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Telecom Italia and Cisco seal cloud business services partnership
MILAN (Reuters) - Telecom Italia's cloud business Noovle and U.S. technology firm Cisco have sealed a partnership to develop cloud services for companies and public administrations, they said in a sta...
Jun 15, 2021
Spotify strikes exclusive deal with ‘Call Her Daddy’ podcast
(Reuters) - Spotify Technology SA on Tuesday announced a multi-year deal to stream the popular podcast 'Call Her Daddy', hosted by Alex Cooper on its audio streaming platform, in its latest exclusive ...
Jun 15, 2021
Top senator fears Big Tech at home as Alexa, Nest dominate
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress takes up the issue on Tuesday of yet another area where big tech firms -- in this case, Amazon.com and Alphabet's Google -- dominate, this time ...
Jun 15, 2021
McAfee tells extradition hearing he faces politically-motivated charges
MADRID (Reuters) - John McAfee, an antivirus software creator jailed in Spain and awaiting extradition to face tax fraud charges in the United States, told a court hearing in Madrid on Tuesday he was ...
Jun 15, 2021
Tiger Global-backed Bright Health aims for over $14 billion valuation in U.S. IPO
(Reuters) - Bright Health Group, a health insurtech firm backed by Tiger Global and Blackstone, is aiming for a valuation of more than $14 billion in its U.S. initial public offering, according to a r...
Jun 15, 2021
FedEx to test package deliveries with self-driving startup Nuro
By Nick Carey and Lisa Baertlein (Reuters) - FedEx Corp and robotics company Nuro on Tuesday announced a multi-year agreement to test self-driving vehicles in the package delivery company's network, s...
Jun 15, 2021
Lyft launches EV rental pilot program for ride-hail drivers in Northern California
By Tina Bellon (Reuters) - Lyft Inc said on Tuesday it will launch an electric vehicle rental pilot program for ride-hail drivers in a part of the San Francisco Bay Area in partnership with a local ut...
Jun 15, 2021
Group messaging app IRL raises $170 million, valued at $1.17 billion
By Jane Lanhee Lee (Reuters) - Group messaging app IRL, short for in real life, on Tuesday said it raised $170 million in a funding round led by SoftBank Group Corp's Vision Fund 2 that valued the com...
Jun 15, 2021
GM to supply electric batteries, hydrogen fuel cell systems for Wabtec locomotive
By Ben Klayman DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co will supply electric batteries and hydrogen fuel cell systems for rail supplier Wabtec Corp's locomotives, in a move extending the No. 1 U.S. autom...
Jun 15, 2021
Alibaba executive vice chairman says Jack Ma lying low – CNBC
(Reuters) -Alibaba Group Holding founder Jack Ma is fine and "lying low right now", the Chinese e-commerce giant's executive vice chairman, Joe Tsai, said in an interview with CNBC on Tuesday. Followi...
Jun 15, 2021
