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  • Facebook launches anti-extremism UK training program

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    Facebook is launching a program in the UK to train and fund local organizations to combat extremist material online, as internet companies attempt to clamp down on hate speech and violent content on their services. Facebook, which outlined new efforts to remove extremist and terrorism content from its social media platform last week, will launch…

  • Google faces record EU antitrust fine

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    The European Union’s antitrust watchdog in the coming weeks is set to hit Google with a record fine for manipulating its search results to favour its own comparison-shopping service, according to people familiar with the matter. Wall Street Journal reports the penalty against Google is expected to top the EU’s previous record fine of €1.06…

  • Gboard: Best keyboard app gets ‘Wow’ update

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    Google’s keyboard app Gboard for Android has got an update bringing several new features. These include phrase suggestions, improved in-place search, and an interesting emoji handwriting feature. These features are available version Gboard v6.3 for Android. The first new feature is handwriting support for emojis. You can now draw your desired emoji on the keyboard,…

  • UK to fine Facebook, Google for terror content – Theresa May

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    Prime minister Theresa May has confirmed the UK will look to create a new ‘legal liability’ that could see Facebook, Google, Twitter and other leading tech firms fined if they don’t remove “unacceptable content” from their websites. In a brief statement issued by the Prime Minister’s office, May says the UK has formed a partnership…

  • Paris Accord: US tech firms dare President Trump again, ‘go unusual’

    Paris Accord: US tech firms dare President Trump again, ‘go unusual’

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    Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google are among hundreds of US businesses joining an effort to support the Paris climate agreement as part of a public campaign announced Monday. Dubbed “We Are Still In,” the launch of the initiative comes just days after President Donald Trump said the United States would withdraw from the international accord,…

  • London terror attack: Facebook wants ‘hostility’ against terrorists

    London terror attack: Facebook wants ‘hostility’ against terrorists

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    Facebook says it wants to make its platform “hostile” to terrorists after an attack in London left at least seven people dead this weekend. Simon Milner, the company’s director of policy, issued a widely reported statement Sunday that said the social media platform works “aggressively” to remove terrorist content. “We want Facebook to be a…

  • Photos of Google ‘landscrapper’ London headquarters

    Photos of Google ‘landscrapper’ London headquarters

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    Google has submitted plans to build a new London headquarters, designed by Thomas Heatherwick and Bjarke Ingels. The proposed 11-storey building would total 1 million square feet and include a landscaped rooftop garden.   It would also have a swimming pool, café and athletic facilities; and ground floor retail space has been factored into the…

  • Google unveils plans to build ‘landscrapper’ London headquarters [Photos included]

    Google unveils plans to build ‘landscrapper’ London headquarters [Photos included]

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    Google has released designs for a new 11-story, 1 million-square-foot landscrapper headquarters in London near King’s Cross railway station, complete with a sprawling, landscaped rooftop garden. The facilities will include a cafe, gym and pool as well as a rooftop track and ground-floor retail spaces, according to the company’s application for permission to build. The…

  • Google Chrome to get native ad-blocking feature

    Google Chrome to get native ad-blocking feature

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    In April this year, a report suggested that Google was planning to introduce an ad-blocking feature to its Chrome browser on both mobile and desktop platforms. As this report came from a credible source, it created quite a buzz in the tech industry as the search giant not only earns a huge chunk of its…

  • Broadband: ICT stakeholders call for National Fibre provider

    Broadband: ICT stakeholders call for National Fibre provider

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    Stakeholders in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector have called for a National Broadband Fibre provider to further deepen broadband penetration in the country. The stakeholders made the call at the Broadband Summit 2017 organized by BusinessDay Media Ltd in Lagos on Friday. The Chief Executive Officer of Spectranet, Mr David Venn said that…