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Facebook says sorry for Year in Review

Facebook has apologised over its Year in Review feature after some users complained about the images chosen to sum up their 2014.

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Russia lets anyone use Earth-sensing data from its civilian satellites

The US government has been willing to loosen its grip on satellite data but what about the info from other countries? Don’t worry that’s opening up as well. Russia has declared that the Earth-sensing data it collects from civilian satellites is now…

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How would you change the BlackBerry Q5?

Your humble narrator doesn’t review too many gadgets so it’s always a treat when one hits the How Would You Change timetable. In my mind the BlackBerry Q5 was the company’s most important new device simply because it would show if BlackBerry could …

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Fingerprint ‘cloned from photos’

Hacker Jan Krissler claims to have cloned the fingerprint of a German politician using standard photographs taken at an event.

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Sony’s Interview makes $15m online

Controversial Sony film The Interview becomes the studio’s most downloaded film ever just four days after its release online.

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VIDEO: Technology’s biggest trends of 2014

Rory Cellan-Jones looks back at the big technology trends of 2014.

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China’s Xiaomi raises $1.1 billion from investors at $45 billion valuation

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Xiaomi Inc [XTC.UL] one of the world’s fastest-growing smartphone makers has raised $1.1 billion in a round of funding that cements its status as one of the world’s most valuable private technology companies at a valuation of $45 billion.

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The Bank of England is using Facebook and Twitter to help set interest rates

When you’re the central bank in charge of determining interest rates for millions of UK inhabitants being able to predict economic trends is of paramount importance. To do this the Bank of England has numerous tools at its disposal but research of…