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Tech firms protest proposed changes to US net neutrality rules

Facebook,Twitter,AlphabetanddozensofothermajortechnologycompaniesheldonlineprotestonWednesdayagainstproposedchangestoUSnetneutralityrulesthatprohibitbroadbandpr

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EU regulators to hand out fines to Google over its shopping services

EUantitrustregulatorsaimtoslapaheftyfineonGooglebeforeAugustovertheInternetgiant'sshoppingservice.TheEUcompetitionauthorityaccusedGoogleinApril2015ofdistortingI

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Report: More than 500 million Chinese access news on mobile devices

Morethan500millionChinesereadnewsontheirmobiledevices,accountingformorethan70%ofallInternetusers,saidareportonthecountry'sjournalismsectoronWednesday.Thereport,

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India has the best internet policy in the world, but actually getting online is another story

In a recent Economist Intelligence Unit study of internet inclusiveness, India ranked first among 75 countries when it comes to having policies in place to ensure connectivity.

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What to expect when China hosts 3rd World Internet Conference

The third World Internet Conference (WIC), to be held in Wuzhen between Nov. 16 and Nov. 18, will collect government officials, bushiness bosses and academics to discuss the future of the digital economy.

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U.S. to release Internet of Things principles after Friday's cyberattacks

​The U.S. government said Monday that it will release in the coming weeks a set of principles for securing the Internet of Things, or Internet-connected devices, which were employed partly by hackers to carry out Friday's cyberattacks that disrupted major U.S. websites.

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U.S. Internet control transfer not something to be nervous about

​The U.S. Internet stewardship change beginning October has no effect that people should be nervous about, Christopher Mondini, vice president of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), has said at the GetGlobal 2016 in Los Angeles.

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Alibaba again China's most admired companies: Fortune

E-commerce giant Alibaba Group has topped Fortune magazine's annual ranking of the China's 50 Most Admired Companies in 2016.

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Baidu sets up 20-bln yuan fund to finance Internet projects

​Chinese Internet giant decided to set up a new fund to invest in start-ups in their mid-and-late development stages, a company announced Wednesday.

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Under int'l pressure, U.S. finally gives up key Internet functions

The U.S. government will on Saturday give up its oversight of the core Internet technical functions, bringing the world a critical step closer to the global governance of the 47-year-old web that is now a part of our daily life.

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"White hat" hackers: illegal vigilantes or saviors of Internet security?

So-called white hat hackers, who are part of a booming industry in China, may find themselves increasingly curtailed by a lack of legal identity, even as huge Internet companies continue to seek out their services.

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Chinese O2O giant sets up e-commerce training college

Chinese online-to-offline (O2O) giant Meituan & Dazhongdianping has announced it will set up a college to train e-commerce personnel.

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Future of Internet in danger -- experts

​With the goal of securing an open Internet, which can be used with freedom, security, trust and accessibility by all, governments, companies and civil society must come together to craft a new governance model for the web, global experts have agreed.

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China's Internet stars have huge ad value

Blogger Monica Xu first began writing about lipstick on social media out of personal interest in 2014, as she was preparing for postgraduate studies in fashion.

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Xi stresses cybersecurity, positive Internet environment

​President Xi Jinping has called for the comprehensive detection of Internet risks to ensure online security.

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China's Xi calls for better development of Internet

​Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for enhanced development of the Internet and harnessing it for the benefit of the country and the people.

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Internet giants in scramble to grab space on big screen

With half of China now online, the country's Internet behemoths are seeking new pastures-and it seems that the big screen is their next target.