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Thai ‘hermits’ Harness Web To Go Global

From communing with forest spirits to whipping up love potions, Thailand's cave-dwelling hermits once conducted their...

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Nokia 8 With Snapdragon 835 To Be Launched On July 31

HMD Global – the Finnish company that owns the rights to manufacture Nokia-branded smartphones – is closer to...

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Microsoft Kills Off Windows 8 Smartphone

Microsoft has ended support for its Windows 8 smartphones, as the US tech giant focuses on other segments, amid ongoing...

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Luxury Phone-Maker Vertu Collapses

A British-based company that made smartphones costing thousands of pounds will be liquidated after a plan to save it...

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Looking For Liu Xiaobo? Chinese Police Keep Close Watch

A group of plainclothes officers appeared like ghosts from behind tombstones next to the crematorium where the body of...

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Windows Phone 8 Fades Out As Microsoft Mulls Mobile Strategy

Microsoft has ended support for its Windows 8 smartphones, as the US tech giant focuses on other segments, amid ongoing...

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Apple Unveils ICloud Data Centre In China As Cyber Laws Tightened

Apple has unveiled plans to build a data centre in China to store its local iCloud customers' personal details, marking...

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U.S. Expects To Lift Laptop Ban Soon For Four Remaining Airports

The United States expects to lift the laptop ban soon for the four remaining foreign airports that are still impacted...

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First Digital Television Now Available On Mobile Devices

First Digital Television has gone mobile with an application that can help users to access its programmes anytime,...

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Nokia and Zeiss Get Together Again

What do you look for in a smartphone now that they all look just the same? Many may say the camera is key, and now the...

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‘Some’ Job Cuts Confirmed By Microsoft

Microsoft said Thursday it was cutting an unspecified number of jobs amid reports the US tech giant was reorganizing...

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Microsoft Announces ‘some’ Job Cuts

Microsoft said Thursday it was cutting an unspecified number of jobs amid reports the US tech giant was reorganizing...

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Alibaba Reveals Echo-Like Smart Speaker

Alibaba is the latest technology giant to unveil a smart speaker. The voice-controlled Tmall Genie can be used to play...

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Need A Ball Or Umbrella? In China There’s A Sharing App For That

Basketballs, electric scooters and rainbow-coloured umbrellas -- nothing seems out of bounds in China's booming...

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China Starts Regulating Bike-Sharing As Complaints Soar

Authorities in Shanghai and Tianjin will impose regulations on the rapidly growing bike-sharing sector following...

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Samsung To Invest $18 Billion In Memory Chip Business

Samsung Electronics will invest nearly $18bn in its chip business, the South Korean firm said Tuesday, as it seeks to...

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US Laptop Ban Lifted On Emirates and Turkish Airlines

Emirates has said the cabin ban on laptops no longer applies on its flights to the United States. In March, the US...

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US Laptop Ban Lifted On Emirates and Turkish Airlines

Emirates has said the cabin ban on laptops no longer applies on its flights to the United States. In March, the US...

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Troubled China Tech Giant LeEco Confirms Assets Frozen

Assets linked to Chinese tech giant LeEco have been frozen in a dispute with a creditor, a unit of the troubled company...