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Tech giants to discuss online extremism with EU officials over dinner

The European Union will ask major US technology companies including Facebook, Google and Twitter to help tackle online extremism at a meeting on Wednesday, officials said. The dinner meeting in...

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Facebook is putting Facebook ads inside free apps

Today Facebook launched the Audience Network, its new ad network for mobile apps. Here's what that actually means: starting today, you're going to see "Facebook ads" inside the free apps...

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Nokia to cease mobile handset production in India

Nokia said Tuesday it will suspend manufacturing at its cellphone factory in India after a lengthy dispute with the country’s tax authorities, a setback as India embarks on a high-profile campaign...

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Toshiba is entering the smartglasses market

Toshiba is the latest tech company to offer smart glasses and guess what – they are also named quite similar to the alternatives with the well-thought out ‘Toshiba Glass’ tag....

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Google is putting security guards on payroll

Google plans to bring on hundreds of security guards as own employees in a move that could help level the tech industry’s growing income disparity woes in Silicon Valley. Instead of...

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Instagram has been blocked in China due to ongoing protests

Popular photo-sharing site Instagram, which claims more than 150 million users worldwide, has been blocked in mainland China as Beijing goes head-to-head with pro-democracy protesters in the former British colony...

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MIT develops new swimming robot to weed out drug smugglers

The robot was originally designed to detect fissures in nuclear reactor tanks, but the research has found a new purpose as an anti-smuggling device, using ultrasound to scan for false...

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The first dev kit of Oculus Rift is now fully open-source

The first surprise of the Oculus Connect virtual reality (VR) developer conference in Hollywood, California has been revealed. Earlier event host Oculus VR announced that the first development kit (DK1)...

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Toshiba is cutting its PC workforce by 900 people due to poor sales

Sony recently sold off its VAIO PC business and it isn’t the only one struggling. Toshiba on Thursday announced its own plans to restructure its PC segment and, along with...

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Google wants websites to function more like apps, even when offline

Google wants to get rid of frustrating 404 error pages and make websites still feel interactive even if you're not connected to the internet. So, the company has recently developed...

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Leaked video shows Windows 9 virtual desktops

After having released some screenshots from Windows 9 build 9834, an early build of the forthcoming Technical Preview which is expected to debut later this month, WinFuture.de released a video...

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The Windows 9 start menu has been shown off in a new leaked video

Microsoft may have demonstrated its new Start menu earlier this year, but thanks to a recent “Windows 9” leak we’re now seeing every single part of the company’s plans for...

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