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Trump's longest-serving aide Hope Hicks quits White House

HopeHicks,along-servingadvisertoDonaldTrump,hasquitherroleasWhiteHousecommunicationsdirector.The29-year-oldsaidshewantedtoleavetoexploreopportunitiesoutsideWash

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Long-serving Trump adviser quits White House

HopeHicks,along-servingadvisertoDonaldTrump,hasquitherroleasWhiteHousecommunicationsdirector.The29-year-oldsaidshewantedtoleavetoexploreopportunitiesoutsideWash

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Senate passes bill renewing internet surveillance program

TheU.S.SenateonThursdaypassedabilltorenewtheNationalSecurityAgency’swarrantlessinternetsurveillanceprogramforsixyearswithminimalchanges,overcomingobjectionsfrom

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UK police to lose phone and web data search authorization powers

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Google to provide Puerto Rico cell service with balloons

TheUSFederalCommunicationsCommission(FCC)saidlateonFridayithadapprovedAlphabetInc’sapplicationtoprovideemergencycellularservicetoPuertoRicothroughballoons.Inthe

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NASA captures images of strong solar flares

Twohigh-intensitysolarflareswereemittedonWednesday,thesecondofwhichwasthemostintenserecordedsincethestartofthissuncycleinDecember2008,NASAsaid.Theseradiationfla

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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched with ten communications satellites

SpaceX'sFalcon9rocketblastedofffromtheVandenbergAirForceBaseinCaliforniaonSundaycarrying10communicationssatellitestolow-Earthorbit,thecompanysaidonitswebsite.Th

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White House spokesman Sean Spicer expected to take less public role

White House press secretary Sean Spicer is seeking to take on a more strategic role that would give him a limited presence in the daily press briefings that have made him a prominent face of the Trump administration.

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White House spokesman Sean Spicer expected to take less public role

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Tarpaulin blunder delays Japan’s first military satellite by two years, sources say

The launch of Japan’s first dedicated military communications satellite will be delayed by two years after a mishap with a blue tarpaulin damaged sensitive antennas during transportation to Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, two government sources said.

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Emerging markets struggle to realize full digital potential

Large emerging economies haven't made decisive progress in realizing their potential in information and communications technologies, according to a report released here Wednesday by the World Economic Forum.

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Brazilian gov't agencies to use anti-spying email system

Brazil published a decree on Tuesday, ordering all federal government agencies to use a new encrypted email system to shun spying.

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First mainland-Taiwan submarine cable to start commercial operations

Taiwan's communication administrative authority has approved the first submarine communication cable directly linking both sides of the Taiwan Strait, enabling the cable to come into commercial service.

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NSA collected thousands of Americans' emails

The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) had improperly collected thousands of emails from Americans with no ties to terrorism over three years before a special court ruled it unconstitutional, according to court opinions declassified by intelligence officials on Wednesday.