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Lithuania To Extradite $100 Mn Email Fraud Suspect To US

A Lithuanian man who allegedly swindled $100 million (87 million euros) from tech giants Google and Facebook must be...

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France To Appeal Google Tax Ruling

The French government will appeal a court ruling that US internet giant Google is not liable for 1.12 billion euros...

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Google Escapes 1.1 Bn Euro Tax Bill In France

Google is not liable for 1.115 billion euros ($1.272 billion) in unpaid taxes claimed by the French state, a French...

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China’s Young Gamers Face ‘King of Glory’ Playing Time Limits

All-night gaming marathons will soon end for some Chinese kids: internet giant Tencent began limiting daily playing...

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Facebook Hits Two Billion Users

More than a quarter of the world’s population now uses Facebook every month, the social network says. “As of this...

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Facebook Hits Two Billion User Mark

Facebook said Tuesday its ranks of monthly active users had hit the two billion mark -- meaning more than a quarter of...

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Google Set To End Controversy of Scanning Gmail To Target Ads

Google is set to eliminate an advertising format that has raised many privacy concerns among its Gmail users. Emails...

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Google To Stop Scanning Gmail For Ad Targeting

Google said Friday it would stop scanning the contents of Gmail users' inboxes for ad targeting, moving to end a...

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Yahoo-Verizon Deal Set To Close June 13

Yahoo shareholders voted Thursday to back the sale of the company's internet business to Verizon, clearing the way for...

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Google Linking Online and Offline Worlds In New Ad Challenge

Google is testing a way to tie online ads to brick-and-mortar store purchases, a move whetting marketing appetites...

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In Battle of Digital Assistants, Google Heads To Apple Turf

Google announced Wednesday it was bringing its digital assistant to Apple iPhones as part of its effort to win the...

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China’s Tencent ‘deeply Sorry’ For Russia WeChat Block

Chinese internet giant Tencent said Saturday it was "deeply sorry" its messaging app WeChat was blocked in Russia,...

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Google Docs Phishing Scam Doused After Catching Fire

A 'phishing' scam that tricked people with what appeared to be Google Docs links was doused by the internet giant after...

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Baidu To Share Self-Drive Car Technology

Chinese internet giant Baidu has said it will share much of the technology it has created for its self-driving cars....

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Yahoo Earnings Beat Expectations On Cusp of Verizon Merger

Yahoo on Tuesday reported quarterly earnings that topped expectations as the pioneering internet firm remained on track...

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AOL Plus Yahoo To Equal New ‘Oath’

AOL and Yahoo will be combined into a unit called "Oath" after telecom titan Verizon buys the pioneering internet firm,...

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Google Translate App Now Unblocked In China

Google on Wednesday made available in China a new version of its translation app that is accessible without...

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The Illegal Deliveryman Who Became One of China’s Richest Men

From making illegal cross-border deliveries to China in a minivan to buying a fleet of Boeing aircraft, the boss of SF...

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Google Boycott Could See the End of Automated Ad Placement

The feud sparked by Google's failure to remove extremist content from its site Youtube could lead to the end of...