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Break up Facebook, says company's co-founder
AFP, Published on 10/05/2019
» NEW YORK - One of the co-founders of Facebook called on Thursday for the social media behemoth to be broken up, warning that the company's head, Mark Zuckerberg, had become far too powerful.
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Top jobs on the line in Europe's 'Game of Thrones'
AFP, Published on 10/05/2019
» SIBIU (ROMANIA) - EU leaders embarked the delicate task of filling key European posts Thursday, launching a diplomatic "Game of Thrones" sure to be filled with feuds, betrayals and last minute plot twists.
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US indicts Chinese hackers over giant 2015 data breach
AFP, Published on 10/05/2019
» WASHINGTON - The US Justice Department announced Thursday the indictment of members of "an extremely sophisticated" Chinese hacking group that allegedly stole the personal information of more than 78 million people from health insurer Anthem in 2015.
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Fake heiress jailed for scamming New York
AFP, Published on 10/05/2019
» NEW YORK - A German-Russian fraudster who tricked New York high society into believing she was a wealthy heiress and stealing more than $200,000 was jailed Thursday for up to 12 years.
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Whistleblower says Facebook generating terror content
AFP, Published on 10/05/2019
» SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook is unwittingly auto-generating content for terror-linked groups that its artificial intelligence systems do not recognize as extremist, according to a complaint made public on Thursday.
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Uber stock set to launch at $45 a share
AFP, Published on 10/05/2019
» NEW YORK - Uber geared up Thursday for its Wall Street debut with a massive share offering that is a milestone for the ride-hailing industry and the so-called "sharing economy," but which comes amid simmering concerns about its business model.
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Influential excrement: How life in Antarctica thrives on penguin poop
AFP, Published on 10/05/2019
» WASHINGTON - For more than half a century, biologists studying Antarctica focused their research on understanding how organisms cope with the continent's severe drought and the coldest conditions on the planet.
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Python patrols stalk Florida swamps to staunch marauding serpents
AFP, Published on 10/05/2019
» MIAMI - Along with the venomous lionfish, the Burmese python is perhaps the least welcome invasive species in Florida: lacking any natural predators, it has happily chomped its way through the state's wildlife.
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Don't mention Brexit! England supreme in Europe with historic finals sweep
AFP, Published on 10/05/2019
» PARIS - The Premier League has marked its return to prominence on the European stage in a week punctuated by spellbinding drama with Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur set to meet in just the second all-English Champions League final next month.
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White House says talks with China to continue on Friday
AFP, Published on 10/05/2019
» WASHINGTON - Crucial trade negotiations with China will continue on Friday, the White House said late Thursday night, about 90 minutes before steep new tariffs were set to hit Chinese goods.
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