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French IT monitoring company was targeted by hackers, cyber agency says
By Raphael Satter (Reuters) - Hackers have spent up to three years breaking into organizations by targeting monitoring software made by the French company Centreon, France's cybersecurity watchdog sai...
Feb 15, 2021
Social media platform Parler back online on ‘independent technology’
(Reuters) - Parler, popular with American right-wing users but which virtually vanished after the U.S. Capitol riot, re-launched its social media platform on Monday and said its new platform is built ...
Feb 15, 2021
Volkswagen points finger at suppliers over car chip shortage
By Jan Schwartz and Christoph Steitz FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Volkswagen said bad planning on the part of its suppliers has compounded a computer chip shortage blighting the global auto industry, claimin...
Feb 15, 2021
Explainer: Bitcoin’s mainstream charge raises stakes for central bank digital cash
By Tom Wilson LONDON (Reuters) - As cryptocurrencies increasingly go mainstream, pressure is growing on the world's biggest central banks to move forward with their plans to issue digital cash and fen...
Feb 15, 2021
Kremlin calls Musk’s idea for Putin to join Clubhouse app interesting, seeks details
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Monday that a proposal by Elon Musk for Russian President Vladimir Putin to join social networking app Clubhouse was interesting, but that it needed to see more ...
Feb 15, 2021
Jaguar Land Rover’s car range to be fully electric by 2030
By Nick Carey (Reuters) - Jaguar Land Rover's car range will be fully electric by 2030 as the carmaker joins a global race to develop zero-emission models to get ahead of looming bans on sales of new ...
Feb 15, 2021
Twitter a goldmine for tracking consumer mood on prices, Bank of Italy finds
By Stefano Bernabei ROME (Reuters) - The Bank of Italy said on Monday a set of experimental indicators it created from the content of millions of tweets accurately tracked consumer mood on price, offe...
Feb 15, 2021
France fines Google 1.1 million euros over hotel rankings practices
PARIS (Reuters) - Google Ireland and Google France have agreed to pay a 1.1 million euros ($1.34 million) fine after a probe found that Google's hotel rankings could be misleading for consumers, Franc...
Feb 15, 2021
Uber defends contractors ahead of EU law on gig workers’ rights
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Uber on Monday called on EU regulators to recognise the value of independent contracts in job creation as they consider new rules to protect gig economy workers. T...
Feb 14, 2021
Bitcoin pulls back from brink of $50,000
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Cryptocurrencies slid during Asian trading hours on Monday, with bitcoin dropping more than 5%, as investors took profits from a record-breaking rally. Bitcoin fell as much as 5....
Feb 14, 2021
