Using The Force? No, it's an Apple Watch flying this drone

Far from science fiction, the ability to seemingly control things with your hands is no longer the fantasy that stories like Star Wars once imagined, thanks to a research team in Taiwan that has created technology akin to using The Force.

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Microsoft failed to warn victims of Chinese email hack: former employees

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp experts concluded several years ago that Chinese authorities had hacked into more than a thousand Hotmail email accounts, targeting international leaders of China’s Tibetan and Uighur minorities in particular – but it decided not to tell the victims, allowing the hackers to continue their campaign, according to former employees of the company.

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WhatsApp briefly goes offline in parts of Europe

(Reuters) - WhatsApp, a messaging service owned by Facebook Inc, suffered outages in parts of Europe for a short period on Thursday, leaving people unable to send or receive messages.

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Twitter to revive Politwoops, archive of politicians' deleted tweets

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Just in time for the homestretch to the first U.S. presidential primaries and caucuses, a popular archive of sometimes-misguided or embarrassing tweets that have been deleted by politicians and their staff has been resurrected by Twitter.

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Blackberry says will continue operations in Pakistan

(Reuters) - BlackBerry Ltd said it has decided to continue its operations in Pakistan as the government dropped a request for access to users' data.

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Ukraine to investigate suspected computer attack on energy grid

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine will investigate a suspected computer malware attack on its energy grid, the energy ministry said on Thursday, an incident the country's secret service has blamed on Russia.

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BBC reports own websites hit by cyber attack

LONDON (Reuters) - The BBC's [TBBC.UL] online services, including its news website and iPlayer catch-up TV platform, were taken down on Thursday by a large web attack, the British broadcaster reported.

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China's Huawei expects 2015 sales revenue to jump 35 percent to $60 billion

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Huawei Technologies Co Ltd [HWT.UL], one of the world's largest telecom equipment makers, said on Thursday it expects to post a 35 percent jump in sales revenue for 2015, thanks to a strong performance across its business platforms.

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