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Nvidia, Volvo Cars accelerate auto industry’s data-processing power race
By Joseph White DETROIT (Reuters) - Volvo Cars said Monday it will use a new generation of high-powered chips from Nvidia Corp to enable more autonomous driving functions in future vehicles, starting ...
Apr 12, 2021
Twitter to open first Africa office to tap fast-growing market
DAKAR (Reuters) - Twitter Inc will open its first African office in Ghana, it said on Monday, as the social media company seeks to make inroads in some of the world's fastest-growing markets. Africa i...
Apr 12, 2021
Tesla rallies after Canaccord upgrades rating, says it’s like Apple
By Noel Randewich (Reuters) - Shares of Tesla rose 3% on Monday after Canaccord Genuity raised its rating on the electric car maker to "buy" and compared its brand to Apple. Canaccord Genuity analyst ...
Apr 12, 2021
Nvidia announces Arm-based ‘Grace’ server chip in direct challenge to Intel
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - Nvidia Corp on Monday said it plans to make a server processor chip based on technology from the United Kingdom's Arm Ltd, putting it in the most direct competition yet w...
Apr 12, 2021
HSBC bans customers from buying bitcoin-backer MicroStrategy shares
By Tom Wilson LONDON (Reuters) - HSBC has banned customers of its online share-trading platform from buying or moving into their accounts MicroStrategy Inc stock, a message seen by Reuters showed, cal...
Apr 12, 2021
Factbox: Biden jobs plan includes $50 billion for chips research, manufacturing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's $2 trillion infrastructure investment package includes $300 billion to boost the struggling U.S. manufacturing sector, including $50 billion for semiconduc...
Apr 12, 2021
Uber, PayPal, Walgreens launch $11 million vaccine rides fund
By Tina Bellon (Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc, PayPal Holdings Inc and Walgreens Inc on Monday said they launched an $11 million fund to provide free ride-hail trips to U.S. COVID-19 vaccination si...
Apr 12, 2021
Samsung SDI to supply battery cells to EV startup Rivian
(Reuters) - Electric vehicle startup Rivian, backed by Amazon.com Inc and Ford Motor Co, said on Monday that South Korean manufacturer Samsung SDI Co Limited would supply battery cells for its vehicle...
Apr 12, 2021
Intel’s Mobileye teams with startup Udelv on automated delivery
By Paul Lienert (Reuters) - Intel Corp's Mobileye has teamed with four-year-old Silicon Valley startup Udelv in an effort to put automated electric delivery vehicles into service in the United States ...
Apr 12, 2021
MicroStrategy says non-employee directors to get fee in bitcoin
(Reuters) -MicroStrategy Inc, a major bitcoin corporate backer, said on Monday its non-employee directors will get fees for their services in bitcoin, instead of cash. Shares of the world's largest pu...
Apr 12, 2021
