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Ireland raises privacy question over Facebook smart glasses
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's data privacy regulator on Friday said it had asked Facebook to demonstrate that an LED indicator light on the social media giant's newly launched smart glasses is "an effe...
Sep 17, 2021
Proxy advisor ISS seeks vote against Zoom-Five9 deal on growth doubts
(Reuters) - Proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services on Friday recommended a vote by shareholders against Zoom Video Communications Inc's $14.7 billion deal for cloud-based call center o...
Sep 17, 2021
U.S. to target ransomware payments in cryptocurrency with sanctions – WSJ
(Reuters) - The Biden administration is preparing to take actions, including sanctions, to make it more difficult for hackers using digital currency to profit from ransomware attacks, the Wall Street ...
Sep 17, 2021
HBO Max slashes prices in limited offer as streaming wars heat up
(Reuters) - AT&T Inc's HBO Max streaming service has halved its subscription fees in a limited-period offer to lure back millions of subscribers it lost after dropping out of Amazon.com Inc's Prime vi...
Sep 17, 2021
Exclusive-Teamsters organizing workers’ unions at 9 Amazon.com facilities in Canada
By Julia Love and Moira Warburton (Reuters) - The Teamsters workers' union has launched campaigns to organize employees in at least nine Canadian facilities of U.S. e-commerce company Amazon.com, acco...
Sep 17, 2021
Tencent says will allow WeChat users to access rivals’ links
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Tencent Holdings said its popular WeChat messaging app will start allowing users to access external links from Friday, days after regulators told the company and its rivals to end...
Sep 17, 2021
Infineon CEO: We expect chip prices to rise significantly
VILLACH, Austria (Reuters) - Infineon CEO Reinhard Ploss said on Friday that he expected silicon chip prices to rise significantly, adding that semiconductor makers needed to cover the cost of investm...
Sep 17, 2021
Safaricom confirms $300 million Kenya Power smart meter proposal
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan telecoms operator Safaricom,, said on Friday it had submitted a proposal to Kenya Power for the installation of a $300 million smart meter system at the utility, confirming ...
Sep 17, 2021
Infineon opens Austrian power-chip plant ahead of schedule
VILLACH, Austria (Reuters) - Infineon Technologies opened a 1.6 billion euro ($1.9 billion) plant in Austria on Friday, boosting the German semiconductor company's ability to supply power chips for ca...
Sep 17, 2021
JPMorgan to launch digital bank Chase in Britain next week
LONDON (Reuters) -JPMorgan is set to launch its big assault on British high street banks and online lenders from next week, with the launch of its long-planned digital retail bank Chase. The venture -...
Sep 17, 2021
