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Apple search crawler activity could signal a Google competitor, or a bid to make Siri a one-stop-shop

Encouraged by the spate of antitrust activity brewing in both the Justice Department and on Capitol Hill, Apple may be developing a search competitor to Google, according to a report in the Financial

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Germany joins rest of Europe in COVID-19 second wave battle

Germany's Robert Koch Insitute (RKI) reported 11,242 new Covid-19 cases on Friday, slightly lower than Thrusday's record of 11,287.The latest data brings Germany's total number of cases throughout th

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US: Russian hackers targeting state, local networks

U.S. officials said Thursday that Russian hackers have targeted the networks of dozens of state and local governments in the United States in recent days, stealing data

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Study finds most big open-source startups outside Bay Area, many European, and avoiding VC

Over 90% of the fastest-growing open-source companies in 2020 were founded outside the San Francisco Bay Area, and 12 out of the top 20 originate in Europe, according to a new study. The “ROSS Index”,

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Former publishing director to lead contact tracing app for England and Wales

Gaby Appleton, the former Managing Director of Researcher Products at Elsevier, has already started work on the application.

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Poll: Majority of Americans don't trust Trump's statements on his health

A majority of Americans say they don’t trust what President Trump has said about his health since testing positive for Covid-19 earlier this month, according to new dat

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Meadow launches a powerful mobile marketing tool for cannabis dispensaries

Meadow was once called the Amazon of weed. Now it’s trying to be the Salesforce of weed, too.Meadow, the maker of a popular point of sale system for cannabis dispensaries, is today launching ne

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Apple, Opera, and Yandex fix browser address bar spoofing bugs, but millions more still left vulnerable

Year after year, phishing remains one of the most popular and effective ways for attackers to steal your passwords. As users, we’re mostly trained to spot the telltale signs of a phishing site,

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Instagram’s handling of kids’ data is now being probed in the EU

Facebook’s lead data regulator in Europe has opened another two probes into its business empire — both focused on how the Instagram platform processes children’s information.The act

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Obama to campaign in Philadelphia for Biden next week as race enters final stretch

Former President Barack Obama is hitting the campaign trail on behalf of Joe Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris next week in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -- his first in-person

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Twitter CEO says it was wrong to block links to Biden story

Twitter was wrong to block weblinks to an unverified political story, CEO Jack Dorsey said on Friday, as the company responded to criticism over its handling of the sto

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Analogue takes on the TurboGrafx-16 with its Duo retro console

Analogue’s beautiful, functional retro gaming consoles provide a sort of “archival quality” alternative to the cheap mini-consoles proliferating these days. The latest system to be r

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China imposes anti-dumping measures on imported polyphenylene sulfide

China's Ministry of Commerce, Beijing, May 23, 2020. /VCG China will impose temporary anti-dumping measures in the form of security deposits on imports of polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) from Japa

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Google introduces song matching via humming, whistling or singing

Google has added a new feature that lets you figure out what song is stuck in your head by humming, whistling or singing – a much more useful version of the kind of song-matching audio feature that i

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YouTube bans videos promoting conspiracy theories like QAnon that target individuals

YouTube today joined social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter in taking more direct action to prohibit the distribution of conspiracy theories like QAnon.The company announced that it is expa

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Audi, FAW sign deal on new EV joint venture in China

02:23 A memorandum of understanding on launching a new joint venture to make new energy vehicles was signed between Audi and FAW at the fourth German-China Automobile Congress in Chang

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Accelerating digital financial inclusion in Southeast Asia

In spite of Southeast Asia's recent growth in financial inclusion, a high percentage of the population in the region do not have access to basic financial services. Wit