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Bejing -
China said Facebook was unfairly targeting its biggest media companies on Friday after the network began attaching disclaimers to pages run by the country's state-controlled news outlets.
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Doha -
A tweet claiming to show the start of a coup in Qatar, with shaky footage of an illuminated window and crackling gunfire, spread quickly after being posted early last month.
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San Francisco -
The clash between Twitter and Donald Trump has thrust rival Facebook into turmoil, with employees rebelling against CEO Mark Zuckerberg's refusal to sanction false or inflammatory posts by the US president.
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Facebook said Monday Singapore's use of an online misinformation law is "severe" and risks stifling free speech, after the company was again forced to block a page in the city-state.
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False alerts about a man shot dead at a coronavirus checkpoint, old footage of a supermarket stampede in reports of panic buying, and a 2015 video of a police raid on a brothel recirculated with a misleading claim.
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From the death of a black man in Minneapolis to a racist incident in Central Park, camera phones are increasingly being used as a weapon against racism even when justice doesn't always follow.
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The world's fastest Internet is a record that many technologists aim to break. The latest record setting exploit has been achieved with the help of a single optical chip.
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A new ventilator project has brought together 50 engineers across the globe, including two engineers from Very that are using their experience in managing dispersed teams to implement clear workflows into the GitLab Medtronic Openventilator project.
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San Francisco -
Facebook on Wednesday defended itself against a report that it shelved internal research indicating that it was dividing people instead of bringing them together.
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Jerusalem -
Hacked websites in Israel, a reported cyberattack in Iran and a Twitter war between their leaders: the arch foes' animosity is flaring up online.
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San Francisco -
Uber on Monday announced it is cutting a quarter of its global workforce and trimming investment to survive the financial hit to its business from the coronavirus pandemic.
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Darova -
Maria Avadanei is exhilarated: after receiving a tablet as a donation, she can finally take her online lessons."I was afraid of failing my classes," says the 15-year-old from Darova, a rural commune in Transylvania in western Romania.
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Sydney -
A leading publisher called Thursday for Google and other tech giants to pay Australian news outlets some US$400 million a year under a mandatory code of conduct ordered by the government.
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Washington -
Joe Biden is rapidly scaling up his digital campaign as he scrambles to compete with Donald Trump's formidable online operation, but Democrats say the presidential hopeful must move beyond flat speeches delivered from his basement.
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Washington -
The United States on Friday accused China and Russia of stepping up cooperation to spread false narratives over the coronavirus pandemic, saying Beijing was increasingly adopting techniques honed by Moscow.
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The task of introducing a vaccine for the coronavirus faces an uphill struggle in Africa, where a flood of online misinformation is feeding on mistrust of Western medical research.
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Dhaka -
A Bangladeshi cartoonist was among 11 people charged Wednesday for "spreading rumours" on social media about the coronavirus outbreak in the country, where experts say official figures likely understate the scale of the health crisis.
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San Francisco -
YouTube on Monday announced that streaming star PewDiePie will make the Google-owned video platform his exclusive online stage.
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The coronavirus pandemic and the lockdown has increased the global demand for digital technology and data transfer. While speed varies considerably between countries, so does the price that citizens pay. A new study looks at the differences.
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Sydney -
Nearly two million Australians rushed to download a new smartphone app designed to make coronavirus contact tracing easier, the government said Monday, overlooking privacy concerns in the hope of speeding up the end of social-distancing lockdowns.
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Spending on digital video games hit a record high $10 billion in March as people stuck at home under coronavirus lockdowns turned to gaming, market tracker SuperData reported on Thursday.Money spent on major console games leapt to $1.
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Hanoi -
Amnesty International on Wednesday accused Facebook of "caving" to Vietnam's strict censorship regime, after the US tech giant confirmed it was blocking content deemed illegal by the country's communist government.
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Bejing -
A former executive at China's internet search giant Baidu is being investigated for corruption, the company said Wednesday.
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Netflix on Tuesday reported soaring profits as subscriptions surged by almost 16 million at the streaming television service during lockdowns to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Brisbane -
Australia will force Google and Facebook to pay media outlets for their content, the government announced Monday, vowing to lead the world in making the tech giants share lucrative advertising revenues with traditional media.
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Washington -
Move over, Ruth Bader Ginsburg. There is a new feisty super senior in Washington who is captivating American hearts.
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A new innovation aims to provide the same level of cybersecurity to the Internet web browser as people have on their mobile phones and tablet devices.
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Battered by grim headlines, horrifying statistics and deep uncertainty over the coronavirus pandemic, many people worldwide are trying to lift their spirits by seeking out "good news.
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Hundreds of people have been arrested across Asia for posting purported false coronavirus information, according to an AFP investigation, deepening concerns that growing government efforts to combat "fake news" will target the wrong people and silence ...
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Twitter co-founder and chief executive Jack Dorsey said Tuesday he was committing $1 billion of his personal fortune to coronavirus relief through his philanthropic fund.
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An illustration of the ubiquity of social media Illustration by Gerardo Obieta - @G_Obieta (CC BY 2.0)
The test even allowed me to see how lousy my Internet is in Costa Rica. Not (ahem) Bogota. Internet Health Test
The Market Hall as seen from the Binnenrotte, Rotterdam center. Timelezz
Internet store deeptrivia
Photo-coverage from mesh13, Canada's premier digital conference
A team of scientists developed Internet Atlas, the first detailed map of the internet’s structure worldwide. The lines represent crucial pieces of the physical infrastructure of the internet that billions of people rely on. University of Wisconsin–Madison
Model Noel Jadon, A Millennial
Andrew CABALLERO-REYNOLDS, AFP/File
The Air Force Cyberspace Command. U.S. Air Force photo / Tech. Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo
Internet addiction is a serious concern in Asia. Flickr user Addicts
Government buildings in Tunis, the capital city of Tunisia. Amy Keus
Among the products and other items featured at Macworld Expo 2014 was services concerning data storage and security, yes, including "cloud technology" as well.
Screenshot of North Korea internet page, via Reddit Reddit / Jabberminor
Talking about the protest in front of City Hall, Torricke-Barton wrote: Today I told 9,000 people the story of my father, the refugee, and why I choose to stand up for humanity first. Dex Torricke-Barton
Yang Dacai, a Chinese safety official, was exposed as corrupt by bloggers, posting images of him wearing luxury items, promoting a disciplinary investigation, which found him guilty of serious wrongdoing. Trowbridge Estate
Chinese children attend a computer class in Beijing to learn how to use the Internet , AFP/File
BrandYourself founders. Natalie Brasington
Brian Quinn mixing cocktails at Sidetour during WalkaboutNYC 2012
Internxt has announced an ICO to build a "brand new Internet" Pixabay / Pexels
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