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French vessel detects signals from crashed Egypt plane's data recorders

​A vessel from the French navy participating in the search for the Egyptian airplane that crashed over Mediterranean last month has received signals from the seabed that might be from one of the data recorders, Egyptian Ministry of Civil Aviation said on Wednesday.

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U.S. court says no warrant needed for cellphone location data

Police do not need a warrant to obtain a person's cellphone location data held by wireless carriers, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Tuesday, dealing a setback to privacy advocates.

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Hackers stole 65 million passwords from Tumblr, new analysis reveals

​On May 12, Tumblr revealed that it had just found out about a 2013 data breach affecting “a set” of users’ email addresses and passwords, but the company refused to reveal how many users were affected.

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Cloud business software giant NetSuite eyes Hong Kong for regional data centre operation

Hong Kong looks set to burnish its credentials as a regional data centre hub on plans by NetSuite, the world’s leading provider of cloud-based business management software, to step up its infrastructure expansion across the Asia-Pacific.

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World Bank officials to visit India in June

Officials from the World Bank Group would be coming to India in June 2016 for the purpose of data collection for its - Doing Business 2017 annual report which is scheduled to come out in October later this year.

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Experts call for better protection of data security

With about 13 percent of all online data in the world originating in China, data experts are calling for more to be done to ensure data security.

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Li vows fairness for big data investment

China will create a more transparent and equal market to attract foreign investment in big data and e-commerce with streamlined administration, Premier Li Keqiang said on Wednesday.

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Japan's Mitsubishi Motors admits swerving fuel economy data collection standards

​Mitsubishi Motors Corp. following its submission of evidence showing it had falsified data on the fuel efficiency of some of its own and its client's vehicles, also said Tuesday methods used to collect data pertaining to fuel economy were not in line with Japanese standards.

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How open science can help solve Zika and prepare us for the next pandemic

Within a few years, we will see cures for debilitating diseases, new biofuels, and grains that can be grown in extreme climates.

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Microsoft sues U.S. government over privacy issue

Microsoft filed a lawsuit Thursday against the U.S. government over indefinite gag orders that prevent it from speaking about law enforcement request for data.

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Customers of Aussie telecom make full advantage of "free data day" offer

Customers of Australian telecommunications company Telstra took full advantage of a "free data day" on Sunday, downloading an unprecedented 2,686 terabytes of data as part of an apology for a widespread and crippling network outage last month.

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Crowd control? Baidu has an algorithm for that

A unit of Chinese internet giant Baidu has developed an algorithm that can predict crowd formation, which it says could be used to help warn authorities and individuals of unusually large crowds that could lead to public-safety threats.

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IMF to identify RMB in its foreign exchange reserves database

This move recognizes the continuing internationalization of the RMB, facilitated by China's reforms to promote a more market-based economy, the IMF said in a statement.

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U.S. govt files motion to compel Apple to work with FBI

​The Department of Justice on Friday filed a motion to compel Apple to comply with a court order to help the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) access data on an iPhone owned by a terrorist killer.

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‘QWERTY’ and ‘123456’ top list of 2015’s (worst) passwords

For the first time last year, “1234567890,” “qwertyuiop” (top row of keys on a standard keyboard) and “welcome” landed spots on the list of the year’s most common passwords

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Survey shows IT security breaches rise in China's HK, mainland

​A survey conducted by accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has found a five-fold increase in information security breaches detected in companies across China's Hong Kong and mainland this year when compared to last year, local media reported on Friday.