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Bitcoin emergence as 'digital gold' could lift price to $146,000, says JPM

Digital currency bitcoin has emerged as a rival to gold and could trade as high as $146,000 if it becomes...
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In sudden reversal, NYSE says will not delist three Chinese telecom firms

The New York Stock Exchange said it no longer intends to delist three Chinese telecom giants that have been targeted...
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Baraitser: Assange cannot be extradited, the US can appeal

Julian Assange, charged by the US for publications exposing war crimes and human rights abuses and facing 175 years in...
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Bitcoin trades near Sunday record of $34,800 following 800% surge

Bitcoin traded at $33,365 in Asia on Monday, after soaring to a record high of $34,800 on Sunday as investors...
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Apple removes 39,000 game apps from China store

Apple removed 39,000 game apps on its China store Thursday, the biggest removal ever in a single day, as it...
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Ticketmaster pays $10 million criminal fine for invading rival's computers

Ticketmaster LLC will pay a $10 million criminal fine to avoid prosecution on U.S. charges it repeatedly accessed the computer...
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U.S. to allow small drones to fly over people and at night

Small drones will be allowed to fly over people and at night in the United States, the Federal Aviation Administration...
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Experts who wrestled with SolarWinds hackers say cleanup could take months

Cybersecurity expert Steven Adair and his team were in the final stages of purging the hackers from a think tank's...
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Suspected Russian hackers used Microsoft vendors to breach customers

The suspected Russian hackers behind the worst U.S. cyber attack in years leveraged reseller access to Microsoft Corp services to...
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Google told its scientists to 'strike a positive tone' in AI research

Alphabet Inc's Google this year moved to tighten control over its scientists' papers by launching a "sensitive topics" review, and...
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Cybercriminals’ favourite VPN taken down

The virtual private network (VPN) Safe-Inet used by the world’s foremost cybercriminals has been taken down in a coordinated law...
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'Dozens of email accounts' were hacked at U.S. Treasury

Dozens of email accounts at the U.S. Treasury Department were compromised by the powerful hackers responsible for a wide-ranging espionage...
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Tesla's Elon Musk asks about converting 'large transactions' to bitcoin

Elon Musk on Sunday asked about the possibility of converting "large transactions" of Tesla Inc's balance sheet into bitcoin, according...
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U.S. blacklists dozens of Chinese firms including SMIC

The United States confirmed on Friday it will add dozens of Chinese companies, including the country's top chipmaker, SMIC, to...
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Sony pulls Cyberpunk 2077 from PlayStation

Sony Corp is pulling CD Projekt's video game Cyberpunk 2077 from its PlayStation Store and offering full refunds after gamers...
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Microsoft says it found malicious software in its systems

Microsoft Corp said on Thursday it found malicious software in its systems related to a massive hacking campaign disclosed by...
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Google secretly gave Facebook perks, data in ad deal, U.S. states allege

Facebook Inc and Alphabet's Google, the two biggest players in online advertising, used a series of deals to consolidate their...
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Irish watchdog fines Twitter in landmark for EU data privacy regime

Ireland's data regulator has fined Twitter 450,000 euros ($547,000) for a bug that made some private tweets public, the first...
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Surveillance technology seen worsening U.S. eviction crisis

Increased use of surveillance technologies by landlords across the United States could worsen a looming eviction crisis amid the coronavirus...
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Tech giants face fine of up to 10% of turnover for EU rule breaches

Tech giants could be fined up to 10% of their annual turnover for violating rules aimed at curbing their power,...
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