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Now, Yahoo to notify users about hacking attacks

Now, Yahoo to notify users about hacking attacks

Just last week, social networking heavyweight Twitter was reported to have sent emails to a number of its users, warning them of probable state-sponsored cyber-attacks that might have compromised their

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Google’s Chatbot-based messaging app to challenge Facebook dominance

Google’s Chatbot-based messaging app to challenge Facebook dominance

Google has still not decided the name of the app or the launch date, but a team has already started working on the new app under Google veteran Nick Fox

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NASA suspends 2016 launch of Mars probe

NASA suspends 2016 launch of Mars probe

The next possible launch window for the InSight lander is in mid-2018. The seismometer provided by France’s Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales required a vacuum seal around at its three main

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Verizon or Sprint customer? You could get some money back

Verizon or Sprint customer? You could get some money back

Back in May, the telecom providers agreed to pay $120 million to settle lawsuits from all 50 attorneys general over “mobile cramming” charges.

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NASA suspends 2016 launch of Mars lander

NASA suspends 2016 launch of Mars lander

Then they found another leak, and another, and another. The mission was planned to launch in March 2016.

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NASA Mars Mission Postponed Due To Spacecraft Leak

NASA Mars Mission Postponed Due To Spacecraft Leak

The space agency announced today that the launch of the Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) lander mission scheduled for next March has been scrubbed due

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NASA Suspends March Insight Mission

NASA Suspends March Insight Mission

But the instrument’s sensors must operate in a vacuum with a pressure of no more than 1 microbar, and the vacuum seal failed during testing. The ideal 2016 launch window

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NASA Delays Mars Mission Over Instrument Leak

NASA Delays Mars Mission Over Instrument Leak

The problematic instrument is a seismometer provided by France’s Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES), created to measure ground movements as small as the diameter of an atom.

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NASA suspends next Mars rover mission

NASA suspends next Mars rover mission

NASA has put its next Mars mission on hold indefinitely because of a leaky instrument.

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Motorola India Annoucnes Exciting Offers For This Christmas Season For Moto Smartphones

Motorola India Annoucnes Exciting Offers For This Christmas Season For Moto Smartphones

Motorola announced the update on its forums Monday.

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WhatsApp shutdown in Brazil hits 100M users

WhatsApp shutdown in Brazil hits 100M users

Brazilians awoke to a day without WhatsApp Thursday after a judge ordered the popular messaging app blocked throughout the country for 48 hours.

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Hillary Clinton to Seth Meyers: Trump Is No Longer Funny

Hillary Clinton to Seth Meyers: Trump Is No Longer Funny

Trump drew criticism from within his own party and from leaders around the world this week after calling for the ban on Muslims entering the United States.

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