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China hits booming cryptocurrency market with coin fundraising ban

SHANGHAI/LONDON (Reuters) - China on Monday banned and deemed illegal the practice of raising funds through launches of token-based digital currencies.

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Landmark Intel judgment critical for other EU antitrust cases

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe's top court will rule on Wednesday whether U.S. chipmaker Intel offered illegal rebates to squeeze out rivals in a judgment that could affect EU antitrust regulators' cases against Qualcomm and Alphabet's Google.

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Taringa: Over 28 Million Users' Data Exposed in Massive Data Breach

Exclusive — If you have an account on Taringa, also known as "The Latin American Reddit," your account details may have compromised in a massive data breach that leaked login details of almost all of its over 28 million users. Taringa is a popluar social network geared toward Latin American users, who create and share thousands of posts every day on general interest topics like life hacks,

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Why the US Government Shouldn't Ban Kaspersky Security Software

Opinion: The US government's decision to remove a promising security technology from its arsenal could impair free trade.

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What Is DNS Hijacking?

A recent attack on WikiLeaks illustrates a vulnerability deep in the routing system of the internet itself.

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South Korean court rejects Qualcomm's request to suspend antitrust body's order

SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean court on Monday rejected Qualcomm Inc's request to suspend an order by the country's antitrust agency to take corrective action on the way it licenses patents.

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China bans initial coin offerings as illegal fundraising

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's on Monday banned individuals and organizations from raising funds through initial coin offerings (ICO), saying the practice constituted illegal fundraising.

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North Korea's Nuke Test Reveals Terrifying Capabilities

The Hermit Kingdom conducted its most powerful underground test yet, stoking tensions in an already very strained situation.

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Trump's Cybersecurity Executive Order Gets Off To a Slow Start

After several missed deadlines, Trump's cybersecurity executive order has gotten off to a slow start.

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The Secret History of FEMA

As the federal disaster agency dives into hurricane Harvey cleanup, its weird Cold War legacy remains hidden—and relevant.

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Huawei unveils faster phone chip it says can beat Apple, Samsung

BERLIN (Reuters) - Huawei [HWT.UL] aims to use artificial intelligence-powered features such as instant image recognition to take on rivals Samsung and Apple when it launches its new flagship phone next month, a top executive said on Saturday.

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Apple shifts responsibility for Siri to operating system chief

(Reuters) - Apple Inc has transferred responsibility for Siri, its voice assistant, from content chief Eddy Cue to operating systems chief Craig Federighi, a sign that the company is looking to embed the voice assistant more deeply into its core systems amid rising competition from Alphabet Inc's Google and Amazon.com Inc .

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Video streaming device maker Roku files for IPO

(Reuters) - Video streaming device maker Roku Inc filed for an initial public offering on Friday, as the company looks to cash in on the booming demand for such services.

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Oi's Brazil license rift to slow debt talks, source says

BRASILIA (Reuters) - A move by Brazil's telecommunications industry watchdog to analyze whether to remove Oi SA's operating license will further complicate Latin America's largest-ever bankruptcy protection case, now in its 15th month, a person with knowledge of the matter said.

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More than four million Time Warner Cable records exposed in leak

(Reuters) - More than four million records of users of Time Warner Cable's MyTWC app were found unsecured on an Amazon server last month, digital security research center Kromtech Security Center said in a blog post on Friday.

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Instagram Hacker Puts 6 Million Celebrities Personal Data Up For Sale On DoxaGram

It's now official, Instagram has suffered a massive data breach, and reportedly an unknown hacker has stolen personal details of more than 6 million Instagram accounts. Just yesterday, we reported that Instagram had patched a critical API vulnerability that allowed the attacker to access phone numbers and email addresses for high-profile verified accounts. However, Instagram hack now appears

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