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Google CEO explains why images of Donald Trump appear in ‘idiot’ keyword search

Google CEO Sundar Pichai, during the first US House hearing on Tuesday was asked a series of questions among which was one...

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Google CEO refutes claims of bias against conservatives, skewed search results in first US House hearing

Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai refuted claims of bias by explaining the search engine giant’s privacy approach, according to a report by...

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Meet the car aficionado who put the vintage Morris Minor back on Srinagar roads

Years of emotional bonding with his grandfather’s luxury car manufactured in Oxford motivated a young man to revamp the vintage vehicle and make...

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11 million-year-old Human Ancestral Fossil discovered in Kutch, Gujarat

A study published in PLOS ONE journal Wednesday revealed that after tirelessly digging around in Kutch, Gujarat, scientists have discovered a fossilized upper...

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Edward Snowden warns Israelis of the hazards of accepting state surveillance

Whistleblower Edward Snowden warned Israelis to stay alert against heavy-handed government and private surveillance in a speech on Tuesday, Al Jazeera reported. Snowden...

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US Midterm elections: Facebook blocks 30 accounts from its portal, 85 from Instagram believed to be ‘linked to foreign entities’

Facebook, in a blog post Monday, stated that it had blocked some 30 accounts on its platform and 85 accounts on social networking...

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UNHRC expert writes to Zuckerberg, says Facebook’s definition of terrorism ‘imprecise’

UN Human Rights Council independent expert, Fionnuala Ní Aoláin in a statement on Monday said that Facebook needs to narrow its “sweeping” definition of...

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Your phone will soon be able to predict flash floods, natural disasters: Study

A novel study published in the Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, has revealed that smartphones will one day be able to track and...

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Crackdown on fake news: Facebook includes primary location authorization process in pages with large following

Social media giant Facebook, in a bid to increase difficulty for fake or compromised accounts, ordered authorization of accounts with large following...