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Racist Snapchat story against Sikhs, Muslims sparks outrage on social media
A Snapchat user posted a video being racist towards a fellow Sikh passenger who he thought was Muslim
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Google to stop scanning Gmail for creating targeted ads
The practice of analyzing emails of free consumer Gmail users has been criticized on privacy concerns
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Russia threatens to block Telegram messaging app
Russia accuse the Telegram messaging app of violating legislation
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Tesla, others seek ways to ensure drivers keep their hands on the wheel
Drivers will have to remain alert to take control even if the car is piloting itself
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How fake online stores process internet gambling payments
Stores are part of a multinational system to disguise payments for the $40 billion global online gambling industry
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Under pressure, Western tech firms bow to Russian demands to share cyber secrets
Russia asking Western tech firms to review source code for security products before permitting them to be imported
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Tesla moves a step closer to building electric cars in China
The company wants to build electric cars in China to avoid a 25-per cent tariff on imported vehicles
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Chinese bicycle-sharing startup Mobike expands into Japan
The company has operations in around 100 Chinese cities and has raised over $900 million since October
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Nissan-Renault plan driverless ride-hailing service to rival Uber, Alphabet
Automakers are leveraging expertise in automated driving as they compete with tech firms such as Alphabet and Uber
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US Muslim group launches cellphone app to report hate crimes
CAIR reported a 44 per cent surge in the number of hate crimes against Muslims in the US
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WhatsApp video, voice call features blocked in UAE again
Users once again restricted to sending text, photos, videos only
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Snapchat now allows you to see where your friends are hanging out
Company recently acquired Zenly, a startup that creates a social map using GPS location
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OPPO offers complimentary ICC phone case with purchase of all F3 phones
OPPO commemorates long standing partnership with cricket by giving away special phone case
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Facebook launches UK initiative to counter online extremist material
Facebook, Twitter and Google made heavy investments and employed thousands to remove hate speech and violent content
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You'll soon able to share any type of file on WhatsApp
iOS users will be able to send a file of maximum 128MB in size while the limit for Android users is of 100MB
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India sends 31 satellites into space, some for foreign customers
The rocket is carrying signals from India and 14 other countries
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China orders halt to video streaming on major websites
The sites featured "many politically-related programs that do not conform with state rules
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'City that never sleeps' wants to dial down the volume
The experiment seeks to provide New York with the technology to dial down the volume and address noise pollution
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EU leaders urge Internet giants to fight online extremism
EU justice commissioner Vera Jourova called for further progress -- particularly from Twitter
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CEO Zuckerberg tweaks Facebook mission to focus on groups
Zuckerberg said that supporting organisations built around neighbours, churches, pets has a larger purpose
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Facebook offers Indian women tools to protect privacy
Social media giant plans to offer these tools in other countries based on what it learns in India
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Social media dislikes, disavows YouTube's viral video #MoreThanARefugee
With over 10 million views, video has 330, 597 dislikes compared to 118, 048 likes
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WhatsApp video, voice call features finally working in UAE
For how long this works is still unclear as the VoIP services are restricted in the UAE
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Russians targeted 21 election systems, US official says
The Russia issue has cast a shadow over Trump's first five months in office
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Three ways to prevent your Facebook Messenger friends from getting read receipts
Easiest way is to simply read the message in the notifications tab
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Amazon's grocery push playing catch up with Chinese e-commerce giants
Alibaba has invested over $9.3 billion in offline retail stores since 2015, including supermarket chain Sanjiang
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Inflight internet ready to take off
Nearly half of the global fleet of commercial aircraft to be equipped for inflight internet by 2021
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Honda halts Japan car plant after WannaCry virus hits computer network
Virus had affected networks across Japan, North America, Europe, China and other regions
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Twitter to let streaming video stars collect money from fans
People watching Periscope will be able to send performers and broadcasters a gratuity
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SC says page representing it on Facebook is fake
Directs FIA, PTA to block such pages, take action against those operating them
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OnePlus unveils new flagship to take on Apple, Samsung
OnePlus 5 goes on sale starting June 27
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Trump to meet with top executives on wireless tech, drones
The FAA in March estimated that by 2021 the fleet of small hobbyist drones will more than triple
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Lenovo shows off new concept laptop with foldable screen
The concept laptop will mostly be controlled using a stylus and voice commands
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Qatar accuses 'neighbours' over hacking that led to crisis
It is the first time Qatar has accused any other countries of carrying out the attack.
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Social media 'bots' from Russia distorting global politics: study
Platforms like Facebook and Twitter have taken steps to curb the spread of fake news stories
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Google now has its very own fidget spinner
The fidget spinner craze seems to have taken over the tech giant as well
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Neighborhood social network Nextdoor expands into Germany
San Francisco-based Nextdoor launched in 2011 and now covers more than 144,000 discrete US neighbourhoods
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Solar solution brings water to besieged Syria town
The generator is a simple set-up, just 12 solar panels and six batteries mounted on an iron cart
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Continental joins BMW, Intel, Mobileye platform for self-driving cars
BMW already last year joined forces with US chipmaker Intel and Mobileye
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Amazon launches 'try-before-you-buy' fashion service
Customers will have a week after receiving their shipment to decide which items they want to buy
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Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick resigns as chief executive
Kalanick has faced increased scrutiny in recent weeks following an investigation into the workplace practices at Uber
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As iPhone 8 looms, firms scramble to lock up memory chip supply
About 18 per cent of the global annual supply of NAND chips is bought by Apple
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After toppling Apple in China, Oppo eyes world market
The smartphone maker ranks fourth globally, behind Samsung, Apple and Huawei
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Uber to allow tips for drivers in reversal of longstanding policy
Extra money to help drivers compensate for decreasing wages
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Samsung plans Galaxy Note 8 launch event for August: source
New phablet to sport a curved screen marginally larger than the Galaxy S8
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Technology first: TEVTA to bump up IT students to 60,000
There are 5,000 currently enrolled in a course offered by Microsoft
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Apple tells court Qualcomm chip licenses are invalid
Cupertino tech giant sued the chip maker, saying Qualcomm improperly withheld $1 billion in rebates
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China shames jaywalkers through facial recognition
Facial recognition equipment takes photos and a 15-second video of jaywalkers
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1,500 startups graduate Y Combinator’s online school
Startups were chosen from 13,321 applicants that applied to the Y Combinator’s 10-week programme
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$130 million 'Hyperloop hotel' will let people travel between cities in luxury rooms
Hotel suites will include an office, a living room with a flatscreen TV, a bedroom and a bathroom