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Trump threatens intelligence block over Huawei: US diplomat

Shawdesh Desk: The United States’ ambassador to Germany said Sunday that President Donald Trump had threatened to cut off intelligence-sharing with countries that dealt with Chinese tech firm Huawei. Washington

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Facebook reverses on paid political messages that aren’t ads

Facebook decided Friday to allow a type of paid political message that had sidestepped many of the social network’s rules governing political ads, in a reversal that highlights difficulties tech

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Robots deployed on front lines to combat coronavirus

From disinfection and street patrols to food and medicine delivery in quarantine wards, robots are being deployed at the front lines to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus, which

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Twitter to label fake, manipulating tweets from next month

Shawdes Desk: In yet another bid to take action against the circulation of synthetic and manipulating media on its platform, Twitter on Wednesday announced a new policy where it would

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YouTube: No “birther” conspiracy videos for 2020 election

YouTube is making clear there will be no “birtherism” on its platform during this year’s U.S. presidential election. Also banned: Election-related “deepfake” videos and anything that aims to mislead viewers

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‘Two defunct satellites narrowly miss collision’

Shawdesh Desk: Two decommissioned satellites sped past each other Wednesday after experts had warned they may collide at a combined speed of 33,000 miles (53,000 kilometers) an hour, sending thousands

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Transgender flag and women in tuxedos among new emojis

Shawdesh Desk: A new batch of emojis to be released in 2020 includes men in wedding dresses, and a gender-neutral Santa. The list, released by Unicode Consortium, contains 117 new

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Britain will allow Huawei in 5G networks

Shawdesh Desk: Britain decided Tuesday to let Chinese tech giant Huawei have a limited role supplying new high-speed network equipment to wireless carriers, ignoring the U.S. government’s warnings that it

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