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• Broadcom gets EU antitrust nod for CA Technologies deal

  12-10-2018 22:30
  Chipmaker Broadcom Inc said on Friday it has obtained antitrust clearance from the European Union for its $19-billion deal to acquire software company CA Technologies Inc.
  
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• Google tells U.S. lawmakers it is mulling options on China services

  12-10-2018 22:16
  Alphabet Inc'sGoogle unit has told U.S. lawmakers it was considering "a variety of options" to offer additional services in China, but declined to detail plans for addressing Chinese censorship.
  
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• U.S. lawmakers urge Canada to snub China's Huawei in telecoms

  12-10-2018 20:53
  Two leading U.S. lawmakers, both sharp critics of China, urged Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday to consider dropping China's Huawei Technologies [HWT.UL] from helping to build next-generation 5G telecommunications networks.
  
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• Amazon says India customer base surges during festive sale

  12-10-2018 19:58
  U.S. online giant Amazon said its festive season sale in India had got off to a strong start, with three times the number of people signing up to shop in the first two days compared to last year.
  
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• Italy resisting EU push to impose sanctions over cyberattacks

  12-10-2018 19:44
  Italy is resisting a European Union push to impose sanctions on states who carry out cyberattacks, a move that appears in line with Rome's calls to de-escalate tensions with Russia but that could alienate Italy from its EU allies.
  
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• U.S. defends FCC's repeal of net neutrality rules

  12-10-2018 17:47
  The Trump administration defended the Federal Communications Commission repeal of landmark open internet rules known as net neutrality, urging a federal appeals court to reject a challenge.
  
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• A tech boom in Pittsburgh brings hope and angst

  12-10-2018 16:42
  The city of Pittsburgh, the one-time steel capital that's long been a symbol of Rust-Belt decline, is emerging as a vibrant hub for artificial intelligence, robotics and biomedical companies eager to tap a rich talent pool.
  
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• China's Huawei to invest 1 billion yuan in cloud business over 3 years

  12-10-2018 15:59
  China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, the world's largest telecom-equipment maker, plans to invest 1 billion yuan ($145 million) over the next three year to develop artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities for its cloud business, it said on Friday.
  
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• Nokia chairman reopens old wounds with new book

  12-10-2018 15:40
  Nokia's chairman has pointed the finger at his predecessor over the mobile phone maker's fall from grace in a book that has reopened old wounds in Finland, where the company remains a source of national pride.
  
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• Technology may not be what it is cracked up to be - The Sydney Morning Herald

  12-10-2018 15:05
  The Sydney Morning Herald
  Technology may not be what it is cracked up to be
  The Sydney Morning Herald
  If the digital revolution is so amazing, why is my electric toothbrush still so rubbish? I tried to transcribe this column using voice-recognition technology but gave up after 45 hours and 175 attempts. Technology may not be all it is cracked up to be ...and more »
  
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• SoftBank picks Nomura, Goldman, three others to lead mobile unit's IPO: source

  12-10-2018 12:46
  SoftBank Group Corp has chosen five investment banks, including units of Nomura Holdings Inc and Goldman Sachs, as lead underwriters for the mammoth initial public offering of its mobile-phone unit, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said on Friday.
  
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• Orange teams up with Google on Dunant transatlantic cable

  12-10-2018 12:44
  Orange and Google have forged a partnership to work on the Dunant transatlantic submarine cable project connecting France and the United States, the French telecoms operator said on Friday.
  
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• Tesla says orders placed by Oct 15 eligible for full tax credit

  12-10-2018 10:38
  Electric carmaker Tesla Inc said http://bit.ly/2NCbs1r orders for cars placed by Oct. 15 will be eligible for a full federal tax credit of $7,500 and these customers will get their cars delivered by the end of the year.
  
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• WhatsApp hits the road with skits to stamp out fake news in India

  12-10-2018 09:52
  On a hot morning in India's tourist mecca of Jaipur, an open truck painted in the signature lime-green colors of Facebook's WhatsApp messaging service pulls into a dusty lane, where five men spill out and begin to perform a skit.
  
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• Intel reduces stake in ASML to below 3 percent

  12-10-2018 09:26
  Intelhas reduced its stake in supplier ASML Holdingto just below 3 percent, according to an update from the registry of the Netherlands' Authority for Financial Markets (AFM) on Friday.
  
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• UK to cut hybrid car subsidies

  12-10-2018 08:58
  Britain will cut the incentives available to those buying plug-in hybrid vehicles as it focuses on pure electric models, sparking anger from an industry trade body as carmakers already face declining sales in Europe's second-biggest autos market.
  
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• Home Affairs rejects calls for additional safeguards in ‘spyware’ law

  12-10-2018 01:35
  Home Affairs has rejected calls to boost judicial oversight of the government's new surveillance bill.
  
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• Google quizzed over delay in disclosing vulnerability

  12-10-2018 00:50
  Three influential Republican U.S. senators has asked Google to explain why it delayed disclosing vulnerabilities with its Google+ social network.
  
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