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Internet sensation Grumpy Cat dies

The feline famous on the internet for her permanent scowl, Grumpy Cat, has died. It’s owners from Arizona in the United States said that the cat was seven years old…

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International cyber-crime gang which stole millions dismantled

Europol revealed that an international crime gang which used malware to steal $100m from more than 40,000 victims has been dismantled. It said that the investigation was unprecedented, especially in…

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China laments blacklisting of Huawei by US

China expressed its strong opposition to countries imposing unilateral sanctions on Chinese entities. The comments by a Chinese Commerce Ministry spokesman were made in response to the latest U.S.…

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Facebook to restrict livestream feature

Facebook announced that it will restrict who can use the company's livestream tool in an effort to limit its use to "cause harm or spread hate". Facebook said that…

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Huawei ready to give assurances it won’t spy

Amid U.S. pressure on European countries to shun the firm over espionage concerns, Chinese telecom giant Huawei said it's willing to sign no-spy agreements with governments, including Britain. "We…

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Facebook sues analytics firm over alleged data misuse

Facebook is suing a South Korean firm, Rankwave, it accuses of unlawfully using data to sell marketing and advertising. The social network is asking a judge to force Rankwave to…

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Two Israelis arrested in global ‘dark’ Internet probe

Two Israelis have been arrested on suspicion of setting up a "dark" Internet site that was used to buy weapons, drugs and stolen credit cards. Israeli police said the…

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‘Anonymous’ hacks the emails of 30,000 Italian lawyers

The Italian section of hacktivist group 'Anonymous' said Tuesday that it has hacked the certified email accounts of 30,000 members of the Rome guild of lawyers. Anonymous Italia posted screenshots…

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French telecom giant Orange on trial over staff suicides

A decade after 35 employees took their own lives at France Telecom (now know as Orange) the telecoms giant and its former CEO go on trial Monday for “moral harassment”.…

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Dell Technologies and Microsoft expand partnership to help customers accelerate their digital transformation

Dell Technologies and Microsoft Corp announced they are expanding their partnership to address a wider range of customer needs and help accelerate digital transformations. Through this collaboration, the companies will…

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Facebook reveals major redesign and changes

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company plans to put privacy first and revealed a series of changes to the firm's portfolio of social platforms, including Instagram and Whatsapp.…

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Italian PM assures Huawei it won’t face discrimination

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte revealed he had assured China's Huawei Technologies that it would not face discrimination in the roll-out of Italy's 5G telecoms network. Conte was speaking on…

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UK to allow Huawei limited access to 5G networks

The Daily Telegraph reports that British Prime Minister Theresa May has approved Huawei's bid to help build Britain's 5G network, despite warnings about the risk posed to national security.…

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Samsung delays public roll-out of Galaxy Fold phone

Smartphone maker Samsung Electronics Co Ltd announced it will delay the public roll-out of its Galaxy Fold without giving a new release date. The Galaxy Fold was meant to be…

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First commercial 5G network launched in Europe

The first commercial 5G network was launched in Europe with a network that covers 50 Swiss cantons and includes the Switzerland's largest cities, such as Lausanne, Zürich, Geneva and the…

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Microsoft Corp rejected requests to install facial recognition technology due to human rights concerns

Microsoft President Brad Smith revealed that Microsoft Corp recently rejected a California law enforcement agency’s request to install facial recognition technology in officers’ cars and body cameras due to human…

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Poland unlikely to exclude all Huawei equipment from its mobile networks

Poland is unlikely to exclude all Huawei equipment from its next generation mobile networks, a government minister told Reuters, in part to avoid increased costs for mobile operators. Huawei,…

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EU countries back copyright reform

EU member states have given the final approval for copyright reforms in a bid to overhaul its two-decade old copyright rules. The clearing of this final hurdle ensures artists…

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Hackers publish the personal details of hundreds of US law enforcement personnel

Hackers breached the web servers of multiple chapters of the FBI and published the names and addresses of hundreds of law enforcement personnel and thousands of other people online.…

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Spanish authorities seeking power to view calls made on phones of drivers involved in a crash

Spanish authorities are going be even more vigilant on drivers who use their cellphones at the wheel. El Pais reports that the Spanish Civil Guard, Bartolomé Vargas, a Supreme Court…

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Dutch coalition parties say Huawei must be kept out of 5G network

MPs from two of the four Dutch coalition parties - Christen-Democratisch Appèl (CDA) and Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie (VVD) - have said they do not want Chinese telecoms company…

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British mother free to leave Dubai after Facebook insult

A British single mother arrested in Dubai for insulting her ex-husband’s new wife on Facebook, has been allowed to return to the UK. The campaign group Detained in Dubai reported…

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Microsoft teams up with colleges and universities to address the technical skills gap

Microsoft Corp. announced new partnerships with global higher education institutions to align and integrate Microsoft’s technical skills programs and credentials to help address the growing 21st century talent gap. The…

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Apple in Dutch antitrust spotlight

Apple, already the subject of EU antitrust scrutiny, became the target of a Dutch investigation for allegedly favouring its own apps on its popular App Store. The Netherlands Authority for…

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Amazon, Microsoft chosen to compete for Pentagon cloud computing contract

Amazon and Microsoft have been selected to continue competing for Pentagon cloud computing services as part of a contract that could be worth some $10 billion. "I can confirm that…

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British mother in Dubai risking 2 years in jail and €58,000 fine because of old FB post

A British single mother faces up to two years in jail and a fine of €58,000 in Dubai after being detained over comments she made on social media in 2016…

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Slideshow: The ‘Panda Connected by Wind’

A series of photos of the new FCA Fiat Panda in collaboration with telephone company Wind during a press conference in Turin, Italy. Italian operator Wind Tre and car…

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Amazon to launch over 3,000 satellites

Amazon has confirmed its plan to build a network of over 3,000 satellites through "Project Kuiper" to provide high speed internet. The project will launch a constellation of low-Earth orbit…

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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has severed ties with Huawei

The elite U.S. school Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announced that it has cut it’s ties with Chinese tech firms Huawei and ZTE. Maria Zuber, its vice president for research,…

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BBC to move some of its TV channels to either Amsterdam or Brussels

If the United Kingdom leaves the European Union with no deal in place, the BBC will move some of its television channels to either Amsterdam or Brussels. BBC director Tony…

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Amazon owner agrees to record $35bn divorce

Jeff Bezos, who is considered the world's richest man, and his wife MacKenzie have agreed a record-breaking divorce settlement worth at least $35 billion. The settlement would make MacKenzie Bezos…

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Data of millions of Facebook users exposed on the internet

A cybersecurity firm announced that it found millions of records openly exposed on the internet containing people's personal data from Facebook, including Facebook passwords for 22,000 people. UpGuard said the…

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Key British infrastructure was the target of ‘major cyber assault’ by Iran

Sky News reported that the UK Post Office and local government networks were both hit in coordinated attacks on 23 December. Cyber attacks for which Iran is being blamed in…

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Harry and Meghan launch official Instagram account

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have launched an official Instagram account: @sussexroyal. The couple debuted with a picture of the couple's monogram – a combination of H and M…

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April Fools’ Day: a look at some of the pranks circulating in the media

Today is a day where in all the outcry about fake news, media outlets around the world even some of The most respected play that one little joke on their…

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Mussolini’s granddaughter hits out at actor Jim Carrey over drawing

Italian politician Alessandra Mussolini has publicly insulted Jim Carrey after he tweeted a drawing of the hanging of her grandfather, Benito Mussolini, and Claretta Petacci. As the Carrey’s tweet gained…

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PHOTOSTORY: 22 cellphones to catch Pokemon

Chen San-yuan, a 70-year-old Feng Shui master, poses for a photos with his set up of 22 cellphones that he use to catch Pokemon in New Taipei City,…

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Facebook exploring restrictions on who can livestream

Facebook Inc Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg announced the company is looking to place restrictions on who can go live on its platform based on certain criteria in the aftermath…

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European Commission welcomes European Parliament’s vote on new rules facilitating access to online TV and radio content

Following the European Parliament's approval of modernised copyright rules earlier this week, today the Parliament endorsed another crucial piece of legislation to make the copyright rules fit for the digital…

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Microsoft’s new Edge browser revealed

The Verge has an exclusive report revealing Microsoft’s new Chromium-powered Edge browser which could be the new default browser on Windows. According to the Verge report, while the previously leaked…

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EU expected to drop threat of Huawei ban

A Reuters exclusive report states that the European Commission will next week ignore U.S. calls to ban Huawei Technologies but urge EU countries to share more data to tackle…

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Dutch telecoms giant KPN to link up with Huawei for 5G

Dutch telecoms group KPN is on the verge of signing a contract with China’s Huawei to roll out its 5G service. Dutch business broadcaster RTL Z reported that the agreement…

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Millions of Facebook passwords exposed internally

The passwords of millions of Facebook users were accessible by employees of the same social network. Security researcher Brian Krebs broke the news about data protection failures, which saw up…

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Facebook to launch new portal for housing and employment adverts

Facebook announced that it will introduce changes to its ad platform that prevent advertisers for housing, employment or credit from discriminating based on race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability and several…

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Facebook takes steps against ‘revenge porn’

Facebook is introducing new measures to stop the spread of intimate photos posted on Facebook or Instagram without people's permission, sometimes called "revenge porn," the company said on Friday.…

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Facebook removes hundreds of accounts in UK, Romania

Facebook for the first time Facebook has taken down accounts linked to domestic groups in their country. Politico reported that it had removed hundreds of false accounts that promoted…

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Huawei sues US government

Chinese telecom giant Huawei has filed a lawsuit against the US government over a ban that restricts government agencies from using its products.The lawsuit is part of a wider push…

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Huawei opens Brussels Cyber Security Transparency Centre

Amid a period of intense scrutiny around the world, technology giant Huawei has opened a cyber security transparency centre in Brussels. The new building is located at the intersection of…

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Samsung phones are sending photos to their owner’s contacts without their permission

Sky News: Samsung phones are sending photos to their owner's contacts without their permission, according to reports. The Guardian said Samsung is investigating reports that its default text messaging app on the…

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Twitter make it easier for users to identify political campaign ads

(Reuters) - Twitter on Thursday made it easier for users to identify political campaign ads and know who paid for them, as social media platforms faced the threat of U.S.…

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Microsoft Office Championship winners announced

“Industry ICT certifications are increasingly becoming more preferred than formal certifications because business feels that the requirements that these certifications hold are closer to the requirements needed by the industry…

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Security failure in NameTests apps potentially left Facebook users unprotected

Politico: A security failure in a popular quiz app on Facebook left millions of people’s data exposed for almost two years, a cybersecurity activist revealed Thursday. The application, called Nametests.com, has run…

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Ledger Projects Signs Collaboration Agreement with The Bitfury Group

Maltese company Ledger Projects today announced it has signed a partnership with the Bitfury Group to build innovative blockchain solutions in Malta. Bitfury, the world’s leading full-service blockchain technology company,…

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Microsoft reminds Trump administration that ‘Family unification has been a tenant of American policy and law since the end of WW2’ while calling it to change ‘zero-tolerance’ immigration policy

CNN: Microsoft is calling on the Trump administration to change a "zero tolerance" immigration policy that is separating families at the US-Mexico border. The company took a stand Monday after it…

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Unilever won’t work with social media ‘influencers’ who buy ‘followers’ in an effort to curb artificial bots which create fake audiences

CNBC: Consumer-goods company Unilever will not work with social media stars, or "influencers," who buy followers on platforms such as Twitter and Facebook, it announced Monday. Chief Marketing Officer Keith…

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UK launches new ‘start-up’ visa for entrepreneurs

Silicon: The UK has launched a new “start-up” visa for entrepreneurs, in response to criticism from the tech sector over the effects of its restrictive immigration policies. Launched during London Tech Week, the…

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Google and Facebook should take more responsibility to protect children from mental ill health epidemic, abuse and addictive behaviour – NHS

The Telegraph: NHS is “picking up the pieces” of an epidemic of mental illness among children, fuelled by social media, the head of the service has warned. Simon Stevens urged companies…

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