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Amazon plans to open large physical retail stores in U.S. - WSJ

Amazon.com Inc is planning to open large physical shops in the United States that will operate like department stores, the Wall Street Journal reported https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-retail-department-stores-11629330842?mod=latest_headlines on Thursday, as the e-commerce giant expands its footprint in brick-and-mortar retail.

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Nigeria expects to lift Twitter ban by end of year, minister says

Nigeria expects to lift its ban on Twitter before the end of the year, Information Minister Lai Mohammed told Reuters on Thursday, adding that the government was awaiting a response on three final requests made of the social media platform.

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Facebook launches VR remote work app, calling it a step to the 'metaverse'

Facebook Inc on Thursday launched a test of a new virtual-reality remote work app where users of the company's Oculus Quest 2 headsets can hold meetings as avatar versions of themselves.

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Explainer-Binance: The crypto giant facing pressure from regulators

Financial regulators across the world have targeted major cryptocurrency exchange Binance. Some have banned the platform from certain activities, while others have warned consumers that it was unlicensed to operate.

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Tencent says more regulations set to come as quarterly profit jumps

China's Tencent Holdings said on Wednesday that the internet industry should brace for more regulations and uncertainty, but it believed Beijing ultimately wanted to forge a long-term sustainable path for the sector.

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Ryder will manage Waymo autonomous truck fleets

Truck fleet operator Ryder System Inc will manage and maintain autonomous trucks for Waymo Via, the autonomous truck unit of Google parent Alphabet Inc, the companies said on Wednesday.

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T-Mobile says data on 40 million people stolen by hackers

T-Mobile US Inc said on Wednesday an investigation into a data breach revealed that personal data, including social security numbers and driver's license information, of more than 40 million former and prospective customers was stolen.

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Facebook may not lift ban on Taliban even if U.S. softens its view

Facebook may not lift its ban on the Taliban even if the United States stops imposing sanctions on the group, which has rapidly taken control of Afghanistan, the social media company's policy chief said on Wednesday.

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YouTube says it bans accounts believed to be owned by the Taliban

Alphabet Inc's YouTube said on Tuesday it bans accounts believed to be owned and operated by the Taliban, as U.S. social media companies scrambled to publicly clarify their rules on the group that is in control of Afghanistan.

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U.S. opens probe into Tesla’s Autopilot over emergency vehicle crashes

U.S. auto safety regulators said Monday they had opened a formal safety probe into Tesla Inc's driver assistance system Autopilot in 765,000 U.S. vehicles built since 2014 after a series of crashes involving emergency vehicles.

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Tesla's Musk hopes to make first cars at Berlin plant in Oct

Tesla hopes to make the first cars at its "Gigafactory" in Gruenheide, near Berlin, in October or soon afterwards, Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Friday.

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Facebook, Amazon seek U.S. approval to operate undersea data cable

Facebook Inc and Amazon.com Inc have asked the U.S. government for approval to operate a new undersea data cable between the Philippines and California after China Mobile agreed to exit the plan, a government agency said Friday.

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Crypto platform Poly Network rewards hacker with $500,000 'bug bounty'

Poly Network, the cryptocurrency platform which lost $610 million in a hack earlier this week, confirmed on Friday it had offered the hacker or hackers a $500,000 "bug bounty".

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Amazon's palm print recognition raises concern among U.S. senators

Three U.S. senators, including Democrat Amy Klobuchar who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee's antitrust panel, wrote a letter to Amazon.com Inc to express concern about its palm print recognition system, Klobuchar's office said Friday.

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Explainer-How hackers stole $600 million in crypto tokens from Poly Network

Hackers pulled off the biggest ever cryptocurrency heist on Tuesday, stealing more than $600 million in digital coins from token-swapping platform Poly Network, only to return $342 million worth of tokens less than 48 hours later, the company said.

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