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Teenager to fly with Bezos in inaugural space tourism flight
By Eric M. Johnson (Reuters) - An 18-year-old physics student whose father heads an investment management firm is set to take the place of a person who put up $28 million in an auction to take part in...
Jul 15, 2021
U.S. launches online hub to help ransomware victims
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Thursday unveiled an online hub for the victims of ransomware attacks, saying it will make it easier for companies and municipalities to...
Jul 15, 2021
Chinese cryptocurrency community Bishijie shut down by regulators
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Bishijie, a Chinese cryptocurrency community and information provider, on Thursday ceased operation of its app and website in mainland China, saying it violated central bank regul...
Jul 15, 2021
TD says U.S. banking operations hit by ‘unexpected technical issue’
TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto-Dominion Bank is having an unexpected technical issue in its U.S. operations affecting both customers and employees, the Canadian lender said on Twitter on Thursday. In res...
Jul 15, 2021
Fed’s Powell says he’s undecided on central bank digital currency
(Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Thursday said he had not made up his own mind on the merits or demerits of a central bank digital currency, but he would want authorization from Cong...
Jul 15, 2021
Microsoft says Israeli group sold tools to hack Windows
By Christopher Bing (Reuters) - An Israeli group sold a tool to hack into Microsoft Windows, Microsoft and technology human rights group Citizen Lab said on Thursday, shedding light on the growing bus...
Jul 15, 2021
As Spain’s beaches fill up, a seaside resort sends in the drones
By Horaci Garcia SITGES, Spain (Reuters) - With a summer heatwave sending hordes of people to the beach, authorities in the northeastern Spanish seaside town of Sitges are trialling the use of drones ...
Jul 15, 2021
U.S. manufacturing output dips as chip shortage weighs on motor vehicles
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Output at U.S. factories unexpectedly fell in June as motor vehicle production dropped amid an unrelenting global semiconductor shortage. Manufacturing output dipped 0.1% last m...
Jul 15, 2021
Aurora to go public via $13 billion merger with Mark Pincus, Reid Hoffman SPAC
(Reuters) -Self-driving technology startup Aurora will go public through a deal with a blank-check firm backed by Silicon Valley heavyweights Reid Hoffman and Mark Pincus, giving the combined company ...
Jul 15, 2021
Facebook says it removed millions of hate speech pieces in first 3 months 2021
(Reuters) - Social media giant Facebook Inc said on Thursday it removed more than 25 million pieces of hate speech content from its platform in the first three months of the year. (Reporting by Eva Ma...
Jul 15, 2021
