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Hyundai Motor to launch dedicated EV platform in major push into electric cars
South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group will use its own battery technology to cut production time and cost
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Govt to set up technology zones authority
Aims to give 10-year tax break to tech zone developers and enterprises
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Canada to tax global tech giants such as Facebook, Google by 2022
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development wants to ensure digital behemoths pay their share of taxes
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Sweden's Ericsson sees 220 million 5G subscriptions by year end
Ericsson added that 60% of world’s population will have access to 5G coverage in 2026
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Samsung may discontinue high-end Galaxy Note smartphones
Samsung may discontinue the Galaxy Note following a sharp drop in demand for high-end smartphones due to pandemic
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Facebook to buy customer service startup Kustomer
Kustomer allows businesses to aggregate customer conversations from multiple channels into a single screen
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Zoom's shares fall as free users increase
Zoom still forecast fourth-quarter revenue of between $806 million and $811 million
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Biden urged by 32 advocacy groups to reject Big Tech influence
Anti-trust groups argue that the companies’ business practices hurt consumers and the US economy
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Italy's antitrust body fines Apple €10 million for misleading commercial practices
Regulator criticised advertisements claiming iPhone models were water-resistant
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Amazon workers at German warehouse to strike again
Strike follows a three-day walkout last week in which more than 500 workers took part
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Britain bans new Huawei 5G kit installation from September 2021
Decision comes as part of a plan to purge the Chinese firm’s equipment from high speed mobile networks
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Jibran Nasir, others target of WhatsApp OTP scam
Hackers ask victims to forward OTP to them so they can complete an urgent money transaction
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Woman who created the technology behind internet calls explains what it takes to innovate
Marian Croak says we can benefit from this horrible time in history
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Slow and steady or a big spurt? How to grow a ferocious dinosaur
Large meat-eating dinosaurs attained their great size through very different growth strategies
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Tesla could widen release of 'self-driving' software in two weeks
Tesla has reported steady sales and profitable quarters, sending shares up around 400% this year
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Suspected North Korean hackers targeted Covid vaccine maker AstraZeneca
Hackers posed as recruiters on LinkedIn and WhatsApp to approach AstraZeneca staff with fake job offers
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Type O blood linked to lower Covid risk, taking Vitamin D unlikely to help-R
New evidence suggests that people with type O or Rh−negative blood may be at slightly lower risk from coronavirus
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Facebook cryptocurrency Libra to launch as early as January but scaled back
Libra was relaunched in slimmed-down form after regulators raised concerns it could upset financial stability
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Crypto exchange Coinbase hit by connection, latency problems as bitcoin plummets
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase said its retail and professional-focused platforms were hit by tech problems
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Russia plans to develop its own space station
Russia's own orbital station will consist of three to seven modules unmanned or with a crew of two to four people
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Britain to curb Google and Facebook with tougher competition rules
Britain will impose a new competition regime to prevent tech giants from pushing out smaller firms
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Amazon to give $500 million in holiday bonuses to front-line US workers
Amazon's full-time operations staff will receive a bonus of $300 from December 1 to December 31
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India's NSE warned Future Retail of action over disclosures on Amazon dispute
Future Retail has been locked in a bitter dispute with Amazon over its $3.4 billion retail assets deal with Reliance
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Dinosaur-era bird with scythe-like beak sheds light on avian diversity
Birds evolved from small feathered dinosaurs about 150 million years ago
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Egyptian inventor trials robot that can test for Covid-19
Egypt facing a second coronavirus wave, an inventor is trialing a remote-control robot that can test for Covid-19
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Bitcoin price drops more than $1,000 in Asian trade
Bitcoin, the world’s biggest and best-known cryptocurrency, was the last trading around $17,700
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South Korean watchdog fines Facebook $6.1 million for sharing user info without consent
Personal information of at least 3.3 million Facebook users in Korea was provided to operators without their knowledge
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Fawad Chaudhry announces program for animation, video games enthusiasts
Video gaming market is expected to be worth over $200 billion by 2023
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Elon Musk surpasses Bill Gates to become world’s second richest person
In October, Tesla reported its fifth consecutive quarterly profit on record revenue of $8.8 billion
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AI detects Covid-19 on chest X-rays with accuracy, speed
Researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence platform which analyzes X-ray images of lungs
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Twitter plans to relaunch verification program next year
Twitter released plans for its new policy on how people are 'verified' on site
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Mysterious 'obelisk' in US desert draws wild theories
Mysterious metal "obelisk" found buried in remote desert has inflamed imaginations of UFO spotters around the world
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Airline body IATA develops mobile apps for Covid-era travel
Global aviation body is developing a set of mobile apps to help passengers to navigate Covid-19 travel restrictions
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OPPO exhibits three concept products at INNO DAY 2020
OPPO revealed for the first time the '3+N+X' technology development strategy
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Bitcoin at $100,000 in 2021? Outrageous to some, a no-brainer for backers
Bitcoin is within sight of its all-time peak of just under $20,000 hit in December 2017
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China calls launch a success as robotic spacecraft heads to moon
China hailed as a success its pre-dawn launch of a robotic spacecraft to bring back rocks from the moon
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Snapchat launches TikTok-like feature 'Spotlight'
Snapchat said it would give about $1 million every day to users whose snaps make it to top of the platform
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'Really good news': Health minister welcomes Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine results
Vaccine in the right dosage can be up to 90% effective
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Robbers steal Apple products worth £5m from truck in UK
The items stolen include iPhone 11s, AirPods, and Apple Watches
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Twitter, Facebook to hand over @POTUS account to Biden on January 20
Both platforms will hand control of presidential account to Joe Biden even if Trump has not conceded his election loss
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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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China to launch moon probe, seeking first lunar rock retrieval since 1970s
China plans to launch an unmanned spacecraft to the moon this week
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Vatican asks Instagram to get to the bottom of Pope account's underwear model 'like'
Brazilian Natalia Garibotto cheekily responded to incident saying 'at least I'm going to heaven'
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Apple, GroupM, others ask for tough protection for data in Google lawsuit
Government is accusing Google of illegally using its market muscle to hobble rivals in a lawsuit
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Blind man, 'born to run,' completes solo 5K with trial app to guide him
Marathon enthusiast used an app that detects the runner’s position and gives audio guidance through an earpiece
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Childhood vaccine linked to less severe Covid-19, cigarette smoke raises risk
Exposure to cigarette smoke makes airway cells more vulnerable to infection with the new coronavirus
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Twitter to hand @POTUS account to Biden on inauguration day
Twitter will hand control of the presidential account to Joe Biden even if Trump has not conceded his election loss
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EU could pay over $10 billion for Pfizer and CureVac vaccines
Pfizer and BioNTech said that final data showed their shot was 95% effective against Covid-19
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Govt approves social media rules expanding PTA powers
The Rules would make it extremely difficult for AIC Members; Facebook, Google, Twitter etc to operate in Pakistan
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Facebook launches Watch Together feature for Messenger, Instagram
Facebook will be rolling out the Watch together feature, Chat themes, and Vanish mode on its platforms










































