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Will Google's Earnings Finally Give Investors Reason To Cheer?

Google-parent Alphabet is gearing up to release Q2 earnings, which should give investors some fresh insight into the lagging search engine giant.

Will Google’s Earnings Finally Give Investors Reason To Cheer?

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Facebook wants to create a worldwide digital currency

Libra could be massively disruptive—including to the social network itself

Facebook wants to create a worldwide digital currency

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Finance ministers press Italy to stick to EU fiscal rules

EU finance ministers told the Italian government on Thursday (13 June) to meet its fiscal obligations in order to reduce its high debt, with the European Commission insisting on “substantial corrections” to rein in public spending.

Finance ministers press Italy to stick to EU fiscal rules

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Analysis | The Technology 202: New video editing technology raises disinformation worries

Lawmakers are starting to scrutinize manipulated videos.

Stanford “team of researchers has developed new technology allowing editors to alter the words of anyone who appears on video in an image from the shoulders up, making doing so as easy as typing changes into a word processing program.” 

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Visa's Enterprise B2B Blockchain Drive Gets Boost Thanks To Deal With Japan's LINE

Payment company Visa and Japanese messaging app, LINE, have strengthened their partnership with an additional deal which has a blockchain backbone to it.

Visa and Japanese messaging app LINE have strengthened their partnership with a new blockchain deal

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Australia's economic growth slowest in 10 years amid calls for swift action

Coalition says $100bn package and planned tax cuts are potential boosters for the Australian economy

Australia's economic growth slowest in 10 years amid calls for swift action

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Malaysia's Mahathir: We try to use Huawei technology 'as much as possible'

As many countries grapple with how seriously to take U.S. warnings that Huawei's technology can't be trusted, Malaysia's leader says the answer is unambiguous for his country.

“We have to accept that the U.S. cannot forever be the supreme nation in the world that can have the best technology in the world,” says Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.

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Toronto cops using facial recognition software since March 2018

Toronto police have had access to facial recognition software since last March, and say it can find a possible suspect from a surveillance camera or witness image from a crime scene approximately 50 per cent of the time.

Toronto cops using facial recognition software since March 2018

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Vanguard Is Now Using Blockchain Technology To Help Manage $1.3 Trillion In Index Funds

Vanguard is using blockchain to support some of its largest index funds, likely becoming the first major financial institution to use blockchain for a core service.

Vanguard is ahead of the curve among financial institutions in using blockchain technology for a core service

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Facebook’s planned new currency may be based on a blockchain

But it will be more Bitcoin 0.5 than Bitcoin 2.0

Facebook’s planned  new currency may be based on a blockchain

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San Francisco Bans Facial Recognition Technology

It is the first ban by a major city on the use of facial recognition technology by the police and all other municipal agencies.

San Francisco Bans Facial Recognition Technology

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Here's Why You Should Avoid Betting on 3M (MMM) Stock Now

3M (MMM) might suffer from weakness in Safety & Industrial, and Transportation & Electronics segments as well as high costs, rise in tax rate and forex woes.

Here's Why You Should Avoid Betting on 3M (MMM) Stock Now

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Europe’s Newest Finance Minister Wants to Keep His Country White

Estonia’s envoy to the Eurogroup meeting this week has some radical views about race more than finance.

Europe’s Newest Finance Minister Wants to Keep His Country White

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The cryptocurrency climbed close to $7,600 on Sunday, according to industry website CoinDesk.

Bitcoin climbs back above $7,000 and is now up 90% year-to-date

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Human society under urgent threat from loss of Earth's natural life

Scientists reveal one million species at risk of extinction in damning UN report

Human society under urgent threat from loss of Earth’s natural life

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Philippines Growth at Four-Year Low Boosts Odds of Rate Cut

The Philippine economy grew at the slowest pace in four years in the first quarter, increasing the likelihood the central bank will cut interest rates on Thursday. The peso and stocks fell.

Philippines Growth at Four-Year Low Boosts Odds of Rate Cut

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IBM’s Hyperledger isn’t a real blockchain — here’s why