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China’s Geely to work on smart car technologies with Tencent
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's Zhejiang Geely Holding Group said on Tuesday it has signed an agreement with Tencent Holdings Ltd to develop smart vehicle cockpit and autonomous driving. The part...
Jan 19, 2021
Turkey imposes advertising ban on Twitter, Periscope, Pinterest
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's Information and Communication Technologies Authority has imposed advertising bans on Twitter, Periscope and Pinterest under a new social media law, according to decisions...
Jan 18, 2021
Parler partially reappears with support from Russian technology firm
By Joseph Menn, Kenneth Li and Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - Parler, a social media website and app popular with the American far right, has partially returned online with the help of a Russian-owne...
Jan 18, 2021
U.S. lawmakers aim to curtail face recognition even as the technology IDs Capitol attackers
By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers are moving ahead with efforts to ban facial recognition software even as the technology helps identify supporters of President Donald Trump wh...
Jan 18, 2021
Trump orders assessment of security risks of Chinese made drones in U.S. govt fleet
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order directing U.S agencies to prioritize removing Chinese-made drones from American government fleets and to assess any se...
Jan 18, 2021
U.S. asks Australia to scrap proposed laws to make Facebook, Google pay for news
By Paulina Duran SYDNEY (Reuters) - The U.S. government has asked Australia to scrap proposed laws that will make it the first country in the world to force Facebook Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google to p...
Jan 18, 2021
Hungary mulls sanctions against social media giants
By Gergely Szakacs BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungarian Justice Minister Judit Varga on Monday raised the prospect of sanctioning social media firms over what she called "systematic abuses" of free speech. ...
Jan 18, 2021
Facebook says starts process of appointing Turkey representative
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Facebook Inc said on Monday it had started the process of appointing a legal entity as a local representative in Turkey in compliance with a new social media law which critics hav...
Jan 18, 2021
Amazon to open two new hubs in Italy this year
MILAN (Reuters) - Amazon will open two new logistics centres in Italy this year, investing over 230 million euros ($278 million), the world's largest online retailer said on Monday. With the two new h...
Jan 18, 2021
Mobile games developer Huuuge plans to raise up to $150 million from share issue
WARSAW (Reuters) - Mobile games developer Huuuge Inc. expects to raise up to $150 million from a new share issue as part of its planned initial public offering (IPO) in Warsaw, the U.S.-registered com...
Jan 18, 2021
