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Amazon tests cashierless tech for stores with bigger spaces
The checkout-free system which is already operational in certain Amazon Go stores
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Amazon to allow Apple Music on its Echo speakers
Amazon said it would carry more Apple products globally in time for the holiday shopping season
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Tesla achieves Model 3 production of 1,000 cars per day
The car was introduced to the public in early 2016 amid great fanfare
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Microsoft's market value overtakes Apple's to close out week
Shares of Microsoft rose 0.6 per cent to end the week at $110.89
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Does Google harm local search rivals? EU antitrust regulators ask
The search engine has been fined a total 6.76 billion euros
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Bitcoin falls over 7 per cent
Heading towards a recent one-year low in a broad-based selloff in cryptocurrencies
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Fix Facebook, whether it wants to or not
Whistleblower Christopher Wylie is pushing for the internet giant to be regulated
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Turkey to provide cybersecurity
Speakers iterate Pakistan's need to enhance its production capacity by partnering with private sector
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Marriott says up to 500 million guests fall victim to hack
Marriott is working with law enforcement and security experts to tighten security its system
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NASA chief says Elon Musk won't be smoking joints publicly again
SpaceX is contractor for NASA since 2012, ferrying supplies to International Space Station aboard its Dragon ship
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Facebook says COO Sandberg asked for info on Soros
The social media giant was directly involved in the tactical response to the philanthropist's criticism
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Japan brokers readying for new client surge ahead of SoftBank's mammoth IPO
Banking on the telco’s brand power and unprecedented marketing campaign to boost business
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Samsung says it will cancel $4.4 billion worth of shares
The South Korean giant last year rejected pressure from US activist for a major overhaul of its complicated structure
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ECB launches real-time payments in challenge to tech giants
It will allow consumers and businesses across the 19-nation euro area to send and receive money in mere seconds
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Facial recognition deployed at China marathon to stop cheats
To ensure people do not get someone else to run for them
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China's Weibo eyes global expansion, foreign-language products
The Twitter-style platform has long been prominent in China
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Six Pakistani entrepreneurs graduate from UNCTAD, Alibaba's fellowship
The aim of the fellowship is to bridge the digital divide and to hone young entrepreneurs' skills
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HBL offers instant personal loans through its core mobile app
Get a quick personal loan from the comfort of your home by simply logging on to HBL Mobile
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Ad buyers skeptical as Snap looks beyond teens for growth
Companies hoping to target young users may in turn move their ad dollars elsewhere
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Instagram to be made more accessible
It will allow people with visual impairment to hear descriptions of photos through the screen reader
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Elon Musk ducks out of one Los Angeles tunnel but pursues another
Musk’s underground transit venture the Boring Company gave up on its development of a 2.7-mile tunnel in West LA
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Microsoft's stock market value pulls ahead of Apple's
Shares of Microsoft jumped 3 per cent, pushing its market capitalisation up to $848 billion
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Apple's iPhone XR is company's best-selling model
The XR brings many key features of those phones to a lower price point
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Facebook mulled charging for access to user data
Such a move would have been a major shift away from the policy of not selling its members' information
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Google extends telecom service Fi to iPhones
The service aims to take on traditional carriers by letting people pay based on how much data they use and roam
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Tech giants warn Australia against law to break encryption
The legislation proposed by Australia's government would undermine rather than enhance the nation's security
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New application launched to facilitate motorway users
Minister Murad Saeed says steps afoot to depoliticise institutions
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Mobile Internet faster than WiFi in Pakistan
According to a study by OpenSignal
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Facebook was warned of alleged Russian meddling back in 2014
The revelation came as the British Parliament held hearings featuring lawmakers
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Google workers want plug pulled on plan for China search
Saying it could offer "better information" to people than rival services
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Online 'funeral kits' help grieving Indians
A kit includes 38 items such as earthen pots, cow urine and dung, incense sticks and rice
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British, Dutch regulators fine Uber for 2016 data hack
Uber failed to protect customers' personal information during cyber-attack involving millions of users
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Pakistani entrepreneur's chatbot 'Aurat Raaj' wins big at BAFTA
'Aurat Raaj' was nominated in the Artificial Intelligence (AI): empowering the future category
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Indonesia's new 'heresy app' draws fire
Mobile app-'Smart Pakem' allows sacrilege reporting
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Microsoft briefly tops Apple as most valuable company
With an overall market capitalisation of $812.9 billion, just ahead of Apple's $812.6 billion
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Facebook election 'war room' goes quiet - for now
The social media giant confirmed that it will widen its focus to other parts of the world with upcoming elections
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Canada senate vote brings end to postal strike
After a rare weekend session, the Senate voted 53-25 for the back-to-work bill
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Cheers as Mars InSight spacecraft lands on Red Planet
The dramatic arrival of the $993 million spacecraft marked the eighth successful landing on Mars in NASA's history
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Jack Ma, China's richest man, is a Communist Party member
The billionaire's Communist bona fides were revealed by the party's official mouthpiece
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Kering steps up digital strategy with new Apple deals
To be used by staff at its stores and would have more control over e-commerce activities run
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PNG upholds deal with Huawei to lay internet cable
Amid broad efforts to limit China’s influence across the Pacific
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Video gaming fiends with an itch hit Twitch
Today's top "streamers" are celebrities who can earn fame and a healthy living from competitive video gaming
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Anxiety at NASA as Mars InSight spacecraft nears Red Planet
The unmanned spacecraft launched nearly seven months ago
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Technology can mitigate impact of climate change
It will help reduce carbon emissions while sustaining growth in economic structure
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Travellers allowed only one cellphone in a year to bring to Pakistan duty-free
Maximum of five phones can be brought in the country per year under the new regulation
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From parcel delivery to security, Singapore bets big on drones
Although the initiative may hit turbulence due to safety and privacy concerns
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Logitech in talks to acquire headphone maker Plantronics
The companies seek to keep down manufacturing costs following the introduction of tariffs on imports from China
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Black Friday deals lure US shoppers, biggest sales gains online
A healthy economy and rising wages gave people the confidence to splash out on retailers’ annual raft of bargains
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Chinese IT giant to provide $2m for ICT talent programme
Funds will help promote study of advanced technologies, increase IT exports
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Workshop on the challenges of 21st century teaching held at Arts Council
A multitude of education expert speak at the occasion