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Personal data of 220,000 Malaysian organ donors leaked: media

Personaldetailsofmorethan220,000organdonorsandtheirnext-of-kinhavebeenleakedonline,aMalaysianwebsitereportedonTuesdaynight,becomingthelatestdatabreachintheSouth

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Facebook to put privacy controls in users' hands ahead of EU law

FacebookhassaiditwillcreatenewprivacytoolstocomplywithatoughnewEuropeanUnionlawthatcomesintoforceinMay,Thecontrolswillmakeiteasierforitsmorethan2billionuserstom

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Uber used tech tool to shield data from police outside US

Theride-sharingcompanyUberconfirmedThursdaythatithadtechnologytoshieldcompanydatawhenlawenforcementraideditsofficesoutsidetheUS.UberspokeswomanMelanieEnsignsaid

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US job gains disappoint, unemployment holds at 4.1%

TheUSeconomy'sjobcreationabilitydisappointedinDecember,despitesolidhiringinmanufacturingandconstruction,accordingtogovernmentdatareportedFriday.Butwiththecountr

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China aims to become world's leading cyber power by 2035<br>

Chinawillendeavortobuilditselfintoaleadingworldcyberpowerby2035,saidMiaoYu,theMinistryofIndustryandInformationTechnology(MIIT),onMonday.Henotedthatthecountryaim

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Facebook founder's firm places new bet on data start-up Collibra

AfirmwhichinvestspartofthevastwealthofthefoundersofFacebook,LinkedinandTwitterisleadinga€40m(£35m)fundraisingforCollibra,aBrussels-baseddatastart-up.SkyNewshasl

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Kobe Steel to announce personnel decision, investigation update

KobeSteelLtd(5406.T),atthecenterofadata-falsificationscandalthathasshakenJapan’smanufacturingindustry,saiditwouldannounceanimportantpersonnel-relateddecisionlat

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“Smart city and healthy China” Summit Forum concludes in Beijing

ByAPDwriterYangHaohanBEIJING,Dec,16(APD)-Theopeningceremonyofthird“SmartCityandHealthyChina”summitforumconcludedinBeijingonSaturday.AttheopeningceremonyonFriday

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Google crunches data to help NASA find two new planets

AlphabetInc’sGoogleandNASAsaidonThursdaythatadvancedcomputeranalysisidentifiedtwonewplanetsarounddistantstars,includingonethatispartofthefirststarsystemwithasma

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Netflix accused of spying on users after 'creepy' tweet

Video-streamingserviceNetflixhasbeenaccusedofspyingonitsusersaftertweetinga"creepy"jokeregardingtheirviewinghabits.ReferencingAChristmasPrince,afilmNetflixprodu

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Global stocks rise on US jobs data, Brexit deal

GlobalstocksrocketedhigherFriday,withWallStreetindicesendingatfreshrecords,followingstrongUSjobsdataandabreakthroughinBrexittalksbetweenBritainandtheEuropeanUni

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Apple claims its data-gathering method doesn’t invade users' privacy

AppletodaypublishedapaperonitsMachineLearningJournalwhichaddressedthetopicofdifferentialprivacy,andhowitcanbeusedtoprotectuserprivacyinatimewheneverybusinessnee

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UK police to lose phone and web data search authorization powers

Seniorpoliceofficersaretolosethepowertoself-authoriseaccesstopersonalphoneandwebbrowsingrecordsunderaseriesoflatechangestothesnooper’scharterlawproposedbyminist

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Federal employees stole data from Homeland Security

Threeemployeesoftheinspectorgeneral'sofficefortheDepartmentofHomelandSecurity(DHS)areaccusedofstealingacomputersystemthatcontainedaround246,000employees'persona

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Uber says 2.7m Brits hit by breach that was covered up

Uberhasrevealedthat2.7millionBritishridersanddriverswereaffectedbya2016databreachthatitcoveredupformorethanayear.Atotalof57millionworldwidehaddataexposedinthebr

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China's digital age finds ways to make tech more human

Innearlyallofourdailylives,thevirtualiswinningtheraceagainsttheactual."Wearelivinginaneraofdataexplosions,"saysChenLiming,ChairmanofIBMGreatChinaGroup."Andwitho

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Washington state sues Uber over data breach

ThelawsuitsarecontinuingtopileontopofUberafteritrevealedthatitcoveredupahackinfall2016.Washingtonstate'sAttorneyGeneralhassuedUberforallegedlyviolatingitslocald