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U.S. lawmakers urge Facebook to drop Instagram for kids plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of Democratic U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday urged Facebook Inc to drop plans for a version of Instagram for children younger than 13, saying the social media company had fai...
May 18, 2021
Product warranty startup Extend raises $260 million, SoftBank leads funding
By Jane Lanhee Lee (Reuters) - Extend, a San Francisco tech startup that makes it easier for businesses to offer product warranties, said on Tuesday it raised $260 million in a funding round led by So...
May 18, 2021
Buyers beware as “altcoin” frenzy bruises bitcoin
By Tom Wilson LONDON (Reuters) - Bitcoin's smaller rivals are eroding its share of the $2 trillion digital currency market. Of the dozens snapping at its heels, most have little use beyond financial t...
May 18, 2021
French broadcasters close ranks with anti-Netflix merger
By Mathieu Rosemain and Gwnalle Barzic PARIS (Reuters) - France's two biggest private broadcasters are closing ranks to fend off the meteoric rise of U.S. streaming platforms, hoping the desire for a ...
May 18, 2021
Biden administration eyes cybersecurity funding after attacks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration is intensifying its focus on cybersecurity spending after a wave of massive attacks, proposing new funding in the wake of the Colonial Pipeline ransomwa...
May 18, 2021
Mobileye, ZF team on advanced safety systems for Toyota
(Reuters) - Intel Corp's Mobileye and German supplier ZF said Tuesday they will jointly develop advanced safety systems for future Toyota Motor Corp vehicles. Mobileye will provide its camera-based sy...
May 18, 2021
Electric aircraft maker Beta raises $368 million in funding backed by Fidelity, Amazon
(Reuters) - Electric aircraft company Beta Technologies said on Tuesday it had raised $368 million in a private funding round, led by Fidelity Management and backed by Amazon's climate-focused venture...
May 18, 2021
Sea to scale up digital financial services as revenues double to $1.8 billion
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singaporean technology group Sea chairman Forrest Li said on Tuesday the firm would scale up its fintech offerings in Southeast Asia, as the firm more than doubled revenues in 20...
May 18, 2021
Chinese financial, payment bodies barred from cryptocurrency business
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese financial industry bodies said on Tuesday that financial and payment institutions must not conduct cryptocurrency-related businesses. Cryptocurreny prices have been volatil...
May 18, 2021
Toyota to halt production at two plants due to chip shortage
TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp will halt its production operations at the Iwate and Miyagi plants in June due to chip shortage, the automaker said on Tuesday. Iwate's two production lines and the...
May 18, 2021
