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Anonymous leaks personal data hacked from UN climate site
PARIS, France – The United Nations confirmed Thursday, December 3, reports that activist group Anonymous leaked personal data from some 1,400 people using its climate website, as the world gathered in...
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EU, Internet giants join forces to fight online extremism
BRUSSELS, Belgium – The European Union on Thursday, December 3, launched a forum bringing together Internet firms like Google, Facebook and Twitter as well as law enforcement agencies to combat online...
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World's first washable smartphone to debut in Japan
TOKYO, Japan – Tired of those unsightly smudges and other dirt on your bacteria-laden smartphone?A Japanese firm says it has the solution with what it describes the world's first smartphone that can be...
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The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative: Charity or non-charity?
MANILA, Philippines – When Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg and wife Priscilla Chan announced that they were giving 99% of their Facebook shares – currently worth about $45 billion – to advance the...
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PC market woes show no sign of easing
SAN FRANCISCO, USA – Global PC sales are still falling, and will likely remain on the decline through 2016, a market tracker said Monday, December 7.The research firm IDC said it expects worldwide...
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Google Safe Browsing heads to Chrome for Android
MANILA, Philippines – Google is adding Safe Browsing protections to its Chrome browser for Android devices, extending its "protective umbrella to hundreds of millions of Chrome users on Android."The...
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$250,000 prize pool set for DOTA 2 tournament in Manila
MANILA, Philippines – This city will play host to what should be Southeast Asia's largest esports competition in 2016. ESL Gaming is gearing up for ESL One Manila, a premium DOTA 2 tournament, at the...
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Australian identified as suspected Bitcoin founder
SYDNEY, Australia – Australian entrepreneur Craig Wright has been identified by tech publications as one of the suspected secretive founders of online cryptocurrency Bitcoin, as a home reportedly...
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Yahoo to keep Alibaba, spin off core business
WASHINGTON, DC, USA – Yahoo flipped its reorganization plan Wednesday, December 9, announcing it would keep its stake in China's Alibaba but spin off its core Internet business – creating new...
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Apple's Tim Cook on Smart Battery Case: Not 'the hump'
MANILA, Philippines – Some say that it might be practical, but it doesn't have the usual Apple style.Apple's release of a Smart Battery Case for the iPhone 6 and 6S on Wednesday, December 9, casued a...
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Samsung shares rise on foray into self-driving car parts
SEOUL, South Korea – Share prices of Samsung Electronics and some of its key affiliates rose Thursday, December 10, after the company unveiled a plan to develop components for self-driving cars,...
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Esquire features VP Binay in 'Meaning of Life' issue
MANILA, Philippines – Love it or hate it?On Thursday, December 10, 2015, lifestyle magazine Esquire Philippines released the cover for their coming December 2015-January 2016 Meaning of Life issue on...
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Dropbox to close down Mailbox, Carousel apps in 2016
MANILA, Philippines – Dropbox is saying goodbye to two of its applications, informing users via the app and through email that Mailbox and Carousel will be shutting down in 2016.In a Dropbox blogpost...
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Twitter expands ads to reach users who don't log in
NEW YORK, USA – Twitter said Thursday, December 10, it was expanding its advertising to allow marketers to reach people who use the messaging platform without logging in.The move potentially opens up...
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Machine 'learns' like a human
WASHINGTON, DC – Scientists have invented a machine that imitates the way the human brain learns new information, a step forward for artificial intelligence, researchers reported Thursday, December...
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Facebook gets News Feed caching on 2G, offline commenting
MANILA, Philippines – Emerging markets and parts of the world with spotty connectivity have one less reason not to check Facebook on their mobile phones.Facebook said on Thursday, December 10, that it...
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The top 16 Twitter moments in 2015 for Filipinos
MANILA, Philippines – In 2015, we saw the world unite in hashtags, whether to celebrate a victory, sympathize with victims, or collectively express anger and frustration.The rise of social media and...
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A gift guide for techie photographers
I personally think the best gifts are things that can help the recipient with whatever they’re passionate about.With photographers though, people sometimes think that it's a new camera or lens that...
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Tech titans pledge $1B for artificial intelligence research
SAN FRANCISCO, USA – Several big-name Silicon Valley figures have pledged $1 billion to support a non-profit firm that on Friday, December 11, said it would focus on the "positive human impact" of...
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Cavite pioneers province-wide free WiFi
MANILA, Philippines – The provincial government of Cavite has rolled out its free WiFi access program, a first among local governments in the country.The Lingkod Kabitenyo program seeks to provide free...
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