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Communist Party Suspended Memebership of Ren Zhiquiang

Chinese Tycoon Suspended from Communist Party Membership Due to Criticism of Media Loyalty

May 03, 2016 08:29 AM EDT

China's ruling communist party put the membership of real estate tycoon Ren Zhiquiang on probation following his public outburst against domestic media's absolute loyalty to the party.

Facebook’s Project Terragraph Aims to Replace Fiber

Phenny Lynn Palec |

Apr 14, 2016 04:04 PM EDT

Social network giant Facebook has a grand and ambitious plan to connect the work into the Internet. To turn this plan into reality, Facebook has created projects like Aquila and ARIES in order to deliver Internet connection into hard to reach places in the world. Recently, Facebook announced that it is adding a third project called Terragraph.

hinese President Xi Jinping (C) talks with Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg (R) as Lu Wei, China's Internet czar, looks on during a gathering of CEOs and other executives at the main campus of Microsoft Corp Sept. 23, 2015 in Redmond, Washington.

Artificial Intelligence, Internet Highlighted in Mark Zuckerberg’s China Visit

Jenia Cane |

Mar 20, 2016 09:20 PM EDT

In his recent visit to China, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg highlighted the potential of artificial intelligence (AI), describing it as the "most promising technology" that could change the world.

Google Joins Facebook’s Open Compute Project

Phenny Lynn Palec |

Mar 10, 2016 04:29 PM EST

Tech giant Google announced on March 9 that it is joining the Open Compute Project, an organization that counts some of the world's biggest tech companies as member including Facebook. The main vision of the organization is for companies to share designs of their data center infrastructure in order to push cross-company development as well as the adoption of newly developed technologies.

MIT Unveils Polaris; New System Allows Web Pages to Load 34 Percent Faster

Phenny Lynn Palec |

Mar 10, 2016 04:01 PM EST

Now, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab in cooperation with Harvard developed a system known as Polaris. Researchers from the two prestigious universities claim that the system is capable of decreasing webpage loading times by as much as 34 percent.

Ray Tomlinson, the American computer scientist who invented Email and picked the “@” system to be used for addresses, died at the age of 74.

Email Inventor Ray Tomlinson Dies at 74

Phenny Lynn Palec |

Mar 08, 2016 09:20 PM EST

Ray Tomlinson, the American computer scientist who invented email and picked the "@" system to be used for addresses, has died at the age of 74. The computer legend reportedly suffered a heart attack on Saturday, March 5.

China to tackle prostitution on cloud storage services

China to Launch Anti-Pornography Campaign on Cloud Storage

Charissa Echavez |

Mar 07, 2016 06:55 AM EST

The Chinese government is heightened its efforts to curb pornography with a plan to launch a drive tackling the rampant practice of pornography sharing and hosting on cloud storage platforms.

Lenovo Launches Connect; New Service to Provide Global Internet Connection Without SIM Cards

Phenny Lynn Palec |

Feb 22, 2016 04:42 PM EST

Chinese telecommunications company Lenovo has announced its plan to develop devices that do not require a SIM card in order to operate and get quick access to the Internet even if the user is in a different country.

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