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Apple sues recycling firm for re-selling devices it was meant to dismantle

In a court case in Canada, the iPhone-marker alleged a recycling partner stole 100,000 iPhones, iPads and Watches and resold them.

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Daily Crunch: Twitter tightens security ahead of election

Twitter takes preemptive steps to avoid election-related hacks, we check out the new Apple Watches and Facebook launches new business tools. This is your Daily Crunch for September 17, 2020.The big s

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Apple must pay $500 mln over patent violations, U.S. court rules

An Apple store in California, U.S. /VCG A Texas court has ordered Apple to pay more than 500 million U.S. dollars in damages and interest for 4G patent infringements held by intellectual prope

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The bezel is back for Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 3

The rotating bezel has always felt like Samsung’s secret weapon in the smartwatch battle. It is, without question, the best input device. No one, not even Apple’s crown, comes close. For that reason,

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It’s not an Apple Watch, it’s an Oppo Watch

Behold, the Opple Watch. Many have borrowed heavily from Apple’s wearable, but few, if any, have done so as brazenly as Oppo. Sure Fitbit received some guff for the squircle hardware design of its Ver

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Hong Kong April retail sales plunge 36.1 pct as COVID-19 chokes demand

Hong Kong's retail sales continue to fall for the 15th consecutive month, as COVID-19 has choked demand and battered retailers.Retail sales fell to 24.1 billion HK dollars (3.11 billion U.S. dolla

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Swiss watch exports dramatic fall but China lead COVID-19 recovery

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused the Swiss watch export industry market to fall by 81.3 percent worldwide. /AP China accounted for 33.5 percent of Swiss watch exports last month as all other m

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Olympique Lyonnais president confirms legal actions against LFP

Jean-Michel Aulas, owner and president of Olympique Lyonnais, watches the Ligue 1 game against Saint-Etienne at Groupama Stadium in Lyon, France, March 1, 2020. /VCG Jean-Michel Aulas, owner a

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HK March retail sales plunge 42% year on year due to coronavirus

Few visitors are seen on Peking Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), May 3, 2020. /VCG Hong Kong's retail sales fell by 42 percent in March from a year

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Greece imposes 14-day curfew on town after COVID-19 outbreak in migrant hotel

A medic with Evaggelismos General Hospital watches the concert of the ERT (Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation) Modern Music Orchestra in Athens, Greece, on April 20, 2020. (Xinhua/Marios Lolos) Gree

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FIA president calls for more radical changes from F1 over COVID-19

International automobile federation (FIA) President Jean Todt has insisted that Formula 1 is facing a new reality and has to take deeper cost cuts to survive the worsening COVID-19 crisis."I don't

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Man City coach Guardiola's mother dies of COVID-19 disease

Manager Pep Guardiola of Manchester City watches from the touchline during the Premier League match between Manchester United and Manchester City at Old Trafford in Manchester, UK, March 8, 2020.

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Insight Partners sells security firm Checkmarx to Hellman & Friedman for $1.15B

Checkmarx, an Israeli security company acquired in 2015 by private equity firm Insight Partners with an $84 million investment, was sold today to Hellman Friedman, another private equity firm at a val

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China urges against the restriction of trade, travel

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi has expressed gratitude to the international community for donations and assistance, as China continues to try to c

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19 suspects arrested for smuggling watches

Police in southern China's Guangdong Province have recently broken up a gang who smuggled watches, the local customs office said Monday. An investigation showed that a

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Louis Vuitton to close a major HK store as protests hit sales

Luxury brand Louis Vuitton is closing a major store in a high-end Hong Kong shopping center often targeted by protesters.The international retailer plans to shut its shop in the financial hub's Times

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Hong Kong's November retail sales down 23.6%

Retail sales in protest-ravaged Hong Kong fell 23.6 percent in November 2019 on an annual basis, the tenth consecutive month of decline, the Census and Statistics Department (CSD) of the governmen