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Russia blocks LinkedIn

Russia's communications regulator has ordered public access to social networking site LinkedIn blocked over its violation of a data storage law.

Markets

Snapchat reportedly secretly files for share offering

Snapchat seems to move closer to becoming a public company by reportedly filed for an initial public offering of shares to test investor interest.

Business Series

Microsoft moves to address competition issues on LinkedIn takeover

Microsoft has offered concessions to EU antitrust regulators over its bid for social network LinkedIn.

Sci-Tech

Lisbon hosts Web Summit

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China

Sales up but growth slows on China's "Singles Day"

The discount shopping day for the unhitched and uncoupled still shifts more goods than the Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales days in the United States.

World News

Thank you! Euronews reaches two million fans on Facebook

USA

Clinton and Trump stories dominating social media

What’s been exciting the web from the US election campaign?

World News

Jailed for a Tweet: HRW slams attempts to silence online dissent in Gulf Arab States

Launching a new interactive website, which highlights 140 prominent activists, HRW calls on the countries to carry out reforms, rather than jail the peaceful critics.

World News

And also... Child prodigies, Budapest's secret sex truck and a new head for the baby Jesus

Child prodigies, Budapest's secret sex truck and a new head for the baby Jesus.

World News

Polish or Paint: 'The Legs' optical illusion sends Twitter into a frenzy

It is obvious, isn’t it?

Argentina

Entrepreneurs with Down syndrome launch innovative pizza business in Argentina

Four friends with Down syndrome have launched a pizza company with a difference in Buenos Aires.

USA

Who broke the internet? CIA and FBI scramble to find authors of massive cyberattack

A huge cyberattack in America and Europe takes many vital or household internet names offline for several hours.

Focus

Dutch technology to protect internet devices from hacking

How can we protect electronic devices from hacking?

Republic of Ecuador

Ecuador says it cut Julian Assange's internet access

Ecuador’s government has confirmed it had temporarily cut internet access for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

Markets

Snapchat moves closer to shares sale

Snapchat has moved closer to an initial public offering of shares having reportedly chosen Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs to run the sale.

World News

Yahoo "complies with NSA and FBI requests to scan customers' emails" - reports

Yahoo is said to have built a custom-made software program to scan all of its clients’ incoming emails on behalf of the US government.

Business Series

Then there were 10: Apple Pay launched in Russia

Russia is the latest place to get Apple's contactless payment service, bringing to 10 the number of countries where it works.

Business Series

Facebook chases new users in developing countries with Messenger Lite

Facebook has launched a stripped down version of its Messenger app to work with slower internet connections and older phones in developing countries.

World News

And also...Dangerous selfies, nuns tie the knot and a Spanish porn star mocks the establishment

Every Friday journalists from euronews’ various language teams choose a selection of stories from Europe and beyond which did not reach the international…

Markets

Twitter's shares jump on takeover talks report

Twitter's shares got their biggest bump in two years on Friday as it was reported to be talking with several tech companies - including Alphabet's Google and Salesforce.com - about being bought.