Facebook takes aim at fake news with new ‘trending’ formula

SAN FRANCISCO –Facebook is updating its “trending” feature that highlights hot topics on its social networking site, part of its effort to root out the kind...

Samsung: Note 7 battery design, manufacturing caused fires

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of –Samsung Electronics Co. says problems with the design and manufacturing of batteries in its Galaxy Note 7 smartphones caused them to overheat...

Facebook announces building of data center in Denmark

COPENHAGEN –Social media giant Facebook announced on Thursday that it would build a new data center in Odense, Denmark’s third largest city in Funen island. Facebook’s...

Hawaii bill aims for 100 per cent renewable transportation

HONOLULU –Hawaii has the most aggressive renewable energy targets in the nation, aiming for its utilities to get 100 percent of their electricity from renewable sources...

Singapore university successfully launches 7th satellite into space

SINGAPORE –Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has successfully launched its 7th satellite into space from the International Space Station (ISS) Monday evening, said NTU in a...

TNC grabs WESG DOTA 2 title

MANILA –TNC, the top Philippines’ hottest e-sports club right, grabbed its first title ever by winning the World E-Sports Games DOTA 2 Tournament in Changzhou, China...

China encourages more use of mobile Internet service

BEIJING –China’s central authority has issued a guideline on mobile Internet service management, calling for more efforts to develop the sector in a healthy and orderly...

Australia’s telco giant Telstra guarantees internet service on key Asian routes

SYDNEY –Australian telco Telstra plans to combine three undersea cable systems in order to ensure services in their Asian market are maintained in case of damage...

AsiaNet: Sammy Networks Starts Distributing “Ramen Soul,” English Version of Its Popular Smartphone Ramen Shop Management Game “Ramen Tamashii” with Over 5 Million Downloads

‘123456’ most common password of 2016

WASHINGTON –Numeric combination of ‘123456’ was the most common password of 2016, followed by ‘123456789’ and ‘qwerty’, according to researchers who reviewed over 10 million security...