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Facebook, Twitter take action over Trump's misleading Covid-19 posts
Facebook took post down but not before it was shared about 26,000 times
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Tesla's quarterly report could land Musk another $3 billion
Tesla saw six-month average of its stock market value hit $250 billion
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Microsoft releases new edition of IoT signal research
Decision-makers believe Internet of Things (IoT) is critical to their company's success
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Twitter is testing how its misinformation labels can be more obvious, direct
Twitter is rethinking how labels it applies to misinformation look and work
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Apple announces 'speed' event next week, new iPhones expected
Analysts believe that Apple will be unveiling new iPhones with 5G capabilities
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Nobel Prize for Physics goes to Briton, German and American for research of black holes
Scientists discovered that an invisible and extremely heavy object governs the orbits of stars at center of our galaxy
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Big tech weighs on world equities, caps gains
Fall comes on reports upcoming antitrust paper contains call to break up companies
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SpaceX wins Pentagon award for missile tracking satellites
SpaceX will use its Starlink plant to build four satellites fitted with a wide-angle infrared missile-tracking sensor
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Toyota-Panasonic venture to build lithium-ion batteries for hybrids in Japan
Toyota, Japan’s biggest carmaker, last month said it expects annual sales of EV vehicles to reach 5.5 million in 2025
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China says US TikTok, WeChat bans break WTO rules
China could launch an official legal complaint about the app bans to the Geneva body
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Octopus Digital to go public next year
Tech firm plans to raise Rs1.5b through IPO to expand its footprint
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State of permanent preparation
People come and go, but robust institutions stay and continue to serve
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Local startup is using AI to detect Covid-19
DetectNow aims to find the unique biosignals of the Covid-19 cough and calculate the probability of infection
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Microsoft unveils investment to make Greece a regional hub for cloud services
Greek Prime Minister said the data centre investment will bring financial benefits of € 1 billion
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Angry Birds maker Rovio says CEO to quit
The board of directors will now begin the search process for a new CEO
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Indian startups vow to fight 'big daddy' Google's clout
Google has worked closely with India's startup sector but has recently angered tech companies with 'unfair practices'
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EcoStar launches its cutting edge Android TV 960 series infused with AI technology
Command a virtual assistant to get all your tasks done while enjoying an uninterrupted TV viewing experience
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Intel wins second phase of contract to help Pentagon develop chips
Intel will help the military develop prototypes of chips using its semiconductor packaging technology
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WhatsApp finally lets you mute a contact, group forever
WhatsApp is rolling out a new feature called ‘Always Mute’, that replaces ' one year' when muting a chat
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Headwinds for Google as rivals, customers criticise Fitbit concessions
Google offered to restrict use of Fitbit data for Google ads and to monitor process closely
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Facebook, Twitter, Google CEOs will testify before US Senate committee
Trump is holding tech companies accountable for allegedly stifling conservative voices a theme of his administration
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Oracle launches 2nd-generation Cloud region in UAE
Oracle plan to have 36 Cloud regions by July 2021
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Honda to quit F1 to focus on zero-emission technology
Honda is launching its first mass-produced all-battery car this month
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Tesla CEO Musk suggests India entry in 2021
Tesla’s entry could come at a time when PM Modi is promoting use and manufacture of electric vehicles
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Facebook launches cross-platform messaging between Messenger, Instagram in Pakistan
Upgrade was rolled out in August and is now available across Canada, Pakistan, Peru, and Taiwan
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New brain-computer interface converts thoughts to images
Brain-computer interface market is expected to reach $3.7 billion in revenue by 2027
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Google to pay publishers $1 billion over three years for their news
News publishers have long fought Google for compensation for using their content
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Gadgets for groceries: Coronavirus sparks Philippines online barter trade
Google searches for “barter trade” surged 203% over April and May
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Amazon and Big Tech cozy up to Biden camp with cash and connections
Amazon appears to have taken an early lead making in-roads with the Biden camp
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Google drops Australia from News Showcase launch amid regulator rancour
Google has postponed the Australian roll-out of News Showcase citing regulatory complications
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India plans launch of own app store as alternative to Google, Apple
Indian government is also considering a plan to make it mandatory for Android phones to be pre-installed with its apps
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Alphabet Inc's Google launches Google TV, new Chromecast
Google also unveiled a new Chromecast streaming device that will now come with remote control
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UAE plans to land spacecraft on moon by 2024
If successful in 2024, UAE would become fourth nation on earth to land a spacecraft on moon
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US tech giants face curbs on data sharing, digital marketplaces, under draft EU rules
Digital Services Act, aim to set ground rules for data-sharing and how digital marketplaces operate
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Facebook bans US ads that call voting fraud widespread or election invalid
Facebook has been under fire for refusing to fact-check political ads and for rampant organic misinformation
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Twitter removes 130 accounts disrupting public conversation during Trump-Biden debate
Twitter removed accounts, which appeared to originate in Iran, 'based on intel' provided by FBI
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Britain hits Airbnb UK with extra $2.3 million tax bill after probe
UK arm of Airbnb said it had paid the extra obligations after a request from British tax authorities
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EU drafts rules to force big tech companies to share data
Draft suggests that tech giants may be banned from preferential treatment of their own services on their platforms
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Micron yet to regain license to sell to Huawei, pressuring sales
Huawei accounted for about $600 million of Micron’s $6.06 billion in sales
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David Attenborough leads call for world to invest $500 billion a year to protect nature
Attenborough, film 'A Life on Our Planet' documents dangers posed by climate change and extinction of species
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TikTok launches US elections guide to combat misinformation
TikTok has been under scrutiny from Trump’s administration over concerns about its handling of users’ data
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Twitter appoints Rinki Sethi as new information security head
Twitter previously has been a target of a breach where hackers accessed its internal systems
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Ten countries with the most Instagram users in 2020
One billion people use Instagram every month
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Japan eyes Moon exploration for water-derived fuel
Japanese scientists are eyeing to 'extract fuel from water on Moon' by 2030 to cut costs
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Three top Apple suppliers to commit $900 million to India smartphone incentive plan
Apple launched its online store in and is building its first company-run retail store in financial hub of Mumbai
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Study says Google market power has grown despite EU order to play fair
Google was hit with a $2.8 billion fine three years ago by European Commission
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Twitter will now tell you to ‘read before you retweet’
Twitter wants to encourage users to read articles before they click retweet button
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How a temporary US ban could destroy TikTok
TikTok, owned by China’s ByteDance, has been racing to avoid a crackdown on its US operations
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Microsoft 365 outage affects multiple services
Microsoft said a recent change it introduced likely caused a major outage, affecting users
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Sir David Attenborough breaks Instagram
Sir David Attenborough reached a million followers on the platform in just 4 hours and 44 minutes