2020-06-18 18:59
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2020-06-18 18:59
Facebook Inc said on Thursday it took down posts and ads run by the re-election campaign of U.S. President Donald Trump for violating its policy against organized hate.
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2020-06-18 18:59
Globalfoundries and SkyWater Technology have reached a deal to supply semiconductor chips to the U.S. defense industry and work on new technology, the companies said on Thursday, as the indu… Read More
2020-06-18 17:59
Top officials from Facebook, Google and Twitter were grilled by U.S. lawmakers on Thursday at a virtual hearing on foreign influence and election security ahead of the Nov. 3 presidential co… Read More
2020-06-18 17:59
Robinhood Markets Inc, the fintech startup credited with helping popularize trading with millennials, said on Thursday it experienced a major trading outage and that while its systems were b… Read More
2020-06-18 17:59
Britain will switch to the Apple and Google model for its COVID-19 test-and-trace app, ditching an attempt to develop an app by itself after the homegrown system did not work well enough on… Read More
2020-06-18 17:59
France’s top court rejected most of a draft law that would have compelled social media giants such as Facebook and Twitter to remove any hateful content within 24 hours, it said on T… Read More
2020-06-18 16:59
Britain’s health minister declined on Thursday to set a date for when a smartphone app to help trace people who have been in contact with a person infected with the new coronavirus wou… Read More
2020-06-18 16:59
Robinhood Markets Inc, the fintech startup credited with helping popularize trading with millennials, said on Thursday it was experiencing a “major outage” in equities and option… Read More
2020-06-18 16:59
Facebook Inc said on Thursday it filed lawsuits against individuals in Europe and the United States for abusing its platforms to offer automated tools for scraping users’ personal data… Read More
2020-06-18 13:59
Failure to work towards an international deal on taxing big digital companies could trigger a dangerous trade war, the OECD said on Thursday, urging countries to remain engaged in talks afte… Read More
2020-06-18 13:59
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) will buy a 2.32% stake in Reliance Industries’ digital unit Jio Platforms for 113.67 billion rupees ($1.49 billion), the Indian congl… Read More
2020-06-18 13:59
The British government will switch to Apple and Google technology for its test-and-trace app, ditching its current system in a U-turn for the troubled programme, the BBC reported on Thursday… Read More
2020-06-18 13:59
Germany wants to rescue talks with the United States on how to tax big digital firms such as Google , Amazon and Facebook , the finance ministry said on Thursday after Washington pulled out… Read More
2020-06-18 12:59
Thailand’s central bank unveiled on Thursday plans to build a prototype of a payment system for businesses using central bank digital currency (CBDC), or traditional money but in digit… Read More
2020-06-18 12:59
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund will invest 113.67 billion rupees ($1.49 billion) in Reliance Industries Ltd’s Jio Platforms, the Indian oil-to-telecoms conglomerate said… Read More
2020-06-18 12:59
France said a U.S. decision to quit global talks on how to tax big digital firms such as Google , Amazon and Facebook was a “provocation” and the European Union said it could i… Read More
2020-06-18 12:59
Economy Minister Roberto Gualtieri said on Thursday Italy was still committed to a shared global deal on a tax on digital services, after the United States decided to quit global talks on ho… Read More
2020-06-18 12:59
The coronavirus has disrupted supply chains and demand across the global economy, but it is the prospect of Europe becoming a casualty in the U.S.-China tech war that keeps the president of… Read More
2020-06-18 12:59
German logistics group Deutsche Post AG said its dependence on Amazon is falling as the coronavirus crisis prompts a big rise in parcel shipments by other customers which it expects to conti… Read More
2020-06-18 01:59
Australia’s consumer watchdog said on Thursday it had concerns that Alphabet Inc-owned Google’s planned $2.1 billion acquisition of fitness tracker company Fitbit may hinder co… Read More
2020-06-18 00:59
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin decided to pull out of negotiations on digital services taxes with European Union officials after they failed to make any progress, U.S. Trade Represen… Read More
2020-06-17 22:59
The U.S. government proposed a pause in Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development talks about international taxation while governments work to respond to the coronavirus pandemic… Read More
2020-06-17 22:59
The U.S. Justice Department proposed on Wednesday that Congress take up legislation to curb protections big tech platforms like Alphabet’s Google and Facebook have had for decades, a s… Read More
2020-06-17 21:59
Alphabet Inc’s Google on Wednesday announced a new hiring goal and security policy to address racial issues at its offices, as protests over police brutality against African Americans… Read More
2020-06-17 20:59
Alphabet Inc’s Google on Wednesday announced new goals and policies to address racial issues at its offices, as protests over police brutality against African Americans have carried in… Read More
2020-06-17 20:59
The U.S. Justice Department proposed on Wednesday that Congress take up legislation to curb protections big tech platforms like Alphabet’s Google and Facebook have had for decades, a s… Read More
2020-06-17 18:59
Zoom Video Communications Inc is planning to offer all its free and paying users end-to-end encryption for video calls and will launch a trial version in July, the video conferencing provide… Read More
2020-06-17 18:59
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin decided to pull out of negotiations on digital services taxes with European Union officials since no headway was being made in those talks, U.S. Trade… Read More
2020-06-17 18:59
Twitter Inc said on Wednesday it is testing a new feature that will allow users to tweet using their voice, capturing up to 140 seconds of audio in a single tweet.
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2020-06-17 13:59
Alphabet Inc’s Google on Wednesday introduced new advertising features intended to help local businesses get more customers and recover from the coronavirus pandemic.
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2020-06-17 11:59
Environmental campaigners delivered a 12-foot (3.6-metre) tall mock-up of an Amazon parcel to the French finance ministry on Wednesday to demand that the government rein in the e-commerce gi… Read More
2020-06-17 11:59
A new U.S. rule regarding China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd is a needed “clarification” to help develop standards, U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said on Wednesday, a… Read More
2020-06-17 11:59
Contentful, a startup based in Berlin and San Francisco, said on Wednesday it had raised $80 million from investors led by Sapphire Ventures to scale up its content management systems for co… Read More
2020-06-17 11:59
For the past seven years, a Munich-based firm called riskmethods has tried to interest companies in buying software that allows them to track all their suppliers in a way that minimizes risk… Read More
2020-06-17 09:59
U.S.-Israeli Pagaya, which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to manage institutional money, said on Wednesday it raised $102 million in a private funding round.
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2020-06-17 09:59
Germany’s smartphone app to help trace coronavirus infections has been downloaded 6.5 million times in the first 24 hours since its launch, the chief executive of software company SAP… Read More
2020-06-17 02:59
Facebook Inc said on Tuesday it would affix labels to political ads shared by users on their own feeds, closing what critics have said for years was a glaring loophole in the company’s… Read More
2020-06-17 02:59
Qualcomm Inc on Tuesday said it is putting 5G technology into chips for smartphones that will sell for as little as $300 and that will come to market in the second half of this year.
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2020-06-17 00:59
Facebook on Tuesday removed almost 900 accounts associated with the far-right Proud Boys and American Guard, including those belonging to Proud Boys supporters who marched into a protest zon… Read More
2020-06-16 20:59
A fifth-generation (5G) telecoms tender in Brazil should not be contaminated by ideological battles with China and more competition will lead to better prices for consumers, the head of the… Read More
2020-06-16 18:59
Top officials from Facebook Inc, Alphabet Inc’s Google and Twitter Inc will appear before U.S. lawmakers on Thursday at a hearing on foreign influence and election security, the House… Read More
2020-06-16 17:59
Top officials from Facebook, Google and Twitter will appear before U.S. lawmakers on Thursday at a hearing to discuss foreign influence and election security, the House Intelligence Committ… Read More
2020-06-16 17:59
Europe’s biggest technology conference, the Web Summit, will take place in Lisbon in November as planned, its organiser said on Tuesday.
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2020-06-16 17:59
Italy’s top pay-TV operator SKY said on Tuesday it was providing a wider range of services to households as it added a broadband connection in its offering of movies, sport and other c… Read More
2020-06-16 16:59
The U.S. Department of Commerce on Tuesday posted a new rule that allows U.S. companies to work with China’s Huawei to develop standards for 5G and other cutting-edge technologies, des… Read More
2020-06-16 15:59
The U.S. Department of Commerce on Tuesday posted a new rule that allows U.S. companies to work with China’s Huawei to develop standards for 5G and other cutting-edge technologies, des… Read More
2020-06-16 15:59
A coronavirus contact tracing app being introduced in France may not be able to connect with others across the European Union because it stores data centrally, EU Commission vice-president M… Read More
2020-06-16 14:59
Samsung Electronics should get tax and other incentives from India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh as the South Korean company looks to invest some 53.67 billion rupees ($705.75 mill… Read More
2020-06-16 12:59
Amazon.com Inc on Tuesday launched an artificial intelligence-based tracking system to enforce social distancing at its offices and warehouses to help reduce any risk of contracting the new… Read More
2020-06-16 12:59
U.S.-Israel cybersecurity startup Salt Security said on Tuesday it raised $20 million in a funding round led by venture capital firm Tenaya Capital.
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2020-06-16 12:59
Carrefour and Google said on Tuesday they were launching a voice-based grocery shopping service in France as part of the French retailer’s ambition to accelerate its expansion into foo… Read More
2020-06-16 12:59
Germany appealed to the public on Tuesday to download a new smartphone app to help break the chain of coronavirus infections, one of several such apps that European governments hope will rev… Read More
2020-06-16 11:59
Carrefour and Google said on Tuesday they were launching a new voice-based grocery shopping service in France as part of the French retailer’s ambition to accelerate its expansion into… Read More
2020-06-16 11:59
Apple on Tuesday accused a few companies of filing groundless complaints and criticised EU antitrust regulators for listening to them and opening two investigations into its Apple Pay and A… Read More
2020-06-16 11:59
Apple on Tuesday found itself the target of two EU antitrust investigations into its App Store and Apple Pay as the bloc turned up the heat on online gatekeepers over alleged anti-competitiv… Read More
2020-06-16 11:59
Amazon.com Inc said on Tuesday it has launched a new system using artificial intelligence to enforce social distancing at its offices and warehouses, in its latest move to reduce the risk o… Read More
2020-06-16 10:59
Apple on Tuesday found itself the target of two EU antitrust investigations into its App Store and Apple Pay as regulators said its terms and conditions and restrictions may violate the bloc… Read More
2020-06-16 10:59
European Union member states have agreed technical standards for interoperability between smartphone apps that track the risk of coronavirus infections, a step that could help revive travel… Read More
2020-06-16 00:59
Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou is raising a new argument in a Canadian court in a bid to fight extradition to the United States on bank fraud charges, court documents released o… Read More
2020-06-16 00:59
The United States on Monday confirmed a Reuters report that it will amend its prohibitions on U.S. companies doing business with China’s Huawei [HWT.UL] to allow them to work together… Read More
2020-06-15 23:59
The coronavirus outbreak has prompted a significant increase in news consumption but the economic turmoil is forcing news businesses to accelerate their move to digital, The Reuters Institut… Read More
2020-06-15 22:59
The United States on Monday confirmed a Reuters report that it will amend its prohibitions on U.S. companies doing business with China’s Huawei [HWT.UL] to allow them to work together… Read More
2020-06-15 22:59
Epic Games, the creator of the popular video game “Fortnite”, is close to raising a $750 million round of funding at a valuation of about $17 billion, Bloomberg News reported on… Read More
2020-06-15 22:59
Apple Inc on Monday released the results of a study that found its App Store spurred $458 billion in sales last year from categories such as retail of physical goods, ride-hailing and advert… Read More
2020-06-15 21:59
Two former Pinterest employees who left the image-sharing company in late May publicly alleged in tweets on Monday that they had experienced racial discrimination in the workplace.
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2020-06-15 19:59
The United States on Monday confirmed a Reuters report that it will amend its prohibitions on U.S. companies doing business with China’s Huawei [HWT.UL] to allow them to work together… Read More
2020-06-15 17:59
The United States will amend its prohibitions on U.S. companies doing business with China’s Huawei [HWT.UL] to allow them to work together in standards setting for next-generation 5G n… Read More
2020-06-15 17:59
SAP’s biggest customer event, Sapphire Now, got off to a rocky start on Monday as the site hosting this year’s “reimagined” event, held online due to the coronavirus… Read More
2020-06-15 12:59
Facebook Inc’s WhatsApp messaging service rolled out a system across Brazil on Monday that will allow users to send money to individuals or local businesses within a chat, attaching pa… Read More
2020-06-15 12:59
Honeywell International Inc, a major supplier of aerospace products, said Monday it launched an unmanned aerial systems business to bet on the autonomous aviation space – drones, air t… Read More
2020-06-15 12:59
Germany on Tuesday becomes the latest European country to launch a smartphone app that seeks to break the chain of coronavirus infection by tracking encounters between people and issuing a w… Read More
2020-06-15 11:59
Chinese gaming giant NetEase on Monday announced a strategic partnership with Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment to develop a new “Lord of the Rings” mobile game, bolstering i… Read More
2020-06-15 10:59
Norway will halt its COVID-19 track and trace app and delete all data collected so far after criticism from the Norwegian Data Protection Authority, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health… Read More
2020-06-15 09:59
Finnish telecom equipment maker Nokia said on Monday that China Unicom had selected it to supply around 10% share of its 5G core network, confirming an earlier statement to Reuters by Nokia… Read More
2020-06-15 08:59
Finland’s Nokia Oyj said on Monday it had partnered with Broadcom to develop chips for 5G equipment in its third such deal following ones with Intel and Marvell.
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2020-06-15 08:59
U.S. auto safety regulators will unveil on Monday a voluntary effort to collect and make available nationwide data on existing autonomous vehicle testing.
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2020-06-15 08:59
U.S. electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc’s China car registrations in May jumped 150% month on month, data from auto consultancy LMC Automotive showed.
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2020-06-15 07:59
The number of publicly accessible charging points for electric vehicles (EV) jumped 60% in 2019, the biggest increase in three years and outpacing sales of battery-powered cars, according to… Read More
2020-06-14 23:59
With glowing blue eyes and trusting feline features, a new robot cat by Chinese startup Elephant Robotics seems happily oblivious to the worries of CEO Joey Song as he shows it off at the co… Read More
2020-06-14 18:59
Germany’s smartphone app to trace coronavirus infections is ready to be launched this week, Health Minister Jens Spahn said on Sunday.
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2020-06-13 10:59
State investigators in both California and Washington are examining Amazon’s business practices, two newspapers reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
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2020-06-13 06:59
State investigators in both California and Washington are examining Amazon’s business practices, two newspapers reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
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2020-06-13 01:59
Facebook Inc fired an employee who had criticized Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg’s decision not to take action against inflammatory posts by U.S. President Donald Trump this month, ci… Read More
2020-06-13 01:59
Canada’s intelligence agency warned that arresting the daughter of billionaire Huawei founder Ren Zheng would set off global “shock waves” and seriously affect ties with Ch… Read More
2020-06-12 23:59
A Facebook Inc employee who criticized Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg’s decision not to take action against inflammatory posts by U.S. President Donald Trump this month said on Frida… Read More
2020-06-12 22:59
A Facebook Inc employee who criticized Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg’s decision not to take action against inflammatory posts by U.S. President Donald Trump this month said on Friday… Read More
2020-06-12 21:59
Zoom Video Communications, whose remote meeting app made the obscure California company a hub for global communications during the coronavirus pandemic, now finds itself fighting political b… Read More
2020-06-12 21:59
California investigators are examining Amazon.com Inc’s business practices as part of an inquiry into the company, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar wi… Read More
2020-06-12 17:59
The United States is in talks with Brazil and its local telecommunications companies on funding the acquisition of fifth-generation gear produced by Ericsson and Nokia, U.S. ambassador for B… Read More
2020-06-12 15:59
Japan aims to launch a smartphone app based on technology from Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google next week to help curb the spread of coronavirus by tracking close contact with tho… Read More
2020-06-12 14:59
China’s Tencent Music Entertainment Group on Friday reported a 5.2% passive stake in Warner Music Group Corp, about a week after the world’s third-largest recording label’s… Read More
2020-06-12 12:59
Facebook’s acquisition of popular GIF website Giphy is being scrutinised by Britain’s competition watchdog for possibly reducing competition in the United Kingdom.
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2020-06-12 12:59
Zoom Video Communications has gained a following in China in recent months from users ranging from underground churches to feminists who saw it as a rare way to connect with the world beyon… Read More
2020-06-12 12:59
Top Wall Street brokerages Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley downgraded their ratings on Tesla Inc saying the electric carmaker’s shares were overpriced, two days after the high-flying… Read More
2020-06-12 08:59
China on Friday said Twitter should shut down accounts that smear China if it wants to fight disinformation, arguing that the country is the biggest victim of disinformation.
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2020-06-12 07:59
U.S. video streaming company Netflix is in talks with Viacom18, part of the Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries’ media unit Network18, about a multi-year partnership to source cont… Read More
2020-06-12 06:59
U.S. video streaming company Netflix is in talks with Viacom18, part of the Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries’ media unit Network18, about a multi-year partnership to source cont… Read More
2020-06-12 05:59
Japan’s Honda Motor Co has resumed production at automobile and motorcycle plants in the United States and other countries after they were hit by a suspected cyber attack this week, a… Read More
2020-06-12 05:59
Three U.S. lawmakers asked Zoom Video Communications Inc to clarify its data-collection practices and relationship with the Chinese government after the firm said it had suspended user acco… Read More
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