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China's Didi announces reorganisation plan to address safety issues
It said in a post on its official WeChat account
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Internet giants pose existential threat to banks
They may have better information on customers’ spending and lifestyles
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Qualcomm unveils new chip to power 5G smartphones
Mobile carriers are investing in 5G networks and are eager
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EU ministers fail to break digital tax deadlock
The tax requires the support of all 28 EU states
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Cameras, drones: Rio de Janeiro to put electronic eyes on crime
A tender to install 30,000 cameras will be launched soon
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CarFirst launches Pakistan's first all-female purchase center
The company seeks to revolutionise the way cars are traded and sold in Pakistan
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Bill Gates lauds PM's efforts in polio eradication
The two also discussed strengthening the IT sector in the country
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Audi to invest 14 billion euros in e-mobility, self-driving cars
The company’s total projected expenditure for the next five years amounts to 40 billion euros
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Tesla changes plans to start Model Y production
The electric carmaker planned a production ramp of 7,000 Model SUVs
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Amazon edges out Apple for most valuable company
Briefly putting its market capitalisation at $865.0 billion
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US lawmakers make final push to win approval of self-driving car bill
The pair has been working for more than a year to try to win approval of the bill by the Senate
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SpaceX launches 64 satellites at once
The company marked another milestone in its bid to make rockets more re-usable
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Tumblr bans porn
To clean up the blogging platform
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Oppo announces $1.43b investment in R&D
The Chinese consumer electronics and mobile communication company established its 5G team in 2015
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Google CEO hearing in US House likely to be postponed
Pichai agreed to testify before the panel over Republican concerns that the company is biased against conservatives
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Grab in talks to invest $100 million in Indian hotels startup Oyo
The proposed investment is part of Oyo’s ongoing $1 billion funding round
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Fintech company Calastone to shift fund network to blockchain
Provides back and middle-office services to more than 1,700 firms
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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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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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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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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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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