Africa's giant eye in the sky proving worth its SALT

SUTHERLAND, South Africa (Reuters) - South Africa’s SALT telescope has helped detect the first white dwarf pulsar, the latest co-discovery that has astronomers eager to use the largest optical telescope in the southern hemisphere to unlock the galaxy's secrets.

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U.S. spy court rejected zero surveillance orders in 2015: memo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The secretive U.S. Foreign Surveillance Intelligence Court did not deny a single government request in 2015 for electronic surveillance orders granted for foreign intelligence purposes, continuing a longstanding trend, a Justice Department document showed.

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Facebook hit with lawsuit over plan to issue new stock

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A Facebook Inc shareholder filed a proposed class action lawsuit on Friday in a bid to stop the company's plan to issue new Class C stock, calling the move a "patent attempt" to entrench chief executive Mark Zuckerberg as controlling shareholder.

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Cellphone in missing Florida teens case to be reviewed by Apple

(Reuters) - A recovered cellphone at the center of a dispute between the families of two Florida teens who went missing during a fishing trip will be examined by its manufacturer, Apple Inc, in an agreement hammered out during a hearing on Friday, according to a local media report.

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Google, Fiat Chrysler working on self-driving car deal: sources

DETROIT (Reuters) - Google and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV are close to agreeing on a partnership that could break boundaries between Silicon Valley and the auto industry in the race to develop self-driving cars, people familiar with the discussions said on Friday.

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Exclusive: Yahoo's bidder shortlist points to cash deal -sources

(Reuters) - Yahoo Inc has shortlisted close to 10 bidders in the auction for its core Internet assets, including Verizon Communications Inc, with most offers involving cash rather than a combination with another company, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Apple's stock suffers worst week since 2013

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple was set on Friday to have its worst week on the stock market since 2013, as worries festered about a slowdown in iPhone sales and after influential shareholder Carl Icahn revealed he sold his entire stake.

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Indonesian ride-hailing firm Go-Jek needs more funds in market fight-CEO

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian online ride-hailing service Go-Jek is in talks with potential investors to raise fresh funds to expand the business, as the heavy subsidies it gives to drivers to keep rates competitive are unsustainable in the long run, its chief executive said on Friday.

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Google faces first EU fine in 2016 with no deal on cards: sources

BRUSSELS - Google is likely to face its first European Union antitrust sanction this year, with little prospect of it settling a test case with the bloc's regulator over its shopping service, people familiar with the matter said.

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A river runs through it: Amazon's profit surge sweeps away doubts

(Reuters) - The source of Amazon.com's namesake river may be uncertain, but there's no doubt about where the online retailer's surging revenue is flowing from - just about everywhere.

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IBM launches new cloud services for blockchain

NEW YORK (Reuters) - IBM on Friday announced new services to help companies design and develop blockchain technology in a secure environment in the cloud, a network of computers where users are increasingly storing their data and computing work.

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Rovi to buy DVR maker TiVo in $1.1 billion deal

(Reuters) - Digital entertainment guide provider Rovi Corp said on Friday it would buy TiVo Inc, which makes digital-video recorders, in a deal valued at about $1.1 billion.

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Uber vs. Ola: How fight for Indian taxi market ended up in court

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A flurry of complaints from Uber [UBER.UL] drivers about an unusually high number of canceled bookings was the spark that ignited a bitter legal fight with Ola, Uber's rival for dominance of India's $12 billion taxi market, according to court documents and a source with direct knowledge of Uber's case.

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