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US lawmakers push for online consumer protection

The U.S. Bill of Rights, ratified in 1791, enshrined in law the right to speech, assembly, and worship. Now some congressional leaders are calling for a new bill of rights, one for...

PH to launch nat’l tech education plan in automation age

MANILA -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) will launch in the last quarter of 2018 its five-year national technical education and skills development plan (NTESDP) to face the challenges...

Facebook deletes hundreds of pages, accounts for spreading fake news

Facebook announced Thursday that it had deleted over 800 mostly U.S.-based pages and accounts that were posting politically oriented spam and engaging in "inauthentic behavior." The social media giant declined a request...

Instagram names Adam Mosseri as new CEO

Adam Mosseri, a veteran 10-year Facebook executive, will become the new head of Instagram, outgoing co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger announced Monday. "We are thrilled to hand over the reins to...

Facebook tightens security after announcing breach

The security breach Facebook announced Friday that affected 50 million users was a setback for the social media giant, which has been working for months to regain customers' trust over how...

Body heat converted into electricity powers health sensors

COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS — There has been an increasing number of wearable technologies that have health sensors as medical tools to track a person’s well-being. Many of these devices need to be...

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