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KT to Export IPTV Service to Thailand
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UAE agriculture tech start-up secures $120 million investment commitment
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PH eyeing to launch SG-based contact tracing app amid COVID- 19 worries
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Tesla engineers show ventilator prototype on YouTube
Engineers at Tesla Inc showed a prototype for a ventilator on Sunday evening in a video published on the company's YouTube channel, as hospitals around the country overwhelmed by coronavirus patients face device shortages. The design for the ventilators relies heavily on Tesla car parts, one of
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Coronavirus or not, 78% of dating app Crush users risk it all to meet in person
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5G coronavirus conspiracy theory is dangerous fake nonsense, UK says
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Asian Americans use social media to mobilize against attacks
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Mormons unveil new official logo at crowd-less conference
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SoftBank CEO Son's coronavirus poll shows 80% favour state of emergency
More than 80% of respondents to a Twitter poll initiated by SoftBank Group Corp's CEO Masayoshi Son would support a declaration of a state of emergency to fight the coronavirus, as the number of cases exceeded 100 in Tokyo for the first time on Saturday. The poll by Son, who has 2.5 million Twitter
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Exclusive: Amazon in contact with coronavirus test makers for potential screenings on employees
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Like many Chinese entrepreneurs, Huawei Technologies’ founder Ren Zhengfei knew he would have to crack the US market before the company could truly become a global operation.Ren, who studied the management techniques of US tech giants like IBM, had been trying to make headway in the US since the early
NewsAFP RelaxSmartphone vs virus, is privacy always going to be the loser?
In Europe, officials, doctors and engineers are looking at how smartphones could be enlisted in the war against the spread of the new coronavirus. One obvious attraction for health officials is the possibility of using smartphones to find out with whom someone diagnosed with COVID-19 has been in contact
NewsAFP RelaxVideo app Zoom rockets to fame, with some hiccups, amid pandemic
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