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• HSBC discloses customer accounts hacked at its US bank

  06-11-2018 23:30
  Hackers breached some HSBC customers' accounts in the United States in October and accessed their information, the bank said in a regulatory filing on Tuesday.
  
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• U.S. agency probes 1.7 million GM SUVs over wiper failures

  06-11-2018 23:03
  The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said on Tuesday it was investigating whether General Motors Co , should recall an additional 1.7 million sport utility vehicles due to an issue with windshield wiper failures.
  
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• China's Tencent builds self-driving car team in Silicon Valley

  06-11-2018 22:41
  Chinese technology company Tencent Holdings Ltdis recruiting self-driving car engineers in Palo Alto, California, joining a crowded field of corporations vying for talent in the heart of Silicon Valley.
  
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• US court rules Qualcomm must license technology to rivals

  06-11-2018 22:21
  A U.S. federal judge has ruled that chip seller Qualcomm must license some of its technology to competitors such as Intel.
  
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• Russia's Megafon sues Hewlett Packard in U.S. over network outages

  06-11-2018 22:19
  Megafon, Russia's No. 2 mobile phone operator, is suing Hewlett Packard Enterprise in a California court over major outages on its cellular network, court documents showed.
  
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• Amazon plans to split second headquarters in two cities: sources

  06-11-2018 21:07
  Amazon.com Inc is planning to split its second headquarters evenly between two cities, people familiar with the matter said Monday, in a twist to a more than year-long contest that has drawn overtures from locales across North America.
  
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• Cathay Pacific faces probe over massive data breach

  06-11-2018 20:50
  Hong Kong's privacy commissioner will launch a compliance investigation into Cathay Pacific Airways over a data breach involving 9.4 million passengers.
  
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• Chrome to hit sites dealing 'abusive experiences' with total ad blockade

  06-11-2018 20:43
  Google's Chrome 71 browser, due out in early December, will target particularly onerous websites by blocking ads.
  
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• SpaceX seeks $750 million leveraged loan

  06-11-2018 19:51
  NEW YORK (LPC) - Elon Musk's Space Exploration Technologies Corp, known as SpaceX, is looking to line up a $750 million leveraged loan, sources said.
  
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• Facebook referred to EU watchdog over targeting, fake ads

  06-11-2018 19:00
  Britain's information watchdog has asked Facebook's lead European regulator to investigate how the company targets, monitors and shows adverts to users, saying it was concerned about some practices at the world's biggest social network.
  
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• Judges named to hear government's appeal of AT&T Time Warner deal approval

  06-11-2018 18:59
  A panel of three federal appeals court judges named by former Presidents Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama will hear the Justice Department's appeal of a ruling allowing AT&T Inc to acquire Time Warner, court records show.
  
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• Samsung sees strong growth at auto electronics unit

  06-11-2018 18:16
  Samsung Electronics expects strong growth at its audio and auto electronics unit Harman, which has put the company "firmly in the picture of the automotive industry" as it eyes the autonomous car market, its chief strategy officer said.
  
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• Facebook boots 115 accounts on eve of U.S. election after tip

  06-11-2018 18:02
  Facebook Inc blocked about 115 user accounts after U.S. authorities tipped it off to suspicious behavior that may be linked to a foreign entity, the company said in a blog post on Monday, hours before U.S. voters head to the polls.
  
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• Bitcoin volatility sinks to lowest in nearly two years

  06-11-2018 16:49
  Bitcoin has experienced one of its worst annual price performances of its short 10-year-old life but also appears to have become more stable in the process.
  
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• EU digital tax plan flounders as states ready national moves

  06-11-2018 15:28
  A European Union plan to tax big internet firms like Google and Facebook on their turnover was on the verge of collapsing on Tuesday after several EU governments rejected it and announced national initiatives instead.
  
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• All signs point to Amazon's second US HQ being in Northern Virginia

  06-11-2018 14:43
  The technology giant is reportedly closing in on selecting Crystal City in Virginia as its second US HQ
  
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• Germany says EU should revise, delay digital tax plan

  06-11-2018 12:29
  Germany's Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said on Tuesday the European Commission should revise its plan for a EU-wide tax on large digital companies and stressed the new levy should be applied only if there is no global deal by the summer of 2020.
  
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• Facebook says human rights report shows it should do more in Myanmar

  06-11-2018 12:21
  Facebook Inc on Monday said a human rights report it commissioned on its presence in Myanmar showed it had not done enough to prevent its social network from being used to incite violence.
  
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• UK data watchdog chief says Facebook must change, calls for more regulation

  06-11-2018 12:19
  The head of Britain's data watchdog said on Tuesday Facebook must significantly change how it does business and called for the social media giant to be subject to stricter regulation.
  
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• Geely, China aerospace firm agree to work on supersonic trains

  06-11-2018 09:56
  Chinese automaker Zhejiang Geely Holding Group [GEELY.UL] said on Tuesday it signed an agreement with China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp (CASIC) [SASAAI.UL] to jointly develop "supersonic" trains in the country.
  
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• China to strengthen supervision on blockchain-related financing, investment

  06-11-2018 09:20
  China's central bank said bubbles in blockchain financing are apparent, and that the government should strengthen supervision to fend off financial risks.
  
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• Board education key to boosting cyber security

  06-11-2018 03:02
  There is an urgent need for boards to become better educated about cyber security in order to propagate an appropriate attitude to infosec to CEOs and, from them down, an appropriate culture throughout an organisation.
  
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• Why Lufthansa Group is opening up its APIs

  06-11-2018 02:30
  Lufthansa Group is increasingly turning to APIs as a way to expand its digital reach, cut out aggregators and diversify its direct sales channels.
  
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• CBA, Link Group and Morgan Stanley snap up PEXA

  06-11-2018 01:05
  The majority of PEXA’s shareholders have backed a joint bid by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Link Group and Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners Inc. to acquire the electronic property exchange service.
  
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