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US probes second suspected Tesla Autopilot crash
AFP, Published on 07/07/2016
» NEW YORK - US highway safety officials said Wednesday that they are investigating a second crash of a Tesla car that may have been operating on the vehicle's pioneering self-drive Autopilot technology.
Google pays its taxes, senior Europe executive insists
AFP, Published on 02/07/2016
» PARIS - Google pays taxes in every country where it has a presence, the multinational tech giant's Europe vice president Carlo d'Asaro Biondo said Friday as the company faces a raft of fiscal probes across the continent
Fixzy to the rescue
Life, AKIN, Published on 29/06/2016
» Home maintenance and handyman jobs -- from plumbing to leaking toilets, air-con cleaning and electricity issues -- are now easily solved with the Fixzy app.
Facebook aiding probe of France live-streamed killing
AFP, Published on 15/06/2016
» WASHINGTON - Facebook said Tuesday it was cooperating with French authorities probing the killing of a police commander and his partner in an incident that included a live-streamed video statement on the leading social network.
Japan regulates virtual currency after Bitcoin scandal
AFP, Published on 26/05/2016
» TOKYO - Japan has passed a law regulating virtual currency, after the country found itself at the epicentre of a multi-million dollar embezzlement scandal following the spectacular collapse of the Tokyo-based MtGox Bitcoin exchange.
Chinese search giant's model 'misleading': regulator
AFP, Published on 09/05/2016
» BEIJING - Internet giant Baidu, China's equivalent of Google, must change how it displays search results, regulators said Monday, following an outcry over the death of a student whose family used it to seek a cancer cure.
World Jewish Congress slams YouTube over neo-Nazi videos
AFP, Published on 02/05/2016
» BERLIN - The World Jewish Congress on Monday accused the German unit of YouTube of failing to stop neo-Nazis from using the online video channel to distribute thousands of anti-Semitic tracks.
'We have not provided source code to China': Apple
AFP, Published on 20/04/2016
» WASHINGTON - Apple has not provided its underlying software instructions or "source code" to China, the company's top lawyer said Tuesday, seeking to quash rumors about the iPhone maker's data security.
Canada police eavesdropped on BlackBerry messages: media
AFP, Published on 15/04/2016
» OTTAWA - Canadian federal police have been able to eavesdrop on messages sent between BlackBerry smartphones since at least 2010 using an encryption key it obtained, according to an online news magazine.
EU parliament overhauls Internet data protection rules
AFP, Published on 15/04/2016
» STRASBOURG (FRANCE) - The European Parliament on Thursday adopted for the first time a single set of rules for the 28-nation EU to protect the privacy of people using the Internet.