Pioneering Internet messenger ICQ shuts after 28 years
A pioneering Internet messaging service that once boasted 100 million accounts has shut down, a message on the Russian-owned ICQ…
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UN launches global principles to combat online hate, urges action
Technology companies must take responsibility and mitigate harm to society, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday as he launched…
A new Google Shopping exec spent 15 years at Amazon: Here’s his plan to hijack Prime Day
For more than 20 years, Google executives haven’t been quite sure what they wanted their Google Shopping search portal to…
WikiLeaks says Julian Assange is ‘free’, has left UK
WASHINGTON: Julian Assange was released from prison June 24 and has left Britain, WikiLeaks said, as he reached a landmark…
He stole from his tech boss and killed him to conceal the crime
Just days after the body of Fahim Saleh, a successful tech entrepreneur, was found dismembered in his luxury condominium in…
One-in-four millennial workers would quit their jobs over a single out-of-hours demand from their boss, new study finds
Tempted to contact your employee outside of working hours? Do it one too many times and there’s a high chance…
Censorship fears as Singapore moves to scrub ‘offensive’ cigarette from Chinatown mural
Artwork depicts a historic Samsui woman holding a smoking cigarette, authorities say it sends ‘wrong message’.
Chinese barista throws coffee powder over pushy customer, landing cafe chain in hot water, incident goes viral online
Hundreds of millions online view confrontation which saw barista throw soggy coffee grounds over pushy customer.
19-year-old threatens mass shooting on livestream, then buys gun in Texas, US feds say
A 19-year-old’s threatening message in an online chatroom sent FBI agents to his home, federal officials said.