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Vanderbilt football team apologizes for ‘don’t need your permission’ tweet

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(Reuters) – Vanderbilt University’s football team apologized for tweeting on Thursday “we don’t need your permission,” a phrase that raised concerns about its attitude toward sexual assault two years after four former players were first accused of rape. The full tweet, which has since been removed from the team’s Twitter account, read: “We are relentless, tough and intelligent and …” above a graphic that read, “We don’t need your permission.” “We apologize for today’s tweet.

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State actor suspected in cyber intrusion on U.S. military email

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The unclassified email network at the U.S. military’s Joint Staff has been offline since late July after what investigators now believe was a sophisticated cyber attack likely linked to a foreign state, U.S. officials said on Thursday.

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Internet firms to be subject to new cybersecurity rules in EU

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By Julia Fioretti BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Internet firms such as Cisco , Google and Amazon will be subject to a new EU cybersecurity law forcing them to adopt tough security measures and possibly report serious breaches to national authorities, according to a document seen by Reuters.

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China developer launches Airbnb-like platform to tap unsold homes

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By Clare Jim HONG KONG (Reuters) – Chinese developer Fantasia Holdings Group has launched a vacation rental business similar to Airbnb Inc and HomeAway Inc to utilise the scores of homes left unsold as a property boom faded. Fantasia’s Home ENE online platform, launched last month, will rival Tujia, the Chinese home rental firm that this week raised $300 million from investors including Singapore-based developer CapitaLand Ltd and Hong-Kong’s All-Stars Investment Ltd to expand at home and abroad. “There are more than 50 million vacant units in urban China, which have become a major source of properties for vacation use,” Fantasia chairman and CEO Pan Jun said in a statement on Wednesday.

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Britons prefer smartphones over laptops to go online – watchdog

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Smartphones have overtaken laptops as the preferred way for Britons to go online, driven by increased take-up of the devices and a jump in superfast mobile broadband subscriptions, the British telecoms regulator said on Thursday. A third of people said they turned to a smartphone first to browse the Internet, access social media or shop online, while 30 percent opened up a laptop, Ofcom said.

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GE unveils customized cloud service in industrial data push

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General Electric Co said on Wednesday it is developing a cloud-based service tailored for industrial customers, the latest step in the U.S. conglomerate's effort to gain business from data generated by machines. GE Chief Executive Jeff Immelt has bet on developing analytics and software for customers of the company's jet engines, power-generating turbines, healthcare equipment and other industrial products.

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Online meal firm HelloFresh prepares for listing this year: sources

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By Arno Schuetze and Alexander Hübner FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Online meal preparation firm HelloFresh is readying a stock market listing this year as it seeks to capitalize on buoyant equities markets and investor appetite for the Internet food market, according to three people familiar with the matter. Majority owner Rocket Internet and co-investors have mandated Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs to organize the listing, the sources said.

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