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• Tesla shareholder lawsuit against SolarCity deal set to proceed

  28-03-2018 23:41
  (Reuters) - A class action lawsuit by Tesla Inc shareholders against the electric car maker's chief executive, Elon Musk, and the company's board over the SolarCity deal was set to proceed after a Delaware judge refused to dismiss it.
  
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• Facebook tweaks its privacy tools

  28-03-2018 23:35
  ​Facebook says it has adjusted privacy settings to give users more control over their information in a few taps, after an outcry over a whistleblower's allegations that members' data was used to sway the 2016 U.S. election.
  
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• GameStop tops revenue estimates on robust Nintendo Switch sales

  28-03-2018 23:09
  (Reuters) - GameStop Corp , the world's largest video game and gaming console retailer, reported revenue that beat analysts' estimates for the fourth straight quarter as sales of Nintendo Switch consoles remained strong.
  
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• Aruba co-founder: We want to live on the edge

  28-03-2018 23:04
  Tech companies of every stripe are staking their claim to the IoT, and networking vendors like Aruba are no exception. But to hear co-founder and president Keerti Melkote tell it, his company’s pitch might have a little more heat on it than others.
  
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• Amazon ready to handle the government’s classified data

  28-03-2018 22:00
  Amazon Web Services has overcome a major hurdle to being used by government agencies to store classified data.
  
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• Amazon shares fall after report Trump wants to curb its power

  28-03-2018 21:31
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Amazon.com Incshares fell almost 5 percent on Wednesday, wiping more than $30 billion off its market value, after news website Axios reported that U.S. President Donald Trump is obsessed with the world's largest online retailer and wants to rein in its growing power.
  
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• Samsung, Fujitsu give Macron's AI plan a boost with Paris R&D hubs

  28-03-2018 21:01
  PARIS (Reuters) - South Korean electronics giant Samsung will make France its third global research and development hub in artificial intelligence after Korea and the United States and hire about one hundred experts in Paris, the French president's office said on Wednesday.
  
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• BlackBerry beats profit estimates on higher margins

  28-03-2018 19:53
  (Reuters) - BlackBerry Ltd reported a fourth-quarter profit on Wednesday that beat analysts' estimates and said it expects strong billings at its high-margin software and services business for the full year.
  
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• Facebook must give judge documents for U.S. tax probe of Irish unit

  28-03-2018 19:40
  (Reuters) - A U.S. judge has ordered Facebook Inc to let her review documents it has refused to give the Internal Revenue Service as that agency probes whether the social media company used an Irish unit to slash billions of dollars from its tax bill.
  
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• EU antitrust chief turns to academics to help tackle tech challenges

  28-03-2018 19:19
  BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe's antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager, who has taken on Google, Apple and Qualcomm in recent years, is looking to three academics to help her deal with anti-competitive practices in fast-moving technology markets.
  
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• SAP will shut down SAP Anywhere service for SMBs

  28-03-2018 17:56
  Two years after its launch, the service had attracted around 30 active customers
  
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• Facebook privacy debate is tip of the e-commerce iceberg, U.N. says

  28-03-2018 16:53
  GENEVA (Reuters) - The scandal over data privacy that is causing a headache for Facebook Inc shows just one aspect of the huge task of preparing the world for e-commerce, the United Nations trade and development agency UNCTAD said on Wednesday.
  
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• Mozilla takes advantage of Facebook woes to trumpet isolationist Firefox add-on

  28-03-2018 13:01
  The browser maker is touting 'Facebook Container' as a way to wall off users' Facebook activities – a new bid to attract the privacy conscious.
  
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• IoT could help seniors with dementia

  28-03-2018 12:52
  A chain of Ontario-based retirement homes is looking to add sensor bracelets to its Aruba Wi-Fi networks, internet of things devices that will track whether residents are starting to wander away from the facilities so staff can intercept them.
  
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• Technically speaking: rewinding a busy year of technology - Wallpaper*

  28-03-2018 09:00 via wallpaper.com
  Technically speaking: rewinding a busy year of technology  Wallpaper*Here's our selection of the best new consumer technology products launched in 2018, from TVs to headphones, speakers to charging docks.
  
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