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China gears up for world’s largest online shopping festival

HONG KONG — Chinese consumers are expected to spend tens of billions on everything from fresh food to luxury goods during this year’s Singles’ Day…

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New PlayStation and Xbox Arrive During a Pandemic Gold Rush

The video game industry has notched record spending and profit in 2020, but to sustain its growth, it must prepare to compete with the return…

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2020’s Hot Gadget Is the Computer

This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays. Computers are like hammers. Lots of people…

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Fact-Checked on Facebook and Twitter, Conservatives Switch Their Apps

Corey Adam, a political comedian from Minneapolis, joined a mass social media switcheroo last week. That was when Mr. Adam, 39, a conservative and libertarian,…

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WhatsApp to introduce new feature where messages disappear after a week

WhatsApp is set to change the messaging game once again with a massive new feature. A new system revamp will be rolled out for all…

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YouTube back up after worldwide outage

FILE PHOTO: YouTube signage is seen at their offices in King’s Cross, London, Britain, September 11, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville(Reuters) – YouTube, owned by Alphabet Inc’s…

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Fact-Checked on Facebook and Twitter, Conservatives Switch Their Apps

Corey Adam, a political comedian from Minneapolis, joined a mass social media switcheroo last week. That was when Mr. Adam, 39, a conservative and libertarian,…

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Facebook extends ban on U.S. political ads for another month

FILE PHOTO: 3D printed ballot boxes are seen in front of a displayed Facebook logo in this illustration taken November 4, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo(Reuters)…

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Dutch government orders further anti-spying measures for telecoms

Slideshow ( 2 images )AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Dutch government on Wednesday ordered a raft of new security regulations for telecommunications providers, including rules on…

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TikTok to increase Irish staff to 1,100 in rapid expansion

FILE PHOTO: The TikTok logo is pictured outside the company’s U.S. head office in Culver City, California, U.S., Sept. 15, 2020. REUTERS/Mike BlakeDUBLIN (Reuters) –…

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Google curtails free photo storage, pushes users to buy more space

FILE PHOTO: A woman holds her smart phone which displays the Google home page, in this picture illustration taken February 24, 2016. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard/Illustration/File PhotoOAKLAND,…

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Facebook plans to continue a ban on political ads for another month.

Facebook said on Wednesday that it plans to continue a moratorium on political advertising for the foreseeable future, a move that may affect Democrats and…

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Parents are concerned about their kids' exposure to fake news

A quarter of parents are concerned about their children being exposed to fake news but few are actually having a conversation about how to spot…

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WeWork's chief legal officer, Jennifer Berrent, in talks to leave: sources

FILE PHOTO: A sign is seen above the entrance to the WeWork corporate headquarters in Manhattan, New York, U.S., November 21, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Segar(Reuters) –…

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‘Assassin’s Creed Valhalla’: Inside the Making of Lead Character Eivor

(Editor’s Note: Eivor can be played as either male or female, so this story will use they/them pronouns.) When “Assassin’s Creed Valhalla” debuts on Tuesday, players…

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False Claims That Biden ‘Lost’ Pennsylvania Surge, and Tech Companies Struggle to Keep Up

On Monday evening and into Tuesday, a strain of false information that Democratic presidential candidate Joseph R. Biden Jr. had lost Pennsylvania and his president-elect…

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Biden Is Expected to Keep Scrutiny of Tech Front and Center

WASHINGTON — The tech industry had it easy under President Barack Obama. Regulators brought no major charges, executives rotated in and out of the administration,…

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Chipmaker TSMC to set up Arizona subsidiary with $3.5 billion capital

FILE PHOTO: The logo of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) is seen on one of its office buildings in Tainan, Taiwan August 20, 2020. REUTERS/Ann…

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More tech executives than tech critics on Biden's transition team

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden departs after spending the day at the theater serving as his transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. November 10, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan…

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Apple Unveils Latest Mac Lineup With New M1 Silicon

Apple held its “One More Thing” event today and unveiled its latest technological project: an in-house developed and managed chipset named Apple M1. The CPU,…

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Rapha and Bang & Olufsen Unite to Revolutionize Indoor Training

Following on from its collaboration with Palace earlier this year, Rapha has now revealed a joint project of a different kind. The cycling label has…

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Jabra 85t Elite wireless earbuds review – A solid alternative to Apple’s AirPods Pro

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Chip maker NVIDIA signs in-car entertainment system deal with Hyundai Motor

Slideshow ( 2 images )(Reuters) – Chip maker NVIDIA Corp on Monday announced that Hyundai Motor Group will use the NVIDIA DRIVE in-vehicle information and…

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NUS team develops tool that can assess vulnerability of AI systems to attacks