China has passed a law that levies taxes on pollution, but ignores carbon dioxide, one of the major contributors to global warming, according to the web site of the country's highest legislative body.
Environment
Dec 26, 2016
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The tiny fraction of headlines that news editors push out on Twitter draw a large share of eyeballs, but it's the stories recommended by friends that trigger more clicks.
Internet
Jun 15, 2016
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Google on Wednesday began delivering "blazingly fast" articles to smartphones and tablets in a stepped-up challenge to Facebook to be the leading mobile news hub.
Internet
Feb 24, 2016
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If one analysis of hacked data from Ashley Madison is true, the affair-seeker website promoted a lot of talk, but little action.
Security
Aug 27, 2015
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Twitter has reached a deal with Google to make its short messages more visible on the Internet, Bloomberg said Thursday.
Internet
Feb 5, 2015
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The social news website BuzzFeed announced Monday it was adding a foreign editor as part of a push to expand its international coverage.
Internet
Jun 10, 2013
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Northwestern University in Qatar has released preliminary findings from a Pan-Arab survey showing that although web users in the Middle East support the freedom to express opinions online, they also believe the Internet should ...
Internet
Apr 29, 2013
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Google has bought Wavii, a Seattle startup behind an application that condenses online content for time-pressed Web surfers.
Internet
Apr 26, 2013
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The British Supreme Court has decided partially in favor of news-clipping service Meltwater in its long-running dispute with UK newspaper publishers, who accused Meltwater of distributing excerpts of stories online without ...
Internet
Apr 18, 2013
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China's government tightened Internet controls Friday with approval of a law that requires users to register their names after a flood of online complaints about official abuses rattled Communist Party leaders.
Internet
Dec 28, 2012
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