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Alibaba rejected for stock connect, as officials work to unify rules

03:03 The latest list of stocks eligible to trade on the Hong Kong Stock Connect scheme was announced yesterday, and as expected, Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group was not include

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Netanyahu hails leaders' support in ICC probe

Israel's prime minister on Sunday hailed what he called efforts by friendly states to stop the International Criminal Court opening an investigation into alleged war cr

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The 'Cold War' card cannot compensate for U.S. unilateralism

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before leaving the White House in Washington, DC, U.S., August. 2, 2019. /Xinhua Photo Editor's note: Tom Fowdy is a British political and inter

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The drunken HQ Trivia finale before it shut down was insane

“Not gonna lie. This f*cking sucks. This is the last HQ ever!” yelled host Matt Richards . And it just got crazier from there.The farewell game of HQ Trivia before it shut down last night

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HQ Trivia shuts down after acquisition falls through

HQ Trivia is dead. Today the company laid off its full staff of 25 and will cease operation of its trivia, sports, and word guessing games, a source close to the company confirmed.HQ Trivia had a deal

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Class action suit against Clearview AI cites Illinois law that cost Facebook $550M

Just two weeks ago Facebook settled a lawsuit alleging violations of privacy laws in Illinois for the considerable sum of $550 million. Now controversial startup Clearview AI, which has gleefully admi

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Alibaba Cloud revenue reaches $1.5B for the quarter on 62% growth rate

Alibaba issued its latest earnings report yesterday, and the Chinese eCommerce giant reported that cloud revenue grew 62 percent to $1.5 billion U.S., crossing the RMB10 billion revenue threshold for

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Tradeshift cuts headcount by three figures in effort to turn towards profitability

Last month, Tradeshift, a platform for supply chain payments that has achieved unicorn status in recent years, had some good news and some bad news. It announced a Series F funding round of $240 mill

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Facebook’s latest experiment is Hobbi, an app to document your personal projects

Facebook is adding another app to its group of experimental projects from the NPE Team, an initiative it announced last year focused on rapidly trying out new ideas in social to see how users react. T

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Trump administration aims to protect GPS with new exec order

GPS increasingly runs the entire planet. Supply chains, oceanic shipping, port docking, and even our daily movements in cars, on bikes, and walking around cities is dependent on a constellation of sat

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Shutterstock founder and CEO Jon Oringer steps down after 16 years

It’s an end of an era, and you might just want to snap a photo and upload it for others to purchase.Jon Oringer, who founded New York City-based Shutterstock in 2003, announced today that he would be

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Facebook Dating launch blocked in Europe after it fails to show privacy workings

Facebook has been left red-faced after being forced to call off the launch date of its dating service in Europe because it failed to give its lead EU data regulator enough advanced warning — in

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Australian military to assist flood recovery efforts, as cyclone bears down on east coast

With homes and business battered by the extreme weather on Australia's east coast, energy provider Ausgrid has asked for help from the military to clear debris and repair electricity. Speaking with

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APD | Bilateral strategic dialogue between US and PH tentatively scheduled for March 2020

By APD writer Melo M. AcuñaAssistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs R. Clarke Cooper said the Philippines and the United States tentatively planned to hold a

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Music streaming pioneer SoundCloud raises $75M from Pandora owner SiriusXM

SoundCloud, the music streaming company that has at times been described as the “YouTube of audio” because of its profusion of user-generated content, has some big, str

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What happened to Slack today

You’ve been busy. I’ve been busy. But people are talking about Slack all over Twitter, so let me catch us both up.All the ruckus concerning Slack and its publicly traded stock appeared to

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APD | Forty-nine Filipinos now under quarantine in Tarlac

By APD writer Melo M. AcuñaMANILA, Feb. 10 (APD) – With the repatriation of 32 Filipinos from Wuhan, Hubei yesterday morning, a total of 49 persons are now under quaran