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Facebook rolls out end-to-end encryption for Messenger voice, video calls
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc on Friday rolled out end-to-end encryption for voice and video calls on Messenger, adding another layer of privacy to its widely used communications platform. Facebook's Whats...
Aug 13, 2021
Twitter India chief moves to new U.S. role after criticism over compliance
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Twitter Inc's India chief, Manish Maheshwari, will take up a new internal role in the United States, the company said on Friday, a move that comes after months of tussle between the...
Aug 13, 2021
London court orders Binance to trace cryptocurrency hackers
LONDON (Reuters) - London's High Court has ordered Binance, one of the world's largest crytocurrency exchanges, to identify hackers and freeze their accounts after one of its users said it was the vic...
Aug 13, 2021
Virgin Galactic falls as billionaire Branson sells stake worth $300 million
(Reuters) -Shares of Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc fell nearly 3% on Friday after its founder and British billionaire Richard Branson sold a portion of his stake for nearly $300 million. Branson sold m...
Aug 13, 2021
U.S. House members introduce bill targeting Apple and Google app stores
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Republican and a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives introduced a bill aimed at reining in powerful app stores run by companies like Apple Inc and Alphabet ...
Aug 13, 2021
Crypto platform Poly Network rewards hacker with $500,000 ‘bug bounty’
By Alun John and Tom Westbrook HONG KONG (Reuters) - Poly Network, the cryptocurrency platform which lost $610 million in a hack earlier this week, confirmed on Friday it had offered the hacker or hac...
Aug 13, 2021
China’s CATL looks to raise $9 billion to expand lithium-ion battery production
(Corrects to "1.1 trillion yuan" from "1.1 billion yuan" in paragraph 5) SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Chinese battery giant CATL said it was planning a private share placement to raise up to 58.2 billion yuan ...
Aug 12, 2021
Samsung leader Jay Y. Lee released from prison on parole
UIWANG, South Korea (Reuters) -Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee, convicted of bribery and embezzlement, was released on parole on Friday. Lee appeared outside the Seoul Detention Center, w...
Aug 12, 2021
Exclusive: Apple’s child protection features spark concern within its own ranks -sources
By Joseph Menn and Julia Love SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A backlash over Apple's move to scan U.S. customer phones and computers for child sex abuse images has grown to include employees speaking out i...
Aug 12, 2021
Samsung unit considers building battery plant in Illinois -senator
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Samsung is considering a building a battery plant in central Illinois, Senator Dick Durbin told reporters on Thursday. Durbin said Samsung is in discussions ...
Aug 12, 2021
