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Meltdown and Spectre: All Mac devices affected. San Francisco Bay Area
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| Aug.7 |
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Google fires diversity memo author. San Francisco Bay Area
| Mar.26 |
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Uber suspends self-driving cars after Arizona crash
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| Dec.21 |
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Uber halts California self-driving cars test. San Francisco Bay Area
| Nov.11 |
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Facebook bug 'kills' users in 'terrible error' |
| Sep.23 |
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Snapchat launches sunglasses with camera |
| Aug.30 |
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Apple should pay up to 13bn in back taxes. European Union
| May.26 |
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Google defeats Oracle in Java code copyright case |
| May.3 |
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Apple loses trademark fight over iPhone name in China |
| Mar.15 |
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Google calls on US to shake-up self-driving car laws |
| Mar.10 |
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Apple hits back at 'corrosive' claim by US government |
| Feb.29 |
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Google self-driving car hits a bus |
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Apple backed by judge in new iPhone access fight |
| Feb.24 |
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Apple boss Tim Cook hits back at FBI investigation |
| Feb.5 |
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Twitter suspends 125,000 'terrorism' accounts |
| Jan.29 |
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Facebook and Instagram ban private gun adverts |
| Jan.22 |
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Google 'paid Apple $1bn in 2014 to keep search on iPhone' |
| Jan.18 |
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Apple, Samsung and Sony face child labour claims |
| Jan.14 |
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US plans $4bn for self-driving rules |
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| Dec.23 |
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US prisoners released early by software bug |
| Nov.3 |
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Amazon opens physical bookshop in Seattle |
| Oct.5 |
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Facebook plans satellite in 2016' |
| Sep.15 |
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'Dislike' button coming to Facebook |
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| Jul.17 |
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Microsoft set to axe 18,000 jobs
| Mar.20 |
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Twitter 'blocked' in Turkey Twitter users in Turkey report that the social media site has been blocked in the country. PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to 'wipe out Twitter'
| Feb.4 |
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Microsoft names Nadella as new boss
Indian-born Satya Nadella is currently Microsoft's head of Cloud and Enterprise. He takes over from Steve Ballmer who announced plans to step...
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| Nov.17 |
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Search engines to block abuse images. Microsoft
| Nov.7 |
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Twitter shares jump on market debut. San Francisco Bay Area
| Sep.2 |
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Vodafone sells stake to Verizon. London
| Jun.11 |
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Tech firms urge security transparency
Microsoft: Google, Facebook and Microsoft have asked the government to allow them to disclose the security requests they receive for handing over user ...
| Feb.5 |
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Dell to be bought back by founder. Texas
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| Dec.5 |
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John McAfee arrested in Guatemala
Map of Guatemala City Guatemala John McAfee, the founder of anti-virus software maker McAfee, has been arrested in Guatemala, accused of entering the country illegally
| Oct.18 |
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Error sees Google stock suspended |
| Sep.12 |
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Apple unveils 4G-enabled iPhone 5. San Francisco Bay Area
| Aug.24 |
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Samsung to fight court ruling for Apple. South Korea
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Samsung told to pay Apple $1bn
Map of San Jose USA San Francisco Bay Area: A US jury has ruled that Samsung should pay Apple $1.05bn in damages in an intellectual property lawsuit
| Jul.16 |
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Yahoo names Google exec as new boss. San Francisco Bay Area
| Jul.1 |
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Apple 'settles China iPad case' |
| May.22 |
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Concerns grow over Facebook deal |
| May.18 |
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Facebook in stock debut rollercoaster |
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Facebook share trading debut 
New York: Founder Mark Zuckerberg opened the day's trading on the Nasdaq. He appeared via video link from a celebration at the social network's headquarters. Facebook shares ended their first day of trading at $3... | |
| May.16 |
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Facebook to sell 25% more shares |
| May.13 |
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Yahoo CEO Thompson quits his post. San Francisco Bay Area
| Apr.4 |
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Yahoo to cut 14% of its workforce |
| Mar.1 |
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Google change 'breaches EU law' |
| Feb.1 |
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Facebook confirms plans to go public. San Francisco Bay Area
| Jan.18 |
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Sites go dark in US law protest. San Francisco Bay Area
| Jan.13 |
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Scuffles halt China iPhone sales |
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| Oct.18 |
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Apple full-year profits rise 85% |
| Oct.5 |
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Apple co-founder Steve Jobs dies 
San Francisco Bay Area: Former chief executive and co-founder of US technology giant Apple Steve Jobs has died, the company says. He was 56
Jobs announced he was suffering from pancreatic cancer in 2004. Jobs introduced the colourful iMac computer, the iPod and the iPhone to the world. He was indistinguishable from his company, which he co-founded in the 1970s
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| Sep.28 |
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Amazon unveils Kindle Fire tablet |
| Aug.24 |
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Steve Jobs quits as Apple chief
San Francisco Bay Area: Apple founder Steve Jobs has resigned as chief executive of the technology giant and will be replaced by its chief operating officer Tim Coo...
| May.10 |
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Microsoft buys phone firm Skype |
| Jan.20 |
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Schmidt to step down as Google CEO. San Francisco Bay Area
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| Jul.29 |
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Google search working again in China |
| Mar.22 |
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Google stops censoring search in China Google has stopped censoring its search results in China, ignoring warnings by the country's authorities
| Jan.16 |
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Germany issues Explorer warning |
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| Jul.29 |
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Microsoft and Yahoo seal web deal
| May.13 |
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EC fines computer chipmaker Intel $1.4B. European Union
| Feb.13 |
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Microsoft bounty for worm creator |
| Jan.6 |
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Apple to end music restrictions |
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| Nov.17 |
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Jerry Yang to quit as Yahoo boss |
| Oct.28 |
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Microsoft delivers pre-beta Windows 7 |
| Sep.1 |
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Google unveils free browser Chrome. San Francisco Bay Area
| Jul.17 |
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EU hits Intel with fresh charges |
| May.3 |
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Microsoft walks away from Yahoo
| Apr.9 |
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Google and Yahoo to share web ads |
| Feb.27 |
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EU fines Microsoft record $1.4bn. European Union
| Feb.1 |
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Microsoft wants to purchase Yahoo Microsoft has offered to buy the search engine company for $44.6bn in cash and shares. The offer is 62% above Yahoo's closing share price
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| Nov.13 |
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Yahoo settles dissidents suit |
| Jun.18 |
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Yahoo boss steps down from post |
| Jan.9 |
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Apple's 'magical' iPhone unveiled
San Francisco Bay Area: Users will be able to download music and videos with the phone, demonstrated by CEO Steve Jobs at the Macworld Expo
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| Oct.9 |
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Google buys YouTube for $1.65bn. San Francisco Bay Area
| Jul.21 |
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Zune challenge beckons for iPod |
| Jun.15 |
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Gates to end daily Microsoft role |
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| Aug.10 |
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Microsoft in $7m spam settlement |
| Jun.27 |
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File-sharing suffers major defeat U.S. Supreme Court: The Supreme Court has ruled that file-sharing companies are to blame for what users do with their software
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| Nov.9 |
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Mozilla Firefox browser launched. San Francisco Bay Area
| Mar.24 |
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Microsoft hit by record EU fine |
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| Nov.5 |
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Anti-virus fight gets cash boost |
| Aug.21 |
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SoBig.F breaks virus speed records The computer virus has already overwhelmed hundreds of thousands of computers worldwide
| Apr.28 |
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Apple launches online music service San Francisco Bay Area: iTunes Music Store draws from all 5 major record labels in offering 200,000 songs at 99 cents a download
| Jan.29 |
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AOL TW Posts Loss of Nearly $100 Billion New York: AOL Time Warner posted a 2002 the largest annual loss in U.S. corporate history. Turner, 64, was stepping down
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| Nov.2 |
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Microsoft reaches anti-trust deal Washington: Microsoft would be obliged to provide rivals with information about middleware products
| Oct.25 |
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Windows XP hits the streets. Microsoft
| Oct.23 |
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iPod: New digital music player San Francisco Bay Area: The new MP3 player is a device with the size of a deck of cards
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| Nov.15 |
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World News Atlas started San Francisco Bay Area: Features World headlines linked to news articles
| Apr.4 |
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Microsoft loses antitrust suit Washington: Microsoft is confident that it will eventually overturn the decision by a judge that it violated anti-monopoly laws
| Mar.10 |
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Nasdaq reached 5048 Nasdaq's all-time high. Beginning of the end of the Internet stock boom
| Feb.7 |
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Yahoo, eBay crippled by hackers. San Francisco Bay Area
| Jan.24 |
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AOL planned to purchase Time Warner
| Jan.1 |
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Y2K bug fails to bite A flaw in computer program that caused processing to operate incorrectly on and after January 1, 2000. The Year 2000 problem caused concern that critical industries and government functions would cease operating at midnight, January 1.... | |
before year 2000
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Google founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin San Francisco Bay Area: A multinational technology company specializing in Internet-related services and products. Ad technologies, search, cloud computing, and software | |
| Apr. 1, 1976 |
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Jobs and Wozniak created Apple Computer, Inc.
Map of Cupertino California USA San Francisco Bay Area: Apple Inc. now is a multinational corporation that creates consumer electronics, PCs, computer software, and is distributor of media | |