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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Man City on brink of Premier League glory
AFP, Published on 10/05/2019
» LONDON: Manchester City and Liverpool have slugged it out in one of the most gripping Premier League title races of all time, going toe to toe in a monumental battle for the ages.
Red Sox honoured by Trump but manager, several stars boycott
AFP, Published on 10/05/2019
» WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump welcomed the 2018 World Series champion Boston Red Sox to the White House on Thursday but several star players and the manager skipped the visit to protest his policies.
Big three into Madrid last-eight as Osaka and Kvitova crash out
AFP, Published on 10/05/2019
» MADRID: Roger Federer saved two match points to defeat Gael Monfils and reach the Madrid Open quarter-finals on Thursday but women's world number one and top seed Naomi Osaka was dumped out in a last-eight shock.
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.