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The FCC will make a decision on net neutrality next month

The FCC is looking to address the issue of net neutrality at its open meeting next month. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler intends to circulate his final proposal to the FCC's...

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Xiaomi has risen to become the most valuable tech startup in the world

Although Xiaomi is only a few years old, the Chinese company has quickly risen to become not only the third largest smartphone manufacturer on the planet (behind Apple and Samsung), but...

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US tech giants are taking on Russia’s government censorship

Next week supporters of Alexei Navalny, a lawyer and anti-corruption crusader currently under house arrest in Russia, are planning a rally that the Kremlin would really rather not happen. So,...

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Google needs partners for its self-driving cars

After helping push the entire automotive industry forward when it comes to autonomous driving, it appears Google is ready for some help with its own driverless cars. As the leader...

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China’s Xiaomi is now worth a whopping $45 billion

The up-and-coming mobile handset manufacturer in China is none other than Xiaomi, and expectations are stratospheric for the technology start-up. Xiaomi has been making quite the name for itself with...

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Apple has won the iTunes anti-trust case

A jury decided Tuesday that Apple wasn’t trying to monopolize digital music when it added FairPlay, a digital rights management technology, to songs it sold on iTunes. The class-action suit...

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AT&T and Verizon gobble up tax breaks but don’t produce more jobs

This may shock you, but giving large companies special tax deals doesn’t magically lead to full employment and economic paradise. The Wall Street Journal reports that both AT&T and Verizon...

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eBay considers cutting thousands of jobs in 2015

The online auction site is considering the elimination of as many as 3,000 jobs early next year, as the company gets ready to spin off its PayPal division into a...

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Amazon is reportedly testing bicycle couriers for same-day deliveries

While Amazon deals with regulatory hurdles for its drone-based rapid delivery service, it's apparently testing an option that's a bit more, well, human in the meantime. The shopping juggernaut is...

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YouTube offers bonuses to content creators to fend off the likes of Vessel

YouTube is in a heated battle to retain some of its top video stars as competitors including Facebook and Vessel are recruiting them for their respective services. Sources familiar with the...

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Texas judge orders Mt. Gox CEO to return to the U.S.

Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles has been ordered by a judge to return to the US to face questions over his bankruptcy filing with a Dallas court and how 750,000...

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