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Minecraft creator expressed existential meltdown on Twitter, feeling unmotivated, isolated

In just 135 characters, Minecraft creator Markuss Persson has expressed his feelings of existential meltdown on Twitter Saturday:

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India recruits private sector executives to head state bank reforms

Prime Minister Narendra Modi recruited executives from the private sector to head two of the biggest state-owned banks, making it the first such appointments in a wide-range reform strategy to challenge the dominant but often inefficient lenders backed by the government.

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Adobe joins tech industry move to offer better parental leave benefits

Adobe Systems Inc. announced on Monday that they are making changes with their parental leave policies similar to other tech companies that made a similar move earlier.

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Zara's parent Inditex gains 36%, founder Amancio Ortega becomes the second wealthiest man in the world

Inditex, owner of the well-known European fashion retail brand Zara earned a place in the 100 billion club while its co-founder Amancio Ortega becomes the second wealthiest man in the world. What's the secret behind Zara?

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Informatica closes deal to go private; Microsoft and Salesforce are strategic investors

Informatica, the enterprise software provider based in Redwood City and announced in April that it will be bought for $5.3 billion by Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Permira Advisers.

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Twitter shares drop 15%; Is the microblogging platform ripe for a takeover?

Twitter could be in the crosshairs of acquisition attempts from other technology companies should the microblogging stalwart fail to reverse the freefall its stock prices have caught in.

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US tech companies lead the $100B market capitalization list

Three of the top companies by market capitalization in the US are technology companies established after 1970 that make waves in the global markets until today.

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Gogoro, the first smartscooter will start shipping its 400 pre-ordered units in Taipei

The company Gogoro will start shipping preordered Gogoro Smart Scooter in Taipei. The Taiwanese company started to accept orders on June 27 adding up Gogoro Plus, Gogoro's newest series in silver, blue, orange and yellow. The basic model costs $4000 while Gogoro Plus costs $4300.

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Microsoft releases emergency patch for critical Windows flaw

Microsoft has released an emergency patch for all Windows-based systems in order to address a recently-discovered critical flaw in the operating system.

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Nokia confirms may re-enter mobile phone market through licensing

Finnish telecoms network maker Nokia confirmed late on Monday that it may start designing and licensing mobile phone handsets under its brand name in 2016.

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Microsoft restructures phone business; cuts 7,800 jobs

Microsoft is writing off the $7.6 billion that it paid to buy Nokia's handset unit in 2014 and dropping some 7,800 jobs in its roll, most of them from the phone business. The reductions will take place over the next few months.

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Microsoft hands display ads to AOL, maps to Uber

Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) said on Monday it will hand over its display advertising business to AOL Inc and AppNexus Inc, and sell some map-generating technology to ride-hailing app company Uber, as it slims down its money-losing online operations.

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Apple introduces split-screen multitasking feature in iPad

Making iPad a more functional device for business productivity, Apple on Tuesday launched a split- screen real multitasking app that allows users to run two app side-by-side.

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Microsoft has no plans to pursue Salesforce - sources

Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) currently is not weighing an offer for Salesforce.com Inc (CRM.N), two people familiar with the matter said on Thursday, dampening speculation that Microsoft could be drawn into bidding for the cloud software company.

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Salesforce shares spike on report of Microsoft evaluating bid

Shares of Salesforce.com Inc (CRM.N) jumped 6.2 percent in late afternoon trading on Tuesday, after Bloomberg reported that Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) is evaluating a bid for the cloud software provider.

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