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Deployment of EU electric vehicle charging stations too slow, auditors say
By Marine Strauss BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's deployment of charging infrastructure for electric vehicles is not quick enough to meet the bloc's targets, EU auditors said on Tuesday. The...
Apr 13, 2021
Swedish prosecutor says Russia’s GRU hacked Sweden’s sports body
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish prosecutors said on Tuesday an investigation showed that Russia's GRU military intelligence agency had carried out serious data secrecy breaches at Sweden's sports confed...
Apr 13, 2021
Epic Games completes $1 billion funding round
(Reuters) - Epic Games said on Tuesday it had completed a $1 billion funding round, valuing the Fortnite maker at $28.7 billion. (Reporting by Akanksha Rana in Bengaluru; Editing by Aditya Soni)
Apr 13, 2021
German regulator acts to halt ‘illegal’ WhatsApp data collection
By Nadine Schimroszik BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's lead data protection regulator for Facebook said on Tuesday that it was taking action against the social network to prevent the collection of persona...
Apr 13, 2021
Xilinx, Mavenir partner to boost open 5G network capacity
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - Semiconductor firm Xilinx Inc and telecommunications software firm Mavenir Inc said on Tuesday they have partnered to boost cellphone tower capacity for an emerging categ...
Apr 13, 2021
AI chip maker SambaNova raises $676 million, valued at over $5 billion
By Jane Lanhee Lee (Reuters) - SambaNova Systems, a Silicon Valley startup that makes semiconductors for artificial intelligence related computation work, said on Tuesday it raised $676 million in a f...
Apr 13, 2021
Blockchain firm ConsenSys raises $65 million from J.P. Morgan, others
(Reuters) - Blockchain technology firm ConsenSys said on Tuesday it had raised $65 million from major banks and financial services firms including J.P. Morgan, Mastercard Inc and UBS Group AG to fund ...
Apr 13, 2021
Exclusive: Italy to spend 60% more of EU funds on better broadband, sources say
By Giuseppe Fonte and Elvira Pollina ROME (Reuters) - Italy aims to spend almost 7 billion euros ($8.33 billion) in European recovery funds on ultra-fast networks, up 60% from a previous goal, as mini...
Apr 13, 2021
Facebook oversight board widens scope to rule on content left up on platform
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) -Facebook users will now be able to ask the company's independent oversight board to rule on content that has been left up on the platform, as well as what was taken d...
Apr 13, 2021
PC shipments notch fastest quarterly growth in 20 years – Gartner
(Reuters) - Global shipments of personal computers rose at their fastest pace in two decades in the first quarter as people bought computers to help them work and study remotely during the COVID-19 cr...
Apr 13, 2021
