Technology

China regulator fines 12 firms over anti-monopoly law

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HONG KONG — China’s market regulator said Friday that it fined a dozen companies, including games company Tencent Holdings and Chinese search engine firm...

‘It’s exhausting.’ A year of distance learning wears thin

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AMERICUS, Ga. — At first, many schools announced it would last only a couple weeks. A year later, the unplanned experiment with distance learning...

Memo banning Afghan girls singing prompts #IAmMySong protest

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KABUL, Afghanistan — A memo from Afghanistan's education ministry banning girls 12 years old and older from singing at school functions has been causing...

EXPLAINER: What’s this craze for ‘NFTs’ all about, anyway?

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<p>LONDON &mdash; A digital art piece, tweaked using cryptocurrency technology to make it one-of-a-kind, sold at auction this week for nearly $70 million. That...

German IT safety chief: act on Exchange hack or go offline

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BERLIN — The head of Germany's cybersecurity agency warned IT system administrators Friday to swiftly patch known holes in Microsoft Exchange servers or take...

Woman arrested in San Francisco assault on Uber driver

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<p>SAN FRANCISCO &mdash; A woman was arrested Thursday on suspicion of pepper-spraying an Uber driver in San Francisco who was coughed at and insulted...

Woman arrested in San Francisco assault on Uber driver

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SAN FRANCISCO — A woman was arrested Thursday on suspicion of pepper-spraying an Uber driver in San Francisco who was coughed at and insulted...

Newspaper: China to soon try 2 Canadians on spying charges

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<p>BEIJING &mdash; A Communist Party newspaper says China will soon begin trials for two Canadians, who were arrested two years ago in apparent retaliation...

Netflix tests out a possible password-sharing crackdown

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NEW YORK — Netflix is testing a way to crack down on password sharing. ...

Japan Post, Rakuten tie-up in digital delivery, cashless pay

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<p>TOKYO &mdash; Japan’s postal system is investing 150 billion yen ($1.4 billion) in an 8% stake in the e-commerce venture Rakuten to strengthen a...