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Tired of chatty Uber driver? Uber to roll out 'quiet preferred' rides soon
This preference will only be available in the Uber Black rides which are almost two to three times more expensive
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Facebook to make News Feed more personal by conducting surveys
The app will now deduce the posts users want to see more of and which friends they are closer to
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Video game rivals Microsoft and Sony team up in cloud
For streaming entertainment
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SpaceX set to launch first satellites of its internet network
The launch, which was initially envisaged for Wednesday, was postponed because of high winds
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Hungary blasts Facebook for 'censorship' of pro-government media group
After it complained its advertising accounts with the social media giant had been closed down
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Wikipedia 'doing very well financially': co-founder
Although increasing mobile phone use may cut into future donations
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Imaging black hole like listening to broken piano, says scientist
Katie Bouman became a global sensation over her role in generating the world's first image of a black hole
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WhatsApp, security and spyware: what happened
A security flaw allowed hackers to inject spyware on smartphones raising concerns about the security of the mobile
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Samsung reportedly tests Galaxy Fold with revision
Samsung has changed the Galaxy Fold’s hardware
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Apple may not be able to release its 5G modem until 2025
Many expected Apple to have rolled out 5G slower than its competitor Android
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If you own a Google Pixel, you may receive up to $500
Only if you have purchased the original Google Pixel or Pixel XL before January 4, 2017
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Oops! Canadian fugitive caught after Facebook location reveal
Jessie Dean Kowalchuk was wanted for violating his probation related to three separate crimes in 2015
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Humanoid robot Sophia addresses Africa technology summit in Rwanda
Africa is a great source of technological innovations that are playing a key role in improving the lives of people
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Mobile app promises to detect child's ear infections without doctor visit
The app plays a sound akin to a bird chirp into a child's ear canal via a simple funnel the parents put together
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In India election, a $14 software tool helps overcome WhatsApp controls
The activities highlight the challenges WhatsApp faces in preventing abuse in its biggest market
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High winds force SpaceX to postpone first launch of Starlink satellites
Launch of the mission was rescheduled for 10:30 p.m. on Thursday from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
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Lawmakers seek probe on US hacking services sold globally
National security experts have grown increasingly concerned about the proliferation of US hacking tools and technology
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Driverless electric truck starts deliveries on Swedish public road
In what developer Einride and logistics customer DB Schenker described as a world first
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ChargePoint sounds alarm on electric vehicle charging standards
The standard would perpetuate an old ‘gas station’ model that automakers are backing
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Google to push new ads on its apps to snare shoppers
It will feature ads on the homepage of its smartphone app worldwide
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Disney takes control of Hulu to challenge Netflix, Amazon
As it vies for a bigger piece of the global video streaming market dominated by companies
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WhatsApp security breach may have targeted human rights groups
WhatsApp said its advice to all users to update came “out of an abundance of caution”
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Uber drivers are contractors, not employees, US labour agency says
In a pending case against the company and could prevent drivers from joining a union
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San Francisco votes to ban city use of facial recognition technology
In a move to regulate tools that local Silicon Valley companies helped develop
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Facebook restricts Live feature
Ahead of a meeting of world leaders aimed at curbing online violence in the aftermath of the Christchurch massacre
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E-commerce boosts Pakistan Post revenue by Rs6 bn
Pakistan Post would soon bring 'revolutionary changes' in the Logistic Cell sector
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WhatsApp urges users to upgrade app after report of spyware attack
Spyware was developed by Israeli cyber surveillance company NSO Group
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Apple revamps its TV app ahead of streaming service launch
In an effort to gain more revenue from reselling other companies’ programming and, later its own original shows
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Facebook facing 20-year consent agreement after privacy lapses
The agreement would resolve a probe of whether the company violated a similar consent pact reached in 2011
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Uber extends losses following last week's rocky debut
Shares in the company tumbled more than 11 per cent
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Twitter accidentally shares user location data through Apple devices
The social media platform said the information collected was not retained
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US court allows consumer lawsuit on Apple marketplace monopoly
Opening a new avenue of antitrust litigation against the iPhone maker
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Big Brother-style surveillance gives new insight into Amazon's hidden wildlife
In an effort to track preservation efforts
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The Moon is shrinking, wrinkling due to quakes: study
Survey of more than 12,000 images revealed that lunar basin near the Moon's north pole has been cracking and shifting
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Facebook plans pay boost for content moderators
The changes come as part of a move by the leading social network to increase wages above the level it set in 2015
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In robotics classes, Armenian teens dream of high-tech future
The tech sector has been booming over the past decade, boosting hopes that it can become a global IT powerhouse
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Amazon rolls out machines that pack orders and replace jobs
It will lead to more than 1,300 job cuts across 55 US fulfilment centres
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New Zealand PM Arden targets online hate after mosque attacks
Citing the worst mass killing in her country's recent history at a summit of world leaders and tech firms
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'No laughing matter': India's Modi mocked for tech gaffes
He has been mocked for suggesting that radars are affected by clouds
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Trial date set for Elon Musk's 'pedo guy' tweet
It could conclude that Musk’s comments were more than mere opinions
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WhatsApp will stop working on these phones
Company will halt the development of software for certain handsets
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Cavity crusher: A young inventor's AI-based solution to inculcate healthy oral habits
10-year-old Yasir's idea will be presented at Silicon Valley during a three-day conference with leading tech experts
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Curfew imposed in Sri Lankan city after Muslim shops, mosques attacked
Several dozen people threw stones at mosques and Muslim-owned stores
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Talk to the hand. Literally
This glove can recognise hand movements and enable speech and hearing-impaired persons to communicate
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Nike app will help you find the perfect shoe size
Buying shoes online has never been easy
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#CockroachChallenge takes the internet by storm
This new one has to be by far a disgusting one by many standards
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If you have one password for multiple accounts, you may need to think again
A survey was conducted in the US to understand the beliefs and behaviour of online security
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Turkish watchdog says it fines Facebook $271,000 for data breach
Around 300,000 application users may have been affected, says official
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Crackdown against anti-polio content on social media begins
At least 174 links blocked so far, says PTA
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Whistleblower says Facebook generating terror content
It carried out a five-month study of the pages of 3,000 members proscribed as terrorist by the US government
















































