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Facebook Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg

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December 22, 2016

Faceblock: German newspaper publishes ‘hate speech’ rules

Little is known about Facebook’s behind-the-scenes content moderators, but internal documents obtained by Suddeutsche Zeitung explain the criteria the company follows. Among them is a meticulously strict guideline for images of public urination. Facebook’s community guidelines stipulate that content posted may not contain direct threats, self-injury, dangerous organizations, bullying and harassment, attacks on public figures, […]

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December 19, 2016June 13, 2017

Google unveils self-driving Chrysler Pacifica hybrid minivans

PanARMENIAN.Net – Waymo, Google’s new autonomous vehicle division, has finally unveiled its latest model: a heavily modified Chrysler Pacifica. The hybrid minivan, which can go 30 miles in pure electric mode, was glimpsed earlier in spy photos at a Google facility. It’s now fixed up with the custom computer, sensors and telematics used on Google’s […]

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December 16, 2016

BlackBerry phones live on thanks to a deal with TCL

PanARMENIAN.Net – BlackBerry’s days of making its own smartphones are over, and that means it’s time to hand the responsibilities over to someone else, Engadget said. The Canadian company has reached a “long-term” deal with TCL (which repurposed Alcatel phones as the BlackBerry DTEK50 and DTEK60) that licenses both the BlackBerry name and software for […]

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Samsung display at the 2008 Internationale Funkausstellung in Berlin, Germany

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December 9, 2016

Samsung’s Galaxy S8 might come with edge-to-edge display

PanARMENIAN.Net – Samsung Electronics Co. will create an all-screen front for the Galaxy S8 smartphones coming out next year and scrap the physical home button, people with direct knowledge of the matter said, according to Bloomberg. The bezel-less displays will provide more viewing real estate while a virtual home button will be buried in the […]

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December 8, 2016July 27, 2017

VEC and NBTC work together to complete analog to digital TV transition

BANGKOK, 8 December 2016 (NNT) – The Office of the Vocational Education Commission (VEC) has joined hands with the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) to have students help generate understanding on the transition from analog television signals to digital in 20 provinces. At a seminar exchanging ideas on increasing public understanding on the transition […]

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December 7, 2016

Thieves can use web bots to guess Visa card details

PanARMENIAN.Net – If you’ve punched in credit card details while shopping online, you’ve probably wondered how secure those digits are. According to Newcastle University, the answer is: not very. Its researchers have discovered that thieves are using web bots to guess Visa credit and debit card info thanks to a flaw in the company’s payment […]

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December 6, 2016June 2, 2021

Toyota to expand development of gasoline-hybrid tech to cut emissions

PanARMENIAN.Net – Toyota Motor Corp said on Tuesday, December 6 it will expand the development of its gasoline-hybrid technology over the next five years to speed up the introduction of lower-emission engines in the face of stricter global emissions standards, Reuters reports. The announcement was the latest by the Japanese firm aimed at making cars […]

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Google Street View Subaru Impreza at Google headquarters

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December 6, 2016

Google goes green, plans to run entirely on renewable energy

Google’s recent solar and wind energy acquisitions will power its entire operation without a drop of fossil fuels, the company has announced. Google consumes as much energy as the entire city of San Francisco, making this a big step for renewable energy. On Tuesday, Google proclaimed that it will have gone completely green by 2017, […]

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