Google's bet on balloons to deliver cell service soon faces a crucial test amid doubts about the viability of the technology by some potential customers.
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Factbox: Inside Loon's internet balloon venture
Alphabet Inc through Google and other subsidiaries has invested heavily over the last decade to make high-speed internet accessible to billions more people.
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South Korean trade official says Japan's export curbs violate WTO rules
Japan's decision to tighten curbs on tech material exports to South Korea violates World Trade Organization rules and Seoul would respond firmly, a senior official at South Korea's trade ministry said on Monday.
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Japan to tighten curbs on tech material exports to South Korea amid wartime labor row
Japan will tighten restrictions on exports of high-tech materials used in smartphone displays and chips to South Korea in response to a South Korean ruling on war-time forced labor, the industry ministry said on Monday.
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World Pride parade preempted by anti-corporate dissidents
The world's marquee gay pride parade was preempted by thousands of anti-corporate dissidents who staged their own protest on Sunday, rejecting a uniformed police presence and commercial sponsorship while also demanding LGBTQ equality.
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Ten people killed when private plane crashes into Texas hangar
Ten people were killed on Sunday when their private turboprop airplane crashed into a hangar during takeoff and burst into flames at the municipal airport in Addison, Texas, outside Dallas, an airport official said.
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Japan to tighten export rules for tech materials to South Korea amid wartime labor row
Japan will tighten restrictions on the export of high-tech materials used in smartphone displays and chips to South Korea in connection with a dispute over a South Korean ruling on war-time forced labor, the industry ministry said on Monday.
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Ten people confirmed killed when small plane crashes into Texas hangar
All 10 people aboard a small airplane were killed on Sunday when their aircraft crashed into a hangar during takeoff from an airport in Addison, Texas, near Dallas, an airport official said.
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Ten killed when small plane crashes into airport hangar in Texas: reports
All 10 people aboard a small plane were killed on Sunday when it crashed into a hangar during takeoff from an airport in Addison, Texas, the Dallas Morning News reported.
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From shrimp to fake eyelashes, social media sales soar in Facebook-friendly Thailand
The son of a Thai fisherman, Anurak Saruethai never really took to life at sea. But seafood has been good to him.
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Facebook will ban ads that tell people in U.S. not to vote
Facebook Inc will ban ads that discourage people from voting ahead of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, according to its second annual Civil Rights Audit published on Sunday.
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Millions celebrate LGBTQ pride in New York amid global fight for equality
Millions lined the streets of New York on Sunday to wave rainbow flags, celebrate the movement toward LGBTQ equality and renew calls for action in what organizers billed as the largest gay pride celebration in history.
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Tensions between trans women and gay men boil over at Stonewall anniversary
A black transgender woman wanted to be heard, but the white men wanted to celebrate.
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