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Trump vows defense bill veto unless internet liability shield scrapped
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would veto the $740 billion National Defense Authorization Act unless it includes...
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Amazon delves deeper into voice recognition, call-center work as COVID-19 drives cloud
Amazon.com Inc on Tuesday announced voice recognition as part of a suite of call-center services for businesses, as the company...
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Brazil planemaker Embraer says hackers gained access to company data
Brazilian plane manufacturer Embraer said late on Monday that it had been targeted by hackers, who obtained the "disclosure of...
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Canada plans digital tax in 2022 on global tech giants such as Facebook, Google
Canada plans to impose a tax on corporations providing digital services from 2022 that will stay in place until major...
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Italy's antitrust fines Apple 10 million euros for misleading commercial practices
Italy's antitrust authority said on Monday it had fined Apple 10 million euros ($12 million) for "aggressive and misleading" commercial...
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Britain bans new Huawei 5G kit installation from September 2021
British telecommunications firms must not install new Huawei 5G kit after September 2021, the government said on Monday, as part...
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Suspected North Korean hackers targeted COVID vaccine maker AstraZeneca
Suspected North Korean hackers have tried to break into the systems of British drugmaker AstraZeneca in recent weeks, two people...
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Britain to curb Google and Facebook with tougher competition rules
Britain will impose a new competition regime next year to prevent Google and Facebook using their dominance to push out...
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France orders tech giants to pay digital tax
France's finance ministry has sent out notices to big tech companies liable for its digital service tax to pay the...
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U.S. grants ByteDance new seven-day extension of TikTok sale order: filing
The Trump administration on Wednesday granted ByteDance a new seven-day extension of an order directing the Chinese company to sell...
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South Korean watchdog fines Facebook $6.1 million for sharing user info without consent
A South Korean agency for protecting personal information on Wednesday fined Facebook Inc 6.7 billion won ($6.06 million) and sought...
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Twitter plans to relaunch verification program next year
Twitter Inc on Tuesday released plans for its new policy on how people are "verified" on the site, an area...
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Email-related attacks cost New Zealanders close to one million dollars
Cyber attacks circulated by email posed the greatest threat to New Zealanders’ cyber safety between July and September this year,...
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Bitcoin at $100,000 in 2021? Outrageous to some, a no-brainer for backers
Bitcoin investors, which include top hedge funds and money managers, are betting the virtual currency could more than quintuple to...
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Twitter, Facebook to hand over @POTUS account to Biden on January 20
Twitter Inc and Facebook Inc will transfer control of the @POTUS account to the Joe Biden administration on Jan. 20,...
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Russian parliament given draft law enabling Moscow to block U.S. social media giants
Lawmakers in Russia's parliament presented draft legislation on Thursday that, if passed, would enable the government to restrict internet access...
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Japan Inc to begin experiments issuing digital yen
More than 30 major Japanese firms will begin experiments next year towards issuing a common, private digital currency to promote...
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Twitter slows rollout of disappearing 'fleets' worldwide
Twitter will slow down the rollout of tweets that disappear after 24 hours, a day after it launched the feature...
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Apple to lower App Store fees for smaller developers
Apple Inc on Wednesday said it plans to start a program to lower its App Store commissions for software developers...
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'More power than traditional media': Facebook, Twitter policies attacked
Republican senators on Tuesday attacked the chief executives of Facebook and Twitter for what they called censorship of President Trump...
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