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Virtual idols take to the real-life stage in China
Agence France-Presse. Beijing | Updated at 10:37am on December 22, 2020
Liu Jun has long been a fan of a Chinese star called Amy, a teenage pop singer with red hair whose autograph he treasures --...
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Apple developing search engine to compete with Google
Agence France-Presse .Washington | Updated at 10:30am on October 29, 2020
Apple has accelerated work to develop its own search engine that would allow the iPhone maker to offer an alternative to Google, a Financial Times...
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Plus-size model prompts Instagram nudity policy change
Agence France-Presse. San Francisco | Updated at 10:55am on October 28, 2020
Instagram has relaxed its nudity policy in response to a campaign to let people show pride in their bodies even if they don't fit beauty...
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Bangladesh Supreme Court launches ‘cause-list app’
United News of Bangladesh . Dhaka | Updated at 10:38am on October 20, 2020
The Supreme Court has launched an app to ease the process of checking the cause-list and information about court activities. Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain...
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Facebook unveils machine learning translator for 100 languages
Agence France-Presse. Washington | Updated at 10:34am on October 20, 2020
Facebook on Monday unveiled software based on machine learning which the company said was the first to be able to translate from any of 100...
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Facebook challenges hate-speech hearing summons in Indian court
Agence France-Presse .New Delhi | Updated at 10:57am on September 23, 2020
Facebook India’s chief had lodged a petition with India’s top court challenging a summons to appear before a panel probing allegations the social media giant...
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Facebook appoints Sabhanaz Rashid as Bangladesh country manager
United News of Bangladesh .Dhaka | Updated at 10:44am on September 08, 2020
The authority of Facebook has appointed Sabhanaz Rashid Diya, a Bangladeshi writer and computational social scientist as the country manager of Bangladesh. Facebook announced the...
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Indian PM Modi’s Twitter account hacked
Agence France-Presse .New Delhi | Updated at 10:10am on September 03, 2020
The Twitter account of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi has been hacked, the social media giant confirmed on Thursday. Tweets were sent from the prime...
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Facebook says more work needed on hate speech as India row mounts
Agence France-Presse .New Delhi | Updated at 10:51am on August 22, 2020
Social media giant Facebook admitted Friday it has to do better to curb hate speech as it battled a storm over how it handled comments...
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Technology enables businesses to cope up with new normal: Oracle
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 11:52am on August 19, 2020
In the prevailing COVID-19 situation business organisations are looking for sustainable solutions to support their business continuity and many companies..