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No match for mere mortals: Google's AlphaGo wins Go series

Machine has triumphed over man in the complicated board game Go. The man in question, South Korean professional Lee Sedol, is one of the world’s top

USA

Tributes to email godfather Ray Tomlinson

He quite literally changed our world. Tributes have poured in to American Ray Tomlinson, considered to be the godfather of email, following his

USA

Ray Tomlinson 'father of email' dies

World

MOOCs: vital tools in education of the future - or over-hyped online fad?

When Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCS) first emerged around a decade ago – the term ‘MOOC’ itself first started to be used in 2008 – they were

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World News

And also... Lenin becomes Lennon; an Oscar at the airport and more

Every Friday journalists from euronews’ various language teams choose a selection of stories from Europe and beyond which may not have reached the

Brazil

Brazil jails Facebook executive for refusing to share WhatsApp data

Facebook has called the arrest of its Latin America vice president over a court order in a drug trafficking case “extreme and disproportionate”.

World News

The world says goodbye to memes mocking Leonardo DiCaprio

World News

And also... Sweden's liberal liberals and a refugee cat

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

My Europe Series

MOOC, COOC and SPOC - Different online courses, different needs

This week on UTalk fields a question from Olivia in Brussels who asks: “What is the difference between a MOOC, a COOC and a SPOC? And who are those

France

Mocking stereotypes: the hashtag causing a stir on Twitter

Stereotypes die hard. People who live up to them in one way or another are often not even aware of what they’re doing. A hashtag aiming to mock the

Business Series

Twitter's stalled user growth pulls shares down further

Twitter's share price fell again after it announced there was no growth in the number of people using its service during the past quarter.

Real Economy

Connecting Europe's #Digitalsinglemarket

In this edition of Real Economy we look at the priority in Europe to connect the digital single market for both consumers and businesses. We know one

World News

And also...Israeli 'spy vulture' returned home, German girl finds fortune at bottom of lake, and get away from my flamingo!

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

Business Series

LinkedIn shares plunge on weak earnings and profit forecast

LinkedIn's shares slump after it disappoints Wall Street with its forecast and profit. Efforts to strengthen its core recruitment business hit by economic slowdown.

Economy

Alibaba set for weaker growth

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is expected to post its weakest quarterly revenue growth on record when it reports later this week. That is

United Kingdom

UK: Google pays back tax millions but critics lash out

Internet giant Google has agreed to pay a decade’s worth of back taxes in Britain, amid claims that it and other multinationals have been avoiding

World News

And also...too stoned for the FBI, a wild ride in the snow, and lotsa pants

As usual, here is our normal weekly roundup of the weird and wonderful lesser stories you may have missed, but spotted by our journalists in media

Economy

Apple plans app development centre in Italy

The southern Italian city of Naples has been chosen by Apple for the first of a series of app development centres. The idea is to train app

World News

European rights court rules bosses can read staff emails

Employees should be careful of what they write in private messages after the European Court of Human Rights ruled companies are entitled to read

World

Africanews launches vision of unbiased information, embracing diversity

From the Republic of the Congo, rolling multi-platform news channel Africanews sets out to serve the continent’s more than 50 countries in English