PARIS (Reuters) – France’s 5G telecoms frequencies auction will start this autumn, with licenses expected to be given at the start of 2020, junior minister…
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Intel makes interim CEO Swan permanent, bucking history of insiders
(Reuters) – Intel Corp made interim Chief Executive Officer Robert Swan’s role permanent on Thursday, marking the first time the chipmaker has picked a leader…
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Question: I have a lot of video tapes of family events that I have transferred from a camcorder going back to the 1990s. With video…
Read More Ask Adrian: Our technology editor tackles your trickiest tech problemsChina's Didi weighs job cuts in support functions: The Information
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese ride-hailing company Didi Chuxing is looking at cutting headcount in some departments by up to 20 percent, technology news website The…
Read More China's Didi weighs job cuts in support functions: The InformationHow to Do a Data ‘Cleanse’
If we need a checkup on our health, our finances or our cars, we can find doctors, accountants or mechanics. But who checks up on…
Read More How to Do a Data ‘Cleanse’The Week in Tech: Bracing for the Year of the Pig in China
Each week, technology reporters and columnists from The New York Times review the week’s news, offering analysis and maybe a joke or two about the…
Read More The Week in Tech: Bracing for the Year of the Pig in ChinaFed backs Bangladesh as cyber-heist lawsuit kicks off
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve will lend a hand to Bangladesh’s central bank as it sues to recoup losses from one of the…
Read More Fed backs Bangladesh as cyber-heist lawsuit kicks offIndia says not extending February 1 deadline for e-commerce norms
MUMBAI (Reuters) – India will not extend beyond Feb. 1 a deadline for the implementation of modified foreign direct investment (FDI) norms for its e-commerce…
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Xbox Live is DOWN again leaving thousands of people unable to play games. The second major fault in a week has stopped consoles working around…
Read More Xbox Live DOWN again leaving thousands unable to play gamesTwitter Says False Content Is Evolving, and More Comes From the U.S.
SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter said on Thursday that disinformation on its social media service was evolving, prompted by a rise in domestic sources of false…
Read More Twitter Says False Content Is Evolving, and More Comes From the U.S.Delay, Deny and Deflect: How Facebook’s Leaders Fought Through Crisis
Sheryl Sandberg was seething. Inside Facebook’s Menlo Park, Calif., headquarters, top executives gathered in the glass-walled conference room of its founder, Mark Zuckerberg. It was…
Read More Delay, Deny and Deflect: How Facebook’s Leaders Fought Through CrisisHow to protect your ears and avoid noise-induced hearing loss
One of the best things about the 21st century is that we can pretty much pump our music whenever, and however, we want. Plus many…
Read More How to protect your ears and avoid noise-induced hearing lossIntel makes interim CEO Swan permanent
(Reuters) – Intel Corp named interim Chief Executive Officer Robert Swan to the role on a permanent basis on Thursday while also naming a new…
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(Reuters) – Intel Corp made interim Chief Executive Officer Robert Swan’s role permanent on Thursday, marking the first time the chipmaker has picked a leader…
Read More Intel makes interim CEO Swan permanent, bucking history of insidersGoogle disables iPhone app that studied users' digital habits
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Wednesday it disabled an iPhone app that it had paid some users to install to study…
Read More Google disables iPhone app that studied users' digital habitsProsecutors: FT report on Wirecard gave us no reason to launch criminal probe
BERLIN (Reuters) – A Financial Times report on alleged wrongdoings at German payments company Wirecard gave no reason to launch a criminal probe, German prosecutors…
Read More Prosecutors: FT report on Wirecard gave us no reason to launch criminal probeChip Giant Intel Picks Interim Leader as Permanent C.E.O. After Long Search
SAN FRANCISCO — The chip-making giant Intel ended a seven-month search for a new chief executive on Thursday by naming the man who was running…
Read More Chip Giant Intel Picks Interim Leader as Permanent C.E.O. After Long SearchGoogle+ is shutting soon – here’s how to download your data
We’ve known for some time that Google is going to shut its social network called Google +. The decision was taken after a series of…
Read More Google+ is shutting soon – here’s how to download your dataGay dating app bans underwear photos – and users aren’t happy about it
Anyone who’s used a dating app will be used to seeing photos of potential dates in skimpy clothes. But one dating app has banned such…
Read More Gay dating app bans underwear photos – and users aren’t happy about itDeutsche Telekom proposes steps to keep Chinese vendors in 5G
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Deutsche Telekom, Europe’s largest telecoms group, on Wednesday proposed a series of steps to ensure that Chinese vendors can take part in…
Read More Deutsche Telekom proposes steps to keep Chinese vendors in 5GMaybe Only Tim Cook Can Fix Facebook’s Privacy Problem
It’s nowhere in his job description, but Tim Cook, Apple’s chief executive, has recently taken a moonlight gig as Facebook’s privacy watchdog. On Wednesday, Mr.…
Read More Maybe Only Tim Cook Can Fix Facebook’s Privacy ProblemHow to Make Your Office More Ergonomically Correct
Last month, I bought a big new computer screen, thinking that if I stopped crouching over my laptop like a turtle, my lower back would…
Read More How to Make Your Office More Ergonomically CorrectSpam calls have stopped people from answering their phones
Ahead of the FCC’s meeting on Wednesday focused on toughening up caller ID rules to make it harder for spam callers to hide their identity,…
Read More Spam calls have stopped people from answering their phonesApple punishes Facebook over app that paid users to hand over data
Apple has escalated its war against Facebook and its privacy practices, after the social-networking was found breaking its rules and distributing a secret data-collection app…
Read More Apple punishes Facebook over app that paid users to hand over dataExperts warn against watching Super Bowl online
There’s nothing like a major sporting event to bring out the hackers. This weekend, Super Bowl LIII will not only attract legions of football fans…
Read More Experts warn against watching Super Bowl onlineUS Nobel Prize Winner knew about condemned gene-edited babies
It’s now been a few months since Chinese scientist He Jiankui revealed that he had genetically edited human embryos and implanted them into mothers, resulting…
Read More US Nobel Prize Winner knew about condemned gene-edited babiesFacebook paid users including teens to gather personal data from mobile devices – report
Facebook paid users including teenagers to gather a range of personal data from their mobile devices, it has been reported. The social networking giant paid…
Read More Facebook paid users including teens to gather personal data from mobile devices – reportVolkswagen aims to open e-vehicle platform to competitors: Tagesspiegel
BERLIN (Reuters) – Volkswagen is in advanced talks with competitors over opening its modular MEB platform for the mass production of electric vehicles to rivals,…
Read More Volkswagen aims to open e-vehicle platform to competitors: TagesspiegelSlovakia has no evidence of Huawei security threat – prime minister
BRATISLAVA (Reuters) – Slovakia does not consider Chinese telecoms supplier Huawei as a security threat and would need evidence the company’s technology poses a risk…
Read More Slovakia has no evidence of Huawei security threat – prime ministerKoenigsegg super cars team up with Saab successor to go electric
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – The Chinese-backed company born from the remnants of bankrupt Swedish automaker Saab is investing 150 million euros ($171 million) in a venture…
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