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Nvidia’s Ampere GPUs come to Google Cloud

Nvidia today announced that its new Ampere-based data center GPUs, the A100 Tensor Core GPUs, are now available in alpha on Google Cloud. As the name implies, these GPUs were designed for AI workloads

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Facebook-backed Unacademy acquires PrepLadder for $50 million

Indian online learning platform Unacademy said on Tuesday it has acquired Chandigarh-based startup PrepLadder for $50 million as the Facebook-backed edtech giant scouts for deals to expand its presen

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China's food delivery market expands in first half of 2020

Delivery men ride electromobiles on the street, Shanghai, July 22, 2018. /VCG China saw rapid expansion in food delivery in its first half of 2020 as more people chose to order food online am

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Apple and Google block dozens of Chinese apps in India

Two days after India blocked 59 apps developed by Chinese firms, Google and Apple have started to comply with New Delhi’s order and are preventing users in the world’s second largest inter

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China's e-commerce transactions exceed 34 trillion yuan in 2019

China's e-commerce industry continued to thrive last year despite mounting downward economic pressures and lingering trade tensions, according to a report from the Ministry of Commerce.China led t

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China's e-commerce thrives, transactions exceeding 34 trillion yuan in 2019

China's e-commerce industry continued to thrive last year despite mounting downward economic pressures and lingering trade tensions, according to a report from the Min

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China's Hunan punishes defendants for mafia-style crimes

Seventeen defendants were given sentences, ranging from the death penalty to prison terms, for mafia-style crimes in central China's Hunan Province on Monday, accordin

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China extends electricity price cut to aid businesses

China's top economic planner has decided to extend the policy of cutting electricity prices by 5 percent until year-end to help businesses overcome difficulties caused

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Facebook will show users a pop-up warning before they share an outdated story

Facebook announced Thursday that it would introduce a notification screen warning users if they try to share content that’s more than 90 days old. They’ll be given the choice to “go

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Apple adds a dedicated biking feature to Maps in iOS 14

Apple’s newest version of iOS is bringing a host of new features to Maps, including a dedicated cycling option that will optimize paths for bicyclists and even let users know if the route inclu

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Apple will let users pick their own default email and browser apps

Apple quietly made a major announcement that will change life for users of mobile Chrome, Gmail or Outlook. The company is shifting its view on app defaults and will be allowing users to set different

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iPadOS 14 focuses on giving apps a macOS feel

Apple showcased a few new tablet-specific updates coming to iPadOS that aim to appease users hungry for software that treats the devices as laptop replacements.Apple’s iPad-specific updates are

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Google Cloud launches Filestore High Scale, a new storage tier for high-performance computing workloads

Google Cloud today announced the launch of Filestore High Scale, a new storage option — and tier of Google’s existing Filestore service — for workloads that can benefit from access

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Brazil launches new online platform to track COVID-19 cases

The Brazilian Ministry of Health launched a new website on Friday to track the spread of COVID-19 in the country. The platform, hosted at "susanalitico.saude.gov.br,"

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Twitter starts putting fact-checking labels on tweets about 5G and COVID-19

Conspiracy theories claiming a connection between 5G technology and the coronavirus have been around since the pandemic’s early days and apparently they’re still going strong.So strong, in

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Didi's CEO says ride sharing orders recover to pre-pandemic levels

A staff member disinfects a vehicle at a service center of car-hailing service Didi Chuxing, as the country is hit by an outbreak of the new coronavirus, in Beijing, February 27, 2020. /Reuters

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China to build 600,000 5G base stations in 2020

China is expected to build more than 600,000 5G base stations by the end of the year, covering cities above the prefecture level in the country, said an official with the country's industry and in