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J&J ordered to pay $417 million in trial over talc cancer risks

ACaliforniajuryonMondayorderedJohnsonJohnsontopay417millionUSdollarstoawomanwhoclaimedshedevelopedovariancancerafterusingthecompany'stalc-basedproductslikeJohns

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Bitcoin cash and the ‘civil war’ that is disrupting digital currency

AgroupofChinesecryptocurrency“miners”whousespecialsoftwaretosolvemathproblemsandgetbitcoininreturn,werelongingfortheirownversionofbitcoin.Withaspin-offlaunchedt

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German manufacturer, Daimler invests in flying taxi firm Volocopter

Germany'sVolocoptersaidithasreceived25millioneuros(30millionUSdollars)infundingtodevelopanelectricflyingtaxi,withcarandtruckmakerDaimleramongthefirmsprovidingfr

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Facebook acquired an AI startup to build out its personal assistant

FacebookhasacquiredOzlo,aPaloAlto-basedartificialintelligencestartup,tohelpMessengerbuildoutamoreelaboratevirtualassistantforusers.Ozlospecializesinunderstandin

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Chinese scientists realize quantum key distribution during daytime

Chinesescientistshavemadeanotherbreakthroughinquantumcommunication,demonstratinglong-distancefree-spacequantumkeydistributionduringdaylight.Inthepast,theprocess

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Tolkien estate settles £62m lawsuit with Warner Bros

JRRTolkien'sfamilyhavesettleda£62mlawsuitwithWarnerBrosovertherightsofLordOfTheRingsandTheHobbit.PriscillaTolkien,daughterofthefamedBritishauthor,teamedupwithhe

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Mongolian diet, health focus of collaboration

CloudHealth Genomics, a Shanghai-based company, and the Mongolian Health Initiative, an NGO, have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on population-based public health interventions.

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GDDR6 arrives in early 2018, GDDR5X hits 16Gbps

AMDissettolaunchitsHBM2-basedRadeonRXVegagraphicscardsometimeinAugust,butMicronisnowpromisingmassproductionofGDDR6memoryinearly2018,primedandreadyforwhatIthinkw

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Optimism aired in Manila after Chinese President Xi Jinping’s speech

MANILA,May15(APD)–TwoacademiciansfromtheUniversityofthePhilippinesandanewspapercolumnistexpressedoptimismafterChinesePresidentXiJinping’sspeechattheformallaunch

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Tesla in talks to install thousands of charging stations in Australia

Australian facilities management firm Spotless Group announced Tuesday it is in talks with U.S.-based Tesla to install thousands of electric car-charging stations across Australia.

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Russia successfully test-fires Topol-M ballistic missile

​Russia conducted on Monday a successful test launch of a silo-based Topol-M intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) from the Plesetsk launch site, the Russian Defense Ministry said Tuesday.

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India’s supreme court limits strategy foreElection campaigns

India’s Supreme Court ruled on Monday that candidates for political office cannot appeal to voters on the basis of religion, caste, community or language, arguing that India’s Constitution enshrines its elections as fundamentally secular.

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Nintendo shares dumped after Super Mario game release

Nintendo shares dived almost five percent Friday, hours after the release of its latest mobile phone game and despite it topping download charts in several countries.

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US stocks end week at fresh records

Wall Street stocks climbed to fresh records Friday, with all three indices closing at new highs on optimism about stronger US growth following the presidential election, albeit amid light holiday volume.

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Apple hires Carnegie Mellon AI academic in push into machine learning

Apple hired a prominent artificial intelligence researcher from Carnegie Mellon University as it seeks to regain lost ground against competitors such as Google, Microsoft and Amazon.com in machine learning.

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Apple buys India startup Tuplejump to expand machine learning capabilities

Apple has acquired Indian machine-learning startup Tuplejump Software Pvt Ltd as it seeks to expand its expertise in artificial intelligence.

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Indonesia faces tax collection problem against internet-based firms like Google

Indonesia has been making efforts to collect tax from internet-based firms which have reaped huge amount of advertisement funds from their online operation in the country following rejection of the United States-based searching engine giant Google from being examined by Indonesian tax office.