Desperate for data on its competitors, Facebook has been secretly paying people to install a “Facebook Research” VPN that lets the company suck in all of a user’s phone and web activity, similar to Facebook’s Onavo Protect app that Apple banned in June and that was removed in August. Facebook sidesteps the App Store and […]
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Warren Foegele and Nino Niederreiter scored 48 seconds apart early in the third period to rally the Carolina Hurricanes to a 2-1 victory over the New York Islanders on Sunday and a 2-0 series lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals. Petr Mrazek stopped nine of 10 shots he faced before leaving with an injury 6
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This article was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — The commander of the prison at Guantánamo Bay has been fired following an investigation, the United States Southern Command said on Sunday. Adm. Craig S. Faller relieved Rear Adm. John C. Ring for a “loss of confidence in
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Image copyright Jane Wong Image caption Jane Wong spends up to 18 hours every weekend combing through code She was the first person to get a detailed look at Facebook’s new dating feature before the designs were released to the public. She discovered that Airbnb was testing a new flight integration feature that alerted hosts
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Now all of Amazon’s investments over time have made it seemingly impregnable in numerous areas, from logistics and delivery to cloud computing. Wall Street is not complaining about Amazon anymore, and it has become one of the world’s most valuable public companies with a market capitalization of about $960 billion. “Uber, like Amazon, operates with
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Cruelly denied by VAR in its agonizing Champions League exit, Manchester City relied on technology to keep its Premier League title charge on course on Sunday. City scraped past Burnley 1-0 thanks to a scruffy strike by Sergio Aguero that needed the confirmation of goal-line technology. The distance over the line? Less than 3 centimeters.
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Richard G. Lugar, who represented Indiana in the Senate for 36 years and whose mastery of foreign affairs made him one of only a handful of senators in modern history to exercise substantial influence on the nation’s international relations, died on Sunday in Annandale, Va. He was 87. His death was announced by the Lugar
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Shares were mostly lower in Asia on Friday after an overnight decline on Wall Street spurred by disappointingly weak earnings reports from 3M and other industrial companies. Concern that China may temper its economic stimulus pulled the Shanghai benchmark down 0.8% to 3,099.36. Japan’s Nikkei 225 index slipped 0.5% to 22,193.41 and the Kospi in
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Image caption Cardiff Airport was bought by the Welsh government in 2013 for £52m Cardiff Airport needs to develop freight services and its business zone, a former senior manager has said. Peter Phillips questioned the scope for attracting more flights, after Flybe announced plans to close its base. A former advisor to Brisbane and Amsterdam
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British opposition leaders are pressuring the government to act on climate change after weeks of protests put the issue at the heart of political debate. Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon on Sunday declared a “climate emergency” during her party’s conference in Edinburgh, saying she had been inspired by young activists. Sturgeon says “Scotland will lead
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