Huawei under probe by US prosecutors over new allegations

Huawei is accused of stealing intellectual property from individuals and companies over several years, and recruiting employees from its rivals.

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India to woo foreign firms like Apple, Foxconn to capitalise on US-China trade war

Several Indian officials met on Aug. 14 and discussed a list of "target companies" that includes Wistron, Foxconn and Pegatron

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Amazon to offer help for customers who search about suicide

Alphabet Inc's Google , Facebook Inc and Twitter Inc have already been issuing helpline numbers in response to user queries involving the term "suicide."

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Flipkart to end single-use plastic in packaging by 2021

E-commerce major Flipkart on Thursday said it plans to eliminate single-use plastic in packaging and move towards a 100 per cent recycled plastic consumption in its own supply chain by March 2021.

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Google plans another step to make YouTube 'safer' for kids, here's how

Google’s video platform YouTube is all set to launch a separate website for kids. YouTube announced this on its forum support page. The post also announced a new update that is coming to the YouTube Kids app. The YouTube Kids app will allow parents to select from three different age groups — preschool, younger and older — to choose the right content for their kid.

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Apple sends invites for its biggest event of 2019: 8 gadgets and more it may launch on September 10

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First all-metamaterial optical gas sensor

Researchers have developed the first fully-integrated, non-dispersive infrared (NDIR) gas sensor enabled by specially engineered synthetic materials known as metamaterials. The sensor has no moving parts, requires little energy to operate and is among the smallest NDIR sensors ever created.

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Better chemistry through tiny antennae

A research team has developed a new method for actively controlling the breaking of chemical bonds by shining infrared lasers on tiny antennae. This research may have applications in improving the yields of chemical reactions.

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Tech Firms Struggle to Police Content While Avoiding Bias

For Facebook, Google, Twitter and others, it's a no-win whipsaw, amplified by a drumbeat of accusations.

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Digital Tax Deal in Works but Key Questions 'Outstanding': OECD

For Pascal Saint-Amans, progress is being made but several key issues still need to be hammered out.

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Google Pay Set to Tap Into 12 Million Kirana Stores in India

Google Pay which reported 55 million monthly active users in India in May has set eyes on tapping over 12 million ubiquitous kirana stores.

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Google Assistant Now Lets You Choose Family Members Through the Google App for Easier Interactions

Google has quietly rolled out a small improvement to change the way you can set up family members, now letting you define family relationships through the app.

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Google Hire Online Job Service to Shut Down in 2020

Google will shut down its job application tracking system "Google Hire" that was launched just two years ago, the company said in a statement.

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Facebook Working on New App to Rival Snapchat, Called Threads: Report

In a fresh assault on Snapchat, Facebook is reportedly developing a new messaging app called Threads.

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Uber and Lyft pledge $60 million to ballot measure in fight to keep drivers as contractors

Uber and Lyft on Thursday pledged $60 million to a California ballot initiative for the 2020 election that would maintain the status of their drivers as contract workers.

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Hints of a volcanically active exo-moon

A rocky extrasolar moon (exomoon) with bubbling lava may orbit a planet 550 light-years away from us. This is suggested by an international team of researchers on the basis of theoretical predictions matching observations. The 'exo-Io' would appear to be an extreme version of Jupiter's moon Io.

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