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Dell, VMware decide to explore options including merger
The move comes as the world’s largest privately held technology company seeks new avenues for growth
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Bitcoin slides as Facebook ad ban, India clampdown unnerve investors
The cryptocurrency dipped below $9,000 for the first time since November
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DigiSkills initiative: PTCL partners with Virtual University
The national technology fund released launches DigiSkills programme
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What we know about the Samsung S9 so far
The smartphone will launch at the Mobile World Congress being held on February 25
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Alibaba revenue jumps 56 per cent
The company also said it would buy a 33 per cent stake in its payment affiliate Ant Financial
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Microsoft's cloud computing business grows, stock edges up
Stock of the world’s largest software company, which have risen almost 50 per cent over the past 12 months
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WhatsApp reaches milestone of 1.5 billion monthly users
Before being acquired by Facebook in 2014, WhatsApp had 450 million monthly active users
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Facebook forecasts rising ad sales despite dip in usage
The company said in an earnings report that quarterly revenue jumped 47 per cent from a year earlier
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Cuba hands note of protest to US over internet task force
State Department said it was convening the task force to promote “the free and unregulated flow of information”
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ITU, BMGF ink financial inclusion research projects
Research will help make large portion of population part of economy through technology
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Artificial intelligence sparks hope -- and fear, US poll shows
79pc of Americans say artificial intelligence has had a "mostly positive" or "very positive" impact on their lives
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Facebook bans ads promoting cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin
The social media platform had been under scrutiny for posts promoting fake news
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Fujifilm to take over Xerox, combined into joint venture
Fujifilm will own 50.1 per cent of Xerox shares, and combine Xerox with Fuji Xerox
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Virtual beau captures Chinese hearts as female gaming blooms
Its viral popularity has highlighted a huge potential market for the gaming industry in China
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Popular Line messaging app starts crypto trading spinoff
The transactions will be made inside the messaging app, which already incorporates a mobile payment system
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Nintendo raises net profit forecast on Switch console and yen
The Kyoto-based video game giant said it now expects an annual net profit of 120 billion yen
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After Sargodha, Careem launches services in Mardan
Mardan is the second largest city in KPK with a total population of about 2.3 million people
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Samsung unveils stock split, record profit as chips sizzle
The South Korean giant’s shares surged more than 8 per cent after it unveiled the massive stock split
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Turkish club becomes first team to fund transfer using Bitcoin
The club used the cryptocurrency to sign Omer Faruk Kiroglu for 0.0524 BTC (£386), plus 2,500 Turkish Lira (£467)
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Application launched to tackle cyber-extremism
The application called Surfsafe has been developed by NACTA and works on both Android and iOS devices
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Google aims to get 'diverse perspectives' into search results
The move comes as internet companies face increasing political pressure to rid their services of fake news
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NTC starts registering engineers, technologists
HEC formed council to monitor technologies degree programmes
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Balochistan seeks Punjab’s help in digitising police
AIG Balochistan writes a letter for help in public service softwares
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Pakistan resolution on better access approved
Moved by Islamabad, motion on improving access to assistive technology unanimously approved by WHO
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Pakistan needs laws which protect the public’s data
New report points out loopholes in existing laws which fail to protect the public
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Apple shares skid on report of iPhone X production cut
The report added to growing concerns about weak sales of the $999 phone making investors jittery
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Fiat Chrysler, Waymo expand deal for self-driving public ride-hailing service
The agreement could put pressure on Uber and General Motors to speed up their efforts to start self-driving services
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India's Ola eyes Australia market in tussle with global rival Uber
With plans to start commercial operations in the country in early 2018, the startup said in a statement
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Microsoft issues update to disable Intel's buggy Spectre patch
The latest update comes nearly four weeks after Intel confirmed that its chips were impacted
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ATM makers warn of 'jackpotting' hacks on US machines
Jackpotting has been rising worldwide in recent years
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Facebook to promote local news in latest update
The update will be first rolled out in the United States and expanded to more countries later this year
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Google confirms investment in Indonesian ride-hailing firm Go-Jek
The funding deepens Google's commitment to Indonesia's internet economy
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Technology development and life lessons
Errors and lapses do happen and acknowledging them makes us human
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Japan punishes Coincheck after $530 million cryptocurrency theft
The theft highlights the vulnerabilities in trading an asset that global policymakers are struggling to regulate
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Trump security team sees building US 5G network as option
The official, confirming the gist of a report from Axios, said the option was being debated at a low level
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The power of PowerPoint and how it makes us weak
Are we missing the point?
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Modi helps 'Ambulance Dada' to click a 'perfect selfie'
Kareemul Haq honoured with Padma Shree in 2017 for running a free ambulance service on his two-wheeler in West Bengal
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China tightens screws on social media
China has some of the world's tightest controls over web content, protected by what is called 'The Great Firewall'
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Indonesian authorities run 'two-faced' car off the road
The head-turning vehicle took about three-and-a-half months to build
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California woman sues Walmart for 'segregated' black products
Grundy was told she was going to be escorted to the cash register to purchase her product
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California wants 5 million 'green' cars on roads by 2030
It also involves the installation of 250,000 electric vehicle charging stations and 200 hydrogen fueling stations
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Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange hacked, losing $530 million
Coincheck posted on its website on Friday afternoon that it had suspended withdrawals of almost all cryptocurrencies
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Mueller team interviewed Facebook staff in Russia probe
The interview was part of Mueller's probe into allegations of Russian meddling in the 2016 US election
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Dell considering acquisitions or possible IPO
Board of directors will meet later this month to consider the biggest shakeup in the company’s history
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British PM May says Uber should not be shut down
The answer isn’t to shut Uber down but rather to address those concerns and to establish and enforce the standards
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With self-parking slippers, Nissan drives Japanese hospitality to a new level
The company has developed a system for slippers to ‘park’ themselves at the entrance of the traditional inn
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Tesla denies further Model 3 production issues
The problems with battery production at its Gigafactory in Sparks, Nevada, are worse than it had acknowledged
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Walmart to launch online grocery delivery in Japan
The world’s largest retailer stated that the service will launch in the latter half of 2018 in a deal with Rakuten
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Lyft probes allegations of employees misusing customer data
Customer data could be accessed only by teams that require it to do their jobs said the company
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Facebook: Russian agents created 129 US election events
The company said that 338,300 different accounts viewed the events and that 62,500 marked that they would attend