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Google and French publishers sign agreement over copyrights
PARIS (Reuters) - Alphabet's Google and French publishers said on Thursday they had concluded an agreement over copyrights, the first in Europe under which the U.S. tech giant will sign a general fram...
Jan 21, 2021
Deutsche Telekom, Cellnex combine Dutch cell phone tower businesses
BERLIN (Reuters) - German telecoms group Deutsche Telekom and Spanish cell phone mast operator Cellnex announced on Thursday to combine their tower business in the Netherlands. The companies will beco...
Jan 21, 2021
India parliament panel to question Facebook on WhatsApp’s privacy terms: source
NEW DELHI/BENGALURU (Reuters) - An Indian parliamentary panel on Thursday will question Facebook executives on concerns around WhatsApp's privacy policy changes, a source said, days after the technolo...
Jan 21, 2021
BlackRock to add bitcoin as eligible investment to two funds
(Reuters) - BlackRock Inc is adding bitcoin futures as an eligible investment to two funds, a company filing showed, in a move to bring the world of cryptocurrency to its clients. The world's largest ...
Jan 20, 2021
Departing U.S. FCC chair warns of threats to telecomms from China
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Outgoing U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Ajit Pai said potential Chinese espionage and threats to U.S. telecommunications networks and ...
Jan 20, 2021
In hidden message on White House website, Biden calls for coders
By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The recently updated website for President Joe Biden's White House carried an invitation for tech specialists savvy enough to find it. Hidden in the HTML code ...
Jan 20, 2021
Amazon sues EU antitrust regulators for letting Italian case go ahead
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Amazon is suing EU antitrust regulators for allowing the Italian competition watchdog to pursue its own case against the U.S. online retail giant over the way it s...
Jan 20, 2021
Google asks U.S. judge to move states’ antitrust lawsuit to California
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google has asked a U.S. judge in Texas to transfer an antitrust lawsuit filed by 10 states in December to a court in California, a state that ...
Jan 20, 2021
Google’s advertising practices targeted by EU antitrust probe
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators have sought information from advertisers regarding Google's advertising technology practices, a European Commission document seen by Reuter...
Jan 20, 2021
Factbox: How Facebook, Twitter and others are girding for inauguration threats
PALO ALTO (Reuters) - Social media companies are under close scrutiny over their handling of misinformation and threats of violence tied to the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden on Wednesday, ...
Jan 20, 2021
