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Microsoft executive says U.S. overuses secret orders for Americans’ data
By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States government is overusing its secret subpoena power to routinely gather vast amounts of data on American internet users, a senior Microsoft exe...
Jun 30, 2021
Graphic: Boom, bust and bewildered – Bitcoin’s year so far
By Tom Wilson LONDON (Reuters) - If you're a bitcoin investor, your nerves may have taken quite a pounding in 2021. The cryptocurrency's journey towards the investment and commercial mainstream has ga...
Jun 30, 2021
Crypto exchange Binance says sterling withdrawals reactivated after outage
By Tom Wilson LONDON (Reuters) - Major cryptocurrency exchange Binance said on Wednesday that sterling withdrawals from its platform had been reactivated, with users also able to buy digital coins wit...
Jun 30, 2021
Future Volvo electric cars will be safer, come with insurance – CEO
(Reuters) - Future electric vehicles from Geely's Volvo Cars will come bundled with insurance, CEO Hakan Samuelsson said during a global technical briefing on Wednesday. The company's goal is to build...
Jun 30, 2021
Seoul using AI to detect and prevent suicide attempts on bridges
By Minwoo Park SEOUL (Reuters) - Is the young woman in the summer dress just admiring the view off the bridge? That is the question South Korean researchers and the emergency services are working to a...
Jun 30, 2021
Didi raises $4.4 billion in upsized U.S. IPO
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese riding hailing giant Didi Global Inc raised $4.4 billion by pricing its shares at $14 each in its upsized New York initial public offering on Wednesday. Didi sold nearly ...
Jun 30, 2021
Exclusive: Crypto billionaire Novogratz leads funding for virtual real estate firm
By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) - Galaxy Interactive, the venture capital division of billionaire crypto investor Mike Novogratz's Galaxy Digital, has taken a lead investor role in virtual real...
Jun 30, 2021
“DoubleVPN” service used by hackers seized and shut down
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Europol, the European police coordinating agency, said on Wednesday that police in Europe, the United States and Canada had seized the domains and servers of "DoubleVPN", a netwo...
Jun 30, 2021
Daniel Loeb-backed SentinelOne raises over $1 billion in upsized U.S. IPO
(Reuters) -SentinelOne Inc, a cybersecurity firm backed by billionaire investor Daniel Loeb's hedge fund Third Point, raised about $1.23 billion through an upsized U.S. initial public offering on Wedn...
Jun 30, 2021
Google risks Russia fine over personal data law – regulator
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Google risks being fined for not complying with personal data legislation in Russia, communications regulator Roskomnadzor said on Wednesday. The Alphabet Inc subsidiary, which did ...
Jun 30, 2021
