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Facebook services back online after worldwide outage

SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) -- Facebook said it was "back at 100 percent" Wednesday evening after an outage on…

Skin deep: Japan’s ‘washi’ paper torn by modern life

by Natsuko FUKUE HIDAKA, Japan (AFP) -- Once an indispensable part of daily life in Japan, ultra-thin washi paper was…

With ‘Libra,’ Facebook takes on the world of cryptocurrency

by Glenn Chapman Agence France Presse SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) -- Facebook is leaping into the world of cryptocurrency…

Uber eyes drones for food delivery, unveils new autonomous car

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Uber said Wednesday it plans to speed up restaurant meal delivery by using drones for…

Media group study finds Google makes billions from news

  WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Google took in some $4.7 billion in revenue in 2018 from "crawling and scraping"…

YouTube to ban ‘hateful,’ ‘supremacist’ videos

  by Rob Lever Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- YouTube announced Wednesday it would ban videos promoting…

Apple iTunes to play last song

  by Glenn CHAPMAN Agence France Presse SAN JOSE, United States (AFP) -- Apple on Monday announced the demise of…

Breakup isn’t the answer: Facebook’s Zuckerberg

SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) -- Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday rejected the idea of breaking up the social…

Google and Android system start to cut ties with Huawei

SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) -- US internet giant Google, whose Android mobile operating system powers most of the world's…

Facebook tightens live-streaming in crackdown on violence

by Glenn CHAPMAN SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) -- Facebook announced Wednesday it is tightening access to livestreaming to prevent…

Amazon offers employees $10,000 to quit, launch delivery business

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Amazon said Monday it was offering employees $10,000 to quit their jobs and become independent…

Facebook profit slumps on set-aside for big US fine

SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) -- Facebook on Wednesday reported quarterly profit sank 51 percent from a year earlier due…

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