Facebook VP says Brazil jailers treated him with respect

Senior Facebook executive Diego Dzodan, who was recently released from a Brazilian jail due to a disputed court order demanding data from the company's WhatsApp messaging service for a confidential drug-trafficking investigation, speaks at the Massachusetts Institute of... Reuters/Mary Schwalm A Fac...

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U.S. Commerce Department to place restrictions on ZTE Corp

The ZTE company logo is seen as a guest delivers a speech during the company's 15th anniversary celebration in Beijing April 18, 2013. Reuters/Barry Huang The U.S. Commerce Department is set to place restrictions on exports of U.S. products by Chinese telecoms equipment maker ZTE Corp (000063.SZ) fo...

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China lays out its vision to become a tech power

China aims to become a world leader in advanced industries such as semiconductors and in the next generation of chip materials, robotics, aviation equipment and satellites, the government said in its blueprint for development between 2016 and 2020. In its new draft five-year development plan unveile...

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Snapchat raises $175 million from Fidelity in latest round of funding: WSJ

A billboard displays the logo of Snapchat above Times Square in New York March 12, 2015. Reuters/Lucas Jackson Snapchat Inc has raised $175 million in fresh funding from Fidelity Investments, giving the company the same $16 billion valuation it had a year ago, the Wall Street Journal reported, citin...

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U.S. Chamber of Commerce sues Seattle over Uber, Lyft ordinance

An Uber representative registers people on his smartphone during the kick off of a citywide jobs tour in the Queens borough of New York July 21, 2015. Reuters/Shannon Stapleton The U.S. Chamber of Commerce sued the city of Seattle on Thursday over an ordinance that allows drivers of ride-hailing app...

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Iceland's Genesis launches first bitcoin mining fund

A Bitcoin logo is displayed at the Bitcoin Center New York City in New York's financial district July 28, 2015. Reuters/Brendan McDermid Genesis Mining, which provides computer equipment to create bitcoins in the cloud, on Thursday launched the world's first fund that invests in hardware used to cre...

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Amazon drops encryption feature in Fire tablet software

Employees of Amazon India are seen behind a glass bearing the company's logo inside its office in Bengaluru, India, August 14, 2015. Reuters/Abhishek N. Chinnappa Amazon.com Inc has quietly dropped support for disk encryption on its Fire tablets, saying the feature that secures devices by scrambling...

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Google Fiber's video subscriber growth surges 79 percent in 2015

A technician gets cabling out of his truck to install Google Fiber in a residential home in Provo, Utah, January 2, 2014. Reuters/George Frey Alphabet Inc's much-talked about high-speed internet service, Google Fiber, had 53,000 video subscribers as of December end, up 79 percent from a year earlier...

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Yahoo exploring sale of $1 billion-$3 billion in 'non-core assets': CFO

A Yahoo logo is pictured in front of a building in Rolle, 30 km (19 miles) east of Geneva, in this file picture taken December 12, 2012. Reuters/Denis Balibouse Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O) is exploring the sale of $1 billion to $3 billion of patents, property and other "non-core assets," its chief financial ...

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Apple launches support page on Twitter, instantly gets 50k followers

An Apple logo is seen at the Apple store in Munich, Germany, January 27, 2016. Reuters/Michaela Rehle Apple Inc launched a new Twitter account on Thursday dedicated to customer support, a move that expanded the company's social media presence and prompted immediate reaction from users complaining ab...

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U.S. tech companies unite behind Apple ahead of iPhone encryption ruling

Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google, Facebook Inc (FB.O), Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) and about a dozen other Internet companies will file a joint legal brief on Thursday asking a judge to support Apple Inc (AAPL.O) in its encryption battle with the U.S. government, sources familiar with the companies' plan...

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Robotic arm allows 'cyborg drumming'

A wearable robotic limb that allows drummers to play their kit with three arms has been invented by U.S.-based researchers.     The two-foot long 'smart arm' can be attached to a musician's shoulder and was invented by researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology, overseen by P...

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German court rules Facebook may block pseudonyms

Cups with the Facebook logo are pictured at the new Facebook Innovation Hub during a preview media tour in Berlin, Germany, February 24, 2016. Reuters/Fabrizio Bensch Facebook may prevent its users from using fake names, a German court said on Thursday, overturning a previous order from the Hamburg ...

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Car makers talking with possible partners for mapping company: Audi CEO

A Audi car during the company's annual news conference in the Bavarian city of Ingolstadt March 3, 2016. Reuters/Michael Dalder German luxury car makers are in talks with possible partners for digital mapping company HERE, Audi (VOWG_p.DE) Chief Executive Rupert Stadler said on Thursday. Audi, BMW a...

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Google to unveil J.J. Abrams' Lunar X Prize documentaries

Having mastered fictional renderings of spaceflight, "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" director J.J. Abrams has turned his attention to a real space drama, with a series of Web-based documentaries about a Google-backed race to the moon. Produced by Abrams and directed by documentary filmmaker Orlando v...

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France, Britain agree to invest 2 billion euros in drone prototype project

(L-R) French State Secretary for European Affairs Harlem Desir, French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, French President Francois Hollande, Britain's Foreign Secretary Phillip Hammond, and French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault ... Reuters/Philippe Woja...

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Indian phone maker Micromax's CEO quits amid falling sales

An employee stands at the counter of Micromax mobile phones at a showroom in New Delhi December 6, 2013. Reuters/Adnan Abidi/Files India's second-largest phonemaker Micromax said on Thursday Chief Executive Vineet Taneja has left the company to "pursue other opportunities", at a time when the compan...

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Google's self-driving car team beefs up auto experience

Google's self-driving car team is expanding and hiring more people with automotive industry expertise, underscoring the company's determination to move the division past the experimental stage. The operation now employs at least 170 workers, according to a Reuters review of their profiles on LinkedI...

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