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More Messenger app users to get Instant Games
This is a press release from Facebook. Facebook announced on Wednesday, May 3, we're starting to roll out Instant Games on Messenger more broadly for the 1.2 billion people who use Messenger every...
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Google Docs phishing scam doused after catching fire
SAN FRANCISCO, USA – A 'phishing' scam that tricked people with what appeared to be Google Docs links was doused by the internet giant after spreading wildly on Wednesday, May 4, US time. The purpose...
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Customs seizes Nokia 3310 phones at NAIA
MANILA, Philippines – The Bureau of Customs (BOC) seized a hundred units of Nokia 3310 (2017) phones along with chargers at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 2 after their carrier...
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Apple starting US tech manufacturing fund with $1B
SAN FRANCISCO, USA – Apple chief Tim Cook on Wednesday, May 4, announced Apple is creating a fund to get more people in the US to do "advanced manufacturing," kicking it off with a billion...
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Europol probing ISIS setting up of social network
THE HAGUE, Netherlands – European police are probing whether the Islamic State group (ISIS) and other extremists are setting up a social network to spread propaganda, gain funding and avoid security...
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Apple now leads wearable computing with smartwatch
WASHINGTON, DC, USA – Apple has leapt to the lead in wearable computing on strong sales of its smartwatch, a market survey shows.The survey released Thursday, May 4, by Strategy Analytics showed Apple...
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U.S. State Department proposes social media screening for visa applicants
MANILA, Philippines – Getting a US visa might become tougher as the US State Department submitted a proposal to include social media vetting for certain visa applicants. The move is a push towards US...
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'Revenge porn' on 'mass scale' in Australia – survey
SYDNEY, Australia – Researchers Monday urged tougher laws to protect victims of "revenge porn" in Australia after a survey revealed abuses, including shooting and sharing intimate images without...
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Facebook downtime affecting PH, U.S., other parts of Southeast Asia
MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – Facebook appears to be suffering from an outage on Tuesday morning, May 9. Website and online service downtime monitoring service Outage Report notes Facebook – and...
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Amazon leads surging connected speakers market in US – survey
WASHINGTON, US – Amazon has grabbed more than two-thirds of the fast-growing market in the US for connected speakers with its family of Alexa-powered Echo devices, a survey showed Monday.The survey by...
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After Facebook, it's Twitter's turn to put its foot down
MANILA, Philippines – In late April, Facebook came out with a white paper detailing how certain actors are using its platform to shape information, public knowledge, opinion, and sentiment.One of the...
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'Let that sink in': Filipinos react to Mocha Uson appointment
MANILA, Philippines – Mocha Uson was named assistant secretary of the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO), an appointment that raised not a few eyebrows.On the Rappler Mood Meter found...
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Amazon's new Alexa speaker has a screen too
WASHINGTON, US – Amazon on Tuesday, May 9, unveiled the latest member of its family of devices powered by its Alexa digital assistant – this one with a touchscreen.The new device called Echo Show steps...
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Facebook deletes 'tens of thousands' of fake accounts in UK
MANILA, Philippines – Facebook deleted "tens of thousands" of fake accounts in the United Kingdom as part of its continuing efforts against propaganda and fake news.The move comes a month before the UK...
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Microsoft aims to make artificial intelligence mainstream
SEATTLE, US – Microsoft on Wednesday, May 10, US time, unveiled new tools intended to democratize artificial intelligence by enabling machine smarts to be built into software from smartphone games to...
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Microsoft CEO: Tech sector needs to prevent '1984' future
SEATTLE, US – Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella said Wednesday, May 10, US time, tech developers have a responsibility to prevent a dystopian "1984" future as the US technology titan unveiled a...
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Microsoft making mobile connection with Windows update
SEATTLE, US – Microsoft on Thursday, May 11, US time, unveiled a forthcoming Windows update aimed at keeping its desktop and laptop computers at the heart of lifestyles' increasing reliant on...
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Ragnarok Online PH closed beta starts mid-June
MANILA, Philippines – Beloved multiplayer online RPG (MMORPG) Ragnarok Online (RO) returns to the Philippines, two years after going offline in 2015.New publishers Extreme Electronics and Elite Global...
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WATCH: Ragnarok Online's publishers on why they revived RO in PH
MANILA, Philippines – The publishers of the relaunched Ragnarok Online held a press conference on Friday, May 13, to reveal new details of the game, including the release window for its closed beta...
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Microsoft re-releases security update after cyberattacks
WASHINGTON DC, United States – Microsoft has taken the unusual step of re-releasing security updates for some older versions of its Windows platforms to counter a massive global wave of cyber...
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