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Chromebooks had a banner 2020

2020 was a weird year by any measure. Certainly it was a wild ride for those in the consumer electronics category. Take smartphones — first there were manufacturing delays out of China, followed

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Britain says UAE should show that Dubai's Sheikha Latifa is alive

Britain said on Wednesday it wants to see proof that Sheikha Latifa, one of the ruler of Dubai’s daughters, is still alive after the BBC published a “deeply troubling”

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Trump impeachment trial video: Police beg help, senators flee

01:51 Prosecutors unveiled chilling new security video in Donald Trump’s impeachment trial Wednesday, showing the mob of rioters breaking into the Capitol, smashing windows and doors a

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New York’s David Energy has raised $4.1 million to ‘build the Standard Oil of renewable energy’

“We intend to build the Standard Oil of renewable energy,” said James McGinniss, the co-founder and chief executive of David Energy, in a statement announcing the company’s new $19 million seed

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The Rust programming language finds a new home in a non-profit foundation

Rust, the programming language — not the survival game, now has a new home: the Rust Foundation. AWS, Huawei, Google, Microsoft and Mozilla banded together to launch this new foundation today an

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Class adds $30 million to its balance sheet for a Zoom-friendly edtech solution

Class, launched less than a year ago by Blackboard co-founder Michael Chasen, integrates exclusively with Zoom to offer a more customized classroom for students and teachers alike. The inaugural produ

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Apple launches an iCloud Passwords extension for Chrome users on Windows

Apple has introduced an iCloud Passwords Chrome extension that will make life easier for those who use both Windows computers and other Apple devices, like a Macbook or an iPhone. The new browser exte

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Facebook panel overturns four content takedowns in first ruling

Facebook's oversight board issued first rulings overturning four out of five decisions by the social network on January 28, 2021. /CFP Facebook's quasi-independent oversight board issued its f

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COVID-19 smell test developed to help combat spread of coronavirus

02:30 The SARS-CoV-2 virus, we now know, appears to replicate easily in people's nasal passages.Studies have found that 50 to 90 percent of those who test positive have lost their sens

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Chinese internet firms keen to develop mobile payment business

A sign informing customers of a choice between Alipay and WeChat Pay at a checkout counter in a supermarket in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, January 6, 2021. /CFP Many Chinese inte

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IOC urges Olympians to take COVID-19 vaccines

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has urged teams competing in Olympic and Paralympic Games to be vaccinated against COVID-19."Vaccines are one of many tools available in the toolbox, to b

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Tornado strikes U.S. city, killing at least one

A tornado with a peak wind speed of around 241 kph struck Fultondale, a city in the state of Alabama, U.S. on Monday, killing one person and injuring at least two dozen others, local authorities said

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Rioting in Holland after newly mandated curfew

01:00 See why many Dutch shop owners are boarding up their windows Tuesday night after some people reacted violently to the newly mandated 9pm-4am curfew. Check out The China Report, o

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Plex launches a subscription-based retro game streaming service, ‘Plex Arcade’

Plex, the media software maker that’s expanded into streaming in recent years, is adding to its service once again with today’s launch of game streaming. Unlike other game streaming effort

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Hundreds arrested, police injured in pro-Navalny protests in Russia

Police detain protesters during a protest against the jailing of Alexei Navalny in Moscow, January 23, 2021. /AP Thousands took to the streets of cities across Russia on Saturday as part of de

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Czech artists offer performances behind closed windows amid pandemic

Artists from contemporary circus company Cirk La Putyka put on a performance inside a closed bar in Prague, Czech Republic, January 21, 2021. /VCG Passers-by at streets can watch the pe

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Antifa 'Congratulates' Biden on Inauguration by Smashing Windows of Dems Headquarters in Portland

Portland has become the scene of frequent protests by Antifa and Black Lives Matter since the death of George Floyd. The demonstrations often turn violent and result in