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Airbnb CEO pledges to verify all home listings by 2020
By the end of next year, chief executive Brian Chesky said, Airbnb will check the accuracy of photographs, addresses and other information posted with each property, as well as verify that the listings meet safety standards and that the hosts are who they say they are
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Jack Ma tops Forbes China Rich List again; tycoons' wealth rises despite trade war
The total wealth of the country's 400 richest rises by more than a fifth despite slowdown and trade friction with the US
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Pakistan to China: How countries regulate Netflix and other OTT content
Netflix's Leila and Zee5's Kaafir met extreme reactions on Twitter for hurting religious sentiments. I&B Minister Prakash Javdekar is contemplating a certification body for over-the-top (OTT) web content in India—here's how other countries do it, or don't
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Gif: How Delhi air quality changed between October and November
A look at how pollution levels rose in areas such as Green Park, Anand Vihar and Dwarka
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What TikTok's unexpected rise could mean for China's politics
The rise of the seemingly innocuous app is forcing us to consider a world influenced by a Chinese-backed social media network, and Beijing's pressure on media companies is sounding alarm bells; some claims suggest that TikTok is wiping out videos of the Hong Kong protests, for instance
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Inside the high-stakes race to build the world's first flying taxi
Expectations that aerial taxis will be a reality in the coming years are quickly building, and at least 20 companies are in the market, which Morgan Stanley estimates will top $850 billion by 2040
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'54% South Asian youth unfit for employment in 2030': Unicef head
Unicef's Henrietta H Fore on why more than 50 percent of the youth in South Asia do not have the skills for employment in 2030
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Snapshot: Birthday boy Virat Kohli's fast and furious career, in an image
The cricketer has smashed many sporting records; here's a look at some of the highlights
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Get access to your 'secret consumer score'—yes, you have one
We have all been rated by companies based on our past activity, and this score determines where we're pushed in a queue, and what sort of service we are meted out. Your file could be 400 pages long, and here's how to retrieve it
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Researchers can hack Alexa, Google Home, Siri—with laser light
Researchers in Japan and at the University of Michigan said on Monday that they had found a way to take over Google Home, Amazon's Alexa or Apple's Siri devices from hundreds of feet away, by shining laser pointers, and even flashlights, at the devices' microphones
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Three factors that put Sensex on firmer ground
Its second rally past the 40,000 mark looks like it's here to stay