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AOL and Yahoo, once-pioneering tech platforms, are being sold in a $5 billion deal
• 4 years agoVerizon spent about $9 billion buying AOL and Yahoo over two years starting in 2015.
Yahoo Answers is shutting down and all its archives will be wiped off on 4 May
• 4 years agoQuestions and answers on Yahoo Answers will be halted on 20 April, and will be wiped off the internet on 4 May.
South Sudan rebels agree to ceasefire talks as fighting rages
Fp Archives • 11 years agoJUBA (Reuters) - South Sudan's government and rebels agreed a ceasefire on Tuesday, mediators said, though there was no immediate confirmation from either side or sign of an end to ethnic fighting that has ravaged the world's youngest nation. Less than two hours before the deal was announced, officials said militias loyal to ex Vice President Riek Machar were still fighting in Bor, the main town in the vast, underdeveloped Jonglei state and the site of an ethnic massacre in 1991.
Exclusive: Oyo’s Ritesh Agarwal opens up about job losses, Aditya Ghosh, governance issues, and SoftBank’s role
Sunny Sen • 5 years ago“This is the first time I am doing an interview, but I have been open all throughout.”
Yahoo's Group activity to be distributed via emails starting from 14 December
Tech2 News Staff • 5 years agoLaunched back in 2001, Yahoo Groups had become a home for specialist communities until the social media boom happened.
Former Yahoo engineer admits hacking accounts of 6,000 users searching sexual images
• 5 years agoHe reportedly mostly targeted accounts belonging to younger women, including his personal friends and work colleagues.
WordPress owner Automattic buys blogging platform Tumblr for an undisclosed amount
Tech2 News Staff • 6 years agoTumblr hosts more than 450 million blogs and has over 200 employees, who will now be part of Automattic.
Yahoo's data breach settlement has now been revised to $117.5 million
• 6 years agoThe three Yahoo data breaches between 2013 and 2016 affected an estimated three billion accounts.
Google adds private search engine DuckDuckGo as a default option in Chrome
Tech2 News Staff • 6 years agoDuckDuckGo private search engine has been added in more than 60 markets including India and the US.
OYO to enter housing rental segment in Japan, forms JV with Yahoo Japan Corporation
• 6 years agoHospitality firm OYO on Friday said it has entered into a joint venture (JV) with Yahoo Japan Corporation to make a foray into the housing rental market in Japan, targeting the young population