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Google’s Education Service Under Fire For Privacy Violations

The Electronic Frontier Foundation, a non-profit privacy organization, said in a complaint to the Federal Trade Commission that the service known as Google Apps for Education violates a pledge that Google signed in January.

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Facebook plans first Asia-Pacific data center in Taiwan: Government official

The center would require 6 acres (2.43 hectares) of land, with the possibility to expand to 20 acres in the future, according to Magistrate Wei Ming-ku of Changhua County in central Taiwan.

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Tough Choices—and Data--Needed to End Extreme Poverty

The dramatic fall in global poverty over the past two decades is the best news in the world today. For the first time ever, the percentage of people living in extreme poverty – now defined as living on less than $1.90 a day – is projected to fall below 10 percent this year, to 9.6 percent of the world’s population.

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Expanding scandal raises concerns over architecture safety in Japan

​A scandal expanded as the Yokohama city government in Japan announced on Thursday that one of its public facilities was constructed using fabricated groundwork data, raising concerns among residents over safety of their home.

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NASA's New Horizons probe begins year-long data transfer after Pluto flyby

Seven weeks after its historic flyby of Pluto, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft now began to transmit the tens of gigabits of data it collected about the dwarf planet back to Earth.

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Hackers leak 36 million user information of cheating site AshelyMadison

​Hackers claiming to have stolen data from AshleyMadison.com, a website that facilitates hook-ups between would-be adulterers, have allegedly released information of more than 36 million user accounts.

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U.S. stocks end higher amid mixed data

​U.S. stocks reversed early losses to close higher Monday as investors digested mixed economic reports.

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IAAF "strongly" rejects accusations of widespread doping in athletics

World governing body of athletics IAAF Tuesday released a statement to "strongly" reject media reports accusing widespread doping in the sport.

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U.S. House passes surveillance reform bill aimed to stop massive phone call harvests

​U.S. House on Wednesday passed a surveillance reform bill that would terminate a controversial National Security Agency (NSA) program harvesting information on millions of American phone calls.

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China's growth slows to 7 pct in Q1

​The Chinese economy reported better-than-expected data for the first quarter as gross domestic product expanded 7 percent year on year, official data revealed on Wednesday.

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Apple to build European data center in west Ireland

​U.S. tech giant Apple announced on Monday it will build an 850-million-euro (about 969 million U.S. dollars) European data center in Athenry, west Ireland's County Galway.

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Japan's Hitachi develops long-life high-density data storage chip

Japan's Hitachi Ltd. has developed technology that can write data onto high heat- and radiation- resistant fused silica glass that is capable of storing data for up to 300 million years, local media reported Monday.

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U.S. stocks cut losses amid negative data

​U.S. stocks saw a late-day rebound but still closed in red territory Wednesday amid weak economic data from home and abroad.

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Ending poverty needs better data, measurement: World Bank

Timely data and better measurement are vital to achieve the World Bank's twin goals of ending poverty by 2030 and promoting shared prosperity, said a report released by the World Bank on Thursday.

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S.Korean venture firm sues Apple for patent infringement

​A South Korean venture firm, which provides a mobile message service, filed a lawsuit against Apple' s Seoul branch for patent infringement, Yonhap News Agency reported Monday citing legal experts.

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U.S. dollar rallies on upbeat economic data

​The U.S. dollar extended its gains Friday as optimistic U.S. economic data strengthened market speculations that the Federal Reserve may raise interest rates earlier than expected.

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U.S. crude price advances on upbeat economic data

​U.S. crude price gained Thursday amid better-than-expected economic growth data from the country.