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White House says Trump to sign broadband privacy repeal

An illustration picture shows a network cable next to a pack of smartphones in Berlin, June 7, 2013. REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski President Donald Trump plans to sign a repeal of Obama-era broadband privacy rules as a bigger fight looms over rules governing the op... More »

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Twitter explores subscription-based option for first time

FILE PHOTO: The Twitter logo is displayed on a screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., September 28, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) is considering whether to build a premium version of i... More »

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U.S., Canada lift global box office as international sales flat

A general view at the premiere of ”Finding Dory” at El Capitan theatre in Hollywood, California U.S., June 8, 2016. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni Worldwide movie ticket sales increased by 1 percent to a record $38.6 billion in 2016 as theaters in the United States and... More »

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Online advertisers sign up to better standards

A broad coalition of advertising trade groups, ad buyers and sellers from Western Europe and the United States have urged the industry to stop using annoying online marketing formats that have fuelled the rapid rise of ad-blockers. More »

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Twitter software helps find, ban users advocating violence

FILE PHOTO: People holding mobile phones are silhouetted against a backdrop projected with the Twitter logo in this illustration picture taken September 27, 2013. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration/File Photo Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) said on Tuesday it had stepped... More »

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Baidu leads investment into green car start-up NextEV

Baidu’s company logo is seen at its headquarters in Beijing December 17, 2014. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon Baidu Inc said on Friday it had led an investment round into green car start-up NextEV, as the Chinese search engine giant looks for new growth drivers and as... More »

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McDonald`s deletes Trump tweet, says Twitter account compromised

A message to Donald Trump appears on the McDonald’s Twitter account timeline — which McDonald’s said was hacked — in a screen capture March 16, 2017. REUTERS/TV McDonald’s Corp quickly deleted a tweet sent from the company’s handle slamming President Donald Tr... More »

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Baidu fires head of group-buying unit over kickbacks

A employee uses his mobile phone as he walks past the company logo of Baidu at its headquarters in Beijing, August 5, 2010. REUTERS/Barry Huang/File Photo Baidu Inc said on Thursday it fired the head of its Nuomi group-buying service over ethics violations, at... More »

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EU consumer authorities to take on Facebook, Google, Twitter

The Facebook logo is displayed on their website in an illustration photo taken in Bordeaux, France, February 1, 2017. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau European consumer protection authorities will ask social media companies Facebook Inc, Alphabet Inc and Twitter Inc to ... More »

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Washington Post software deal a double win for Bezos

Jeff Bezos, founder of Blue Origin and CEO of Amazon, speaks about the future plans of Blue Origin during an address to attendees at Access Intelligence’s SATELLITE 2017 conference in Washington, U.S., March 7, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts Billionaire Jeff Bez... More »

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Smart condo conundrum: Talk to appliances, or text them?

CEO of Unified Inbox Toby Ruckert demonstrates how he uses his smartphone to control electrical appliances in a simulation software in Singapore March 3, 2017. REUTERS/Edgar Su In today’s so-called smart home, you can dim the lights, order more toothpaste or t... More »

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Millennial love for Snapchat extends to the stock

The logo of messaging app Snapchat is seen at a booth at TechFair LA, a technology job fair, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 26, 2017. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson For some millennial investors, loyalty to one of their favorite apps matters more than finan... More »

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State-backed rivals force India`s e-payment firms to step up

A Sadhu or a Hindu holy man pays the vendor through Paytm, a digital wallet company, after buying a book during the annual religious festival of Magh Mela in Allahabad, India, January 26, 2017. REUTERS/Jitendra Prakash Electronic payment firms got a big boost ... More »

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Factbox: What is India`s cashless drive all about?

An advertisement of Paytm, a digital wallet company, is seen placed at a fruit stall in Kolkata, India, January 26, 2017. Picture taken January 26, 2017. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri India’s has launched a slew of electronic systems to encourage its 1.2 billion ... More »

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WikiLeaks offers CIA hacking tools to tech companies: Assange

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange makes a speech from the balcony of the Ecuadorian Embassy, in central London, Britain February 5, 2016. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls/Files Wikileaks will provide technology companies with exclusive access to CIA hacking tools that it... More »

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After Snap IPO, U.S. regulator questions unequal voting rights

A young girl pushes her scooter past the front of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) with a Snap Inc. logo hung on the front of it shortly before the company’s IPO in New York, U.S., March 2, 2017. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson One of two current members of the U.S. S... More »

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CIA leak shows lack of progress in combating `insider threats`

The disclosure this week of documents describing secret CIA hacking tools shows that intensified U.S. government efforts to prevent leaks by intelligence agency employees and contractors have largely failed, cyber security professionals and intelligence offici... More »

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China hints at trade war strategy in South Korea standoff

FILE PHOTO – The logo of Lotte duty free shop is seen at its main shop in Seoul, South Korea, December 13, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo South Korean firms are being squeezed in China, in suspected retaliation for Seoul’s deployment of a U.S. missile de... More »

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YouTube unveils live TV service for cord cutters

Visitors stand in front of a logo of YouTube at the YouTube Space Tokyo, operated by Google, in Tokyo February 14, 2013. REUTERS/Shohei Miyano Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) YouTube will launch a live TV service featuring U.S. broadcast networks and cable channels t... More »

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For White Helmets leader, Oscar win a victory for Syrian people

89th Academy Awards – Oscars Backstage – Hollywood, California, U.S. – 26/02/17 – Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara hold their Oscars for Best Documentary Short Subject for ‘The White Helmets’. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson For Raed Saleh, the leader of the ... More »

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Amazon, Netflix grab a share of Oscar glory

89th Academy Awards – Oscars Backstage – Hollywood, California, U.S. – 26/02/17 – Casey Affleck poses with his Oscar for Best Actor for ‘Manchester by the Sea’ REUTERS/Lucas Jackson Silicon Valley crashed Hollywood’s biggest awards show on Sunday as Amazon.com... More »

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Trump administration re-evaluating self-driving car guidance

Elaine Chao testifies before a Senate Commerce Science and Transportation Committee confirmation hearing on her nomination to be transportation secretary on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 11, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria U.S. Transportation Secretary... More »

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Telefonica bets on Aura to keep customers sweet

Telefonica’s chairman Jose Maria Alvarez-Pallete speaks at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, February 26, 2017. REUTERS/Andres Gonzalez Spanish telecoms giant Telefonica announced a new strategy on Sunday promising to give customers back control of th... More »

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New Zealand`s Spark partners with Netflix

The Netflix logo is pictured on a television remote in this illustration photograph taken in Encinitas, California, U.S., January 18, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake – RTSWAFL New Zealand telecommunications company Spark said on Monday it was partnering with U.S. vid... More »

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India lobbies Trump administration to avert visa threat

Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry of India attends the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland January 19, 2017. REUTERS/Ruben Sprich – India has stepped up its lobbying effort against moves in the U. S. Co... More »

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Beyond phones and 5G, mobile world seeks to reinvent itself

People walk past the main entrance of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain February 24, 2017. REUTERS/Albert Gea Seeking to escape a cycle of falling prices and tight regulation, big telecom operators from Vimpelcom (VIP.O) to Telefonica (TEF.MC) are ... More »

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Dorsey`s Square reports smaller-than-expected quarterly loss

Signage for Square Inc. covers the front of the New York Stock Exchange celebrating the company’s IPO November 19, 2015. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson Payments processor Square Inc (SQ.N) reported better-than-expected quarterly results on Wednesday, helped by its effo... More »

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HP Inc reports 3.6 percent rise in quarterly revenue

FILE PHOTO – A Hewlett-Packard logo is seen at the company’s Executive Briefing Center in Palo Alto, California January 16, 2013. REUTERS/Stephen Lam/File Photo HP Inc (HPQ.N), which houses the hardware business of former Hewlett-Packard Co, reported a 3.6 per... More »

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Investors bet on Israel tech stock windfall under Trump

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech at a Cyber Security Conference in Tel Aviv, Israel January 31, 2017. REUTERS/Baz Ratner/File Photo Investors are betting heavily that Israeli defense and cyber-security firms will reap a windfall from... More »

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Reliance`s Jio hails Uber ride in payments battle with PayTM

An employee walks at the office of ride-hailing service Uber in Gurugram, previously known as Gurgaon, on the outskirts of New Delhi, India, April 19, 2016. REUTERS/Anindito Mukherjee/File Photo Uber users in India, who until now had Chinese Internet giant Ali... More »

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BlackRock`s largest mutual fund sours on Google

The BlackRock logo is seen outside of its offices in New York January 18, 2012. B REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo Managers of BlackRock Inc’s (BLK.N) largest mutual fund, fearing Trump administration policies could hurt technology companies with hefty for... More »

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Facebook CEO warns against reversal of global thinking

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg waves to the audience during a meeting of the APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) Ceo Summit in Lima, Peru, November 19, 2016. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg laid out a vision on Thursday... More »

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China’s private placement boom on borrowed time

Liu Shiyu, chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, drinks tea at a news conference on the sidelines of the National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s parliament, in Beijing, China, March 12, 2016. Picture taken March 12, 2016. REUTERS/Jason Lee ... More »

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Facebook launches app for watching its videos on TV

The Facebook logo is displayed on their website in an illustration photo taken in Bordeaux, France, February 1, 2017. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau Facebook Inc is launching an app for smart TVs that will help the social network’s users enjoy its videos on a bigger s... More »

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YouTube, Disney ditch PewDiePie over anti-Semitic content

YouTube unveils their new paid subscription service at the YouTube Space LA in Playa Del Rey, Los Angeles, California, United States October 21, 2015. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson YouTube and Walt Disney Co have cut their ties with influential Swedish social media s... More »

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SoundCloud loses key executives amid fundraising drive

Berlin’s SoundCloud CEO Alexander Ljung attends the LeWeb technology conference December 4, 2012 in Aubervilliers, near Paris. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer Music-streaming service SoundCloud has lost two senior executives and is seeking to raise new funding, the c... More »

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UK plans to remove insurance barriers for self-driving cars

New Autopilot features are demonstrated in a Tesla Model S during a Tesla event in Palo Alto, California October 14, 2015. REUTERS/Beck Diefenbach Britain plans to introduce new insurance rules to ensure victims of accidents involving self-driving cars are com... More »

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Snap`s older user base slowly growing ahead of IPO: analyst

The logo of messaging app Snapchat is seen at a booth at TechFair LA, a technology job fair, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 26, 2017. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson Snap Inc’s Snapchat lags far behind rival social media outlets Facebook Inc, Instagram and T... More »

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Appeals court presses Trump administration on travel ban

Shanez Tabarsi (L) is greeted by her daughter Negin after traveling to the U.S. from Iran following a federal court’s temporary stay of U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order travel ban at Logan Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. February 6, 2017. R... More »

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Facebook doubles its bereavement leave for employees

3D-printed models of people are seen in front of a Facebook logo in this photo illustration taken June 9, 2016. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Facebook Inc is doubling its bereavement leave for employees and also introducing paid family sick time, Chief Opera... More »

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YouTube stars can live stream from mobile, make money from fans

A man walks past a YouTube logo at the YouTube Space LA in Playa Del Rey, Los Angeles, California, United States October 21, 2015. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson – RTS5JDA Alphabet Inc’s YouTube said it was rolling out live streaming from mobile devices for users with... More »

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Fujitsu says its biggest shareholder to unload its stake

A logo of Fujitsu is pictured at CEATEC (Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies) JAPAN 2016 at the Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan, October 3, 2016. REUTERS/Toru Hanai/File Photo Japan’s Fujitsu Ltd said on Tuesday its biggest shareholder would sell most ... More »

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Appeals court to hear arguments on Trump`s travel ban

Iranian citizen and U.S green card holder Cyrus Khosravi (C) greets his brother, Hamidreza Khosravi (L), and niece, Dena Khosravi (R), 2, after they were detained for additional screening following their arrival to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to visit... More »

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U.S. House passes bill requiring warrants to search old emails

The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Monday to require law enforcement authorities to obtain a search warrant before seeking old emails from technology companies, a win for privacy advocates fearful the Trump administration may work to expand government ... More »

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Legal battles to test Trump and his immigration ban

12-year old Eman Ali of Yemen, is reunited with her sister Salma (R) at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, California, February 5, 2017. REUTERS/Kate Munsch President Donald Trump’s temporary immigration ban faced on Monday the first of seve... More »

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Super Bowl lures rush hour crowd as NFL seeks China touchdown

FILE PHOTO: Former Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning attends a meeting with fans, in Beijing, China, September 28, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo As millions around the world settled into couches and tuned into the Super Bowl on big-screen TVs on Su... More »

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`Hidden Figures,` `Fences` lead politically charged SAG awards

John Lithgow poses with the award he won for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series for his role in ‘The Crown’ backstage at the 23rd Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 29, 2017. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni Roy an... More »