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San Francisco police fatally shoot driver of Chinese consulate crash
Vehicle had plowed through the consulate and into the lobby of the building's visa office, city police said
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Google teams with Samsung for wearables platform
Samsung will use Google's Wear OS for its upcoming Galaxy smartwatches instead of its own Tizen platform
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Instagram lets users pick preferred gender pronouns
Instagram users can opt to have pronoun choices shown publicly, or just to friends at the service
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Twitter lets people leave tips for some tweeters
A limited number of users around the world who tweet in English can add a 'Tip Jar' feature to their profiles
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Apple's App Store draws developer ire and legal challenge
Epic Games was booted from the App Store after it triggered an update in its Fortnite game
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Here's how Apple has chips for iPhones while Ford got caught short
Apple announced blowout quarterly earnings, with the chip shortage having only a small impact on its business
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Apple moving forward on app privacy, despite pushback
Apple privacy update has sparked a major rift with Facebook and other tech rivals
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Facebook says hackers 'scraped' data of 533 million users in 2019 leak
Hackers took advantage of a feature designed to help people easily find friends using contact lists
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LinkedIn gives staff week off for well-being
LinkedIn is giving its workers next week off as it seeks to avoid burnout and allow its employees to recharge
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Microsoft wins $22 billion US army contract for augmented gear
The headsets, based on commercially available HoloLens, will make soldiers safer and more effective
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Silicon Valley firms in no hurry to open up offices despite easing of virus ban
Big Tech including Twitter and Google plan to keep their offices largely closed for months
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With friendly rivalries, eSports gain traction in corporate world
Microsoft software engineer Daniel Jost has found a way to take on his peers
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Elon Musk says bitcoin close to being widely accepted
Billionaire Elon Musk said bitcoin was 'on the verge' of being more widely accepted among investors
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President Joe Biden enlists 'world class' cybersecurity team after government hack
Cybersecurity was demoted as a policy field under the Trump administration
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Netflix tops 200 million subscribers, keeps growing in pandemic
Netflix delivered stronger-than-expected subscriber growth in the past quarter
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Activists call for YouTube to dump Trump channel
A #StopHateForProfit campaign demanded YouTube take down Trump's verified channel
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Twitter boots Trump to stop violence-sparking tweets
Twitter blocked Trump temporarily after the deadly attack on the US Capitol
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Hacking victim SolarWinds hires ex-Homeland Security official Krebs as consultant
SolarWinds, used by hackers as a springboard for the worst-known breach of US government computers
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Microsoft says it found malicious software in its systems
Microsoft found malicious software in its systems related to a massive hacking campaign disclosed by US officials
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Top Biden adviser seen as making tech regulation more likely
Bruce Reed denounced Section 230, which makes it impossible to sue internet companies over content of user posting
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Apple launches MacBook laptops powered by its own computing chips
MacBook Air will retail for $999, same as its predecessor, and have up to twice the battery life
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Mobile games thrive, even as pandemic keeps players home
Playing mobile games can improve moods; boost brain power, and provide a sense of community
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Facebook content moderators call for better treatment
Mark Zuckerberg prepares to be grilled by a Senate committee about the handling of politically-charged posts
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Cisco's Webex participants near 600 million as pandemic flares again
People working from home has led to swift growth in video-conferencing platforms such as Zoom, and Microsoft’s Teams
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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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Oracle launches 2nd-generation Cloud region in UAE
Oracle plan to have 36 Cloud regions by July 2021
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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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Amazon launches Luna cloud-based video game service
Amazon unveiled Luna streaming video game service, challenging Microsoft and Google in fast-growing segment
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Apple critics form coalition to challenge App Store fees
Apple charges a commission of between 15%-30% for apps that use its in-app payment system and sets out extensive rules
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Apple chief says fires and storms show impact of climate change
Tim Cook said he views recent increase in fires, hurricanes, and floods as strong proof that climate change is real
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Facebook launches climate science info center amid fake news criticism
Facebook launched a climate science information center to elevate credible sources on climate change
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Nvidia's Arm deal sparks quick backlash in chip industry
Nvidia's $40 billion agreement to acquire Arm from SoftBank Group is likely to meet strong opposition from rivals
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Facebook removes pages of right-wing group Patriot Prayer after Portland unrest
Facebook updated its policies last month to ban groups that demonstrate significant risks to public safety
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Facebook to limit last-minute political ads in final US election push
Facebook said it will stop accepting new political ads week before US election day on November 3
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Tech war chronicles: How a Silicon Valley chip pioneer landed in China
United States steps up its campaign to block China from acquiring key technological know-how
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Arizona leads multi-state probe into older iPhones slowing, shutting down
Apple came under fire in 2017 when Primate Labs revealed that some iPhones became slower as they aged
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144 years pass since first words uttered on telephone
‘Mr Watson, come here, I want to see you,’ said Graham Bell into his experimental telephone on March 10, 1876
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Pakistani game developers create game about visa rejection
Bisma and Anum were denied US visa to attend the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco
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London Breed sworn in as San Francisco first black female mayor
Breed took oath outdoors on the steps of City Hall in a public ceremony
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San Francisco elects first black woman mayor
London Breed campaigned on her modest upbringing and pledge to address city's housing crisis
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Ouch! Sea lions attack swimmers in San Francisco Bay
Aquatic Park is closed after three attacks in just a week including one that nearly netted a guy's genitals
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Female immigrant detainees given plastic bags to use as toilet in California
Menendez asked US immigration judge to let her go back rather than bear detention conditions
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Japan's Osaka to snap sister city link with San Francisco over "comfort women" statue
In 2015, Japan and South Korea agreed the issue of 'comfort women' would be 'irreversibly resolved'
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Russia threatens retaliation over US 'break-in' at San Francisco consulate
US officials entered residential areas that the departing staff had locked
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San Francisco latest US city to brace for protests
Mayor urged locals to instead attend events on that focus on "inclusion, compassion and love rather than hate"
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San Francisco goes dark amid major power outage
The bulk of the outage lasted about seven hours
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Strong quake strikes off northern California, no tsunami threat
US Geological Survey said there was "a low likelihood of casualties and damage" from the quake
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Top Twitter suitor walks away
Twitter, which celebrated its 10th anniversary this year, has yet to make a profit
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Pakistani musician selected for artist residency in San Francisco
Pakistani musician Farhan Bogra selected for prestigious artist residency in San Francisco
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San Francisco police chief resigns amid racial tensions
San Francisco is just the latest California community where law enforcement is under fire for race-related issues