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`FarmVille` creator Zynga forecasts bookings below estimates

`FarmVille` creator Zynga forecasts bookings below estimates

Published 09/02/2017

The Zynga logo is pictured at the company's headquarters in San Francisco, California April 23, 2014. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith/File Photo

Zynga Inc (ZNGA.O), which created the online game FarmVille, forecast current-quarter bookings largely below analysts' estimates, weighed down by a seasonally weak advertising business as well as declines in its web business.

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Exclusive: SpaceX to hit fastest launch pace with new Florida site – executive

Exclusive: SpaceX to hit fastest launch pace with new Florida site – executive

Published 07/02/2017

An exterior of the SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California May 29, 2014. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni

Space Exploration Technologies Corp, better known as SpaceX, plans to launch its Falcon 9 rockets every two to three weeks, its fastest rate since starting launches in 2010, once a new launch pad is put into service in Florida next week, the company's president told Reuters on Monday.

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Exclusive: Boeing`s space taxis to use more than 600 3D-printed parts

Exclusive: Boeing`s space taxis to use more than 600 3D-printed parts

Published 03/02/2017

Product Development Engineer Jigar Patel works with a CAD image of a thrust reverser cascade in development at Oxford Performance Materials Inc., the maker of more than 600 parts to be used on Boeing's new Starliner manned spacecraft, in South Windsor, Connecticut, the maker of more than 600 parts to be used on Boeing's new Starliner manned spacecraft, in South Windsor, Connecticut, U.S., January 31, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Segar

Boeing Co has hired a small company to make about 600 3D-printed parts for its Starliner space taxis, meaning key components in the United States manned space program are being built with additive manufacturing.

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Machine beats humans for the first time in poker

Machine beats humans for the first time in poker

Published 01/02/2017

Artificial intelligence has made history by beating humans in poker for the first time, the last remaining game in which humans had managed to maintain the upper hand.

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China girlfriend rental app gets leg up from Lunar New Year demand

China girlfriend rental app gets leg up from Lunar New Year demand

Published 26/01/2017

A page of a date-hiring app 'Hire Me Plz', which says 'rent now for 999 yuan an hour', is shown in this picture illustration in Beijing, China, January 26, 2017. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj/Illustration

As millions in China head home to celebrate the Lunar New Year holiday with their families, 24-year-old Luoluo is busy answering messages on a mobile app from desperate men looking to hire an instant girlfriend whom they can present to mom and dad.

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Arianna Huffington to leave Huffington Post to focus on start-up

Published 11/08/2016

Arianna Huffington, president and Editor-in-Chief of The Huffington Post Media Group attends a session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos January 25, 2014. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

Huffington Post co-founder Arianna Huffington said on Thursday she would step down as editor-in-chief of the news site that bears her name to focus on running her new venture, health and wellness startup Thrive Global.

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U.S. regulator targets `influencer` internet ad campaigns

Published 15/07/2016

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s settlement this week with Warner Bros Home Entertainment Inc highlighted the regulator’s increasing focus on internet advertising by so-called influencers or online personalities.

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Tribune channels taken off Dish network after failure to reach deal

Published 13/06/2016

The new logo for DISH is seen on the podium before a news event to promote the company's new logo, products and services at the Consumer Electronics Show opening in Las Vegas January 9, 2012. REUTERS/Rick Wilking

Tribune Media Co chose to take off its television channels from Dish Network Corp's distribution systems across the United States on Sunday night after they failed to renew their contract, the companies said.

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