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Why Jeff Bezos' divorce should worry Amazon investors - The fate of controlling shares such as those of Amazon in cases of divorce is, or should be, of intense interest to investors.

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Tesla to slash more jobs in effort to lower Model 3 price -- Company plans to cut 7% of its full-time workforce in a bid to maintain profitability while lowering price of its flagship Model 3 sedan

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Would calling for murder get Trump banned from Twitter? CEO Jack Dorsey won't say -- Twitter co-founder and chief executive Jack Dorsey dodged the question in a Thursday interview with HuffPost, refusing to even clarify whether a call to murder journalists would hypothetically get Trump kicked off the platform.

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Oxford University suspends research funding from China's Huawei -- In a statement made Thursday, the university said its decision was made "in the light of public concerns raised in recent months" surrounding the company's U.K. partnerships.

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VR gets reality check with significant decline in investment -- Investment in seven augmented and virtual reality startups in L.A. and Orange counties plummeted 81 per cent last year to $24.7 million compared to 2017.

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Johnson & Johnson to Use Apple Watch App for Heart-Health Study

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Driverless cars tap the brakes after years of hype

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U.S. Adds Criminal Courts to Its Fight Against Chinese Theft of Trade Secrets

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Facebook pulls more Russia-linked accounts -- Removed pages and accounts were linked to what Facebook said were two Russia-based misinformation campaigns

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Industrial Exoskeletons Give Workers a Lift

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Microsoft's Answer to Seattle Area's Housing Problem: $500 Million

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Scooter startups discover working with city hall isn't so bad -- Portland officials used a pilot program to make a big point with startups: It is better to ask permission and work with local regulators than risk being run out of a community.

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YouTube bans 'harmful or dangerous' prank and challenge videos -- Updated policies no longer allow challenges that present "an apparent risk of death" and ban content featuring children "participating in dangerous challenges that pose an imminent risk of injury or bodily harm."

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Razr returns with a foldable screen and $1,500 price

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Netflix Raises Prices on All of Its Subscription Plans

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NBA Inks Billion-Dollar Deal With Maker of 2K Videogame

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Germany Dismisses Qualcomm's Latest Patent Suit Against Apple

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Stung by Daughter's Arrest, Huawei CEO Breaks Silence, Denies Spying

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India Wants Access to Encrypted WhatsApp Messages

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Autonomous Vehicle Startup Zoox Picks Intel Executive as New CEO

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Electric vehicles are in the spotlight at Detroit's auto show -- Automakers are preparing to introduce dozens of fully electric cars and plug-in hybrid vehicles over the next three years, and Hyundai, Kia, Mini, Nissan and Audi will display electric models due in 2019 in the United States.

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Robotic milkers and an automated greenhouse: Inside a high-tech small farm -- Rivendale Farms, which has just completed its first year of full operations, offers a glimpse of technology coming available for smaller farms.

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Huawei Fires Executive Charged in Poland With Espionage

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SpaceX to Cut 10% of Workforce

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SpaceX to lay off 10 per cent of its workforce -- Hawthorne-based SpaceX is offering a minimum of eight weeks' pay and other benefits to those affected, according to an email sent Friday to employees by SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell. The company will also provide assistance with career coaching, resume help and job searches, according to the email.

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Apple Plans Three New iPhones This Year, Plays Catch-Up on Cameras

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After the Smartphone: The Race for the Next Big Thing

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VR goggles, AI wizardry dazzle stores struggling with retail 101 -- A selloff in retail stocks Thursday showed just how much pressure companies are under to compete in a digital world, and how little margin for error they have.

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Huawei Executive Is Charged With Espionage in Poland

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Robots walk, talk, pour beer and take over CES tech show

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Activision Blizzard Splits With 'Destiny' Studio

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Amazon's IMDb launches ad-supported streaming-video service -- Amazon.com Inc. launched its first advertising-supported streaming-video channel, the e-commerce giant's latest effort to grab a larger share of the ad market.

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EU court adviser recommends limited scope for 'right to be forgotten' -- Google and other search engines shouldn't be forced to apply the European Union's "right to be forgotten" beyond the bloc's borders, an adviser to the EU's top court argued Thursday.

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CES 2019: A high-tech spin for the old-school peephole -- Vegas consumer electronics show offers door view cameras, 'personal massagers,' smart glasses and more.

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Samsung to show fully functional foldable phone in February -- Samsung Electronics Co. plans to unveil its 10th anniversary flagship phone lineup and show a fully functional foldable-screen handset at Feb. 20 events in San Francisco and London.

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An Online Tool to Catch Workplace Sexual Predators

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Apple's Next Move: Be More Like Microsoft -- Owning an Apple device used to be the only way to access the company's services and software. Now that Apple is on the defensive, the walled garden may be holding it back from reaching vital audiences.

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Google Nears Win in Europe Over 'Right to Be Forgotten'

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Samsung to Show Off Its New Foldable Phone in February

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Bezos Divorce Clouds His Stake in Amazon

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Disney's former animation chief lands new job -- John Lasseter, the former head of Walt Disney Co.'s animation studios, has joined Skydance Media as the head of animation, six months after he was ousted at Disney following allegations of inappropriately touching colleagues.

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Beware the 5G hype: Wireless rivals fuel confusion -- AT&T Inc. gained attention in recent days for putting "5GE" labels atop some customers' Android smartphone screens. The E stands for "evolution," a sign of the added bandwidth those phones can access as the company lays the groundwork for full-fledged 5G service.

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Hulu reports more than 25 million subscribers in 2018 -- Hulu had more than 25 million subscribers at the end of 2018, up by eight million from the year earlier, the streaming service announced Tuesday.

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Mark Zuckerberg's personal 2019 challenge: Talk more about tech's problems -- In a blog post on Tuesday, Mr. Zuckerberg said this year he plans to host a series of public discussions on the role of technology in society.

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Soap companies, tractor makers unveil innovations at CES gadget show -- The four-day consumer-electronics show opens in Las Vegas on Tuesday with some 4,500 companies exhibiting products and services and more than 180,000 people expected to attend.

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WeWork is not working for SoftBank anymore -- The Japanese tech giant slashed a planned investment in the shared-workspace provider, after backers of its nearly $100 billion Vision fund got cold feet,

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Uber CEO says market turmoil won't derail IPO plans -- "Any company that's going public would like to do it in a positive, stable market," Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said in an interview Tuesday.

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Biotech proposes paying for pricey drugs by installment -- Bluebird Bio Inc. is developing plans to sell its first gene-replacement therapy on a five-year installment plan. The therapy, called LentiGlobin, is expected to have a seven-figure cost.

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Nvidia has time to get more game -- Analysts already expect videogame segment revenue to decline on a year-over-year basis for the next four quarters.

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Apple's answer to slower iPhone sales? Getting customers to trade in -- The tech giant is pushing a program that often pays more than carriers do to persuade people to exchange older devices for a new iPhone XR.

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Samsung Electronics' profit outlook surprisingly weak -- Samsung Electronics Co. has issued surprise guidance its fourth-quarter operating profit will decline 29 per cent, another sign of challenges hitting tech stocks.

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This Really Is the Next Revolution in TV Technology

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What Samsung's reaction to bad press may mean -- Tech is, oddly enough, starting to show shades of its pre-meltdown days.

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Samsung, like Apple, feels sting of slowing global growth -- The company expects its quarterly operating profit will be nearly 29 per cent lower than last year

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Tech That Will Change Your Life in 2019

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BlackBerry Secure tools revealed at Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas -- The announcements were aimed mostly at manufacturers and other companies that want to assure their customers that their products have privacy and security features endorsed by BlackBerry.

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Amazon takes market cap crown, cementing tech power -- Amazon finished Monday's session up 3.4% at $1,629.51 (U.S.), with a market capitalization of $797 billion, the first time the retailer has attained the market-cap title. It ended a weekslong reign by Microsoft Corp., which finished up 0.1% with a value of $784 billion.

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The Best iPhone Apple Can't Sell

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Elon Musk sees a future in China for Tesla, and it's muddy -- Standing in a vast field of muddy wasteland that wouldn't look out of place in an apocalyptic movie scene, Elon Musk exuded his usual mix of optimism and self-deprecating humour.

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Home tech products are getting smarter — and creepier -- Internet-connected "smarts" are creeping into cars, refrigerators, thermostats, toys and just about everything else in your home.

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Tesla's Musk says Shanghai factory breaking ground -- Tesla announced plans in July to build its first factory outside the United States in China, the biggest electric vehicle market, despite trade tension between Beijing and Washington.

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China's Huawei unveils chip for global big data market -- Chinese technology companies that rely on Western technology are stepping up efforts to develop their own.

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Why your ice cream will ride in a self-driving car before you do -- The first time you encounter a fully self-driving commercial vehicle, odds are it will be delivering your groceries rather than ferrying you to your destination.

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More companies are bypassing big app stores, costing Apple, Google millions -- The revolt is being led by companies such as Netflix, which became the latest firm to cut off a lucrative relationship for Apple when it confirmed that new customers will no longer be able to pay their monthly subscription fees through iTunes. Instead, subscribers are being redirected to make payments on Netflix's own website.

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U.S. tech transfers to China targeted by new security bill -- The bill would add to a broader effort by the Trump administration to clamp down on what it says is China's aggressive strategy to boost its technological know-how, often at the expense of U.S. companies.

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Fewer affected in Marriott hack, but passports a red flag -- Largest hotel chain in the world confirmed that about 5.25 million unencrypted passport numbers were accessed

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Artificial Intelligence Vs. The Hackers . . . -- Microsoft, Google, Amazon and other startups deploy machine-learning algorithms that crunch massive amounts of data to ferret out and stop hackers

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Canadian court slams Uber's arbitration process -- Uber Technologies Inc. lost some of its legal clout with contract drivers in Canada's largest province after Ontario's highest court ruled its process for arbitrating disputes were not only unlawful but "unconscionable."

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Boomer bikers are turning to three-wheelers to keep up life in the fast lane -- The number of three-wheeled vehicles registered in Quebec rose 60 per cent to 15,147 between 2014 and 2017, according to the Transport Ministry. Motorcycles grew 17 per cent to 185,416 in the same period.

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Apple loses ground to China's homegrown rivals -- While Tim Cook, Apple's chief executive, blamed China's economic slowdown for weakening sales that hurt its global revenue in the past quarter, the company's problems run deeper than that.

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Apple revises guidance, sees lower revenue -- Apple Inc. slashed its quarterly revenue forecast for the first time in more than 15 years, an unprecedented move in the Tim Cook era that was prompted by a downturn in sales of iPhones in China.

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Miners talk about artificial intelligence but do less -- The chairman of Barrick Gold Corp. made a bold prediction late last year: With the help of artificial intelligence and other digital tools, the world's largest gold miner would become a technology company that just happened to be in mining.

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Roku, taking cues from Amazon, adds premium subscriptions -- Company says it will allow its users to buy pay-TV subscriptions through The Roku Channel in a manner similar to the way Amazon.com Inc. sells access to premium channels like HBO through its Prime Video platform.

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Popular weather app collects too much user data, security experts say -- "Weather Forecast" app collects data including smartphone users' geographic locations, email addresses and unique 15-digit International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) numbers on TCL servers in China.

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Tesla plans to trim prices as fourth-quarter deliveries rise -- Tesla said Wednesday it would reduce prices for the Model S, Model X and Model 3 vehicles in the U.S. by $2,000.

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Novogratz increases stake in Galaxy Digital in wake of meltdown -- Michael Novogratz is putting more of his money where his mouth is when it comes to cryptocurrencies.

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Huawei rivals Nokia and Ericsson struggle to capitalize on U.S. scrutiny -- Nokia and Ericsson have been slow to release telecom equipment as advanced as Huawei's, major wireless providers say.

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Time is running out for unprofitable Chinese startups -- Demise of a popular bike-sharing company signals tougher times for China's speculative tech sector

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Amazon's D.C.-area HQ2 a new beachhead in battle for tech-savvy vets -- Amazon says it wants to hire 25,000 staff for its planned facility near Washington, D.C., over the next several years.

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Crypto's 2019 goal: Technology people can use -- After rising nearly 1,400% in 2017, bitcoin reversed hard in 2018, falling about 70% and erasing some $160 billion worth of value.

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Counterdrone technologies face slow ramp-up at airports globally -- Air-safety regulators are worried that counterdrone systems designed to jam radio communications also could interfere with legitimate airport equipment and operations.

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Tech that will change your life in 2019 -- Here's our annual roundup of the tech that will affect us in the year ahead.

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Like Musk, Tesla's new director is known as a maverick -- Larry Ellison, newly installed as a Tesla Inc. director, has over his long Silicon Valley career cultivated a reputation as a maverick similar to that of the Tesla chief executive he will now help oversee.

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Dell returns to public equity markets -- The newly public shares are trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol DELL as DVMT is retired. Just after trading began Friday morning, the stock changed hands at $46.07 (U.S.) a share.

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Forget drones, Amazon's Jeff Bezos needs lots of delivery guys -- Jeff Bezos captured the world's imagination when he appeared on CBS's 60 Minutes and pledged to fill the skies with package delivery drones.

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In the switch to electric vehicles, expect a few giants to crash -- The future of the auto industry is going to look like the history of the cellphone.

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Tesla board adds Oracle's Larry Ellison, a booster of Elon Musk -- Tesla on Friday said that Mr. Ellison and Kathleen Wilson-Thompson, the global head of human resources for Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc., had joined its board effective the day before.

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A $150,000 small business loan — from an app -- Square, best known for its white credit-card readers that plug into smartphones, is part of a wave of the tech giants making inroads into the banking business.

21 days ago

Huawei reports bumper 2018 sales despite setbacks in the west -- Chinese technology giant Huawei Technologies Co. said it expects 21% revenue growth for 2018 despite having spent much of the year fighting cybersecurity challenges by the U.S. and its allies.

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Verizon warns Fios customers about possible blackout of ESPN, Disney Channels -- Verizon sent an e-mail to Fios customers Wednesday afternoon after Disney began running ads that Disney-owned networks may no longer be available to Fios subscribers.

21 days ago

Musk asks to toss defamation suit, saying no one took his tweet seriously -- A war of words erupted between Musk and Vernon Unsworth in July after a rescue effort of a boys soccer team in a flooded cave in Thailand.

22 days ago

JD.com to 'change the narrative' with business restructuring -- The revamp was unveiled within the company on Friday night, shortly before authorities in Minneapolis declined to press charges against Chief Executive Liu Qiangdong.

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How Huawei took over the world -- The world's largest supplier of telecom equipment's technology touches virtually every corner of the globe

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Crypto craze drew them in; fraud, in many cases, emptied their pockets -- The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating BitConnect.

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China's JD.com plans $1 billion share buyback -- Wednesday's announcement of the buyback plan comes just a few days after authorities in Minneapolis declined to charge JD.com Chief Executive Liu Qiangdong in a sexual-assault case that arose in August.

23 days ago

Evan Spiegel's imperious style made Snapchat a success—until users fled -- The redesign mess adds to troubles swirling around Snap and raises questions about whether Mr. Spiegel's management instincts can help it pull through. His style—trust instincts, take control of details, ignore naysayers—paid off during Snap's meteoric rise after its 2011 founding.

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Desk phones 'a dying thing' at offices in Canada, say tech experts -- The days of cranking one's neck to the side to hold a receiver in place, and using up precious desk space with a bulky phone and spiral cord, are quickly fading as businesses switch over to VoIP and cloud-based providers like RingCentral and Microsoft's Skype for Business.

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33 MOSTLY FREE WAYS TO FIX YOUR FAMILY'S TECH PROBLEMS -- If you're the tech-savvy person in your family, you know what the holidays really mean: getting ambushed by a year's worth of tech-support questions. Why is everything slow? Where did those icons go? Can you really get an Amazon gift card by clicking on this survey?

26 days ago

Facebook's lonely conservative takes on a power position -- Mr. Kaplan is Facebook's longtime global policy chief but his remit has expanded considerably in the last two years. He has often been the decisive word internally on hot-button political issues and has wielded his influence to postpone or kill projects that risk upsetting conservatives, said the people familiar with the decisions.

26 days ago

JD.com founder isn't charged with rape but faces backlash at home -- While U.S. prosecutors declined to charge Liu Qiangdong after a sexual-assault investigation, the Chinese e-commerce billionaire faced biting criticism in China's court of public opinion.

26 days ago

Why your next home might not use any energy at all -- The Zero Energy Ready Home use so little energy that they're "ready" to go net-zero—that is, what electricity they do need could theoretically be delivered with a roof full of solar panels, even if they're connected to the grid.

26 days ago

Chat startup Discord tops $2 billion valuation -- Discord Inc., which makes chat software popular among videogame players, said it is now valued at $2.05 billion (U.S.) after a new funding round, the startup's second this year as it expands its footprint into sales and subscriptions in the fast-growing game industry.

27 days ago

JD.com founder Liu Qiangdong won't be charged in sexual-assault case -- Minneapolis authorities have decided not to charge Chinese billionaire Liu Qiangdong in a sexual misconduct case, bringing to a close a turbulent period for the founder of e-commerce site JD.com since he was accused of rape in late August.

27 days ago

How Huawei's 'wolf cuture' helped to grow — and got it into trouble -- The company's aggressive ways, which helped it grow quickly, have been cast in a new light.

27 days ago

Bike-share startup in China veers off course -- Ofo's cash-flow problems have spilled into the open, after warning signs that flashed for weeks.

28 days ago

How Fortnite triggered an unwinnable war between parents and their boys -- Not long ago, boys this age would be agitating for a trip to the movies or the skate park, someplace to hang out together. Not now.

28 days ago

Game on for Tencent as China signals end to approvals freeze -- Shares of Tencent Holdings Ltd. climbed Friday after a regulator was quoted in Chinese media as saying the first batch of new videogames would be given the green light soon, signaling an end to a crippling approvals freeze.

28 days ago

Apple infringed on Qualcomm patent, German court finds -- A district court in Munich found in favor of Qualcomm in two proceedings against Apple.

28 days ago

Is it really five stars? How to spot fake Amazon reviews -- Those little yellow stars can make or break a product.

29 days ago

SoftBank leads $385 million (U.S.) bet on fair, a subscription-car startup -- SoftBank Group Corp. has led a $385 million (U.S.) investment in auto-finance startup Fair, the latest bet by the Japanese firm to back companies that are trying to fundamentally change personal transportation.

29 days ago

Uber to resume self-driving car tests in Pittsburgh after hiatus -- This time, Uber says, safety is a priority.

29 days ago

Uber restarts modified self-driving testing in Toronto focused on AI -- The company says the limited relaunch of testing in the Toronto area will have a driver controlling the vehicle at all times and include a second operator as a precaution.

29 days ago

BlackBerry beats sales estimates as software push pays off -- The company swung to a profit of $59 million (U.S.) in the quarter ended Nov. 30 from a loss of $275 million a year earlier.

29 days ago

Ottawa's row with China hasn't hurt BlackBerry, CEO optimistic of resolution -- The company earned $59 million (U.S.) in net income for the quarter ended Nov. 30, up from a loss of $275 million in the same quarter last year.

28 days ago

D.C. attorney general files suit against Facebook over privacy -- Attorney General Karl Racine said in a statement that the company also deceived users "about who had access to their data and how it was used."

29 days ago

It's showtime for Elon Musk's tunnel, with a long way to go -- On Tuesday, Musk unveiled the first mile-long stretch of his underground vision of a transit system in this suburb of 90,000 people about 24 kilometres southwest of Los Angeles.

29 days ago

Royal Bank of Canada denies report it had access to users' Facebook messages -- The New York Times has published a story claiming Facebook gave RBC, along with Spotify and Netflix, the ability to see private messages between its users.

30 days ago

U.K. court upholds ruling granting Uber drivers worker rights -- Uber Technologies Inc. may have to grant its U.K. drivers benefits such as paid vacations and a minimum wage after a British court on Wednesday confirmed lower-court decisions granting the drivers a type of employment status.

30 days ago

Facebook offered users privacy wall, then let tech giants around it -- The special arrangements are detailed in hundreds of pages of Facebook documents obtained by The New York Times.

30 days ago

Germany to widen scrutiny of telecom equipment amid Huawei concerns -- The Federal Office for Information Security, Germany's cybersecurity watchdog, told The Wall Street Journal it was working with international vendors to foster participation in what it calls "technology verification programs," including oversight at the vendors' headquarters, existing development and security facilities, or at dedicated labs around Europe.

30 days ago

Inside Elon Musk's tunnel to alleviate 'soul-destroying' traffic -- In front of hundreds of supporters, including customers of his car maker Tesla Inc., Mr. Musk showcased his grand vision for alleviating city traffic with a network of tunnels that can transport electric cars underground and shuttle them at high speeds.

30 days ago

SoftBank finds limits to its love for WeWork as investors push back -- Key investors in SoftBank Group Corp.'s giant tech fund have balked at a planned $16 billion investment in co-working startup WeWork Cos., leaving SoftBank chief Masayoshi Son to find an alternative as his ambitions hit up against the limits of his financial firepower.

30 days ago

Apple pushes out software update to avoid China iPhone ban -- Apple Inc. sought this week to avoid a ban on the sale of older iPhones in China by releasing a software update that some intellectual property lawyers said could enable the company to keep selling those products in the world's largest smartphone market.

30 days ago

SoftBank unit's debut is one of Japan's worst, after $24 billion IPO -- SoftBank Group Corp.'s Japanese mobile-phone unit made one of the country's worst debuts after its nearly $24 billion (U.S.) initial public offering as investors worried about a price war and the company's reliance on Chinese supplier Huawei Technologies Co.

30 days ago

Are old-school instruction booklets necessary anymore? -- The tendency for manufacturers to withhold printed instruction booklets can be traced back to the first iPhone, which came with nothing resembling a traditional owner's manual.

30 days ago

Pros are ditching the Bitcoin market, JPMorgan says -- After the speculative bubble in digital assets burst last year, markets have pummeled Bitcoin, the most valuable and well-known cryptocurrency.

1 month ago

'It's been a rout': Apple stumbles in world's largest untapped market -- Smartphone makers, facing sputtering growth in the rest of the world, have looked to India to make up the difference. With 1.3 billion consumers, the country is the world's biggest untapped tech market.

21 days ago

Facebook's Sandberg vows action following reports of Russian interference -- Facebook Inc. Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg said Tuesday the company needs to do more to protect its users from disinformation efforts, after researchers found Russian trolls attempted to suppress African-American voter turnout during the 2016 election.

1 month ago

Elon Musk's SpaceX is raising $500 million in funding -- Elon Musk's rocket company, Space Exploration Technologies Corp., is set to raise $500 million (U.S.) at a $30.5 billion valuation, in a bid to help get its internet-service business off the ground, according to people familiar with the fundraising.

1 month ago

Huawei slams efforts to block it from 5G rollout -- A top executive at Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies Co. branded as irresponsible efforts to block the company's sale of 5G products and said its equipment is safe, challenging foreign officials to back up claims that it poses a cybersecurity threat.

1 month ago

Oracle revenue flat as push to bolster cloud business continues -- Oracle Corp. reported flat revenue for its latest quarter, a result better than what Wall Street had been expecting, as the software giant made progress in a piece of its struggling cloud business.

1 month ago

Elon Musk's new Boring Co. faced questions over SpaceX financial ties -- Elon Musk's tunnel-digging venture, the Boring Co., is the latest to be drawn into the billionaire entrepreneur's controversial tradition of spreading overlapping resources across his growing technology empire.

1 month ago

Google to invest more than $1B to establish NYC campus -- The move could allow the company to more than double the current 7,000 people it employs in the city over the next decade.

1 month ago

Huawei's new play book in Washington: Drop PR and hire lawyers -- The Chinese cellular-technology giant is relying on a team of recently hired American lawyers, who have filed legal ripostes to U.S. agencies, to defend itself from an onslaught of accusations and restrictions emanating from Washington, according to people familiar with the matter.

1 month ago

How scammers in China manipulate Amazon -- In China and elsewhere, some Amazon sellers resort to cunning techniques to manipulate product listings, get one of those top spots, and boost their sales.

1 month ago

Oracle's cloud struggles diminish expectations -- Oracle Corp. is set to report financial results for its fiscal second quarter after the close of trading Monday. Here is what you need to know.

1 month ago

Google details major New York expansion -- In a blog post Monday, Google said it would lease a large office building at 550 Washington St. in Manhattan's West Village neighborhood and make it the centerpiece of its new 1.7 million-square-foot Hudson Square Campus.

1 month ago

Amazon targets unprofitable items, with a sharper focus on the bottom line -- Inside Amazon, items like bottled beverages or snack foods are known as CRaP, short for "Can't Realize a Profit."

1 month ago

Robot vaccums are finally good—here's which to buy -- For many people, a robot vac still seems like an expensive luxury rather than a household necessity. But it is true luxury.

1 month ago

Google draws ire from activists, some of whom are employees -- There is broader uneasiness among some Google employees as the tech behemoth faces protests from human rights groups similar to those aimed at defence contractors and oil companies.

1 month ago

Where you should move to make the most money: America's superstar cities -- In this winner-take-all economy, superstar firms like Apple, Google and Amazon, appear to account for most of the divergence in productivity and profits between companies in the U.S.

1 month ago

Why Apple chose Austin, Seattle and Culver City for its new jobs push -- Apple Inc.'s plan to add thousands of jobs in Austin, Texas, San Diego, Seattle and Culver City, Calif., draws a road map of its transformation away from its identity as an iPhone maker toward a future reliant on services and higher-priced devices.

1 month ago

How creepy is that Christmas gift? A guide to seasonal tech -- Mozilla Foundation's shopping guide shows what's the naughty and what's nice among Web-connected smart devices.

1 month ago

Lucy Peng to step down as CEO of Alibaba's Southeast Asia-focused Lazada -- Longtime Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. executive Lucy Peng is stepping down as chief executive of the e-commerce giant's Lazada Group after nine months on the job, as the company faces growing competition in Southeast Asia.

1 month ago

A 'slacker' no more, Austin emerges as high-tech hub -- When Richard Linklater shot his movie "Slacker" on the streets of Austin in 1989, he captured a regional city where the young people were laid back, marginally employed and proudly less driven than those in other parts of the country. Fast-forward three decades and the Texas city has been transformed—from a small hipster haven into a bustling and fast-paced high-tech hub.

1 month ago

Richard Branson's space-tourism company rockets out of atmosphere for first time -- Virgin Galactic LLC, Richard Branson's space-tourism venture, reached the edge of space in a test flight Thursday, four years after a fatal accident set back the project, in a feat expected to accelerate commercial efforts to send tourists and small satellites aloft using low-cost rockets.

1 month ago

Inside Huawei's secret HQ, China is shaping the future -- They are working on what's next — a raft of artificial intelligence, cloud-computing and chip technology crucial to China's national priorities and Huawei's future.

1 month ago

Virgin Galactic aims to reach space with tourism rocket -- Virgin Space Ship Unity was undergoing final checks in preparation for a test flight early Thursday that could take it far higher than before and a big step closer to turning the dream of commercial space tourism into reality.

1 month ago

Is tech too easy to use? -- Of all the buzzwords in tech, perhaps none has been deployed with as much philosophical conviction as "frictionless."

1 month ago

How tech workers are fuelling a new employee activism movement -- It was a busy fall for Google workers speaking out against their employer.

1 month ago

Apple deepens Austin ties, expands operations east and west -- The tech giant said Thursday that the new campus in Austin, less than a mile from existing Apple facilities, will open with 5,000 positions in engineering, research and development, operations, finance, sales and customer support.

1 month ago

The China 2025 bugaboo -- Beijing may be bidding farewell to "China 2025," its plan to dominate global high-tech manufacturing President Trump loves to hate. Does that matter?

1 month ago

Samsung downsizes China operations with factory closure -- Samsung will close its manufacturing facility in Tianjin, a northern port city near Beijing, by Dec. 31, a company spokesman said on Thursday.

1 month ago

'Smash Bros.' cures Nintendo of the summertime blues -- The title, in which gamers pick famous characters from Nintendo and non-Nintendo franchises to fight each other, was first released for the Nintendo 64 system in 1999 and has long been a top seller.

1 month ago

Why the Amazon invasion in New York and Virginia will be slow -- It will likely take many years, if not a decade, before residents see a massive army of Amazon employees invading their cities.

1 month ago

Apple plans billion-dollar Austin campus in wave of new sites -- Apple Inc. plans to invest $1 billion (U.S.) to build a second campus in Austin, Texas, for 5,000 employees, widening its footprint in a familiar region rich with engineering and business talent as it joins other tech giants in expanding beyond the West Coast.

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DIY robot kits make learning fun (but don't tell your kids that) -- Today's best schools push STEM—Science, Tech, Engineering and Math—as a basis for understanding careers of tomorrow.

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Why Amazon Go could swoop into airport retail -- The retail giant is exploring the debut of its techy, scan-and-go shops at airports, according to a report by Reuters.

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Google grilled in Congress — what's ahead for tech companies -- U.S. lawmakers' grilling of Google CEO Sundar Pichai may have sounded like a broken record, but it amplified the prickly issues facing tech companies as Democrats prepare to take control of the House next month.

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Apple considers moving iPhone output if tariffs hit 25% -- The tech giant's suppliers intend to stick with the existing model even if the U.S. levies a 10 per cent import tariff on smartphones

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Apple's 'Netflix for magazines' getting a chilly reception -- The tech giant is preparing to relaunch Texture, an app it agreed to buy in March that offers unlimited access to about 200 magazines.

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Elon Musk gets the last laugh on Wall Street after a wild 2018 -- Tesla's stunning third-quarter profit picture surprises naysayers, and marks the beginning of a turn in market sentiment

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Huawei's 1,500 U.S.-based staff grow wary over arrest -- In the past year, hundreds of Huawei Technologies Co.'s U.S.-based employees watched as Washington labeled the Chinese company a national-security threat and took steps to try to banish its products both in the U.S. and abroad.

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Google CEO Sundar Pinchai faces lawmakers skeptical over privacy, alleged anti-conservative bias -- House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California made it clear in his opening statement at Tuesday's hearing of the House Judiciary Committee that Republicans are focused on what he termed a "widening gap of distrust" between Silicon Valley and the American people.

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Vote paves way for Dell to trade publicly again -- Dell Technologies Inc. is set to return to public markets later this month.

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Super Micro finds no malicious hardware in motherboards -- Super Micro Computer Inc. told its customers in a letter Tuesday that a third-party firm didn't find malicious hardware on its equipment, as the supplier of motherboards continued to dispute a report that its products had been sabotaged.

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Huawei's top customer in Japan reassesses ties -- SoftBank Group Corp. is assessing the impact of eliminating less-expensive Huawei Technologies Co. gear from its Japanese network following a U.S. campaign to restrict the Chinese company's business in countries allied with America.

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Google CEO faces House grilling on breach, China censorship -- CEO Sundar Pichai's appearance Tuesday before the House Judiciary Committee comes after he angered members of a Senate panel in September by declining their invitation to testify about foreign governments' manipulation of online services to sway U.S. elections.

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Don't get lulled by Tencent Music's tunes -- Live streaming has been flourishing in China in the past few years.

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Layoffs become the latest thing in cryptocurrency -- Last year's market boom fueled a hiring spree at hundreds of startups developing new uses for blockchain, the ledger technology that underpins bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

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Google to accelerate closure of Google+ social network -- Google said it would close the consumer version of its Google+ social network earlier than planned after discovering a new software bug that exposed the private profile information of 52 million users to outside app developers.

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Qualcomm says it won ban on sale of some iPhones in China -- The Fuzhou Intermediate People's Court ruled that Apple is infringing on two Qualcomm patents and issued injunctions against the sale of the iPhone 6S, iPhone 6S Plus, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X, the San Diego, Calif.-based chipmaker said in a statement Monday.

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Jack Dorsey, posting about Burma on Twitter, is accused of being tone deaf -- Dorsey now faces a backlash from critics who described his travel missives — which included a description of how he used his Apple Watch in airplane mode to track his heart rate during meditation and rest — as politically tone deaf.

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GoPro shifts some production from China to sidestep tariffs -- GoPro Inc. will move most of its U.S.-bound camera production out of China by next summer in a step to minimize the impact of potential tariffs.

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BlackBerry to unveil secure smart-city traffic technology service -- The Waterloo-based tech company says it will not charge service fees for automakers and public offices involved in smart city and connected vehicle pilots to use the Security Credential Management System service.

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Apple hit with sales ban on older iPhones in China -- Apple said its full portfolio of iPhones in China remain on sale, and that it plans to appeal the court's decision.

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Tencent-backed auto-trading startup looks to raise capital -- Chinese online car-trading platform Chehaoduo Group is seeking to privately sell shares and convertible bonds, according to people familiar with the matter, as attracting funds has become tougher for the country's tech companies.

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Google CEO Sundar Pinchai faces lawmakers skeptical over privacy, alleged anti-conservative bias -- Appearing at a hearing before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, Mr. Pichai fielded tough questions about Google's data-privacy practices and its handling of disinformation campaigns by foreign actors.

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Amazon, amid crackdown on seller scams, fires employees over data leak -- Amazon.com Inc. is fighting a barrage of seller scams on its website, including firing several employees suspected of having helped supply independent merchants with inside information, according to people familiar with the company's effort.

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Prosecutors to decide soon whether to charge Chinese billionaire over rape allegations -- Authorities have been considering whether to move ahead with charges after a woman alleged in late August that Mr. Liu, chief executive of Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com Inc., raped her after a group dinner, which he denies. A decision is expected within weeks, according to a person familiar with the matter.

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Australia looks to rein in power of Facebook and Google -- Australia's antitrust regulator called for measures to curb the influence of Facebook Inc. and Alphabet Inc.'s Google in news and advertising and warned that a tech-sector watchdog may be needed to prevent abuses of power.

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Longtime Yelp holder seeks board overhaul at business-review company—letter -- SQN Investors LP said years of missteps are weighing on the business-review company's stock price.

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Uber-Lyft showdown shifts to public markets -- The transition to becoming publicly traded is likely to reshape both companies and the ride-hailing market they pioneered in the U.S.

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Scooter startups cool fundraising wheels -- The investor frenzy for shared electric scooters is cooling, as two leading startups lower their fundraising ambitions while dealing with vandalism, rising competition and other growing pains.

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Silicon Valley helped build Huawei. Washington could dismantle it. -- American companies have been crucial in helping Huawei Technologies Co. become the world's dominant telecommunications player.

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What happens to your data after a hack -- Often, these attacks fuel a black market awash in pilfered data bought, sold and repackaged for criminal uses.

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Why you need better headphones—and which ones you should buy -- A good pair of headphones makes your music sound better, of course. But they can also dull the din of the world, making trains and jackhammers and open offices more bearable. They can even be better for your hearing in the long run.

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Critics call for more transparency on Toronto's planned high-tech neighbourhood -- Critics of a proposed high-tech neighbourhood planned for Toronto's waterfront called for more transparency in the decision-making process amid mounting concerns over how the companies involved will handle privacy and data governance.

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Uber lays groundwork for IPO -- The S-1 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission puts Uber neck-and-neck with Lyft. Both planned IPOs are shaping up to be among the biggest in a spate of offerings aimed for 2019. Lyft said Thursday it had filed its S-1, and people familiar with the matter have said it is aiming to debut in March or April.

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Huawei offensive is acceleration of yearslong endeavour -- Washington doesn't want to give Beijing the potential to spy on or disrupt connections to a growing universe of connected objects. Officials also worry that 5G's architectural design could make telecom networks more vulnerable to sabotage.

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Facebook expands share buybacks -- The social-media giant had previously authorized repurchases of up to $15 billion (U.S.) of the company's class A common stock in 2017. This is the second increase to its repurchase program this year. In April, it boosted the program by $9 billion.

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Does Netflix's $100 million 'Friends' deal mean the end of an era for online entertainment? -- Since Netflix began making Friends available in 2015, the show has been among the streaming service's most popular.

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Uber's self-driving cars are set to return in a downsized test -- Starting within a few weeks, Uber plans to run the vehicles on a mile loop between two company offices in Pittsburgh.

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China's freeze on new video games begins to thaw -- Chinese regulators set up a new committee to review online games, in a step video-gaming industry executives and consultants said presaged an end to a crippling freeze on new game approvals.

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Genomics startup Human Longevity's valuation falls 80% -- Human Longevity Inc. raced to a billion-dollar plus valuation on the hopes that it could apply advances in genomics to improve medicine. A drastic "downround" financing this week suggests investors have questions about its own longevity.

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As Huawei pushback grows, Samsung will appoint new 5G network chief -- Kim Young-ky, president of Samsung's networks business, will step down and assume an adviser role at the company, the people said.

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Water, electricity would be at risk in attacks on 5G networks, Australian intelligence chief says -- In a rare television interview, the chief of the Australian military's signals intelligence organization, Mike Burgess, said Friday that 5G mobile-phone capabilities would underpin not only communications, but also critical infrastructure that could be brought down in a cyberattack.

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Canada seen as safe harbour in Huawei's global push -- The arrest in Vancouver of the CFO of the Chinese telecom colossus is only the latest setback.

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The sticky wi-fi problem: why your phone hangs up on you -- Every day, all across the world, people experience the same frustrating glitch with their mobile devices—one that cripples them until they move beyond the range of the offending Wi-Fi hotspot, or they switch off Wi-Fi on their phones.

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Travel websites push experiences -- Booking companies and hoteliers are trying to sell travelers more online than just a place to stay, an airline ticket or a car rental.

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