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Facebook introduces safety feature for profile pictures
The new tool provides a chance to add a design to the profile picture to deter misuse
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Disney creates streaming video unit for digital future
As the company retools its traditional media operation for a world rapidly embracing online video
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Some Americans 'constantly' on internet while others remain offline
A report said the growth of smartphones and other mobile devices has made it easier to be always connected
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Google and Apple face EU law on business practices
The European Commission is drafting a new regulation specifically targeting online platforms such as e-commerce sites
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Tesla says Model S production efficiency much improved
The electric car maker said production of 100,000 vehicles is now possible in a two-shift cycle with minimal overtime
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Samsung to start building new China memory chip line
The tech giant was expected to invest $7 billion to expand its NAND memory chip production
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Amazon's internal numbers on Prime Video revealed
The documents also show that Amazon’s US audience for all video programming on Prime
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Punjab: Agri-tech expo planned for April
Exhibition’s prime purpose is to promote advanced mechanisation and educate the farming community
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Microsoft extends partnership with Chinese firm on cloud service
About 1.2M Chinese enterprise users and 20m educational users are currently conducting their daily work on Office 365
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Google guru Page tests flying taxis in New Zealand
New Zealand regulators late Tuesday approved plans for Zephyr Airworks
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Divisions emerged over EU's focus to stop 'fake news'
The industry had rejected to use regulation to tackle the problem
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'Critical' security flaws in AMD chips found
The flaws have the potential to put organizations at significantly increased risk of cyber attacks
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YouTube to display Wikipedia articles blurbs to combat hoaxes
The new feature is called information cues
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US judge rejects demand to exclude AT&T argument
The Justice Department filed a lawsuit in November to stop AT&T from buying a movie and TV show maker Time Warner
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Google to ban ads on cryptocurrencies related products
Under the new policy, the company will ban ads for unregulated or speculative financial products
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Data breach victims can sue Yahoo in the United States
Yahoo was accused of being too slow to disclose three data breaches that occurred from 2013 and 2016
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Apple to buy digital magazine service Texture
Apple did not disclose the financial terms of the deal and declined to comment on details of the transaction
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Has Spotify answered its royalty problem?
The big question remains whether it can find enough subscribers to pay for record labels and artists
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Review: Nokia 8, a challenge for the flagships
Priced at Rs 50,000, the device has an edge over its Android competitors
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Women filed 238 discrimination and harassment complaints at Microsoft
The world’s largest software company was sued for systematically denying pay raises or promotions to women
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Volkswagen confirms killing Beetle for good
The reborn Microbus will serve as the retro-inspired model of the Beetle
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President Trump halts Broadcom takeover of Qualcomm
Ending what would have been the technology industry’s biggest deal ever
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UN investigators cite Facebook role in Myanmar crisis
In the past, the company has said that it was working to remove hate speech in Myanmar
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Apple Music hits 38 million paid subscribers
Apple is locked in a race for subscribers with Amazon.com
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Tesla's electric motor shift to spur demand for neodymium
Efforts by governments to cut emissions produced by fossil fuel-powered cars is driving demand for electric vehicles
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Mobile app to report hate speech launched
Interior Minister opens NACTA’s new building in Islamabad
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Startup wins regional HULT prize for clean drinking water model
PakVitae created a portable model which purifies up to 400,000 litres of water
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Internet tycoon challenges Deutsche Telekom
The industry should take the lead on laying the glass fiber network in Germany
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Amazon video service to expand Indian regional content
India is the fastest growing market for its Prime Video service
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China eyes 'black tech' to boost security as parliament meets
The AI-powered glasses flag with a red box when any faces match up with a centralized “blacklist”
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DeepMind boss admits 'risks' of AI amidst benefits
Hassabis was speaking at a screening of a documentary about AlphaGo
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Panasonic considers selling factory in China
The plant makes security cameras in a deal it hopes will fetch over $450 million, the Nikkei reported on Saturday
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Uber to hail loan investors directly
Several Wall Street banks deemed the deal too risky from a regulatory perspective to take on
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Toshiba expects to complete chip unit sale by June
Toshiba agreed last year to sell the semiconductor business to a consortium led by US private equity firm
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Wall Street has never been so far behind on Netflix
The online video streamer’s shares have remained well above analysts’ average 12-month target
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Waymo's self-driving trucks to haul cargo for Google in Atlanta
The announcement comes two days after rival Uber said its self-driving trucks will haul cargo on Arizona highways
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Study reveals users more loyal to Android than iOS
The report states that loyalty has increased in recent times and stands at its highest peak
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Foxconn gets China go-ahead for Shanghai IPO of subsidiary
The China Securities Regulatory Commission confirmed the approval in a statement issued on Thursday
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US not coordinating against Russian cyber threat
US officials have warned repeatedly that Russia is trying to interfere in the 2018 mid-term US elections
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Updating curriculum: Technology must feature in updating academia
Seminar on ‘Curriculum: theory and practice in Pakistan’ commences at IIUI
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False news online travels faster than the truth: study
Report in journal Science is largest to date and studies some 126,000 cascades on Twitter
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Amazon readies move to sell electronics directly in Brazil
The move would take the US e-commerce giant beyond its current role in Brazil as a marketplace
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Amazon to quiet Alexa's cackling
Amazon Echo was giving people eerie feelings about what the artificial intelligence might be plotting
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Twitter takes steps to prevent crypto scams on platform
The measures come amid a boom in the price of bitcoin
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Snapchat to lay off about 100 engineers
The layoffs would be the company's largest yet and the first to affect its engineers
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Bitcoin falls below $9,500
The world's biggest and best-known digital currency was last down 7.53 per cent
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Great Wall seeks to double vehicle sales by 2025
The Baoding-based automaker also plans to invest $3.2 billion on electric vehicle research and development by 2020
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Broadcom to stick with US 5G investment
Citing a number of concerns around the development of the next generation of mobile networks and technology
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Google Maps lets businesses promote themselves as women-led
The feature would roll out this week in celebration of International Women’s Day
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Apple finds more supplier problems
The overall trend among 756 suppliers in 30 countries was toward higher compliance with the company's code of conduct