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| Apr.11 |
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Facebook's Zuckerberg says his data was harvested U.S. Senate: Facebook's chief executive has revealed that his data was among that harvested in a privacy scandal
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| Mar.21 |
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Zuckerberg 'sorry' over Cambridge Analytica 'breach' 
San Francisco Bay Area: Facebook founder has admitted that the social network 'made mistakes' that led to millions of users having their data exploited by a political consultancy
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| Mar.19 |
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Uber halts self-driving car tests after death 
Map of Tempe Arizona Arizona Arizona: Uber said it is suspending self-driving car tests in all North American cities. A 49-year-old woman was hit by a car as she crossed the street
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| Jan.4 |
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Meltdown and Spectre: All Mac devices affected. San Francisco Bay Area
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| Dec.8 |
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California wildfires: Businesses face ruin as blaze rages. Southern California
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| Nov.21 |
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Uber concealed huge data breach. San Francisco Bay Area
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| Aug.27 |
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Uber names ex-Expedia boss Dara Khosrowshahi as CEO pick. San Francisco Bay Area
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| Aug.7 |
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Google fires diversity memo author. San Francisco Bay Area
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| Jul.9 |
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Tesla's Elon Musk tweets new photos of latest car |
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| Mar.26 |
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Uber suspends self-driving cars after Arizona crash |
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| Feb.14 |
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Harrison Ford 'in near-miss' at US airport |
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| Feb.2 |
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Uber boss quits Trump advisory board |
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| Jan.14 |
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SpaceX rocket successfully lifts off |
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| Jan.8 |
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La La Land sweeps Golden Globe Awards. Southern California
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| Dec.21 |
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Uber halts California self-driving cars test |
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| Dec.14 |
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'One billion' affected by Yahoo hack |
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| Nov.11 |
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Facebook bug 'kills' users in 'terrible error' |
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| Sep.23 |
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Snapchat launches sunglasses with camera |
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| Sep.22 |
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Attack on Yahoo hit 500 million users San Francisco Bay Area: Yahoo says hackers stole information from about 500 million users in 2014 in what appears to be the largest publicly disclosed cyber-breach in...
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| Sep.20 |
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Tesla updates software after car hack |
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| Aug.30 |
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Apple should pay up to €13bn in back taxes. European Union
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| Jun.23 |
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Led Zeppelin cleared of plagiarism in Stairway case |
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| May.27 |
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Johnny Depp's wife accuses him of assault |
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| May.26 |
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Google defeats Oracle in Java code copyright case |
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| Apr.21 |
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VW reaches US deal in emissions scandal San Francisco Bay Area: Volkswagen will offer 'substantial compensation' and car buy-back deals in the US as part of a settlement of the the diesel emissions scanda...
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| Dec.27 |
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens becomes fastest to take $1bn. San Francisco Bay Area
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| Dec.19 |
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Sony 'will not drop' North Korea film The Interview |
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| Dec.17 |
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Sony cancels The Interview release| Los Angeles: Sony Pictures cancels 25 December release of North Korea film The Interview after cinemas decide not to screen it | |
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| Jun.11 |
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Uber sparks taxi strikes in Europe |
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| 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'
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| Nov.17 |
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Search engines to block abuse images |
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| Nov.7 |
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Twitter shares jump on market debut. San Francisco Bay Area
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| Sep.2 |
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New eastern span of Bay Bridge open |
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| Jul.1 |
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BART strike creates major delays for commuters |
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| 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 ...
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| Jun.8 |
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Obama-Xi talks focus on economy |
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| Dec.5 |
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John McAfee arrested in Guatemala John McAfee, the founder of anti-virus software maker McAfee, has been arrested in Guatemala, accused of entering the country illegally
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| Oct.30 |
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Disney buys firm behind Star Wars. Southern California
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| Oct.18 |
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Error sees Google stock suspended |
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| Oct.15 |
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Nobel Prize in economics awarded. Sweden
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| Sep.12 |
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Apple unveils 4G-enabled iPhone 5. San Francisco Bay Area
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| 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 San Francisco Bay Area: A US jury has ruled that Samsung should pay Apple $1.05bn in damages in an intellectual property lawsuit
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| Jul.16 |
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Yahoo names Google exec as new boss. San Francisco Bay Area
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| Jul.1 |
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Apple 'settles China iPad case' |
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| May.22 |
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Concerns grow over Facebook deal |
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Launch success for SpaceX mission Florida: California's SpaceX has launched on a mission to re-supply the space station - the first cargo delivery to the orbiting outpost by a private...
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| 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... | |
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| May.17 |
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Facebook shares valued at $100bn |
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| May.16 |
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Facebook to sell 25% more shares |
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| May.13 |
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Yahoo CEO Thompson quits his post. San Francisco Bay Area
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| Apr.4 |
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Yahoo to cut 14% of its workforce |
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| Mar.1 |
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Google change 'breaches EU law' |
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| Feb.1 |
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Facebook confirms plans to go public. San Francisco Bay Area
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| Jan.18 |
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Sites go dark in US law protest. San Francisco Bay Area
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| Jan.13 |
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Scuffles halt China iPhone sales |
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| Nov.2 |
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Oakland protesters shut down port San Francisco Bay Area: Thousands of anti-corporate protesters shut down one of the busiest ports. The maritime operations had effectively halted
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| Oct.18 |
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Apple full-year profits rise 85% |
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| 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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| 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...
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| Feb.14 |
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Huge fine in Amazon pollution case. Ecuador
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| Jan.20 |
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Schmidt to step down as Google CEO. San Francisco Bay Area
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| Jan.17 |
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Apple boss takes 'medical leave' |
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| Jul.29 |
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Google search working again in China |
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| 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
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| Mar.15 |
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'Runaway Prius' claim dismissed by Toyota |
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| Jan.26 |
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Avatar is top-grossing film ever| Southern California: Sci-fi spectacular has surpassed Titanic to become the highest grossing movie of all time, figures from distributor 20th Century Fox show. Director James Cameron holds the remarkable distinct... | |
|
| Jan.3 |
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Avatar smashes box office record |
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| Jul.29 |
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Microsoft and Yahoo seal web deal
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| May.13 |
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EC fines computer chipmaker Intel $1.4B. European Union
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| 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 |
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| Oct.28 |
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Microsoft delivers pre-beta Windows 7 |
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| Sep.1 |
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Google unveils free browser Chrome. San Francisco Bay Area
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| Jul.17 |
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EU hits Intel with fresh charges |
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| Apr.9 |
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Google and Yahoo to share web ads |
|
| Apr.5 |
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Hollywood legend Charlton Heston dead |
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| Feb.1 |
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Microsoft wants to purchase Yahoo
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| Nov.13 |
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Yahoo settles dissidents suit |
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| Sep.7 |
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Mortgage lender Countrywide slashes jobs |
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| Jul.3 |
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Blackstone buys Hilton for $26bn |
|
| Jun.18 |
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Yahoo boss steps down from post |
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| 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
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| Jan.24 |
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Disney buys Pixar in $7.4bn deal |
|
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| Jul.19 |
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Hewlett-Packard cuts 14,500 staff |
|
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| Nov.9 |
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Mozilla Firefox browser launched. San Francisco Bay Area
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| Aug.19 |
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Google goes public, shares surge 18% |
|
| Jun.21 |
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Private craft makes space history |
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| Dec.24 |
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Terror fears cancel Air France flights to LA |
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| Apr.28 |
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Apple launches online music service. San Francisco Bay Area
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| Apr.17 |
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Bechtel wins giant Iraq contract |
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| Oct.8 |
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US court orders ports to reopen |
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| Nov.17 |
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Harry Potter sets box office record |
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| Oct.23 |
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iPod: New digital music player. San Francisco Bay Area
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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
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| Feb.7 |
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Yahoo, eBay crippled by hackers |
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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
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| May. 27, 1937 |
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Golden Gate Bridge opened Map of Golden Gate Bridge USA San Francisco Bay Area: A suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate strait. The structure links the U.S. city of San Francisco to Marin County
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| Nov. 12, 1936 |
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San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opened Map of San Francisco%96Oakland Bay Bridge USA San Francisco Bay Area: A complex of bridges spanning San Francisco Bay The direct road between San Francisco and Oakland, it carries about 240,000 vehicles a day
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| 2012 |
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| Jul.1 |
Apple 'settles China iPad case' |
| 2011 |
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| Feb.14 |
Huge fine in Amazon pollution case. Ecuador
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| 2017 |
|
| Jan.14 |
SpaceX rocket successfully lifts off |
| 2012 |
|
| May.22 |
Launch success for SpaceX mission Florida: California's SpaceX has launched on a mission to re-supply the space station - the first cargo delivery to the orbiting outpost by a private...
| 2004 |
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| Jun.21 |
Private craft makes space history |
| 2003 |
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| Dec.24 |
Terror fears cancel Air France flights to LA |
|
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| 2011 |
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| Nov.2 |
Oakland protesters shut down port San Francisco Bay Area: Thousands of anti-corporate protesters shut down one of the busiest ports. The maritime operations had effectively halted
|
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| 2008 |
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| Feb.1 |
Microsoft wants to purchase Yahoo
| 2007 |
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| Jul.3 |
Blackstone buys Hilton for $26bn |
| 2006 |
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| Oct.9 |
Google buys YouTube for $1.65bn. San Francisco Bay Area
|
| Jan.24 |
Disney buys Pixar in $7.4bn deal |
|
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| 2013 |
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| Sep.2 |
New eastern span of Bay Bridge open |
| 2003 |
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| Apr.17 |
Bechtel wins giant Iraq contract |
| 1937 |
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| May. 27, 1937 |
Golden Gate Bridge opened Map of Golden Gate Bridge USA San Francisco Bay Area: A suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate strait. The structure links the U.S. city of San Francisco to Marin County
| 1936 |
|
| Nov. 12, 1936 |
San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opened Map of San Francisco%96Oakland Bay Bridge USA San Francisco Bay Area: A complex of bridges spanning San Francisco Bay The direct road between San Francisco and Oakland, it carries about 240,000 vehicles a day
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| 2018 |
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| Mar.21 |
Zuckerberg 'sorry' over Cambridge Analytica 'breach' San Francisco Bay Area: Facebook founder has admitted that the social network 'made mistakes' that led to millions of users having their data exploited by a political consultancy
| 2017 |
|
| Aug.27 |
Uber names ex-Expedia boss Dara Khosrowshahi as CEO pick. San Francisco Bay Area
|
| Feb.2 |
Uber boss quits Trump advisory board |
| 2012 |
|
| Jul.16 |
Yahoo names Google exec as new boss. San Francisco Bay Area
|
| May.13 |
Yahoo CEO Thompson quits his post. San Francisco Bay Area
| 2011 |
|
| Aug.24 |
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...
|
| Jan.20 |
Schmidt to step down as Google CEO. San Francisco Bay Area
|
| Jan.17 |
Apple boss takes 'medical leave' |
| 2008 |
|
| Nov.17 |
Jerry Yang to quit as Yahoo boss |
|
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| 2018 |
|
| Mar.19 |
Uber halts self-driving car tests after death Map of Tempe Arizona Arizona Arizona: Uber said it is suspending self-driving car tests in all North American cities. A 49-year-old woman was hit by a car as she crossed the street
| 2017 |
|
| Jul.9 |
Tesla's Elon Musk tweets new photos of latest car |
| 2016 |
|
| Sep.20 |
Tesla updates software after car hack |
|
| Apr.21 |
VW reaches US deal in emissions scandal San Francisco Bay Area: Volkswagen will offer 'substantial compensation' and car buy-back deals in the US as part of a settlement of the the diesel emissions scanda...
| 2010 |
|
| Mar.15 |
'Runaway Prius' claim dismissed by Toyota |
|
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| 2013 |
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| Jun.8 |
Obama-Xi talks focus on economy |
| 2012 |
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| Oct.15 |
Nobel Prize in economics awarded. Sweden
|
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| 2012 |
|
| Oct.18 |
Error sees Google stock suspended |
|
|
| 2014 |
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| Jun.11 |
Uber sparks taxi strikes in Europe |
| 2013 |
|
| Jul.1 |
BART strike creates major delays for commuters |
| 2002 |
|
| Oct.8 |
US court orders ports to reopen |
|
|
| 2017 |
|
| Feb.14 |
Harrison Ford 'in near-miss' at US airport |
|
| Jan.8 |
La La Land sweeps Golden Globe Awards. Southern California
| 2016 |
|
| Jun.23 |
Led Zeppelin cleared of plagiarism in Stairway case |
|
| May.27 |
Johnny Depp's wife accuses him of assault |
| 2015 |
|
| Dec.27 |
Star Wars: The Force Awakens becomes fastest to take $1bn. San Francisco Bay Area
| 2014 |
|
| Dec.19 |
Sony 'will not drop' North Korea film The Interview |
|
| Dec.17 |
Sony cancels The Interview release| Los Angeles: Sony Pictures cancels 25 December release of North Korea film The Interview after cinemas decide not to screen it | |
| 2012 |
|
| Oct.30 |
Disney buys firm behind Star Wars. Southern California
| 2010 |
|
| Jan.26 |
Avatar is top-grossing film ever| Southern California: Sci-fi spectacular has surpassed Titanic to become the highest grossing movie of all time, figures from distributor 20th Century Fox show. Director James Cameron holds the remarkable distinct... | |
|
| Jan.3 |
Avatar smashes box office record |
| 2009 |
|
| Jan.6 |
Apple to end music restrictions |
| 2008 |
|
| Apr.5 |
Hollywood legend Charlton Heston dead |
| 2001 |
|
| Nov.17 |
Harry Potter sets box office record |
|
|
| 2012 |
|
| Apr.4 |
Yahoo to cut 14% of its workforce |
| 2007 |
|
| Sep.7 |
Mortgage lender Countrywide slashes jobs |
| 2005 |
|
| Jul.19 |
Hewlett-Packard cuts 14,500 staff |
|
|
| 2011 |
|
| Oct.5 |
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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| 2018 |
|
| Apr.11 |
Facebook's Zuckerberg says his data was harvested U.S. Senate: Facebook's chief executive has revealed that his data was among that harvested in a privacy scandal
|
| Jan.4 |
Meltdown and Spectre: All Mac devices affected. San Francisco Bay Area
| 2017 |
|
| Nov.21 |
Uber concealed huge data breach. San Francisco Bay Area
|
| Aug.7 |
Google fires diversity memo author. San Francisco Bay Area
|
| Mar.26 |
Uber suspends self-driving cars after Arizona crash |
| 2016 |
|
| Dec.21 |
Uber halts California self-driving cars test |
|
| Dec.14 |
'One billion' affected by Yahoo hack |
|
| Nov.11 |
Facebook bug 'kills' users in 'terrible error' |
|
| Sep.23 |
Snapchat launches sunglasses with camera |
|
| Sep.22 |
Attack on Yahoo hit 500 million users San Francisco Bay Area: Yahoo says hackers stole information from about 500 million users in 2014 in what appears to be the largest publicly disclosed cyber-breach in...
|
| Aug.30 |
Apple should pay up to €13bn in back taxes. European Union
|
| May.26 |
Google defeats Oracle in Java code copyright case |
| 2014 |
|
| Mar.20 |
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'
| 2013 |
|
| Nov.17 |
Search engines to block abuse images |
|
| Jun.11 |
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 ...
| 2012 |
|
| Dec.5 |
John McAfee arrested in Guatemala John McAfee, the founder of anti-virus software maker McAfee, has been arrested in Guatemala, accused of entering the country illegally
|
| Sep.12 |
Apple unveils 4G-enabled iPhone 5. San Francisco Bay Area
|
| Aug.24 |
Samsung to fight court ruling for Apple. South Korea
|
| Aug.24 |
Samsung told to pay Apple $1bn San Francisco Bay Area: A US jury has ruled that Samsung should pay Apple $1.05bn in damages in an intellectual property lawsuit
|
| May.22 |
Concerns grow over Facebook deal |
|
| Mar.1 |
Google change 'breaches EU law' |
|
| Jan.18 |
Sites go dark in US law protest. San Francisco Bay Area
|
| Jan.13 |
Scuffles halt China iPhone sales |
| 2011 |
|
| Oct.18 |
Apple full-year profits rise 85% |
| 2010 |
|
| Jul.29 |
Google search working again in China |
|
| Mar.22 |
Google stops censoring search in China Google has stopped censoring its search results in China, ignoring warnings by the country's authorities
| 2009 |
|
| Jul.29 |
Microsoft and Yahoo seal web deal
|
| May.13 |
EC fines computer chipmaker Intel $1.4B. European Union
| 2008 |
|
| Oct.28 |
Microsoft delivers pre-beta Windows 7 |
|
| Sep.1 |
Google unveils free browser Chrome. San Francisco Bay Area
|
| Jul.17 |
EU hits Intel with fresh charges |
|
| Apr.9 |
Google and Yahoo to share web ads |
| 2007 |
|
| Nov.13 |
Yahoo settles dissidents suit |
|
| Jun.18 |
Yahoo boss steps down from post |
|
| Jan.9 |
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
| 2004 |
|
| Nov.9 |
Mozilla Firefox browser launched. San Francisco Bay Area
| 2003 |
|
| Apr.28 |
Apple launches online music service. San Francisco Bay Area
| 2001 |
|
| Oct.23 |
iPod: New digital music player. San Francisco Bay Area
| 2000 |
|
| Nov.15 |
World News Atlas started San Francisco Bay Area: Features World headlines linked to news articles
|
| Feb.7 |
Yahoo, eBay crippled by hackers |
| 1998 |
|
| Apr. 9, 1998 |
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 | |
| 1976 |
|
| Apr. 1, 1976 |
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
|
|
| 2013 |
|
| Nov.7 |
Twitter shares jump on market debut. San Francisco Bay Area
| 2012 |
|
| May.18 |
Facebook in stock debut rollercoaster |
|
| May.18 |
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.17 |
Facebook shares valued at $100bn |
|
| May.16 |
Facebook to sell 25% more shares |
|
| Feb.1 |
Facebook confirms plans to go public. San Francisco Bay Area
| 2004 |
|
| Aug.19 |
Google goes public, shares surge 18% |
|
|
| 2017 |
|
| Dec.8 |
California wildfires: Businesses face ruin as blaze rages. Southern California
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