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Big dreams ahead for pro-Trump site Breitbart
Nov 16, 2016 (AFP)
The far-right news site Breitbart helped send Donald Trump to the White House with no-holds barred opinions and incendiary headlines that drew fire from mainstr...
Twitter rolls out tool to curb online abuse, bullying
Nov 15, 2016 (AFP)
Twitter on Tuesday began rolling out a new weapon in the fight against harassment by "trolls" whose often anonymous vitriol can make the messaging service an un...
Google, Facebook take aim at 'fake' news
Nov 15, 2016 (AFP)
Google and Facebook moved Tuesday to cut off advertising revenue to fake news sites, after a wave of criticism over the role misinformation played in the US pre...
Online freedom hit by pressure on social media, apps
Nov 14, 2016 (AFP)
Governments around the world have stepped up efforts to block or censor social media and messaging applications, in a new blow to internet freedom, a watchdog g...
Chinese spend billions on Singles' Day
Nov 11, 2016 (AFP)
Chinese shoppers unleashed a record deluge of cash online for Singles Day on Friday, Alibaba said, spending almost $18 billion with the e-commerce giant in the ...
Rewritable material could help reduce paper waste
Nov 07, 2016 (SPX)
Even in today's digital age, the world still relies on paper and ink, most of which ends up in landfills or recycling centers. To reduce this waste, scientists ...
CEO of fast-growing Chinese firm admits to cash shortage
Nov 07, 2016 (AFP)
The CEO of Chinese internet firm LeEco has told employees the company grew too quickly and is short of cash, according to a letter seen by Bloomberg News, weeks...
China's Wanda buys Golden Globes rights owner for $1bn
Nov 04, 2016 (AFP)
Acquisitive Chinese property-to-entertainment conglomerate Wanda Group is buying the maker of the Golden Globes awards show, US television rights owner Dick Cla...
Android gets record 87.5% of smartphone market: survey
Nov 03, 2016 (AFP)
Google's Android operating system captured a record-high 87.5 percent of the global smartphone market in the third quarter, a research firm said. The survey rel...
Facebook quarterly profit soars, lifted by mobile ads
Nov 02, 2016 (AFP)
Facebook on Wednesday delivered another blockbuster earnings performance, showing solid growth in mobile ad revenues as the social network expands into new serv...
Alibaba sales growth soars into the cloud
Nov 02, 2016 (AFP)
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba's sales soared 55 percent in the last quarter, thanks in part to a more than doubling of revenue from cloud computing, the comp...
Jet ConneX offers first global high-speed broadband for business aviation
Nov 02, 2016 (SPX)
Inmarsat has announced the Commercial Service Introduction (CSI) of Jet ConneX, its next generation in-flight broadband service for business aviation customers....
Mobile, video pump up profit at Google parent Alphabet
Oct 28, 2016 (AFP)
Google parent Alphabet on Thursday delivered higher profits for the third quarter, lifted by gains in mobile and video advertising as the tech giant narrowed lo...
Samsung scion joins board as profits plunge on Note 7 crisis
Oct 27, 2016 (AFP)
Samsung heir apparent J.Y. Lee took a major step towards control of the family-run conglomerate on Thursday, joining the board as the company reported a 30 perc...
Amazon and Google pump cash as Twitter burns it
Oct 27, 2016 (AFP)
Still losing money and without a merger partner, Twitter said Thursday it sees a path to profitability as the struggling social network unveiled job cuts as par...
Apple ramps up MacBook infused with touch controls
Oct 27, 2016 (AFP)
Apple on Thursday unveiled new MacBook Pro laptops infused with touch control features that people have embraced on smartphones. MacBook Pro models shown off at...
UV light improves smartphone cameras
Oct 26, 2016 (SPX)
Photodetectors, which are used in a wide range of systems and devices--from smartphones to space stations--are typically only sensitive to light within a certai...
Microsoft aims at Apple with high-end PCs, 3D software
Oct 26, 2016 (AFP)
Microsoft launched a new consumer offensive Wednesday, unveiling a high-end computer that challenges the Apple iMac along with an updated Windows operating syst...
Verizon warily staying with deal to buy Yahoo
Oct 26, 2016 (AFP)
A Verizon executive overseeing the deal to buy Yahoo said Wednesday the deal was moving ahead pending the outcome of an investigation into an epic hack. Verizon...
Innovative technique for shaping light could solve bandwidth crunch
Oct 26, 2016 (SPX)
As data demands continue to grow, scientists predict that it's only a matter of time before today's telecommunication networks reach capacity unless new technol...
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