Technology
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Tesla China sales plunge 70 percent in October: auto industry body
FILE PHOTO: A man finishes charging his Tesla car at a charging point outside Tesla China headquarters in Beijing, China July 11, 2018. REUTERS/Jason Lee/File Photo BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Tesla Inc’s (TSLA.O) vehicle sales in…
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Japan’s Line Corp to establish bank in tie-up with Mizuho: source
FILE PHOTO – The logo of Line Corp is seen at the company’s headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, January 25, 2017. REUTERS/Toru Hanai/File Photo TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese mobile chat app operator Line Corp will tie…
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Alibaba’s Jack Ma is a Communist Party member, China state paper reveals
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Jack Ma, the head of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd and China’s best-known capitalist, is a Communist Party member, the official Party newspaper said on Monday, debunking a public assumption the…
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Microsoft’s stock market value catches up with Apple
FILE PHOTO: The Microsoft sign is shown on top of the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles, California, U.S. October 19,2018./File Photo SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Just four months after Apple Inc (AAPL.O) breached the $1…
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Exclusive: Bangladesh Bank, NY Fed discuss suing Manila bank for heist damages
[ad_1] DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh’s central bank has asked the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to join a lawsuit it plans to file against a Philippines bank for its role in one of the…
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AT&T/Time Warner antitrust trial set for March
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The trial to determine if the U.S. Department of Justice can stop AT&T Inc’s $85 billion purchase of media company Time Warner Inc will begin on March 19. FILE PHOTO –…
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Russia calls on OSCE states to ramp up cyber security efforts
[ad_1] VIENNA (Reuters) – Russia’s foreign minister called on Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) countries to strengthen efforts to ensure the safety of the internet on Thursday. Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov…
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Exclusive: Uber paid 20-year-old Florida man to keep data breach secret – sources
[ad_1] SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A 20-year-old Florida man was responsible for the large data breach at Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] last year and was paid by Uber to destroy the data through a so-called…
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EU urges internet companies to do more to remove extremist content
[ad_1] (Reuters) – Internet groups such as Facebook (FB.O), Google’s YouTube (GOOGL.O) and Twitter (TWTR.N) need to do more to stem the proliferation of extremist content on their platforms, the European Commission said after a…
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Singapore drone frees your fingers to take photos
[ad_1] SINGAPORE (Reuters) – As more people shoot pictures and videos from consumer drones, researchers in Singapore have found a way round the frustrating task of framing and taking photos while manually piloting the craft.…
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Maduro's cryptocurrency to fare no better than Venezuela itself: analysts
[ad_1] CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s plan to create an oil-backed cryptocurrency faces the same credibility problems that dog the ruling Socialist Party in financial markets and is unlikely to fare any better than the struggling…
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Maduro's cryptocurrency to fare no better than Venezuela itself
[ad_1] CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s plan to create an oil-backed cryptocurrency faces the same credibility problems that dog the ruling Socialist Party in financial markets and is unlikely to fare any better than the struggling…
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Chinese investor increases stake in Dialog Semi to over 7 percent
[ad_1] FRANKFURT (Reuters) – China’s top state silicon chipmaker has indirectly raised its stake in Dialog Semiconductor (DLGS.DE), whose share price has plummeted on signs it could lose its top customer Apple Inc (AAPL.O). A…
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Nissan, DeNA schedule public tests of self-driving car service in Japan next year
[ad_1] TOKYO (Reuters) – Nissan Motor Co and Japanese gaming software maker DeNA Co said on Tuesday they would begin public tests of their self-driving ride-sharing service in Japan next year. FILE PHOTO: A man…
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BMW says exhaust systems do not shut off in road conditions
[ad_1] FRANKFURT (Reuters) – BMW (BMWG.DE) on Monday rejected a media report that said the software in certain diesel models shut off a gas filtering system in certain road conditions, leading to excessive nitrogen oxide…
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Growth, healing: New CEO faces twin tests at India's Infosys
[ad_1] MUMBAI (Reuters) – Investors on Monday cheered the appointment of Infosys Ltd’s new chief executive, in hopes the Indian IT services firm can move past a costly boardroom spat, though questions remain over how…
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Australia to probe Facebook, Google over media disruption
[ad_1] SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s competition regulator said on Monday it would investigate whether U.S. online giants Facebook and Alphabet Inc’s Google has disrupted the news media market to the detriment of publishers and consumers.…
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TIM's board to discuss network options this week: source
[ad_1] MILAN (Reuters) – The board of Telecom Italia (TIM) will this week discuss options for its fixed-line network, including possibly splitting it off, although no decision is expected to be made, a source close…
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Apple's Tim Cook says developers have earned $17 billion from China App Store
[ad_1] WUZHEN, China (Reuters) – Apple Inc’s chief executive Tim Cook said developers using its platform in China number 1.8 million and have earned a total 112 billion yuan ($16.93 billion), representing roughly a quarter…
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China's Xi says country will not close door to global internet
[ad_1] WUZHEN, China (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Sunday the country will not close its door to the global internet, but that cyber sovereignty is key in its vision of internet development.…
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Fiat Chrysler CEO says in talks with Hyundai on tech partnership
[ad_1] ARESE, Italy (Reuters) – Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCHA.MI) (FCAU.N) is in talks with South Korea’s Hyundai (005380.KS) about a technical partnership, but there are no merger talks between the two, FCA Chief Executive Sergio…
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India's Infosys appoints outsider Parekh as CEO
[ad_1] MUMBAI (Reuters) – Infosys, India’s No.2 IT services company, named Salil S Parekh as chief executive on Saturday, picking an outsider for the job a second time and handing him the twin challenges of…
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UK cyber agency targets Kaspersky in warning on Russian software
[ad_1] (Reuters) – Britain’s main cyber security agency on Friday warned British government agencies to avoid using anti-virus software from Russian companies, the latest in a series of moves targeting Moscow-based security software maker Kaspersky…
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Intesa CEO warns of Bitcoin 'bubble', urges global regulation: TV
[ad_1] MILAN (Reuters) – The head of Italy’s top retail bank Intesa Sanpaolo (ISP.MI) joined a growing chorus of Bitcoin critics, calling the wild gyrations in the price of the cryptocurrency a speculative bubble and…
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Tencent Music, Spotify in talks to swap stakes: WSJ
[ad_1] (Reuters) – The music group of China’s Tencent Holdings Ltd and Sweden’s Spotify AB are in talks to swap stakes up to 10 percent in each other’s businesses ahead of their expected public listings…
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Amazon steps up pace in artificial intelligence race
[ad_1] LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc this week announced a flurry of new machine learning features for its Amazon Web Services cloud computing business, raising its challenge to Silicon Valley’s biggest tech firms for…
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Goldman eschews bitcoin but wants to help clients crypto-trade
[ad_1] NEW YORK (Reuters) – Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N) is trying to figure out how to cater to investors who want to trade bitcoin even though the digital currency remains too volatile for the…
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NATO mulls 'offensive defense' with cyber warfare rules
[ad_1] TARTU, Estonia (Reuters) – A group of NATO allies are considering a more muscular response to state-sponsored computer hackers that could involve using cyber attacks to bring down enemy networks, officials said. A man…
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Uber lawyer says board, ex-CEO knew of evidence withheld from Waymo case
[ad_1] SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Uber Technologies Inc’s former chief executive and some board members knew of a letter alleging employees had stolen trade secrets, but the document was withheld from a high-stakes lawsuit, a…
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Apple to audit development processes after Mac bug discovered
[ad_1] (Reuters) – Apple Inc (AAPL.O) said on Wednesday it would review its software development process a day after a researcher discovered a bug in a new version of its Mac operating system that could…