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Facebook expands Shops to WhatsApp, Marketplace in commerce updates
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) -Facebook Inc is expanding its "Shops" feature to messaging app WhatsApp and to Facebook Marketplace, the company said on Tuesday as it announced changes to its commer...
Jun 22, 2021
Twitter opens applications to test new content subscription features
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) - Twitter Inc said Tuesday it will seek applications from users who want to be the first to test new content subscription and ticketing features, as the social platform works ...
Jun 22, 2021
Self-driving car tech firm Quanergy in China-backed SPAC deal to go public
By Echo Wang (Reuters) - Quanergy Systems Inc, a supplier of self-driving car technology, said on Tuesday it will go public through a merger with Chinese blank-check company CITIC Capital Acquisition ...
Jun 22, 2021
‘Fortnite’ creator Epic Games touts over 500 million accounts
(Reuters) - "Fortnite" creator Epic Games, which is entrenched in a legal battle with Apple Inc, said on Tuesday it now has more than 500 million accounts. The videogame developer said it had 2.7 bill...
Jun 22, 2021
Amazon sees Prime Day sales boost amid supply chain snags
By Siddharth Cavale, Victoria Waldersee and Nivedita Balu (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc's Prime Day saw strong online sales growth in the United States on Monday even as supply chain snafus and a robust ...
Jun 22, 2021
Analysis: India e-commerce rules cast cloud over Amazon, Walmart and local rivals
By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) - New Indian e-commerce rules will raise costs for all online retailers but particularly Amazon and Walmart's Flipkart as they may have to review their business str...
Jun 22, 2021
UK watchdog issues warning about 111 unregistered crypto asset firms
By Kirstin Ridley LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's markets watchdog said on Tuesday that more than 100 unregistered crypto asset firms posed a risk to the broader financial system and warned consumers, ba...
Jun 22, 2021
India’s antitrust watchdog orders probe into Google in smart TVs suit
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's antitrust watchdog on Tuesday ordered an investigation into allegations that Alphabet Inc's Google abused its Android operating system's position in the country's smart t...
Jun 22, 2021
U.S. SEC has begun probe of cyber breach by SolarWinds – sources
(Corrects this June 21st story to change sourcing) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has issued letters of investigation into a 2020 cyber hack involving information t...
Jun 22, 2021
Exclusive: Harvard wasn’t pressured over Toshiba, former Japan adviser says
By Ross Kerber and Makiko Yamazaki BOSTON/TOKYO (Reuters) - A former Japanese government adviser said he did not put pressure on Harvard University's endowment fund to influence its voting at Toshiba ...
Jun 22, 2021
