seeking to raise up to $3 billion in a keenly anticipated Wall Street...
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Apple to start building iPhones in India
NEW DELHI, India – Apple is to start making iPhones in India this year, a local government official said Friday, February 3, as the company seeks to tap into a booming middle class while sales in China...
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Facebook launches Friends Day videos, GIFs for 13th birthday
MANILA, Philippines – Happy 13th birthday, Facebook!In commemoration of the social networking site's anniversary on February 4, Facebook started rolling out videos of memories you've shared with your...
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The Vivo V5 Plus: An iPhone clone but still very likable
MANILA, Philippines – The Vivo V5 Plus is the newest flagship from Chinese brand Vivo. It has been available since January 28, Sunday, for P20,000. For that price, you get a phone that oddly looks like...
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46 billion electronic 'red envelopes' sent over Chinese New Year
BEIJING, China – Chinese exchanged billions of electronic "red envelopes" over the Lunar New Year holiday, state media said Saturday, February 4, as more people turned to modern technology to perform...
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23 principles to 'best manage AI in coming decades'
MANILA, Philippines – Recently, an artificial intelligence (AI) computer program called Libratus defeated 4 poker professionals – a "landmark step" for AI, said its creator, because poker had been...
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What to expect in Sony's upcoming PS4 Software Update 4.50
MANILA, Philippines – On Saturday, February 4 (February 3, US time) Sony announced its upcoming 4.50 software update for the PS4 and PS4 Pro, which introduces a number of new features to the...
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Rappler articles available on Facebook Messenger for free
MANILA, Philippines – "Hanggang title ka lang! Free FB lang kasi!"If you rely on a limited data plan, or on promos like Free Facebook on your mobile, it could be frustrating to not be able to read news...
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FAST FACTS: All about the drones at Lady Gaga's Super Bowl halftime show
MANILA, Philippines – Pop star Lady Gaga rocked the Super Bowl LI – one of the biggest sporting events in the US – on Sunday, February 5, with an electrifying halftime show, performing some of her...
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